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IU Health West acquires 3D technology | Inside

Farmers’ Markets offers healthy options

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Project Lifesaver helps those with autism, alzheimer’s ...page 12

Blue River Pharmacy links

the past with future ...page 16

Helping more HRH to expand

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IU Health West acquires new 3D technology

Officials stress car seat safety

Child identity theft on the rise

Features

Columns

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Tis’ the season for locally grown produce 4

Now is the time to quit smoking 6

Peace through Yoga opens new location 15

Emergency kits are well worth it 23

Fixing your issues is a DIY project 22

Impact of heart disease on women is staggering 26

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Along with the sunshine and outdoor activities also come recommendations to take precautions.

Auto racing, baseball games, boating, swimming, outdoor concerts, biking and lawn work are all traditional aspects of summertime fun. Any emergency room doctor will tell you that those types of activities also come with danger.

This summer, make an extra effort to keep your family safe and healthy. Wear sunscreen.

Practice safe cycling and be on the lookout for others on the roadway. Eat healthy and ditch those bad habits.

In this issue of BE magazine, you can learn about the many farmers’ markets popping up throughout the county and all of the health food choices they offer.

You can get advice from experts on exercise, smoking cessation, heart health, car seat safety, eating habits and more.

We hope you enjoy this issue of BE magazine and that you learn something to help you and your family have a more enjoyable summer.

Anyone with a story idea for a future issue of Be magazine is welcome to contact Editor Kathy Linton by emailing to Kathy.linton@flyergroup.com with the word “BE” in the email subject line or by calling 2725800 ext. 134. We welcome your suggestions.

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farmfresh

Fresh produce and fruit is offered at each of the markets throughout the season.

Photos by Devan Streibing

By Devan Strebing Devan.strebing@flyergroup.com

‘Tis the season for locally grown produce The famers’ markets of Hendricks County have always been an event to find home-grown, fresh food.

The Danville Chamber of Commerce Farmers’ Market is a seasonal open air producers-only market on Jefferson Street — the west side of the Courthouse square in Danville.

It opened May 9 and will continue from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Sept. 12.

Vendors lined up for opening day and included Arcane Coffee; Greene Acres Farms; Bread Basket Café; Neier Farms; Heritage Meadows Farm; My Hunny’s Honey; Lazy J’s Kettle Corn; Hitchcock Farm & Garden; B.A. Sweets; Kristi’s Soap Market; Summerfield Farm; Monkey & Goose; and Fairie Hill.

Questions regarding the market may be directed to the Danville Chamber of Commerce by calling 745-0670 or emailing to beth@dan-

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villechamber.org. Find the market on Facebook at https://www.facebook. com/DCOCFarmmarket.

The Avon Farmers’ Market is a seasonal open air market offering local produce, baked goods, honey, craft items and more on the south parking lot of Hendricks Regional Health at 8244 E. U.S. 36, Avon.

It is open from 4 to 7 p.m. each Tuesday from June through September.

“This year we have quite a few new vendors with a greater variety of products than Avon has had in years past,” Market Master Terri Fisher said. “We will also be having special guests on a weekly basis such as Avon Library, AJAA, Washington Township Park and more. We are also planning on a Teacher Appreciation Day on Aug. 18 and two Senior Days on June 16 and Sept. 15.

“Also this year, we will be having a

few extra activities on opening day (June 2). The Avon Police will be doing child ID cards, Macaroni kids will be hosting a scavenger hunt, AJAA is setting up a small obstacle course and the library is kicking off their summer reading program.”

For more information, contact the Town of Avon by calling 2720948 or by visiting the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ AvonFarmersMarket?fref=ts.

The Brownsburg Farmers’ Market is a seasonal open air market offering fresh produce, artisan baked goods, and handcrafted items located at Brownsburg Town Hall Green, 61 N. Green St., Brownsburg. The town partners with Indiana University Health West Hospital to make this event happen.

It is open from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, June 4 through Sept. 3.

