Healthy New Albany Magazine July/August 2018

July/August 2018

MAGAZINE

The Power of Urban Zen 10 Years of Buddy Up Tennis

A Community in Unison New Albany Symphony founder’s passion for central Ohio arts

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July/August 2018 Vol. 7, No. 6

7 First Glance

Letter from the Executive Editor

32 National Health Observance: Psoriasis Psoriasis affects many, but is still often misunderstood

8 In & Out What’s happening in and out of New Albany

34 Preaching to the Choir The health benefits of singing in a choir

10 My Story Lori Bower

12 Personalities New Albany Symphony Orchestra founder Heather Garner

47 Luxury Living Real estate listings

48 Scene in New Albany Summer in Market Square

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16 On the Path The Adams-Lewis family

34 36 Student Spotlight Read to Succeed founder Emily Spector

16 New Albany’s resident survey shines

24 What’s Over the Counter?

Your guide to OTC medicine labels

26 Buddy Up Tennis’ 10th Birthday New Albany-based tennis program serves up fun and fitness

Should you really avoid eating before bed?

The Hydaway Bottle

40 Ask the Expert Pet health with MedVet’s Dr. John G. Gordon

42 Gadgets & Gear Win great prizes from Healthy New Albany Magazine

44 Scene At…

On the Cover Heather Garner

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38 Foods for Fitness

21 Initiatives

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first glance

Warning: Playing an Instrument Can Improve Your Health

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any years ago, I was assigned to write a feature article for a magazine about the inherent health risks of playing an instrument. At the time, I was at a loss for words to create a story about injuries resulting from the rigor of moving a few fingers up and down on the valves of a trumpet or stress to the elbow and wrist caused by moving a bow back and forth against the stretched but firm strings of a viola.

In preparing for that assignment, I communicated with Heather Garner, who we have profiled in this issue of Healthy New Albany Magazine. Heather had just begun assembling what has now become a crown jewel in New Albany, the New Albany Symphony Orchestra. After only a few minutes into our conversation, Heather captured my attention as she strategically enunciated, body part by body part, the impact of extended and repetitive movements on the muscles, tendons, bones and joints caused by playing any of a multitude of instruments.

With Heather’s interview, my curiosity began to take a U-turn. If playing an instrument can be harmful to one’s health, why can’t the opposite also be true? Can playing an instrument promote physical and mental well-being?

After perusing the latest research, I was surprised to discover how beneficial playing an instrument could be. In a well-referenced study published by the American Psychological Association, musicians were shown to be more mentally fit than those who did not play instruments.

Musicians were able to better adapt to cognitive challenges because of their musical pursuits. Music is a powerful emotional stimulant, as it has been shown to improve mood and the ability to think clearly.

The positive physical impact of playing an instrument has also been proven. Research shows that music can lower blood pressure and decrease heart rate as well as reduce stress. These benefits will enable people to have an improved quality of life as they age. If you want to keep in shape, there are alternatives – and supplements – to a regimen of physical exercises. Just listen to the music.

Healthfully,

Phil Heit, Executive Editor

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in & out

What's happening in and out of New Albany

Thursdays, through Sept. 6 New Albany Farmers Market 4-7 p.m., Market Square, www.healthynewalbany.org

Saturday, July 21

New Albany Walking Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Sundays at the Heit Center, 150 W. Main St.

The Color Run

8 a.m., downtown Columbus, www.thecolorrun.com

Sunday, July 22

Ross Heart Hospital TriFit Challenge 6:30 a.m., Antrim Park, Columbus, www.supportohiostate.org

Sunday, July 29 Tai Chi Class

5-9 p.m., Market Square, www.newalbanychamber.com

Noon-1 p.m., Integra Acupuncture, www.integra-acupuncture.com

Friday-Sunday, Aug. 3-5

Wednesday, July 4

Multiple routes from Columbus to Gambier, www.pelotonia.org

New Albany Independence Day 5K 7 a.m., Market Square, www.newalbanychamber.com

Wednesday, July 4

4th of July Parade and Fireworks All day, Market Square, www.newalbanycommunityevents.com

Friday, Aug. 10

Movie Night at Wexner Park: Black Panther

9-11 p.m., Wexner Community Park, www.naparks.org

Saturday, Aug. 11

The Taste of New Albany

Tuesdays

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Pelotonia

Artist Opening Reception: Adam Kolp 4-8 p.m., Hayley Gallery, www.localohioart.com

Sunday, Aug. 12

Jeff McGowan Memorial 5K 8:30 a.m., Scioto Audubon Metro Park, Columbus, www.runsignup.com

Sunday, Aug. 26

CHA Animal Shelter 28th Annual Dog Jog 8 a.m., Genoa Park, Columbus, www.chaanimalshelter.org

Wednesdays, July 11-Aug. 8 7-9 p.m., Jorgensen Farms, www.jorgensen-farms.com

Friday, July 13

Movie Night at Wexner Park: Trolls

9-11 p.m., Wexner Community Park, www.naparks.org

Don’t forget! Registration for the 2018 New Albany Walking Classic ends Sept. 8.

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my story

By Lori Bower

Editor’s Note: “My Story” is a first-person column about health issues that touch New Albany community members.

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Teaching Balance

Integrative Therapy and Urban Zen teacher demonstrates more than fitness

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Every time we compassionately and consciously care for ourselves, we become empowered to manage stress.

Through CARE, I teach my students that we have all the tools inside of us to find healing. CARE provides a roadmap to find these tools. Participants learn gentle and compassionate approaches such as movement, breathing, stillness, aromatherapy and other healing energy modalities. After CARE sessions, students often experience feelings of calmness, stability and relaxation. In essence, CARE promotes a deeper sense of awareness, thus returning the body and mind to its natural state of balance: a state of understanding that we are enough.

My mission with CARE is to raise awareness of the stigma surrounding mental health and addiction issues, and through this guiding principle, become part of the solution. The methods employed by CARE may be alternative, but they are being embraced by the Columbus medical community through The Ohio State University Center for Integrative Medicine. Additionally, I provide UZIT at Columbus Springs Dublin and Columbus Springs East, two hospitals that focus on addiction treatment and mental health issues. I also spend two days

each week providing UZIT at the Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio, and am the integrative wellness manager at the Heit Center.

