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Vol. 1, Issue 7
September 2009

IN THIS ISSUE:
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Living Well
Eating Well
Growing Up Healthy

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IN THE NEWS:
An SMDC Cancer
Center hematologist/
oncologist will test a
new combination of chemotherapy drugs
for the type of cancer
that claimed
Sen. Edward
Kennedy's life.
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One in every eight American women will have breast cancer in her lifetime. That’s why it is important to assess your risk and determine what you can do to reduce it, says SMDC Breast Surgeon Audrey Park-Skinner, MD.

Learn more about breast health and breast cancer at “Making Connections” on Oct. 1.

If you’re concerned about your heart health, you need to know your numbers for cholesterol, triglycerides, waist circumference and body mass index. “Optimal levels have changed,” says Dr. Lisa Abrahams, an interventional cardiologist at the SMDC Heart & Vascular Center. “What you thought was good in the past may be wrong now.”

Know your cholesterol
numbers and what they mean.

—Mudassar Ahmed, MBBS

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	Enjoy heart-healthy recipes from Bonnie Brost, dietitian at SMDC Heart & Vascular Center.
	Enjoy a quick breakfast by pairing a Berry Smoothie or Chocolate Smoothie with a Honey-Oatmeal Muffin. Join Bonnie’s free classes: Sept. 15: Sodium: What is too much? Sept. 22: Eating healthy can be so confusing

Like other mothers, Katy Dorin has a long list of things to do before her daughter heads to school. Dorin found a time-saving shortcut for filling
out school health forms in SMDC MyHealth. The Superior mom can easily access her daughter's immunization records and other medical records from her home computer.

Find more health information for:
• Parents
• Kids
• Teens

SEASONAL FLU IMMUNIZATIONS BEGIN OCT. 5
SMDC's annual flu immunization clinics will begin three weeks early
this fall. Vaccinations and a nasal spray for the seasonal flu will be
offered weekdays from Oct. 5-23 at SMDC sites around the Northland.
No appointments are necessary for these walk-in clinics. Look for information at smdc.org/flu after Monday, Sept. 14, or call our
Flu Shot Hotline at (218) 786-3589.

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