Anissa Rainey, communications

Be... HEALTHY 5 has also done food pantry colleccoordinator for the town of Brownstions. burg, said ending the farmers’ “We make it a feature — special market season in early September days promoting food pantry donaas opposed to late September will tions,” Rainey said. “Once a month be easier on the growers. we have some special incentive. It’s The kickoff will begin June 4 with great our vendors can donate to the a concert, children’s activities, relay food pantry, and it’s great if we get races, and fresh food. our shoppers to do it too.”

“The town has a new, more formal They will also provide a shopper’s partnership with Brownsburg Parks reward card where they will hold a — we rely heavily on them for kids’ drawing at the end of the season. activities and helping out with the For more information, call 852concerts in the past,” she said.

1120 or visit Facebook at https:// The market will continue with Grow www.facebook.com/BrownsburgFar and Go — an opportunity for venmersMarket?fref=ts. dors to showcase their products by The Plainfield Chamber Farmers’ letting shoppers sample their food Market is a seasonal open air marand providing them with the recipe. ket with 25 to 40 vendors offering “That’s pretty popular; last year produce, crafts, honey, dairy, meats, when we did it, folks responded well, and this year we are adding food trucks so there are more dinner-like options,” Rainey said.

Rainey said there are usually 35 vendors at the market each week — everyone from bakers to coffee roasters, and from concessions to crafters. The market traditionally also has soap and candles, meat, fresh eggs and B.A. Sweets offers its products at the Danville Farmers’ Market. locally produced honey.

“Our market runs the natural body products, candles, gamut,” she said. “It offers the soaps, popcorn and more on the breadth of what you might see at Lawn of the Plainfield Friends Meetthe market. We require vendors be ing Hall at 105 S. E. St., Plainfield. the producer of the item, and all are It’s open from 4 to 7 p.m. WednesHendricks County or surrounding days, June through September. county folks.”

Vendors include ADHTeas; Arcane The Brownsburg Farmers’ Market Coffee Co.; Bags Embroidery & also has a partnership with Fresh More; BFE Trading Post; Bo-Mar Bucks that allows for SNAP benefits.

Farm; Brock’s Produce; Chef Dave’s Fresh Bucks helps Hoosier famiAlmost Famous; DoTerra Products; lies eat healthy while supporting lo4 Paws Only; Global Soaps; Grandcal farmers. Fresh Bucks is a SNAP ma’s Oven; Hobbit Gardens; Hoosier incentive program used at IndianapSugar Daddy; Indy’s Cutting Edge; olis area Farmers’ Markets. A SNAP Lands Goods; Liberty Heritage user’s benefits go further by douGarden’s; My Hunny’s Honey; My bling purchasing power, up to $20, Dad’s Sweet Corn; Neier Farms; on Indiana-grown specialty crops, Nysewander Farms; Oberweis Dairy; including fruits and vegetables.

A Pawfect Dog; Red Barn Farms; In the past, the farmers’ market

Smoky Hollow Hots; Candles & Accessories; Sugar Grove Greenhouse & Garden; Weber Farms; Plainfield - Guilford Township Public Library; The Gathering Together; and Cumberland Trace Alzheimer’s Association.

“This year’s market will be bigger than ever,” Market Master Jamie Bryant said. “We already have 40 vendors selling produce, baked goods, honey, dairy, hand-crafted items, candles, meat, jams, salsa and much more. We also plan to have local talent perform at the market this year.”

Several special days are also planned for the market. On June 10, the market will host its first Kids’ Day with the theme “Fun on the Farm!”

The Chamber of Commerce will provide free goodie bags for the first 50 children younger than age 12 and will sponsor games, crafts, free face painting and the chance for children to get to know local farmers.

For more information, call 839-3800, visit the website at www. plainfield-in.com/farmers-market.html or visit the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Plainfield ChamberFarmersMarket?fref=ts.

The Pittsboro Farmers’ Market is a seasonal open air market offering fresh produce, jams, jellies, quilted accessories, local honey, and more home produced items located at Scamahorn Park in Pittsboro.

It runs from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, July through August.

For more information, call 937-4795 or visit the Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/pittsboro.farmers.market.

BFE (Blessings from Earth) Trading Post is one vendor that travels to the different farmers’ markets.

It also runs its own swap meet and market at 11388 N. C.R. 900 E., North Salem.