Through my work at the Heit Center, I plan programs including an all-day women’s retreat that focuses on selfcare, Reiki training, CARE and UZIT classes. Specifically with the women’s retreat, I look forward to spending a day with the community to share self-care techniques. I’m hopeful that participants learn not only to care for themselves, but also find the tools within them to know that they are enough.

It is my belief that, when we reconnect with this feeling of enough, not only can we heal ourselves, we can heal our community and our world.

Lori Bower is a New Albany resident.

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have always been a seeker of knowledge and have desired a deeper understanding of the self through holistic modalities. Many years ago, I found myself in a state of imbalance and immense anxiety. Then, while living in Chicago, I came upon yoga.

It made me feel so grounded that my practice turned from a four-timesper-week practice into a journey to become a yoga teacher. After six years and 500 hours of yoga, I became a certified yoga teacher. That led me to New York, where I joined Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman-Yee for their Urban Zen Integrative Therapy (UZIT) training. Developed

by Donna Karan, UZIT blends Eastern healing modalities with Western medicine to create a conscious change in health care. I am now a senior trainer with the UZIT program. I’ve traveled to Colorado, New York and Chicago to provide training, and I’m happy to call Columbus my home base for my current offerings.

Throughout my years of training and experience, I began to see a disconnect in addressing our society’s opioid epidemic. It is affecting so many people in our world, and I was trying to make sense of this crisis. Though I do not consider myself an expert on the cause of stress, I’m passionate about holistic treatment modalities to heal the effects of stress on the mind, body and spirit.

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personalities

By Amanda DePerro

A Childhood Dream Realized

Photo by Jeffrey S. Hall Photography

NASO’s Heather Garner lives out her dreams in New Albany

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t’s no accident that Heather Garner ended up a professional musician.

Born and raised in New Concord, she spent her childhood visiting her grandparents, avid jitterbug dancers who always kept instruments around the house, listening to big band music.

Then, at 12 years old, Garner wanted to join her middle school’s impressive orchestra program, and asked her

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parents for a cello. Not wanting their daughter to carry something so large on and off the bus, they compromised on the instrument that would take Garner through high school, college, a master’s program and the founding of a symphony: the viola.

Shortly after she began to play, Garner’s middle school class took a trip to the Ohio Theatre to see A Christmas

Carol. It was Garner’s first time to a theater of that caliber and, in that moment, her destiny was set.

“Sitting in the Ohio Theatre and seeing the stage and the beautiful carpet and the lighting and the mass amount of seats and people and excitement – all of that was thrilling for me,” she says. “At that moment, when I was in sixth grade watching A Christmas Carol with my classmates at www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Photo by Amy Parrish

Heather says her entire immediate family, pictured above, is involved with the symphony in one way or another. Clockwise from top left: John, Jack, Heather and Evan.

the Ohio Theatre, I knew I wanted to do something in the Ohio Theatre. I thought that would be my dream job.”

Few get to see their sixth grade dream lived out. In that respect, Garner is in the minority. In her early 20s, during the first year of her master’s degree in viola performance at The Ohio State University, Garner step foot in the Ohio Theatre not as a patron, but as an employee of www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

the Columbus Symphony Orchesta. Her dream as a young girl had been realized.

“I remember walking backstage at the Ohio Theatre. I had goosebumps, I was maybe tearing up a little bit – I couldn’t believe it,” she says. “I couldn’t believe that I was doing exactly what I had dreamed of doing.”

Now, more than 20 years later, Garner has continued her position as an associate with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and so much more. When she and her high school sweetheart, John, had their first baby, Jack, they knew it was time to move from their Clintonville home. Attracted to the warm community and the quality schools, they moved to New Albany. The couple had another son, Evan, and as her sons grew, Garner knew she wanted them to have access

to a phenomenal orchestra program like she had.

“Jack grew up going sometimes Friday, Saturday and Sunday to the Columbus Symphony concerts. ...

I always joke that Jack had the best seat in the house, and got to hear every single Brahms symphony while in utero. He was really immersed in music,” says Garner. “A lot of people ask me, ‘How do you get your kids to stick with music?’ and I just say, ‘How do you get your kids to stick with math?’

It’s just what we do. It’s not considered an extracurricular, but a requirement, by mom.”

More than 10 years ago, when Garner heard of a construction project of a music hall to accompany New AlbanyPlain Local Schools, she knew it was 13

Heather, center front, with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra viola section.

time to get to work: What else does a great music hall need than a great symphony? The New Albany Symphony Orchestra (NASO) was born, becoming the Jeanne B. McCoy Community

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Center for the Arts’ resident symphony.

The organizations celebrated their 10th anniversaries this year.

“It was really important for me to live in a place where the arts were valued and

*Sensory-friendly performances as part of Saturday at the Symphony series.

For more information and to see the TBA Community Kindness schedule, visit www.newalbanysymphony.net.

appreciated, and I knew with the building of the McCoy that I wanted to be able to give back in some way,” Garner says.

with Amanda DePerro

Heather Garner shares her wellness habits Are there any foods you try to avoid or emphasize?

The only food I don’t eat is cantaloupe! Ick. I must have an aversion. I don’t even like the smell of it. I try to eat as clean as possible. Real butter, real cream, fresh fruit and veggies, grass-fed beef, and wild-caught fish – and those that know me well know that I plan my meal around what I am having for dessert.

What are your favorite ways to stay active?

I love our local New Albany Orange Theory and Pure Barre Studios and I do a lot of walking on our trails.

What do you like to do to relax?

I love to shop at Marshall’s and Home Goods – my husband calls this my retail therapy. I also love to paint; not on a canvas. I frequently change the paint color in my house.

Instant gratification and totally mind-clearing for me!

How do you deal with performance anxiety, or channel it into something positive?

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I had a teacher that once told me that feeling nervous before a performance is natural, and you actually need that extra burst of adrenaline to allow your brain to focus and your body to perform at its optimal level. Performing and staying focused for several hours on-stage can be exhausting physically and mentally – so I have learned to embrace a little nervous energy, knowing that my body is just preparing itself.

With hours of practice and performing on the viola, how do you avoid arthritis or other disorders commonly associated with playing an instrument?

