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Health events in October

« Be Dazzled: Seventh annual girls’ night out

event, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 11 UNC Ballroom, 2045 10th Ave., Greeley. Be entertained by music featuring Lance Garrett and Jerry Nelson on “Dueling Pianos.”

Be encouraged by the history of cancer as it becomes a future of hope — and be amazed at the stunning and sometimes humorous changes women have experienced through the decades. Chef-inspired creations and dazzling door prizes. Wine and champagne for purchase. Purchase tickets prior to the event for $15 at: NCMC Gift Shop or Accessories with a Flair! at 1335 8th Ave.; call toll-free (877) 277-8975; choose option No. 2; tickets may also be purchased at the door for $20.

« Blood Tests, 7-8:45 a.m. Oct. 10 and 24, North

Colorado Medical Center, Union Colony Room, Area C on the ground floor, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

Wellness Services offers low-cost blood screenings open to community members. Some immunizations are also available upon request and availability. Participants need to fast for 12 hours before the blood draw. To make an appointment, call (970) 350-6633.

« Body Check Head To Toe, Oct. 2 and 16 at the

Summit View Medical Commons, 2001 70th Ave., Greeley. Head-to-toe health screenings include blood work, sleep questionnaire, lung function test, body composition, hip and waist measurements, health education, EKG with results, bone density, peripheral arterial disease screenings, ultrasound of carotid vessels and ultrasound of aorta, $175. To schedule an appointment, call (970) 350-6070.

« CT Heart Score Screening, 1 and 2 p.m. Mon-

days-Fridays at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley. This is a noninvasive test that measures the amount of calcified plaque in the arteries. The Heart Score program includes a 10-minute consultation with a wellness specialist, focusing on cardiac risk factor education, identification of nonmodifiable and modifiable risks, and lifestyle behavior change options. To make an appointment, call (970) 350-6070. Cost: $199.

« PAD Screening (Peripheral Vascular Disease), 1-3 p.m. Oct. 2 and 16 at Summit View Medical

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Commons, 2001 70th Ave. in Greeley. Cost: $100.

« Restorative Yoga, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Mondays, Oct.

22-Nov. 12 at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley. Restorative yoga will focus on gentle movements coordinated with breathing exercises to facilitate greater range of motion, flexibility and relaxation. Modifications of poses will be given to address the full spectrum of student needs in order to learn a safe and effective way to practice yoga with a personalized approach. Students with any level of physical ability are welcome. This is primarily a chair-and-mat class. Cost: $48. To register, call (970) 350-6633.

« Yoga basics, 4-5 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 1-Nov. 12 at

North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley. Introduction to the foundational poses in a beginning yoga practice. This class will focus on careful physical alignment for the creation of a safe practice that students can take into their homes or other yoga classes. Yoga basics will also emphasize yoga as a tool for strength, flexibility and balance. This class is for students of most physical abilities. Cost: $48. To register, call (970) 350-6633.

« Yoga flow, 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 24-Nov.

14; or 8-9 a.m. Saturdays Oct. 27-Nov. 17 at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

This class offers traditional yoga poses linked together through movements called Vinyasa, which means to move with purpose. The flow style of moving practice puts the body into a fat-burning zone through anaerobic activity. Yoga Flow is for students of all levels. Cost: $48. To register, call (970) 350-6633.

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appointments and group classes in Greeley, Loveland, Windsor and Johnstown by calling (970) 392-2344. Education offered for patients with diabetes, and their caregivers or families, to provide knowledge, skills and tools to successfully manage their diabetes. Topics include nutrition, activity, monitoring, medications, problem solving, healthy coping, reducing risks, weight loss,

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Middle ground a sound way to get baby to sleep, study shows Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Nearly

every parent knows that gripping, awful feeling of a baby screeching when put to bed — and the ensuing anxiety over whether to pick up the baby or tough it out and let the baby cry. New research shows that a middle ground not only brings peace to the household but also does no harm.

So-called behavioral sleep techniques don’t cause long-lasting harm to the child or to the relationship between the par-

ent and child, the study published mid-September in the journal Pediatrics shows.

“Parents and health professionals can confidently use these techniques to reduce the short- to medium-term burden of infant sleep problems and maternal depression,” the study authors wrote.

The study, by researchers at several institutions in Australia and Britain, of children at age 6 was a follow-up to one conducted of infants whose parents reported sleep problems at age 7 months.

Nearly half of parents report sleep problems in their babies who are 6 months to a year old, and techniques such as “controlled comforting” and “camping out” have been shown to help. Controlled comforting is gradually increasing the time taken to respond to the baby’s cries.

Camping out has the parents sitting with the baby as he or she settles to sleep and gradually moving toward the door.

Such techniques also have been shown to reduce maternal depression.

And, the researchers say, there could be other benefits: “Furthermore, teaching parents to regulate their children’s sleep behavior is a form of limit-setting that, combined

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Management, Education and Updates, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 or 10-11 a.m. Oct. 25 at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

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with parental warmth, constitutes the optimal authoritative parenting style for child outcomes.”

“Crying it out” was for a time recommended, at least among mothers desperate for sleep. That “is not usually recommended nowadays because of the distress it causes parents and infants,” the researchers wrote.