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by Cahy Blume columnist for Be magazine

Now is the time to quit smoking

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ummer is coming up quick on all of us. It is time for summer vacations, sports, and many other activities. It would be nice to make sure you are able to get the most out of your summer activities and are able to keep up with the children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and pets but it may be difficult to do if you smoke.

There are many reasons to quit. Here are a few; You will breathe easier and cough less; Your blood pressure will go down; You will be able to smell food, flowers, and other things better; You will have more money to spend; You will set a great example for your kids — it takes a lot of strength to quit; and You will have more energy to do things that you love.

Quitting is hard and many ex-smokers say that it is the hardest thing they have done.

However millions of people have been able to do it and so can you. There is a five-step process to preparing to quit.

Set a quit date Tell family and friends you plan to quit Anticipate and plan for challenges while quitting Remove cigarettes and other tobacco products from your home, car and work Talk to your doctor about quit options Each one of these steps helps you to build up the support you will need to overcome the barriers you may face as you go through the quitting process. The support group of family and friends that you

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Quitting tobacco use is a difficult process and there are bound to be bumps in the road but don’t let those discourage you from continuing your path to a tobacco free lifestyle. build up will be there to help you when triggers come along and are able to help you get through that time. Talking with your doctor can help you better prepare for the nicotine withdrawal and help you to find the best option for dealing with it. The team of people you build up can be a number of people but here are some tips on continuing to build those relationships as you go.

Surround yourself with people you trust Ask for help Be hands-on Listen Support others Don’t let slips get you down.

Quitting tobacco use is a difficult process and there are bound to be bumps in the road but don’t let those discourage you from continuing your path to a tobacco free lifestyle. If you slip, understand that it is just a slip and it doesn’t mean that you are a smoker again.

Also don’t view a slip as an excuse to give up, it is important to get back on track right away.

Learn from the slip and find out what caused it and how you could handle the situation differently next time so it doesn’t happen again.

Hendricks County provides many resources to help residents quit smoking. These resources will help you to build up the support team needed to assist you in quitting smoking.

Indiana University Health West Hospital provides smoking cessation classes to Hendricks County residents at no charge. Email westquitnow@ iuhealth.org or call 217-3477 for more information and the most recent class schedule.

Also if you are pregnant, the Hendricks County Health Department has the BABY & ME – Tobacco Free™ program. This is a cessation class designed for pregnant women and their partners to become smokefree. Contact the Hendricks County Health Department Nursing Division at 745-9222 for more information. If classes are not your thing, then feel free to call 1-800-QUIT-NOW. This is a free service that will give you one on one help with a quit coach who can help you determine the best options and guide you through the process.

There is also an online and text version of this program. Go to www.quitnowindiana.com for more information on the web coach and text2quit options.

All of these services are provided to you for no charge and have the ability to work into different schedules.

The time to quit is now. What are you waiting for? Start the journey to a better healthier you today!

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Cathy Blume Cathy Blume is a member of the Tobacco Free Hendricks County Coalition.

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By Devan Strebing Devan.strebing@flyergroup.com

IU Health West acquires new 3D technology Indiana University Health West Hospital now has Tomosynthesis technology (3D mammography) in the new Women’s Imaging Center.

The center has expanded this year to add a dressing area to accommodate 10 patients instead of four, a large waiting area, new sub-waiting areas where doctors can speak with patients, and the new mammogram machine.

The 3D mammography machine came in the first of the year.

Valerie McGinty is the supervisor of women’s imaging in the Women’s Center at IU Health West Hospital.

“It takes slices of the breast at 1 mm thicknesses and with 2D, you’re taking a breast which is three dimensional and trying to X-ray it two dimensional — but with this we’re able to see if there are structures lying on top of each other or if something normal is overlying something abnormal,” she said.

Dr. Jennifer Medley works in the 3D mammography center.

“We’ve found things “During a regular the size of a tip of 2D digital mama pencil that you mogram, two images are obtained of wouldn’t feel for each breast — one two to three years. oblique or angled image to include the The sooner you can axilla (or armpit), and find it, the less likely one with the breast it would spread, positioned flat on the x-ray plate,” she requiring more explained. “Comtreatment. We can pression is used during imaging to find it quickly; do help spread a lumpectomy and out the breast possible radiation.” tissue as much as possible.