I think proper technique is key to avoiding injury. Musicians deal with a lot of repetitive motion in the tiny muscles and tendons in the hands and arms so we definitely have to be careful. One of the best things I learned as a young musician is to have a strong core. If you perform with a solid foundation holding up the head, neck and shoulders, you have less tendency to fall into bad playing postures that cause injury.

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Photo courtesy of Heather Garner

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“I wanted the orchestra program that my kids would be growing up in to be a powerhouse, I just wanted to create some really great energy in the community around the orchestra and the arts in general.”

In addition to her work as executive director with NASO, Garner is still a part of the Ohio Theatre and has been the assistant principal violist with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra for over 20 years. Music has infiltrated every corner of her life. Her entire family has helped with the NASO in some way, including support from her parents and in-laws to photography by her sons and husband. And she says NASO’s success is thanks, in large part, to the community.

“We could not do this without our volunteers; we have great volunteers,” says Garner. “It helps the organization thrive with the vast skill sets that they bring. This is what makes us really outstanding that we have so much talent in the community, and people are willing to share that talent with us.”

When asked what she does outside of the symphony, Garner asks, jokingly, “Is there anything?” She loves to read, involve herself in her sons’ activities and travel, and often finds inspiration for NASO programs through her travel. She is coach of her sons’ FIRST Lego League and FIRST Tech teams at NAPLS, and enjoys trips to the hardware store to stock up on items for 12-yearold Evan, who is an inventor.

Garner wanted her kids to grow up like she had, surrounded by music.

Evan, 12, plays the cello and Jack, 18, plays the bass. In fall, Jack will leave New Albany to study engineering at OSU. After 10 whirlwind years with NASO, Garner says she still loves it, and her favorite part is creating entirely new programs, including the Saturday at the Symphony and Community Kindness series. And she still loves being a part of the New Albany community.

“When you’re younger you’re always looking – what next?” says Garner.

“You get to a certain age and you’re like, ‘This is next.’ This is exactly where I want to be and what I want to be doing. It just keeps getting better every year here in New Albany.”

Amanda DePerro is an editor.

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on the path

By Lydia Freudenberg

One Family’s Journey Local family continues involvement in cancer-focused fundraising groups for more than a decade

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The Adams-Lewis family at the Nellie’s Champions for Kids Gala. From left: Riley, Jessica, Rourke, Hannah and Duncan.

Local Love About 10 years ago, Eden was the star of the first-ever fashion show by Nellie’s Champions For Kids (NC4K), an Ohio-based group that raises funds for

childhood cancer and helps local families dealing with pediatric cancer.

According to the NC4K website, Eden inspired the organization to continue the fashion show annually and grow. Today, the group hosts www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Photos courtesy of the Adams-Lewis family

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his story begins in 2007, when Eden Adams, daughter of Rourke Adams; and Hannah Lewis, daughter of Jessica Lewis; became friends. The two girls were undergoing treatment for different types of pediatric cancers and met in the hospital. “(Jessica and I) didn’t have to explain what we were going through,” Rourke says. “We could kind of use each other to sound board, so to speak.”

Hannah, who had a soft tissue cancer, is now cancer free and will be a senior at New Albany High School this fall. Eden passed away in late 2008 at 8 years old from neuroblastoma, a cancer that attacks the nerves.

Eden’s happy personality, like how she threw pixie dust around the hospital, and bits of wisdom, like when she told Jessica to appreciate gifts fully, are well-remembered by Rourke and Jessica, who have been together for the past 11 years.

“She didn’t meet a stranger,” Rourke says of Eden. “She was very happy, very princess-oriented; pink and glitter were her way to go.”

“She was special,” Jessica says.

“She was just little bits of wisdom all the time.”

The two families have become one, which also includes Rourke’s son, Riley, and Jessica’s son, Duncan. Today, the family is involved in multiple cancer-focused fundraising groups to not only raise awareness, but keep Eden’s memory alive.

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several events and has raised more than $2.5 million.

To this day, the Adams-Lewis family is highly involved in NC4K, especially Hannah.

Throughout this summer, Hannah is interning with NC4K for her senior seminar class, a course at NAHS in which students are required to complete a selfimprovement project of their choice.

“We’ve done so much with (NC4K) already that I wanted to do something different with them,” Hannah says. “This kind of put me on the other side of their company; being able to help families directly instead of just fundraising more or 18

being on the receiving end. I think it will be really fun.”

Hannah says one of her primary tasks during the NC4K internship is event planning, something she loves.

“The most fun thing about fundraising is being able to plan events,” Hannah says. “A lot of what NC4K does is based around little kids or adults, but we’d like to have something more unique to teenagers. And since I’m a (teenager), I will be able to help with that.”

Hannah is also involved in Camp Quality of Ohio, an organization that provides a free camping experience to children with cancer. Later this sum-

Biking for the Cure After Eden passed away, her older brother, Riley, wanted to make a difference, so he signed up for the first-ever Pelotonia event in 2009.

“Riley just said, ‘Hey I want to do this, can you help me?’ and I was a previous cyclist, so it just kind of went handin-hand,” says Rourke. “(Donators) know why we’re riding, they know that we’re riding in memory of Eden and they know where our hearts are.”

During the past ten years, Riley and Rourke have raised more than $63,000 for Pelotonia collectively. They are still fundraising for this year’s event, and www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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Clockwise from far left: Duncan, Riley, Rourke, Jessica, Eden and Hannah.

mer, Hannah will be a staff member at the camp and looks forward to helping kids who are going through what she experienced.

“It’s very much an escape; it’s not like we sit around and talk about cancer,” Hannah says. “Watching the kids play and get through it, it’s amazing to be around, and it’s always really inspiring. … It makes me want to (fundraise and volunteer) even more.”

The campers partake in a prom dance, explore nature and take field trips to places including a local zoo.

Hannah says if Eden were still here today, she would probably be just as involved with these organizations.

“We were like sisters,” Hannah says.

“Hopefully, we would have been raising even more money together.”

Hannah’s hard work won’t end when she graduates. She plans to stay in Ohio to attend college, and hopes to major in biomedical science for research or education. And, of course, she will continue her work in fundraising after high school.

they will ride under the sponsorship of L Brands to complete the first-ever 200mile race in Pelotonia history.