The Kids Sleep Study returned to the participants of the infant study, and drew their conclusions in the follow-up based on information from trained researchers, who conducted the Pediatric Quality of Lifewellness Inventory and showed parents how to collect salivary cortisol to measure fatigue.

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« Prediabetes class, meets at

education, offered weekly at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

For women with type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes to teach skills needed to care for themselves during pregnancy.

Topics include: healthy eating, being active, blood glucose monitoring, medications, problem solving, healthy coping and reducing risks. The goal is to help you and your baby stay healthy.

Cost: $10. Call (970) 392-2344 to schedule an appointment.

North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley. Call (970) 392-2344 to sign up for a three-class session. This class will teach the difference between prediabetes and diabetes; what you can do to prevent type 2 diabetes; how to develop a lifelong plan to help keep your blood sugars in the normal range. Cost: $30.

« Cancer Support Group, 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

« Diabetes Information Group,

« Breast Cancer Support Group,

7-8 p.m. Oct. 9 at North Colorado Medical Center, Colonial Room, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

For people with diabetes, their family, friends, caregivers or anyone with an interest in diabetes. To register, call (970) 392-2344.

5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 4 at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

« Man-to-Man Prostate Cancer Support Group, 5:30-7 p.m.

Oct. 18 at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

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COLORADO RELIES HEAVILY ON VOLUNTEER FIRST RESPONDERS

By Colorado Public News

When you dial 911 in Colorado, the first responders who arrive to help usually show up in a fire truck. On interstates and highways connecting vast swaths of rural Colorado, they are likely volunteers — people whose day jobs range from lawyers to butchers to high school students.

Fully three-fourths of America’s first responders are saving lives for free, extricating a driver trapped in her car, or extinguishing a truck explosion. Colorado law does not require them to be medically trained to handle those calls, said Micki Trost of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control In much of the state, the first person on the scene of a lifethreatening crash could be a volunteer nurse, or it could be someone whose training stops at cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Just how much money is available for those volunteers’ training and equipment depends on the tax receipts of often cashstrapped rural fire districts.

“There isn’t a state mandate on the training because it’s a local decision on what requirements are going to be for that agency for those responders,” Trost said.

Similarly, the state Emergency Medical and Trauma Services has no specific requirements for individual fire departments. “It’s a local decision,” said spokeswoman Jeanne-Marie Bakehouse.

Clear Creek Fire Chief Kelly Babeon said some day the state may adopt laws that provide blanket requirements for medical training. But he worries that more rules means it will be hard-

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er to find volunteers willing to commit, especially in rural areas.

“Regulations on our requirements keep progressing and changing,” Babeon said. “But I think it would make it difficult for some departments to have people available. We do the best with what we have.”

Clear Creek’s volunteers cover crashes on more than 30 miles of Interstate 70 in the mountains from the Eisenhower tunnel to the top of Floyd Hill, as well as three dangerous passes: Guanella, Loveland and Berthoud.

The department handles about 1,300 calls every year, of which 36 percent occur on the highway. Babeon is one of only two paid people on a 45-person force that responds to those calls.

The rest of the force consists of volunteers.

“I’m interested in saving lives and just being out there helping people,” said volunteer Erin Vaughn, a junior at Clear Creek High School. “I think it’s what I’m meant to do.”

Volunteers in Clear Creek are trained at varying degrees to keep injured people alive until an ambulance arrives from the nearest town. The department requires they have a minimum 72 hours of fire and rescue training a year. Newer volunteers are required to attend 12 sessions in their first six months.

Clear Creek is lucky to have three flight-for-life nurses among its volunteers. They include Cpt. Peter Werlin, who says 80 percent of Clear Creek’s crisis calls are for medical assistance. Often, the first person on the scene is one of his crew.

“If something happens in … any of our smaller towns, it is our volunteer that has that best chance to save that life,” Werlin said. That life often depends on the volunteer’s knowledge of basic CPR, and training on how to use a heart-starting defibrillator device.

“A fancy helicopter, a paramedic ambulance, does nothing if you don’t have a volunteer or citizen rescuer starting things as early as possible,” he said.

In rural, sparsely populated districts, it’s often hard to find qualified medical personnel to give their time, and when you do, that person isn’t always available.

John Decker, of the volunteer Wet Mountain Fire Protection District in Westcliffe, notes that his 35 volunteers include a real estate agent, a carpenter and the

town butcher.

“When (an emergency call) comes in, he tosses his apron, and he’s off to a call,” Decker said.

Volunteer firefighters in Westcliffe, population 568, in Colorado’s southern mountains, must at least know CPR and how to run a defibrillator.

“We’re so remote, you’re lucky to get what you’ve got,” said Decker, who, as president of the Colorado Firefighter’s Association, knows his is not the only rural fire district operating on a shoestring budget.

“Some departments, you know, they barely can afford gasoline, workman’s comp, or insurance on their vehicles,” Decker said.

Some states provide funding to help pay for operations support for emergency responders like volunteer firefighters. California, for example, enacted a law in 1986 that collects $1 per vehicle registration for this.

Colorado has no similar laws, but it’s not for lack of trying.

Babeon says he has appealed to legislators here with the idea to enact a per-vehicle registration fee, without success. Instead, Babeon says his district’s operations budget comes from grants, private donations and pancake breakfasts.