Valerie McGinty Positioning for Tomosynthesis, or 3D mammography, is identical to positioning for a 2D mammogram. The difference is in how the images are acquired.

In addition to taking the standard 2D image, the machine also sweeps in an arc taking multiple images at slightly different angles. These images are then reconstructed, and the radiologist is able to “scroll” through the breast tissue slice by slice.”

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The dressing rooms have grown to allow 10 patients at a time.

Below: Valerie McGinty cleans the new 3D imaging machine.

The 3D imaging is very beneficial for women with dense breasts — which is about 40 percent of the population.

“You don’t know if you have dense breasts until you have a mammogram; it’s not a thing that you feel but a thing that you see,” McGinty said.

“A breast is dense (glandular tissue, milk producing), fatty, or a mix. As we get older our dense tissue tends to get replaced by the fatty as a normal process, and also as we get pregnant and breastfeed we lose that glandular tissue; it gets harder to see through it.

From a mammographic standpoint, a fatty breast is better because you can see through it.”

Tomosynthesis may be helpful in detecting some masses that would have otherwise been obscured by normal breast tissue.

Medley recommends yearly screenings in all women over the age of 40, which is the recommendation of both the American College of Radiology and American Cancer Society, along with multiple other

medical organizations.

“Mammograms are the only screening tests that have been proven to reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer,” she said.

McGinty said it also depends on family history of breast cancer.

“Anyone with direct family history — such as your mother —if she was

diagnosed at age 40, the American Cancer Society recommends to go 10 years before that age of diagnosis,” McGinty said. “This is for first degree relatives; when you start getting into grandparents and aunts, they start looking at a pattern on one side of the family.” > > > Continued on page 14 Be... Summer 2015

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Officials stress the importance Story & Photos by Melissa Gibson melissa.gibson@flyergroup.com

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car seat safety

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), while 96 percent of parents and caregivers believe their child safety seats are installed correctly, research shows that seven out of 10 children are improperly restrained.

Despite efforts to educate and spread information regarding car seat safety, statistically, there is still a gap regarding safety standards, national and state laws and what parents or caregivers understand.

The simplest solution — get your car seat checked by a certified car seat technician.

NHTSA states that using child restraints improves a child’s chances of surviving a crash. An estimated 9,874 children under the age of 5 were saved during 1975 through 2011 due to the use of child restraints.

In 2011, 30 percent of child passenger fatalities among children ages 4 and younger were unrestrained.

Technicians undergo detailed and intense testJenny Zeunik ing, says AvonWashington Township Fire Department technician Jenny Zeunik.

“At the end of the class, they give us just about every kind of scenario you can think of,” Zeunik said. “At times, there isn’t a ‘best’ option, but that’s what we can help people with — what’s the safest option for you and your vehicle.”

Typically, car seat technicians see expectant mothers (referred by hos-

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Jenny Zeunik, one of the Avon-Washington Township Fire Department’s car seat technicians, inspects the safety harness on a car seat, while Karen Hendershot, public education director and also a car seat technician, makes notes on her clipboard.

pital birthing classes) but once the first 6 to 18 months has passed and baby needs to move to another car seat, caregivers tend to forge ahead on their own.

It’s in the later years, Zeunik says, that they see some of the more serious issues.

For example, an older child’s booster comes in a variety of styles.

If the vehicle does not provide a headrest where the child is seated, the child should be placed in a high back booster to protect against head and neck injury.

The seatbelt should also rest on the shoulder of the child and not across the face or neck.

Car seat selection is a common question. “You don’t have to buy the most expensive car seat out there,” Zeunik said.

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talion Chief Stephanie Martindale agreed.

“You really have to match the car seat to the vehicle,” she said.

In fact, Babies R Us allows customers to fit a car seat in their car before making the purchase in order to support safe car seat selection.

Martindale said while the fire department does not recommend a specific brand or style of car seat, some parents find the website http:// www.safercar.gov/parents/CarSeats/ Car-Seat-Ratings-Ease-Of-Use.htm useful.