Pelotonia isn’t the only cycling event in which the duo participates.

After lobbying for topics related to pediatric cancer in Washington D.C., the Adams-Lewis family was invited in July 2008 to witness President George W. Bush sign a bill specific to funding childhood cancer research and spread awareness.

“As we were getting in the car (to go to D.C.), Eden was like, ‘I’m not doing this for you, but if I can help one other child with cancer, that’s why I’m going,’” Rourke says. “And that’s coming from an 8-year-old at the time. By the time she had gone through the multiple relapses she was very unfiltered.”

Unfortunately, as the song goes, the bill is just sitting on Capitol Hill. The funds to kickstart the act never amounted, but Rourke and Jessica still support lobbies for the bill.

Even still, good came from the trip. While the family was exploring the city, they met members from Team Will, a national pediatric cancer fundraising organization.

“Before we had ever, ever thought about any of us being on bicycles, we met (Team Will) literally on the steps of the Capitol Building,” says Jessica. “A member signed (Hannah’s and Eden’s) shirts because they were still bald.”

Team Will’s biggest fundraiser is the Go the Distance event, a bicycle tour that travels from San Francisco to Margate City, New Jersey. Riley and Rourke have done the biennial event since 2012, and in June they rode the trail once again.

“We kind of leapfrog across the United States,” Rourke says.

The hardest part about participating in the two summer events: raising enough money. Rourke says it’s all about networking and informing contacts about the cause. Jessica adds that other small events are held to raise the money, like selling candy bars, 3-D printing and selling fidget spinners, and hosting wine tastings.

Jessica and Hannah don’t ride in the two cycling events, but they are always on the sidelines, cheering for Rourke and Riley.

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Healing with Yoga When the Adams-Lewis family isn’t off biking hundreds of miles for research or helping put together a fashion show for children with cancer, they turn to relaxing family vacations at the beach, mindful yoga and the New Albany Walking Classic, in which Rourke participates every year.

Jessica is also a yogi, having begun in 2009. She is an instructor at Body Wisdom Healing Group in Clintonville. Hannah also enjoys yoga, and Jessica says the activity has mental health benefits. “(Yoga helps) manage the mental stress of the long-term side effects of having a child cancer survivor, and also in dealing with grief and loss after Eden,” Jessica says. “I like to help other people dealing with loss. … And yoga is how I healed from the many PTSD symptoms I had, common in parents of children with life-threatening illnesses.”

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A Deeper Meaning Apart from these organizations, every April the Adams-Lewis family host their event: a blood drive.

“The blood drive is in Eden’s birthday month – that is always a heavy month for me, and the (New Albany) elementary school is where we have it. That’s the school she went to,” Jessica says. “It is a way to honor her memory and help replace some of the blood supply we took while the girls were in treatment.”

Eden would have graduated this past May, so Jessica says it was nice seeing the senior students who were in her class. Jessica also notes the schools and community have been supportive.

“The schools have been amazing,” Jessica says about the district’s understanding of Hannah and Eden’s schedule during treatment. “The schools have always been there to support whatever we want to do. … And we wouldn’t be able to do the fundraising without (the community).”

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Rourke says all these events – Pelotonia, Team Will, fundraisers for NC4K and the blood drive – have shaped the family’s life.

“These events are our holidays, they’re our celebration days, and they’re very therapeutic,” he says. “I mean, it’s a lot to deal with. So, to actually get to talk about what happened and also bring awareness to the situation, it helps.”

Next May, Hannah will graduate, and Rourke and Jessica say their current path with fundraising may change a bit.

“The things that we’re doing are the things that we love,” Rourke says.

“So, we’re still going to have some sort of involvement and continuation; we just don’t know how it’s going to mature.”

A Different Outlook The couple says they wish they could take away the experience Eden

Hannah stands in the press briefing room in the White House after visiting with President George W. Bush in 2008.

and Hannah went through, but they’re also appreciative of the wisdom they gained along the way.

“I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, but I wouldn’t want to forget what I learned,” says Jessica. “I think the more you know as a person, the more you’re forced to grow from the situation. Because of that growth, we give, which actually makes us happier.”

Rourke adds their perspective on life has completely changed, but for the better.

“It kind of eliminates the superficial aspects of life,” he says. “And you realize what’s important.”

Lydia Freudenberg is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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By Scott McAfee, City of New Albany

Survey Says...

SURVEY FEEDBACK OVERVIEW Quality of Life In their own words, residents praised New Albany as safe, beautiful, convenient and well-maintained with a small-town feel, a strong sense of community and quality schools.

• 99 percent feel safe living in New Albany. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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96 percent view New Albany as vibrant and attractive.

91 percent view New Albany as a desirable place to live.

85 percent view New Albany as unlike any other central Ohio community.

83 percent feel New Albany is heading in the right direction.

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he City of New Albany recently retained central Ohio research firm Saperstein Associates to conduct a resident survey, seeking responses to questions pertaining to citizens’ quality of life, services, desires and concerns. This feedback provides guidance to city leaders about how they are doing today and what residents may desire in the future.

In all, Saperstein Associates talked to 316 randomly selected residents from Feb. 19 through March 4, a representative sample that is very similar to New Albany’s entire adult population.

New Albany’s resident survey offered residents a voice, opportunity for insights

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While the majority of residents do not believe there are too few housing options for millennials, 50 percent of residents aged 18-34 believe there should be more housing options for millennials.

While the majority of residents do not believe there are too few housing options for empty nesters, 49 percent of residents aged 55 or older believe there should be more diverse housing options.

Services Satisfaction with city services rate very high, especially police protection, refuse collection, snow removal and management of architectural standards for new construction.

• 96 percent are satisfied with the city’s police services.

• 95 percent are satisfied with trash, recycling and waste collection.

• 95 percent are satisfied with snow removal on main roads (89 percent are satisfied with removal on neighborhood roads).

• 90 percent are satisfied with management of architectural standards for new construction.

• 80 percent are satisfied with recruitment of business to expand the tax base as well as development of park land.