In addition to all the vehicle crashes, the state’s volunteer firefighters somehow also respond to their first responsibility — fires. This summer’s extreme fire danger has added to the stress on many rural districts. Wet Mountain Fire Protection District’s Decker says the drought has taken its toll on his team.

“We’re on pins and needles ‘til we get our first good snow or rain,” he said.

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By MEAGAN BIRELY mbirely@greeleytribune.com

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ost children have their eyes tested every year while they are in school.

But what should people do after they leave school? Dr. Doug Carter of Eye Specialists of North Colorado in Greeley explains when and why patients should seek out an ophthalmologist and how they can take care of their eyes in between visits.

DO I NEED REGULAR EYE EXAMS?

Carter said people with no family history of eye disease and who don’t have vision problems should return to routine checkups around the age of 40.

Carter, who has been in practice in Greeley for 25 years, said people are getting better about going to the doctor when they are well instead of waiting until something is wrong.

“They are much better about being proactive,” Carter said.

After an eye exam, depending on the individual, another exam may not be needed for another two to four years. At the age of 40 is when people generally start to experience presbyopia, meaning they have trouble seeing objects up close. After the age of 65, Carter said that is when incidents of vision trouble start to climb.

WHAT IF THERE IS FAMILY HISTORY OF EYE PROBLEMS?

“You shouldn’t wait until you are 40,” Carter said.

He recommended patients with a family history of glaucoma, macular degeneration or other eye diseases see an ophthalmologist before the age of 40 to get a baseline. From there, the doctor can tailor a plan to the individuals needs.

“If you have a family history, the game changes,” Carter said, “or if you have one of the diseases. It is very important to know family history.”

GOING TO THE EYE DOCTOR IS NOT JUST FOR YOUR VISION

Going to the eye doctor is not only good for your eyes but your overall health, as well. Diabetes can even be detected at an eye exam.

“There are many things we can diagnose before it becomes symptomatic,” Carter said.

Blood vessels in the eyes can be seen well, and can be very telling. Carter said they are able to look for glaucoma, diabetes, early onset macular degeneration, hypertensive changes and more.

WHAT HAPPENS AT AN EYE EXAM?

“We want to check their vision and see if the eyes are 20/20 in both eyes,” Carter said. “If one is not, sometimes the other eye takes over and compensates. If they don’t see 20/20 we try to find out why.”

Carter said they also check for pressure inside the eye for glaucoma, which is damage to the optic nerve and can lead to vision loss.

“There are about 2.5 million in the U.S. with glaucoma and half are undiagnosed. It’s a sneaky little disease that creates trouble later,” he said.

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“It is a complicated little organ,” he said.

DOES WHAT I EAT AFFECT MY EYES?

Simply put, yes. A healthy diet is important for eyes to function at their best.

Carter said a big study done eight years ago showed dietary items with zinc and lutein helped to stabilize the macula in the eyes.

This part of the eye is what contracts macular degeneration, which leads to loss of vision.

Leafy, dark green vegetables are high in zinc and lutein. Carter said for people who aren’t as fond of those veggies, there are ocular vitamins available.

I WORK WITH A COMPUTER ALL DAY, WILL THAT HURT MY EYES?

Carter said that computers do not damage eyes but they do dry eyes out.

“Reading and computers are the biggest work that eyes do. And in this drier climate, they tend to get a little dry,” he said.

He said you can give your eyes a break by looking away for about 10 seconds every 20 minutes or so if they are getting tired. People may also try eye drops or having a humidifier by their desk to keep their eyes from drying out.

Carter said it also helps to have the computer illuminated properly with no glare to keep eyes comfortable.

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COMMON SENSE KEY TO EYE HEALTH

Taking care of your eyes comes down to common sense things, Carter said.

“Stay healthy, have a healthy diet, make sure you eat dark green, leafy veggies. Don’t smoke — smoking increases macular degeneration.

Sunglasses are useful and make eyes more comfortable. And wear safety glasses if you are doing something that puts you at risk.”

And knowing your family history and what may happen to your eyes plays an important role in eye health.

“As people live and work longer, vision is very important,” Carter said.

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Risk is lower than expected for stressed workers Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — If you

still have a job in this economy, you’re supposed to feel grateful. But stress is what more people tend to feel at work these days, and a new study finds that for those who experience such strain on the job, the risk of developing heart disease increases by about 25 percent.

That elevated heart attack risk, however, is less high than has been widely supposed, the authors of the new study wrote Sept.

13 in the journal Neurology.

While addressing workplace stress might help improve employees’ health, they said, there’s lower-hanging fruit that would yield higher health benefits, including an expansion of efforts to get smokers to kick the habit.

Job stress is defined by high demands at work and/ or a worker’s low level of control over work hours and conditions. A 2007 survey by the American Psychological Assn. found that three-

quarters of Americans listed work as a significant source of stress, and more than half acknowledged that their productivity had suffered as a result of stress.

For employers, workplace stress is no bargain: Job stress is estimated to cost U.S. employers $300 million a year in absenteeism, lost productivity, higher turnover and added medical, legal and insurance fees.

The latest research is not a fresh study but a compilation of existing studies, some published in medical journals, others not. It gathers evidence of the link between job stress and heart disease from studies conducted in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Britain. Some published studies have assessed the increased cardiovascular toll of stress on the job at 40 percent. But when unpublished studies were taken into consideration, the contribution of job stress to cardiovascular risk started to shrink.