The site describes what seat should be most easily installed and maneuvered, based on the type of vehicle the caregiver is currently driving.

Brownsburg Fire Department is what’s known as a Fitting Station, meaning the department benefits

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“It’s more of an educational program,” Martindale said. “We receive grant funds and for those individuals that qualify (approved through the state and using programs such as food stamps, WIC or Medicaid), and we assist them by giving them the proper car seat for their car, provided we have one.”

Brownsburg also hosts car seat clinics, most often consisting of certified technicians checking car seats as drivers pull up to the station and offering caregivers safety tips. Based on the participation of a corporate business sponsor, they sometimes also give car seats to those who need them outside of the Automotive Safety program.

“Most people have at least one thing wrong,” Martindale said. “I’ve had families that have read the instructions front to back and still had it in improperly. Parents want to do a good job; otherwise they wouldn’t be calling us and asking for help.”

The biggest change in recent years, Zeunik said, is infants rearfacing as long as possible.

“It used to be at 12 months and 20 pounds, you could turn them forward-facing, but now, we want you to keep them rear-facing for as long as possible, or when the car seat states it’s at the limit for rear-facing.”

Recent research shows children in their second year of life are five times less likely to die or have serious injuries in a crash if they are rear-facing.

Pediatricians, hospitals and emergency responders are all working to educate the public, yet there are still caregivers driving a vehicle with children without a car seat, or in the front seat.

The law states that children younger than age 8 must be in a car seat restraint.

The police have taken a stand in supporting this cause.

If drivers are pulled over with children not property restrained, some have the option of issuing a

The five-point harness (including the buckle at the waist) is imperative for young children, but once they reach a specific weight, the harness is no longer as effective as the seat belt.

Below: Brownsburg Fire Department Battalion Chief Stephanie Martindale demonstrates the proper way to buckle a car seat into the vehicle.

voucher with their ticket, prompting the caregiver to contact their local fitting station.

“You may still get the ticket,” Martindale said, “but you can show the judge that you came by, you got the proper car seat, and you have heard the benefits of car seat safety.”

Another benefit to getting your

car seat checked is getting the latest information regarding recalls and changes.

Martindale suggests that all new car seat owners fill out the registration information and send it in, ensuring the recall will be mailed to their home, and the car seat technicians will also check the make and model of the car seat against recall lists.

All caregivers, including grandparents, carpool drivers and other friends and family must be willing to take the extra precaution to protect children by using proper restraints.

Car seat safety technicians are standing by to help.

Seat check locations in Hendricks County include: AAA in Avon as well as the Avon, Brownsburg and Plainfield fire departments.

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Project Lifesaver

By Melissa Gibson melissa.gibson@flyergroup.com

saving lives daily

Families across the country often worry about a loved one with a disability or illness wondering away from a caregiver, nursing home or child care facility.

According to the website www.projectlifesaver. org, one in every 68 children has autism. More than 50 percent of those children have the tendency to wander and many are uniquely drawn to water.

Many autistic children are non-verbal and wouldn’t be able to communicate if they were lost to a helping member of the community.

Many elderly people with Alzheimer’s or dementia also have a tendency to wander.

More than 5 million people have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and have a 60 percent chance of wandering off at some point.

Dr. Martin R. Farlow is the professor of neurology and vice-chairman of research in the Department of Neurology at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.

Farlow says there is no definitive line between mild and moderate Alzheimer’s.

“It’s hard to differentiate between the two,” he said. “While wandering away from home and not being able to get back tends to occur in the later stages of the disease, even in mild stages a patient can have difficulty with the more intricate tasks of daily life such as balancing a checkbook.”

He said wandering can be considered “a warning sign” for short term memory loss.

The most attentive caregiver can turn their back for a second and find themselves in a frantic and particularly dangerous situation.

Project Lifesaver offers a program with the goal to protect those families and individuals whose tendency it is to wander away.

A band — similar to a watch — is worn around the wrist or ankle and carries a transmitter unique to the individual.