• 80 percent are satisfied with efforts to keep residents informed; 61 percent are satisfied with efforts to seek input and feedback; and 56 percent think the city does a good job of listening to concerns.

Editor’s note: No questions were asked about fire, emergency medical, or parks and recreation services; those services are not provided by the City of New Albany.

Market Square/Village Center Nearly six out of 10 would like more family friendly, casual dining restaurants in the Village Center.

Just over six out of 10 believe there are an appropriate number of parking spaces.

Most agree that the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts is an excellent performing arts venue.

Concerns In their own words, residents described taxes (especially property taxes), maintaining the quality and safety of schools, and traffic as their largest concerns, followed by general growth, school overcrowding, general safety and growth in apartments.

(Editor’s note: The sample interviews occurred very shortly after the high school shooting incident in Parkland, Florida).

Potential Initiatives Residents had the opportunity to rank five potential community initiatives – field house or multipurpose sports facility, food waste recycling, more park land, leisure trails, or senior programs – as their top priority. None of the initiatives tested appear to satisfy a deeply-felt, widespread need.

To review the full presentation of Saperstein’s Community Attitudes Survey to City Council, visit www.newalbanyohio. org/answers/survey.

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Scott McAfee is chief communications and marketing officer for the City of New Albany. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

What’s in Your Cabinet?

Knowing the contents of your medicine cabinet can be daunting

By David Allen

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hough much of what’s written on over-the-counter drug labels can seem a different language, educating oneself on what it means is just a click away.

According to ProPublica, nearly 78,000 people are admitted to emergency rooms each year from Tylenol toxicity, and about 30 percent of those patients accidentally overdose on the drug. This is a startlingly high figure, and with proper education, about 23,400 of 24

those emergency room visits could be prevented each year. Here’s a crash course on what you might find between the lines of your OTC medication labels.

Generic vs. brand name Most of us know that generic drugs and their brand name counterparts have the same clinical efficacy. One example of this is the generic drug ibuprofen.

You’ll find ibuprofen sold under brand names Advil, Brufen, Motrin and Nurofen all over the world. Typically, the generic version of a drug is released af-

ter the brand name drug’s patents and exclusivities expire. However, according to the Food and Drug Administration, generic drugs typically cost less than the brand name because the clinical trials required for brand-name FDA approval do not need to be run again, and because the generic drug introduces competition to the brand name, driving prices down.

The FDA makes it easy. The generic and brand name medicines are the same in “dosage, safety, effectiveness, strength, stability and quality, as well www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

as in the way it is taken and should be used,” according to the FDA.

Active vs. inactive ingredient On each label’s drug facts, you’ll find two sections for ingredients. The top section includes active ingredients, the bottom section inactive. The active ingredients are the only pharmacological components of the drug, which means ibuprofen, Advil and Motrin all have the same active ingredient: ibuprofen.

“An active ingredient is any component of a drug product intended to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals,” per the FDA’s website.

To put it in the most obvious terms, the inactive ingredient is everything the active ingredient is not. This might include dyes for color, preservatives, flavoring agents and binding agents. In Advil Liqui-Gels, you’ll find inactive ingredients such as Fd&C green No. 3, pharmaceutical ink, polyethylene glycol and potassium hydroxide. Understandably, these ingredients can look intimidating, but each ingredient is FDA-approved.

Information on them is chiefly pertinent to those with allergies.

How strong is too strong?

About 25,000 people accidentally overdose on a nearly ubiquitous drug each year, according to ProPublica.

Scarier, 1,567 people died from a Tylenol overdose between 2001 and 2010.

Depending on the drug, there are restrictions when it comes to how many pills, how strong the dosage and how much you should take within a day.

These can be found on the FDA website or the back of the bottle. It’s important to remember that the strength in each pill formation or drug type could change from drug to drug, so it’s vital to check.

A-OK, but buying medication online carries substantial risk.

The FDA notes many cases of customers purchasing a drug online, only to be sent something neither FDA-approved nor safe. For more information on buying medications online and how to trust online suppliers, the FDA’s BeSafeRx: Know Your Online Pharmacy has many useful resources.

What does the expiration date mean?

A 2012 article in Archives of Internal Medicine focused on just this question.

As it turns out, many OTC medications

don’t become harmful following the expiration date. After the date passes, the medications may not be 100 percent effective. For the responsible user of OTC medicines who closely follows label directions, expiration dates only mean the drug may not be quite as effective as it was the day it was bought.

However, if you’re ever concerned that an OTC drug has been tampered with or is no longer effective or safe, the best thing to do is throw it away.

David Allen is a contributing writer.

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Serving Up Success Columbus mother expands adaptive tennis program

For the last 10 years, New Albany’s own Buddy Up Tennis organization can be summed up in one slogan: “Where there’s a Will, there’s a way.”

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hen Beth Gibson’s son, Will, turned 3, she began to look for adaptive tennis programs in which Will could participate. Will has Down syndrome, and Gibson quickly realized there was a lack of tennis programs for children like Will. She knew there must be other parents out there who, like herself, were searching for a program like this, so she got to work.

Gibson began to collaborate with staff members at Wickertree Tennis Club to create a program that would give children with Down syndrome the opportunity to play tennis with peers.

After a successful clinic held in 2008, Gibson founded Buddy Up Ten-

nis. The search for an adaptive tennis program was over.

“There was a real need for a program like this in our community,” says Gibson. “We wanted these athletes to learn the sport of a lifetime while also growing and developing through team participation.”

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Buddy Up Tennis is not only an adaptive tennis program, but a program that looks to give children a full-body workout once each week.

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cupational or speech therapy needed to succeed. Living in New Albany, where fitness is so important, Gibson wanted to create an environment in which children with Down syndrome could be confident, successful and active.

“This program promotes a healthy lifestyle both on and off the court,” says Gibson. “These children are developing friendships and participating in their community, which has led to an overall increase in their confidence and allows them to feel more socially involved.”

Today, Buddy Up Tennis is the only tennis program in the country centered on children with Down syndrome. Since its humble beginnings in New Albany, this hands-on, relationship-driven program has expanded to nine states and 20 cities.

“Organizations in both the tennis and Down syndrome communities reached out to bring our program to their clubs and organizations because we can provide the skills,” says Gibson.