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Weight-loss group to meet on Thursdays The Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) group meets at 9:15 a.m. Thursdays at Bethel Baptist Church, 2315 17th Ave. in

Greeley.

The group provides weight loss support, accountability, recognition and obesity research.

For more information, call Sandee Esparaza at (970) 346-1299.

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Adding fruits, veggies to diet helps older women keep weight off

By Carolyn O’Neil The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Looks like eating more fruits and vegetables is the not-sosurprising secret to weight control for older women.

It’s a common complaint as waistlines widen with advancing birthdays, especially for post-menopausal women, who typically say, “I’m eating the same, but the numbers on the scale just keep creeping higher.”

What’s not the same, unfortunately, is the body’s metabolic rate, which naturally slows down with age. Add to that a lifestyle that’s often less active and you’ve got the math to verify that caloriesin vs. calories-out can move the scales in the wrong direction.

Sure, you can step up the exercise regime and vow never to order dessert again.

But according to a new study of nearly 500 overweight women in their 50s and 60s, it’s what they were adding to their meals that ultimately helped them lose weight and keep it off.

Dr. Bethany Barone Gibbs and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh studied eating habits of women who lost weight over short term (six months) and long term (four years). The highly motivated dieters in the sixmonth group ate fewer desserts and fried foods, drank fewer sugar-sweetened beverages and ate more fish.

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... Eating fruits and vegetables may not make as big a difference in your caloric intake. But that small change can build up and give you a better long-term result, because it’s not as hard to do as giving up french fries forever.

Dr. Bethany Baron Gibbs

After four years, the women were still saying “no” to pie and soda fairly often, but the habit that emerged as the most powerful predictor for long-term weight loss was eating more fruits and vegetables, followed by eating less meat and cheese. Good news for Southerners: They weren’t necessarily skipping fried foods.

“People are so motivated when they start a weightloss program,” Barone Gibbs

said. “You can say, ‘I’m never going to eat another piece of pie,’ and you see the pounds coming off. Eating fruits and vegetables may not make as big a difference in your caloric intake. But that small change can build up and give you a better long-term result, because it’s not as hard to do as giving up french fries forever.”

During the four-year study, the number of times dieters ate out in restaurants

declined, but Barone Gibbs chalks that up to the downturn in the economy, not a sign that eating out less is linked to weight loss.

A weight-control study published in the September issue of The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics showed that adding just two servings of fruits and vegetables to a daily diet was linked to a 3-pound weight loss over four years.

This may not sound like much, but keep in mind that most folks gain weight every year.

It turns out the small changes we can sustain during the long haul make the biggest difference in life-long weight control. So a perfect meal for me would be a big green salad, grilled fish with lemon and, yup, french fries.

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Colleges try new tactics in battle against binge drinking Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Catherine Sedun re-

members binge drinking among students when she attended college about a decade ago. Despite an influx of programs to combat the problem in recent years, she says it remains a top concern on many campuses.

“These students work so hard to get into these universities, and once they get here, a lot of them spiral out of control with their freedom,” she said. “It’s time to party.”

In an attempt to save students from themselves, Sedun, a high school teacher and a graduate student at Northwestern University, headed the Red Watch Band program at the Evanston campus last year. The program teaches students to recognize the warning signs of alcohol poisoning — vomiting; cold, clammy skin; the inability to wake up — and to call for medical help.

It’s part of a wave of college initiatives meant to quell the chronic problem. The percentage of college students who binge drink — defined as five drinks for men and four drinks for women in two hours — has held steady at about 40 percent for most of the past decade, consistently more than non-college students, federal surveys show. Combining alcohol with energy drinks has fueled students’ ability to drink more and longer.

One estimate, from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, blames binge drinking for more than 1,800 college student deaths a year, mostly from drunken driving. Research shows that frequent binge drinkers are more likely to miss classes, get hurt, engage in risky sex and have problems in class.

They’re also happier than non-

Binge drinking among young More than 38 million American adults binge drink about four times a month. Some of the demographics of that activity: Drinking that brings a personÕs blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 percent or higher: 5 drinks in about 2 hours

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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services © 2012 MCT Graphic: Chicago Tribune

binge drinkers, according to a recent study at one school, but researchers say that seems to be because of their social status. Most often they’re white males involved in athletics and fraternities.

Acknowledging that some students are going to drink no matter what, many schools are practicing “harm reduction” — trying to save students from their own worst behaviors.

At Northwestern, the issue has particular resonance. Nineteenyear-old freshman Matthew Sunshine died of alcohol poisoning in 2008 after a party in his dorm hall.

As part of a settlement with his family, the school agreed to review its alcohol policy. The next year, Northwestern started the Red Watch Band program, developed at Stony Brook

University in New York, where Sunshine’s mother worked.

NU also has joined the Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking, in which 32 schools across the country are trying shortterm changes to alcohol policy and monitoring the results. As part of its efforts, Northwestern employs BASICS, an assessment of students who get involved in alcohol-related medical or police incidents, and lowered the time for treatment from 30 to 20 days, according to Lisa Currie, director of health promotion and wellness.

“There is no magic bullet,” she said. “It’s small improvements ... that work together.”

Some freshmen are subject to the new procedures even before they get to school. At DePaul University

in Chicago, for example, students are required to take an online selfassessment to analyze their alcohol use before they get to campus.