In the event the person is ‘lost’ or wanders away, a quick call to 911 can initiate the fire department’s Project Lifesaver equipment and the band works like a GPS tracking device.

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Owen Copeland Submitted photos Below: The Project Lifesaver wristband looks like a bracelet to be worn on the client’s wrist or ankle.

Opposite: The transmitter reading device, used by the fire department in an attempt to locate a lost client, has to be assembled. Newer devices require quicker and less assembly.

Water resistant for 24/7 protection

Transmits within dedicated radio frequency band

FCC and industry Canada certified

Unique digital ID verification for each client

Lightweight ergonomic design

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Karen Hendershot often sets up a booth at local autism awareness venues in an effort to spread the word about Project Lifesaver.

Jackqi Copeland and her son Owen, 11, are participants in the Project Lifesaver program.

“One day, while talking to another mom who has a child on the spectrum (a degree of autism), she had mentioned her son was on the program,” Copeland said. “I went with her to get the battery changed and spoke to the Plainfield Police Department about getting Owen involved.

“I thought it was a neat program. We’ve had instances where we were out in public and Owen would just take off; it’s always been a concern of ours.”

Karen Hendershot, director of public education for the Avon-Washington Township Fire Department and coordinator for the Project Lifesaver program, said it is a problem for many families.

“They turn their back for a second or they forgot to lock all seven locks — at least there’s something there to help,” she said. “It’s not a guarantee, but it’s better than not having anything. At least we can minimize search time; instead of taking hours to find them, hopefully it would be a matter of minutes.”

Copeland agreed and added, “It doesn’t replace the supervision required for his level of care, it’s just a tool — one more thing that helps protects him.

“As he gets older, he’ll have more and more opportunities to be out in the community without me, so it’s just that peace of mind.”

So far, clients have come through referrals.

The school calls because they are having trouble with a child running out of the classroom and parents concur, they are having the same types of issues, or a police officer involved in finding a missing child with autism, explains the program to parents. > > > Be... Summer 2015

14 Be... informed While the majority of clients are currently children on the autism spectrum, Hendricks County is working with several elderly patients and the Project Lifesaver team is hoping to expand to other client bases.

The program is free and requires minimal maintenance.

Hendershot said caregivers are responsible for supervising the client 24/7, the device in no way allows for clients to be left alone and the program requires the battery to be checked every day.

“Clients can come into the fire department once a month to get the 30-day battery changed or recently, we started a new procedure, working with the schools to go into the classroom and change out those batteries, saving parents the extra trip,” Hendershot said.

In addition, Copeland found on a recent trip to Walt Disney World that the departments work together nationally.

“We let our fireman know and he contacted the county in Orlando and passed on information to them,”

she said. “That way, if there were to be an incident away from home, they would already have all of your information.”

The fire department tries to minimize any inconvenience and the new battery changing procedure was well-received by all involved, she said.

Hendershot’s goal is to never turn anyone away.

The batteries, transmitters and signal equipment aren’t cheap.

Transmitters alone are $300, prompting the need for awareness and fundraising.

“Updated receiver equipment is new to the market and offers some perks,” said Hendershot, “such as picking up a signal a little further away and an easier assembly.”

She would like to see those pieces replaced and upgraded.

Not only does the safety level increase, Project Lifesaver saves police and fire departments the financial cost of searching.

“It can really cut down manpower and money spent for emergency

personnel,” Hendershot said.

“Hopefully, the helicopters and media don’t have to get involved because we’ve found them so quickly.”

She hopes to increase public awareness by partnering with the ABA Biermann Autism Center in Avon in a 5K fundraiser at 8 a.m.

Aug. 8.

The day will include plenty of family fun, including sensory activities for children, the Pacers fan van, the Avon Ariel Oriole Jump Rope Team, fire truck tours and more.

To register and receive a free T-shirt, the cost is $25. All proceeds go toward Project Lifesaver.

“Most people are very receptive and appreciate the program,” Hendershot said. “It’s just a peace of mind.”

For Copeland, just knowing that responders are armed with the most up-to-date technology in the event of an emergency is worth any inconvenience.

For more information regarding Project Lifesaver, visit the website at www.projectlifesaver.org.