“We always go to a community where there is both a large tennis and Down syndrome community.”

A very active member in Buddy Up Tennis since his mother founded the organization, Will, now 13, is still excited for the program each week.

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“We’re all doing different fitness activities but working together at the same time.”

Additions and Advantages

Buddy Up Tennis has been hugely successful but still, Gibson continues to

search for ways in which to improve the program.

Will, a devoted athlete, began working with personal trainers outside of the tennis program. Parents with children in Buddy Up Tennis saw Will’s

success with the added programs, so Gibson decided it was time for a supplemental program to Buddy Up Tennis: Buddy Up Fitness.

“My mom and I are doing this awesome new fitness program,” says Will

In the 10 years since its inception, Buddy Up Tennis has grown to 20 cities and has given children and young adults with Down syndrome a new community.

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“We’ve gone from one athlete, buddy and coach to over 550 athletes, 65 coaches and 750 volunteers,” says Gibson.

“Buddy Up Tennis has created a family.”

Gibson. “My favorite activities at this program are wall sits, jump ropes, pushups, sit-ups and making new friends.”

Buddy Up Fitness started in fall 2017, implementing a circuit training class for individuals already involved in the tennis program. The classes focus on the children’s core, which can be the weakest part of the body for children with Down syndrome.

“We noticed that these kids wanted to be more active than the one tennis clinic a week,” says Gibson.

With its immense growth and popularity in New Albany and surrounding communities, Buddy Up Tennis has now started expanding Buddy Up Fitness to its other locations. In the winter and spring sessions, they will again add more classes for children to get involved in, Gibson says.

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With a bright future in mind, Gibson sees the Buddy Up Fitness program expanding to other Buddy Up www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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Buddy Up Tennis aims not only to provide a physical outlet to athletes, but also to strengthen the support system between athletes, buddies and the community.

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“Expansion doesn’t happen overnight, as we’ve had to take it one city at a time,” says Gibson. “As we expand and develop, we want each of our locations to continue our mission: giving each athlete the most impactful experience possible.”

Of course at the end of the day, Buddy Up Tennis is all about the athlete, and Will’s love for the sport and program are proof that Gibson has far exceeded her original goals.

“Buddy Up Tennis has changed my life because I became a new me and got experience with a wide variety of sports,” says Will. “These programs make me feel strong and awesome.”

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You Don’t Have to See Red The misconceptions of psoriasis during Psoriasis Awareness Month

By Jenny Wise

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id you know that about 3 percent of the world’s population has some form of psoriasis?

According to the American Academy of Dermatology, the disease affects 7.5 million Americans. Despite 150,000 new diagnoses annually and no known cure, there are still many misconceptions surrounding psoriasis.

August is the National Health Observances’ Psoriasis Awareness Month, so it’s only appropriate to raise awareness to the condition and those affected by it.

However, without a cure, how do people manage the uncomfortable symptoms?

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Depending on the type, there are many ways to manage symptoms.

Consulting a dermatologist should always be your first step in order to get on a treatment plan that works for you.

Though anyone can develop psoriasis, it’s most likely to appear in people between the ages of 15 and 35.

There are several variations of psoriasis, but some are more recognizable than others.

The itchy red skin that notably characterizes plaque psoriasis isn’t always present, though. Nail psoriasis often goes unnoticed for a long period of time, and as the nails grow weaker they eventually crumble or separate

from the nail bed. This is why it is crucial to pay attention to your body and any changes it may be going through.

Chronic inflammation can damage arteries, so if you discover you have psoriasis it’s important to monitor your heart health and take steps to protect yourself from heart disease in the future.

A recent study conducted by Youssef Elnabawi from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland even found evidence suggesting that common treatments for psoriasis can also reduce coronary plaque.

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Common Types of Psoriasis • Plaque psoriasis is the most common form, making up about 80 percent of all psoriasis cases.

• Scalp psoriasis causes a dry, itchy scalp. Most people who have psoriasis of any kind will experience a flare up on the scalp at some point.

• Nail psoriasis can cause nails to become pitted, discolored, splintered and even separated from the nail bed.

• Psoriatic arthritis causes joint stiffness and swelling, affecting about 15 percent of people with psoriasis.

• Guttate psoriasis is triggered by infection and generally affects children and young adults.

• Inverse psoriasis affects areas of the body where the skin folds over itself, like the armpit and breast area.

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• Erythrodermic psoriasis is the most rare and severe type, affecting the entire body.

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If you think you may have some form of psoriasis, don’t ignore the symptoms and hope they go away.

Seek medical expertise and learn the best way to manage symptoms so psoriasis doesn’t dictate your life.

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On a High Note Beautiful harmonies bring joy to all who listen and wellness to those who participate

By Bianca Wilson

member of The Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club and still sings in his church choir today.

“There’s a sense of community that is formed. You form relationships and become a family,” he says. “You’re creating music. At times it’s spiritual, at times it’s flat-out fun. I enjoy the bonding that happens; you’re relying on others and they’re relying on you.”

The benefits Mohre has experienced aren’t just mental, but physical as well.

“I think about taking deeper breaths. I think about using my diaphragm more; I do choral workouts,” he says.

Wiechart-White has had similar experiences during her choral career.

“People new to choir often mention improvements in breath stamina and clarity of focus that rehearsal requires.”

While there is less research on the physical benefits of singing, a review of previous studies conducted on singing and respiratory diseases published in The Journal of Voice last year indicated positive results and a need for further research.

Regardless of the results of any future studies, to Mohre the benefits of choral singing are evidenced in his own life every day.

“I’ve had many Sundays where I woke up feeling not well or in a lousy mood, and I go to church and sing in the choir and I feel uplifted and much better walking out of there,” he says.

Bianca Wilson is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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hanks to increased public dialog, there has been a spotlight on mental health in recent years. Along with a fight against the stigmas, there has also been an increased drive to find new ways to help those struggling with mental illness, and some unexpected outlets have come into the light.

One of these unexpected outlets? Choral singing.

However, it’s not a new idea that choral singing has mental health benefits; a 2012 study published in The Journal of Public Mental Health found that singing in a choir benefited people from all walks of life and could potentially be used to treat mental illness – and this study doesn’t stand alone. The sense of belonging that comes from being part of a choir in conjunction with creating music together has a profound impact on participants.