Loyola University Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago also use the online program, called e-CHUG, or electronic Check-Up to Go. Meanwhile, schools are working to offer alcohol-free events, like the Beer Free Zone at UIC, and NU Nights at Northwestern, which offered a showing of the movie “Chicago” with related dance lessons, or bingo with prizes such as iPods.

Harper College in Palatine offers a new class about drug and alcohol abuse in college, taught by a teacher who admits drinking once affected her own performance in school.

Some schools even offer alcohol-free spring breaks.

At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, binge drinking has been notorious on dates such as Halloween and Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day, a daylong drunkfest sponsored by bars that were losing money when March 17 fell within spring break. In response, the school and city have tried to crack down on such events, including steps to limit alcohol availability and installing surveillance cameras.

All these efforts are a response to a study by the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism that identified binge drinking as a top problem on campuses across the country a decade ago.

Since then, a survey of 747 college presidents reported by the Center for Science in the Public Interest found that nearly all colleges had implemented some form of alcohol education, with efforts targeting high-risk populations such as first-

year students, sorority and fraternity members, and athletes. Thirty-four percent of colleges banned alcohol for all students, and four in five colleges offered an option for alcoholfree residences.

Still, success has varied. At some colleges, nearly 70 percent of the students were identified as binge drinkers; at others there were none.

It will take much harder work to make a dent in the problem, according to researchers such as Toben Nelson at the University of Minnesota, especially at big schools with an emphasis on sporting events, which had the most problems. Harm reduction and screening help, he said, but research shows that telling students why they shouldn’t drink does little to change their behaviors.

He says colleges could do much more to limit the availability of alcohol, which saturates college culture.

He points to a success story at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, which lowered its percentage of binge drinkers from the 60s to the 40s by limiting alcohol and requiring registration for parties so police could make sure they weren’t getting out of hand.

Research by the Harvard School for Public Health found that underage students in states with extensive laws restricting underage and highvolume drinking — such as keg registration, 0.08 driving laws and restrictions on happy hours, pitchers and advertising — were less likely to binge drink.

Schools may always have binge drinkers, Nelson said, but it’s defeatist to say nothing can be done to cut down on the severity and bad effects.

“You’re not going to stop it,” Nelson said. “The idea is to reduce it and keep a lid on it.”

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AUDIOLOGY

ALPINE ALL ABOUT HEARING

1124 E. Elizabeth Street, #E-101 Fort Collins, CO 80524 Phone: (970)221-3372 Fax: (970)493-9237 3820 N. Grant Avenue Loveland, CO 80538 Phone: (970)461-0225 Fax: (970)593-0670 Web Site: www.allabouthearing.com Professionals: Renita Boesiger, M. A., CCC-A Rachel White, M. A., CCC-A Cheryl Hadlock, M. S., CCC-A

UNC AUDIOLOGY CLINIC

5300 29th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)353-6800 Web Site: www.meadowviewofgreeley.com

ASSISTED LIVING

BONELL GOOD SAMARITAN 708 22nd Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 352-6082 Fax: (970) 356-7970 www.good-sam.com

GRACE POINTE

1919 68th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 304-1919 www.gracepointegreeley.com

MEADOWVIEW OF GREELEY

5300 29th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)353-6800 Web Site: www.meadowviewofgreeley.com

THE BRIDGE ASSISTED LIVING 4750 25th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)339-0022

Gunter Hall, Room 0330 Greeley, CO 80639 Phone: (970)351-2012/TTY Fax: (970)351-1601 Web Site: www.unco.edu/NHS/asls/clinic.htm Professionals: Diane Erdbruegger, Au.D., CCC-A; Erinn Jimmerson, M.A., CCC-A Jennifer Weber, Au.D., CCC-A

BALANCE

LIFE CARE CENTER OF GREELEY- ASCENT 4800 25th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-6400 Professionals: Cozette Seaver, PT; Leslie Vail, PT

CARDIAC VASCULAR SURGERY

DENTISTRY

ASCENT FAMILY DENTAL Scott Williams, DMD 3535 W. 12th Street, Suite B Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)351-6095 www.dentalgreeley.com

GREELEY DENTAL HEALTH 1600 23rd Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)353-4329 www.greeleydentalhealth.com Professionals: Randy C. Hatch, DDS Charles W. Johnson, DDS

JULIE KAVANAUGH, D.D.S. 3400 W. 16th Street, Suite 8-E Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)351-0400 www.drjuliekav.com

MIRACLE-EAR

GRACE POINTE

MEADOWVIEW OF GREELEY

CARDIOLOGY

2528 16th Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970)352-2881 Professionals: Robert M. Traynor, Ed. D. F-AAA; Karen Swope, M. A. CCC-A

708 22nd Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)352-6082 Fax: (970)356-7970 Web Site: www.good-sam.com

1919 68th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 304-1919 www.gracepointegreeley.com

1800 15th Street, Suite 340 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4593 Fax: (970)378-4391 Professionals: Lyons, Maurice I. Jr. DO Richards, Kenneth M. MD Tullis, Gene E. MD

AUDIOLOGY ASSOCIATES

2404 17th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)351-6620 749 S. Lemay Avenue, Suite A1 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970)221-5225

BONELL GOOD SAMARITAN

CARDIAC, THORACIC & VASCULAR SURGERY (NCMC)