< < < Continued from page 9 Early detection is very important.

McGinty urges women to self-check once a month right after their cycle ends.

“We’ve found things the size of a tip of a pencil that you wouldn’t feel for two to three years,” she said.

“The sooner you can find it, the less likely it would spread, requiring more treatment. We can find it quickly; do a lumpectomy and possible radiation.”

She said some patients are great candidates for the traditional technology and some are great candidates for the new 3D technology.

“The 3D imaging is best for dense breast tissue, high-risk patients and any breast cancer patients,” McGinty said. “From our standpoint, it’s wonderful to use, with user-friendly options, and the computer is quick.”

She said it’s a big change from mammograms of 10 or 15 years ago.

“The big change was going to digital in the early 2000s but the detail on this imaging is tremendous,” she said.

All medical personnel involved with mammograms know there are myths out there about how painful they are.

“It’s not bad; with this technology the plates are more flexible,” Chris Summers, public relations and community outreach Coordinator, said.

“You’re in there for maybe seven minutes.”

McGinty urges patients to not wear powder or deodorant when they come in for their appointment.

The deodorant can show up as calcium deposits which can mimic an early form of breast cancer and thus

can give the patient a scare.

Patients will be notified of results within 48 hours.

“Tomosynthesis can help to reduce call backs that are due to ‘overlapping breast tissue,’” Medley said.

“By being able to scroll through the tissue slice by slice, it can become apparent that a density seen on the 2D mammogram is really due to overlapping islands of tissue, rather than a true mass. This can sometimes be difficult to determine based on a single 2D image alone, necessitating the need for further imaging. Tomosynthesis can be beneficial whether it›s your first/baseline mammogram, or whether you›ve been having them for many years.”

For more information about the women’s center, visit the website at http://iuhealth.org/west/womenscenter/.

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Peace Through

Yoga

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By Melissa Gibson melissa.gibson@flyergroup.com

Hendricks Regional Health offers yoga classes at its main campus in Danville, but the county seat now has its own yoga studio, just one block south of the square.

Mindi Epstein owns yoga studios in Zionsville and Speedway.

Following their mission statement, “We Meet Mindi Epstein You Where You Are,” Epstein has now brought her service to Hendricks County.

More than 30 teachers offer almost 60 classes each week between the two locations — now adding additional classes in Danville. “‘We Meet You Where You Are’ means physically, spiritually and regionally, Epstein said. “People have the concept that you have to have a ‘yoga body’ to do yoga, but it’s never too late to find the benefits.”

She says some just come for the environment.

“I’ve had people say they feel closer to their spiritual self and whatever that means to them just by being here,” she said. “We become enmeshed in the fabric of the community. We want to become a safe haven and that second home for our clients.”

Like the other Peace through Yoga locations, Danville will offer workshops and yoga teacher training.

“One of the workshops includes using a vision board,” Epstein said.

“It’s important to visualize what your goals are and achieve them.”

And the yoga teacher training — to be offered in August — is not just for those wanting to teach.

“I took the six-month class just to deepen my practice and now I find myself owning studios,” she said.

While Epstein feels that as a society, people have accepted as they get older, they won’t have flexibility and they’ll have difficulty moving around, “it just doesn’t have to be that way.”

“Yoga does amazing things to your body.

You have beautiful muscle tone and strength and as we get older that flexibility is critical. We truly teach from the heart. Our teachers are authentic and passionate about helping clients succeed.”

“Yoga does amazing things to your body,” she said. “You have beautiful muscle tone and strength and as we get older that flexibility is critical. We truly teach from the heart. Our teachers are authentic and passionate about helping clients succeed.”

The Danville location is at 134 S. Washington St. Although classes have been operating since the beginning of May, the official grand opening was May 16.

For more information about Peace Through Yoga, visit the website at www.peacethroughyoga.com/.

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Family-Owned

Pharmacy Blue River Pharmacy links past with future

Story & Photos by Steven Penn steven.penn@flyergroup.com

Blue River Pharmacy owner Julie Acra sorts pills.

BROWNSBURG — There was a time when the local, family-owned drug store was one of the most important businesses in a town.