None of this information is new to Susan WiechartWhite, retired music educator and cofounder of Bexley Choral Society.

“We sing together of joys and sorrows and support each other in a variety of ways,” she says.

This is a sentiment echoed by New Albany Community Foundation President Craig Mohre. Mohre began to sing in choir during grade school and never stopped. He was a

For many choir members in New Albany, singing as a group isn’t just about the love of singing, but about the love of community as well.

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student spotlight

By Bob Valasek

An Open Book NAHS student and founder of Read to Succeed looks to the future

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At just 12 years old, Emily Spector began to collect books, filling her parents’ New Albany garage with donations. Years later, she’s continuing the cause.

Locally, Read to Succeed serves New Albany’s Village Coalition Against Hunger.

“Read to Succeed has had a great partnership with this incredible organization for the past three years helping with summer reading, books for the holidays and supplying books year-round,” she says. “It has been very rewarding to help so close to home.”

What makes Spector extraordinary is that the Read to Succeed Foundation is merely one of many organizations to which she devotes her time. This summer Spec-

tor will join the Wexner Service Corp, a year-long service program for high school students, through which she will travel to Houston to help continue the rebuilding effort after last year’s hurricanes.

When Spector is not in Houston this summer, she can be found at the New Albany branch library serving as a reading buddy and helping young children learn to read and love books, something she has done for many summers.

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mily Spector was just 12 years old when she created the Read to Succeed Foundation. Now, as a rising junior at New Albany High School, Spector has grown her foundation from her basement to have an international impact.

“My dad fully expected to have his basement back after a year,” says Spector. “But when we realized the foundation was only growing stronger, he purchased industrial shelves to support the surplus (of books) and my passion to make a difference.”

The difference that Spector makes is profound. Her Read to Succeed Foundation provides books to food pantries, creating miniature libraries from which children can choose books.

“I have chosen to focus on food pantries because I believe families should not only receive support with nutrition, but also brain food for their minds through receiving books of their own,” Spector says.

Spector has partnered with Half Price Books, which donates multiple times a year, as well as student leaders, local businesses, religious organizations and teachers to help fill her collection. She then organizes, labels and prepares the books for donation from her distribution center in the Spector family basement.

Over the past four and a half years, the Read to Succeed Foundation has served more than 40 organizations and donated more than 36,000 books.

“Although my efforts are focused on central Ohio, the impact of Read to Succeed Foundation has reached as far as Israel and is currently working to help the devastatingly poor children of Liberia,” she says.

Since the start of Read to Succeed, Spector has donated more than 36,000 books to more than 40 local organizations.

to prevent teen dating abuse and empower teens to have healthy relationships, and she’s a member of both the Key Club and the National Honor Society. However, there’s really only one activity in her life that can compare to Read to Succeed.

“One of my greatest passions, besides my Read to Succeed Foundation, is my involvement with the New Albany Ballet Company,” she says. Spector is part of NABC’s pre-professional ballet program.

“It has been a wonderful place to receive rigorous ballet training and be a part of amazing performance opportunities.”

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planning for Read to Succeed’s future after high school graduation.

“Prior to graduation from high school, I plan to train local young leaders to carry out the foundation’s responsibilities during the school year while I continue to make deliveries when home from college, or possibly even take over the efforts,” she says.

While central Ohio and beyond benefit from Read to Succeed, Spector knows she can always count on New Albany to support her and the foundation.

“Every time I am able to reach a new organization or revisit a food pantry or or-

ganization that I am bringing a new supply of books, I feel tremendously lucky and empowered to know that through the incredible support of my generous community, together we are making a difference,” she says.

To donate, volunteer, or learn more about Emily Spector’s Read to Succeed Foundation, visit www.readtosucceed foundation.org.

Bob Valasek is a contributing writer.

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Foods for Fitness

By Rocco Falleti

Curb the Crave

Debunking the myths surrounding nighttime eating

We All Do It

We have all been there. Work went a little later than expected, it’s well past dinner time, you have to be up again in the next six hours, but you’re starving.

Or on the flip side, you’ve already eaten dinner, but how else are you going to enjoy your favorite Netflix shows without a little comfort food?

Do you go to bed? Do you stop at a fast food restaurant just to satisfy your hunger? A little snack won’t hurt, right?

These are near-daily occurrences we all experience in one way or another in our lives. The overall idea of eating before bed remains one of the most heavily debated topics in the health world.

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ing to have a negative impact on your health and sleep schedule. Then, the negative impact on your sleep schedule will put you more at risk of obesity and diseases such as type 1 diabetes.

Keep to Your Schedule

However, as staff dietitian at the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, Nijya Saffo states, these claims though true to an extent, are often entirely dependent on your own personal schedule.

“There is no set time that makes something healthful or unhealthful,” Saffo says. “It depends mostly on your own schedule and healthy eating habits.”

The most common perception about eating at night is that it can nega-

tively impact weight loss and, in turn, affect sleep patterns.

“A general rule of thumb is to keep at least three hours between eating and going to bed,” Saffo says. “Obviously, being full and comfortable is a big thing.”

Normally, it takes the average person around three hours to fully digest consumed food. Sleep can halter that process, and acid reflux and heartburn may occur if one eats too close to bedtime.

“It’s more about making sure that you have a full feeling at dinner time, that makes all the difference,” Saffo says.

“If you find yourself wanting to snack at night, that might point to the fact you need a larger meal.” www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Avoiding the Ice Cream

Though deciding on the right time to eat dinner is tough, the ultimate challenge for many people is fighting the urge to snack late into the evening.

“You learn it (late-night snacking) from your parents and family most times,” Saffo says. “Some people feel that it is necessary to have a snack at night when you are getting ready for bed or watching your favorite shows.”

Eating later into the evening has been found to have an effect on metabolism by throwing off caloric intakes and sleep patterns. So, what is a person to do if they cannot fight the urges to eat, let alone snack at night?

“If it is second nature and you have to have a snack before bed, I would start turning to at least fruit or vegetables, something lower in carbs, sugar and fat,” Saffo says.

Eating later into the night before bed can create a habit that is hard to break.