DENTISTRY - HYGENE

AABSOLUTELY SMILES

1135 N. Lincoln Avenue, Suite 4 Loveland, CO 80537 Phone: (970)622-0970 Fax: (970)622-0971 www.aabsolutelysmiles.com

DENTISTRY - PEDIATRIC

PEDIATRIC DENTAL GROUP

CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE (NCMC) 1800 15th Street, #310 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 392-0900 Professionals: James H. Beckmann, MD; Harold L. Chapel, MD; John Drury, MD; Lin-Wang Dong, MD; Cynthia L. Gryboski, MD; Cecilia Hirsch, MD; Paul G. Hurst, MD; Brian Lyle, MD; Randall C. Marsh, MD; Arnold Pfahnl, MD; James E. Quillen, MD; Gary A. Rath, MD; Shane Rowan, MD; Ahmad Shihabi, MD;

HEART FAILURE CLINIC (NCMC) (970) 350-6953 Missy Jensen, FNP-C

2003 46th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-4600 www.pediatricdentalspecialties.com Professionals: David Strange, DDS, MS Malcolm Strange, DDS, MS Courtney College, DDS, MS Justin Cathers, DDS, MS Gary Belanger, DDS

ENDOCRINOLOGY

ENDOCRINOLOGY CLINIC (NCMC) 1801 15th Street, Ste 200 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4676 Fax: (970)-378-4315 www.bannerhealth.com Professionals: Nirmala Kumar, MD

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2012 FAMILY PRACTICE MEDICINE

FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF GREELEY, LLP-CENTRAL 2520 W. 16th St. Greeley ,CO Phone: (970) 356-2520 Professionals: Joanna H. Branum, M.D.; Ann T. Colgan, M.D.; Jennifer D. Dawson, D.O.; Douglas A. Magnuson, M.D.; Lori A. Ripley, M.D.; Andrew P. Stoddard, M.D.; D. Craig Wilson, M.D.

FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF GREELEY, LLP-COTTONWOOD 2420 W. 16th Street Greeley ,CO 80634 Phone: (970) 353-7668 Professionals: Christopher T. Kennedy, M.D.; Daniel P. Pflieger, M.D.; Mark D. Young, M.D.; Stacey L. Garber, M.D. Amy E. Mattox, M.D.

FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF GREELEY, LLP-WEST 6801 W. 20th Street, Suite 101 Greeley ,CO Phone: (970) 378-8000 Professionals: Daniel R. Clang, D.O.; Tamara S. Clang, D.O.; R. Scott Haskins, M.D.; Mathew L. Martinez, M.D.; Chima C. Nwizu, M.D.; Michelle K. Paczosa, D.O.; Jeffery E. Peterson, M.D.; Kyle B. Waugh, M.D.; Charles I. Zucker, M.D.

KENNETH M. OLDS

6801 W. 20th Street, Suite 208 Greeley ,CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-9061

MEDICAL ARTS PRACTICE

1300 Main Street Loveland, CO 80550 Phone: (970)686-5646 Fax: (970)686-5118 Professionals: Lance Barker, DO Jonathan Kary, MD Trina Kessinger, MD Pharmacy on site - open to the public.

WESTLAKE FAMILY PHYSICIANS, PC 5623 W. 19th Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970) 353-9011 Fax: (970) 353-9135 Professionals: Richard Budensiek, D.O.; Jacqueline Bearden, MD; Janis McCall, MD; Angela Mills, MD Frank Morgan, MD; David Pols, D.O. www.bannerhealth.com

September 26, 2012

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TRiBUNE MEDiCALDiRECTORY DiRECTORY TRiBUNE MEDiCAL FUNERAL SERVICES

ALLNUTT & RESTHAVEN FUNERAL SERVICES 702 13th Street, Greeley, CO Phone: (970) 352-3366 650 W. Drake Road, Ft. Collins, CO Phone: (970) 482-3208 8426 S. College Avenue, Ft. Collins, CO Phone: (970) 667-0202 2100 N. Lincoln, Loveland, CO Phone: (970) 667-1121 1302 Graves Avenue, Estes Park, CO Phone: (970) 586-3101

GASTROENTEROLOGY

HEALTH AND FITNESS

INDEPENDENT ASSISTED LIVING W/SERVICES

WORK OUT WEST

Health & Recreation Campus 5701 W. 20th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: 970-330-9691 www.workoutwest.com

6801 W. 20th Street, Suite 207 Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)378-1409

REHABILITATION AND VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION 2105 Clubhouse Drive Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 330-5655 Fax: (970) 330-7146 Web Site: www.rvna.info Professionals: Crystal Day, CEO

HOSPICE Administration Office 2726 W. 11th Street Road Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)352-8487 Fax: (970)475-0037

PATHWAYS HOSPICE

305 Carpenter Road Ft. Collins, CO 80550 Phone: (970)663-3500 Fax: (970)292-1085 Web Site: www.pathways-care.org

INDEPENDENT ASSISTED LIVING

DOWGIN, THOMAS A., MD. CENTERS FOR GASTROENTEROLOGY 7251 W. 20th St., Bldg J Greeley, CO Phone: (970)207-9773 3702 Timberline Ft. Collins, CO Phone: (970)207-9773 2555 E. 13th Street, Suite 220 Loveland, CO Phone: (970)669-5432 Website: www.digestive-health.net

NORTH COLORADO GASTROENTEROLOGY (NCMC) 2010 16th Street, Ste. A Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4475 Fax: (970)378-4429 Professionals: Mark Rosenblatt, MD Ahmed M. Sherif, MD Yazan Abu Qwaider, MD

GRACE POINTE

1919 68th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 304-1919 Website: www.gracepointegreeley.com

MEADOWVIEW OF GREELEY

5300 29th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)353-6800 Website: www.meadowviewofgreeley.com

BONELL GOOD SAMARITAN 708 22nd Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)352-6082 Fax: (970)356-7970 Web Site: www.good-sam.com

FOX RUN SENIOR LIVING 1720 60th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)353-7773 Fax: (970)330-9708 Web Site: www.good-sam.com

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

BREEN, JOHN F., MD (NCMC) 1801 16th Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)350-6071 Fax: (970)350-6702

INTERNAL MEDICINE

BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 2010 16th Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)350-5660 www.bannerhealth.com Professionals: Giovanna Garcia, MD Steven Kalt, MD

MASSAGE THERAPY

HEALING TOUCH MASSAGE @ CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH

1715 61st Avenue Greeley, CO Phone: (970)336-1500 Professional: Becci Payne, Certified Massage Therapist

CENTENNIAL NEUROLOGY

Phone: (970)506-6420

Dr. David Ewing 7251 W. 20th Street, Unit C Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 356-3876

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

NCMC NEUROLOGY CLINIC

928 12th Street Greeley, CO 80631 Professionals: Cheryl Giambrone, LPC Elise Pugh, LPC Shawn Crawford, LPC Laura Grotenhuis, LPC Tia Lewis, LPC Renée Rogers, LMFT Cleopatra Songa, LCSW, CACIII Susan Goodrich, LCSW Dr Michael Fuller, Adult Psychiatry Dr. Amy Laurent, Adult Psychiatry Dr Nicholle Peralta, Adult Psychiatry Dr Patricia Al-Adsani, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Jose Vasquez, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

CARING HEARTS HOME HEALTHCARE

2010 2012

BANNER HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (NCMC)

NCMC - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

HOME HEALTH CARE

HOSPICE OF NORTHERN COLORADO

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

MIDWIFERY CARE

CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH 1715 61st Avenue Greeley, CO Phone: (970)336-1500 Professionals: Marie Foose, CNM; Krista O’Leary, CNM Karen Vorderberg, CNM

NEPHROLOGY

GREELEY MEDICAL CLINIC 1900 16th Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 350-2438 Professionals: Donal Rademacher, MD

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1800 15th Street, Suite 100B Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 350-5612 Fax: (970) 350-5619 Professionals: Jeffery Siegel, MD William Shaffer, MD; Todd Hayes, DO Christy Young, MD

NURSING HOME REHABILITATION

CENTENNIAL HEALTH CARE CENTER 1637 29th Ave. Place Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 356-8181 Fax: (970) 356-3278

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH 1715 61st Ave. Greeley, CO Phone: (970)336-1500 Professionals: Stewart Abbot, MD; Michael Plotnick, MD; Marie Foose, CNM; Krista O’Leary, CNM; Karen Vorderberg, CNM; Bea Bachenberg, WHCNP; Kecia Doll, Licensed Esthetician;

WESTLAKE FAMILY PHYSICIANS, PC 5623 W. 19th Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970) 353-9011 Fax: (970) 353-9135 Professionals: Jacqueline Bearden, MD; Richard Budensiek, D.O.; Janis McCall, MD; Angela Mills, MD Frank Morgan, MD; David Pols, D.O. www.bannerhealth.com

ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY

CANCER INSTITUTE (NCMC) 1800 15th Street, Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 350-6680 Toll Free: (866) 357-9276 Fax: (970)350-6610 Professionals: Elizabeth Ceilley, MD Brian Fuller, MD Kerry Williams-Wuch, MD Ariel Soriano, MD

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TRiBUNE MEDiCAL DiRECTORY ORTHODONTICS

GREELEY ORTHODONTIC CENTER 2021 Clubhouse Dr., Suite 110 Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 330-2500 Fax: (970) 330-2548 E-Mail: gocpc@doctork.com Website: www.doctork.com Professionals: Dr. Gary J. Kloberdanz

ORTHODONTIC ASSOCIATES OF GREELEY, PC

3400 W. 16thSt., Bldg 4-V Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 356-5900 Website: www.dredgren.com Professionals: Burdett R. Edgren, DDS, MS; Bradford N. Edgren, DDS, MS

ORTHOPEDICS

MOUNTAIN VISTA ORTHOPAEDICS

5890 W. 13th Street, Suite 101 Greeley, CO Phone: (970)348-0020 Fax: (970)348-0044 Web Site: www.bannerhealth.com Professionals: Randy M. Bussey, MD Daniel Heaston, MD Thomas Pazik, MD Shelly Remley, PA-C Kelly R. Sanderford, MD Steven Sides, MD Linda Young, MD

PEDIATRICS

BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 6801 W. 20th Street, Suite 201 Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)350-5828 www.bannerhealth.com Professionals: Amanda Harding, MD James Sando, MD

PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION

BANNER REHABILITATION CENTER 1801 16th Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970)350-6160 Fax: (970)378-3858