If you are eating your heaviest meals closer to bedtime, you are going to wake up fuller than you should in the morning, which will continue to push your meals later into the day.

“Obviously, make sure you are eating a meal with a healthy balance of lean meats, whole grains and vegetables,” Saffo says. “If you do have to eat before bed, at least try not going to bed right after that meal.”

While there may be no permanent solution to completely curb the nighttime eating urges, the most important thing you can do is become more observant of your own daily habits.

“It’s not exactly when you eat, I don’t think there is a set time for certain meals,” Saffos says. “It comes down to how you eat and how much you are eating.”

Rocco Falleti is an assistant editor.

Feedback welcome at rfalleti@ cityscenecolumbus.com. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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Ask the Expert

With Jenny Wise

Tell Tail Local veterinary dermatologist discusses pet health care

Healthy New Albany: How should pet owners know when to take their pets to a veterinarian? What signs should they be on the lookout for?

Dr. John Gordon: Most pet owners are very attuned to their pet’s social behaviors, activity level and eating patterns. If any of these change, then

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John G. Gordon, DVM, Diplomate, ACVD, is a Veterinary Dermatologist at MedVet Columbus. Gordon, having been on staff since 1994, is the Dermatology Specialty Leader for MedVet. He attended The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine where he earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. After becoming a board-certified Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology, Dr. Gordon was a Clinical Instructor at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine before joining the MedVet team.

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evaluation by their veterinarian is recommended. At the appointment, if pet owners can provide specific details regarding their concern, their veterinarian will be able to more accurately identify the cause. These details may include: when a behavior pattern changed, if it is intermittent, if there was a recent change in the home environment or diet that may correlate, and if they have been empirically treating at home and, if so, with what medications.

HNA: How often should a pet owner visit the veterinary office?

JG: Pets should be evaluated annually, but twice a year is recommended for older patients. If you consider that, in general, one year of a dog or cat’s life is similar to seven years of our own, then an annual evaluation is actually quite infrequent. Consider when we reach our senior years, it would seem surprising if a 70 or 80-year-old person only visited their physician every seven years.

Therefore, more frequent visits should be considered. Previously, those visits correlated well with receiving annual vaccines, but as the need for frequent boosters has decreased there is less of an obvious reason to visit your veterinarian. However, a routine health check is more than enough reason.

HNA: What routine health care steps should pet owners be taking between visits?

JG: Routine health care for pets is similar for people. We all need regular exercise, consuming a healthful diet without overeating and daily dental care. It is surprising how simple it is to brush pets’ teeth. If pet owners can brush at least twice per week most pets will not require annual dental cleanings performed under general anesthesia.

Maintaining a healthy weight is also important. Multiple veterinary studies have shown that appropriate weight is a key predictor of a pet’s life span and health.

One study demonstrated Labradors will live two years longer if not overweight.

HNA: When talking about pets, people generally think about cats and dogs first, but are there other animals that you often treat? How do their needs differ from those of cat and dogs?

JG: Legally I am licensed to practice on any animal other than man. I have had the opportunity to treat multiple zoo animals, the most recent were a chimpanzee losing nails and a black bear with seasonal hair loss and allergies at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. I’ve also biopsied a grey seal at the Louisville Zoo, skin allergy-tested an African elephant and evaluated a pronghorn antelope at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. There are many similarities to human conditions but each animal species has unique clinical presentations and metabolism of medications. For instance, grapes and raisins are toxic to dogs and treating cats with aspirin can easily result in toxicity.

HNA: In general, are there any dermatological conditions that certain animals are prone to contract?

JG: Most dermatologic conditions in dogs and cats are associated with an underlying allergic etiology. The inflammation associated with allergic disease often results in secondary bacterial or yeast infections of the skin or ears, resulting in hair loss and malodor. We have many therapies available to manage the symptoms, but determining the cause for the allergic condition is the most important and effective treatment. Interestingly, we often test dogs and cats for an allergy to human dander.

HNA: What are the most common reasons why pet owners go to the veterinarian?

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hen was the last time you took your pet to the vet? Many of us only think about going in for a visit when something is wrong, but maybe we should be thinking proactively. Healthy New Albany Magazine spoke with Dr. John Gordon, New Albany resident and veterinary dermatologist at MedVet Columbus, about how pet owners can keep their animals healthy and happy.

symptoms that include chronic ear infections, recurrent skin infections and itching. Patients often present with intractable itching, malodor, or hair and nail loss.

HNA: Do shedding animals have different skin/fur problems than non-shedding animals?

JG: There are some breeds that have a longer hair cycle length which results in less frequent shedding but all dogs and cats shed. The hair cycle length in people is nearly continuous, requiring regular haircuts. This is also why we see the effects from chemotherapy, because the medications affect actively dividing cells which include hair. The majority of hairs in dogs and cats are in the resting non-growing phase, so when they are treated with chemotherapy they often do not experience significant hair loss. This is why many breeds do require haircuts but they all will shed.

HNA: How often should you bathe a pet? What dermatologyrelated problems are associated with bathing a pet too much?

Too little?

JG: It is surprising how infrequently pets need to be bathed. If they are experiencing skin conditions, then they will often develop malodor or an oily hair coat requiring bathing with a medicated shampoo two or three times per week.

Otherwise, just a few baths a year are adequate. It is difficult to over-bathe pets because each of their hairs contains an oil gland, which helps to protect them from developing a dry hair coat or dry skin that could result from frequent bathing.

HNA: Can you give me a few examples of best practices that pet owners should utilize to prevent common dermatology-related issues?

JG: If your pet experiences reoccurring ear infections, inflamed skin lesions or requires routine baths to manage www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

malodor, then evaluation by your veterinarian and possibly a veterinary dermatologist is recommended. Often, pets with pendulous ear pinna or floppy ears (i.e. cocker spaniels, basset hounds, beagles, retrievers, etc.) or pets that frequently swim will be assumed to inherently develop ear infections. The cause is not the shape of their ear or excessive water in their ear canal, but rather the reason they are experiencing recurrent ear infections is because of underlying allergic inflammation that needs to be specifically corrected.

HNA: Do you have any pets of your own? If so, what kinds and how do you keep them healthy at home?

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