PERSONAL RESPONSE SERVICE

BANNER LIFE LINE (NCMC) 2010 16th Street, Suite C Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: 1-877-493-8109 (970) 378-4743

PHYSICAL THERAPY

HOPE THERAPY CENTER (Formerly North Colorado Therapy Center) 2780 28th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)339-0011 Website: www.GCIinc.org Professionals: Chris Denham, PT; Kryste Haas, OT; Kathie Hertzke, PTA; Moni Kohlhoff, PT; Alex Luksik, PTA; Jeanne Rabe, PT; Howard Belon, PhD, Clinical Psychologist

PODIATRY

FOOT & ANKLE CENTER OF NORTHERN COLORADO P.C. 1931 65th Ave., Suite A Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 351-0900 Fax: (970) 351-0940

4401 Union Street Johnstown, CO 80534 Phone: (970) 443-0925 Web Site: www.footandanklecolorado.com Professionals: Daniel J. Hatch, D.P.M. Mike D. Vaardahl, D.P.M.

REHABILITATION

ASCENT AT LIFE CARE CENTER 4800 25th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-6400 Website: www.lcca.com Professionals: Annie Bennett Leslie Vail

BANNER REHABILITATION Phone: (970)350-6160

PEAKVIEW MEDICAL CENTER 5881 W. 16th St. Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)313-2775 Fax: (970)313-2777

SKIN CARE

KECIAS SKIN CARE @ CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH 1715 61st Avenue Greeley, CO Phone: (970)336-1500 Professinal: Kecia Doll, Licensed Esthetician

SKILLED CARE/REHAB

NORTH COLORADO PULMONARY (NCMC) 2010 16th Street, Ste A Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)392-2026 Fax: (970)392-2028 Professionals: David Fitzgerald, DO Kelli R. Janata, DO Robert J. Janata, DO

1801 16th Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970)392-2496

SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

BANNER REHABILITATION CENTER 1801 16th Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970)350-6160 Fax: (970)378-3858

UNC SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY CLINIC

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2012 BARIATRIC SURGERY (NCMC) 1800 15th Street, Suite 200 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4433 866-569-5926 Fax: (970)378-4440 Professionals: Michael W. Johnell, MD

SURGERY WESTERN STATES BURN CENTER (NCMC) 1801 16th Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)350-6607 Fax: (970)350-6306 Professionals: Gail Cockrell, MD Cleon W. Goodwin, MD BURN

SURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF GREELEY PC (NCMC) 1800 15th St. Suite 210 Greeley, CO Phone: (970)352-8216 Toll Free: 1-888-842-4141 Professionals: Lisa Burton, M.D.; Michael Harkabus, M.D.; Jason Ogren, M.D.; Samuel Saltz, D.O.; Robert Vickerman, M.D.

URGENT CARE

SUMMITVIEW URGENT CARE 2001 70th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)378-4155 Fax: (970)378-4151 www.bannerhealth.com Professionals: Thomas Harms, MD Amy E. Shenkenberg, MD Linda Young, MD

UROLOGY

MOUNTAIN VISTA UROLOGY

CERTIFIED PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS, LLC (GREELEY LOCATION)

5890 W. 13th Street, Suite 106 Greeley, CO 80634 Professionals: James Wolach, MD Curtis Crylen, MD www.bannerhealth.com

1620 25th Avenue, Suite A Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: 970-356-2123 Fax: 970-352-4943

CERTIFIED REHAB SERVICES, INC. (FT COLLINS LOCATION)

7251 West 20th Street, Building M Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-9449 Fax: (970)330-4217 2500 Rocky Mountain Avenue, Suite 2100 North Medical Office Building Loveland CO 80538 Phone: (970) 619-6585 Fax (970) 619-6591 Website: www.hanger.com Professinal: Ben Struzenberg, CPO Michelle West, Mastectomy Fitter

NORTH COLORADO SPORTS MEDICINE

SURGERY GENERAL & TRAUMA

PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS

HANGER PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS

5890 W. 13th Street, Suite 101 Greeley, CO Phone: (970)348-0020 Fax: (970)348-0044 Web Site: www.bannerhealth.com Professionals: Randy M. Bussey, MD Daniel Heaston, MD Thomas Pazik, MD Shelly Remley, PA-C Kelly R. Sanderford, MD Steven Sides, MD Linda Young, MD

Gunter Hall, Room 0330 Greeley, CO 80639 Phone: (970)351-2012/TTY Fax: (970)351-1601 Web Site: www.unco.edu/NHS/asls/clinic.htm Professionals: Lynne Jackowiak, M.S., CCC-SLP Julie Hanks, Ed.D Patty Walton, M.A., CCC-SLP

PULMONARY/CRITICAL CARE

1709 Heath Parkway Fort Collins, CO 80524 Phone: 970-482-7116 Fax: 970-498-9529

SPORTS MEDICINE

MOUNTAIN VISTA ORTHOPAEDICS

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BONELL GOOD SAMARITAN 708 22nd Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)352- 6082 Fax: (970)356-7970 Website: www.good-sam.com

GRACE POINTE

1919 68th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 304-1919 Website: www.gracepointegreeley.com

VEIN CLINIC (NCMC)

1800 15th Street, Suite 340 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4593 Fax: (970)378-4591 Professionals: Maurice I. Lyons Jr., DO Kenneth M. Richards, MD Gene E. Tullis, MD