But now, with mega-chains seemingly on every corner, the “momand-pop” approach to pharmacies and medicine has fallen by the wayside.

Blue River Pharmacy at 680 E. 56th St., Ste. I, Brownsburg, is owned by the husband and wife team of Paul Cruzan and Julie Acra. The couple saw a need and decided to bring a family-owned pharmacy to Hendricks County.

“We saw the decline in independent pharmacies,” Acra said. “And saw that there was a real need in the community, that there was a place for that. We really felt like this was kind of like our calling — we can make a difference.”

While their company has been open for several years, Acra said they moved operations to Brownsburg in December.

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Both have experience working in chain stores — Acra as a pharmacist and Cruzan on the management side — and they’ve used some of the lessons they learned there when opening their pharmacy.

“We merchandise a lot like a CVS,” Cruzan said. “It doesn’t look

like a dumpy old independent with dust all over the products. We try to take some of those merchandizing aspects and customer service things that they talk about, but they couldn’t really execute.”

Acra said they could just be a pharmacy that only fills prescrip-

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“We could stand behind the counter, fill scripts and sell (over the counter medications) like the other stores, but we’re finding people have other health needs,” she said.

“We’ve structured our business to meet those needs.”

In addition to being a full-service pharmacy, they also sell medical equipment products like wheelchairs, breast pumps, lift chairs, diabetic shoes, hospital beds, and more.

For their prescriptions, customers can also utilize the drive-through or the free delivery service. Acra and Cruzan also work hard to make sure wait times are nearly non-existent.

“There’s less wait time here,” Acra said. “If you have a sick child, you Blue River can sit in the drivePharmacy through 680 E 56th St, and we Brownsburg can fill your (877) 412-1709 prescription. We’re 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. not going Mon. - Fri. to say ‘wait’ or ‘come 9 a.m. - noon back.’ We Sat. have faster service.”

Blue River Pharmacy also offers pharmaceutical compounding.

“Compounding is where a doctor prescribes something and it’s not commercially made and the pharmacist can make those preparations, whether it’s capsules or ointment,” Acra said.

They can also help with medication management, Acra said, by packaging a customer’s medications together so it can all be picked up once a month, with the individual doses pre-packaged.

By packaging the medication in individual doses, Acra said it takes some of the worry away from the customer.

“There are so many medications it’s become very complicated,” she said. “We have some people that

Above: Blue River Pharmacy owner Paul Cruzan checks out a lift chair.

Below: Blue River Pharmacy merchandises a lot like a chain store.

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18 Be... aware are on 15 to 20 meds a day — can you imagine?”

Then in turn, that helps keep them more independent.

“That does help keep them in their own home longer,” Cruzan said.

Acra agreed.

“We want our patients to lead healthy, happy lives and not have to worry about medicines and spend all their time messing with the medicines,” she said. “(We don’t want them) to not be able to get out because they don’t have proper equipment in their home. We want to keep them as independent and as healthy as possible.”

Cruzan said what makes their pharmacy different is they have more of a relationship with their customers and know their needs.

“When you really take time to talk to people and find out what their needs are, there can be resolutions to their issues that they don’t even know about,” he said. “If you never talk to them, you never find out what issues they’re having.”

Cruzan said he even sets up a lot of the equipment himself.

“If I go into a home and I set up a lift chair — because these lift chairs we actually take them, and I’ll deliver them, one of things we do too, we’ll do kind of a home assessment,” he said. “(While we’re) in there, we feel like we have an obligation to look for issues that they may have. If they’re having mobility issues, there are solutions for some of those mobility issues, especially in the bathroom — there are fall hazards. We need to know and we need to talk to people to find out.”

Acra said the local pharmacy should help out the community it’s in.

“We want to be an asset to the community — a resource for our patients and doctors,” she said. “I think we’re just different, because we’re very flexible too. If you have a specific need we can be flexible, we’re not held down by a corporation because we’re locally owned.”

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Above: This is an example of what a patient’s pre-packaged medicine would look like.

Inset: They also carry many specialty items like diabetic shoes. perfect spot for their business, Acra said.

“We definitely think Hendricks County has a strong community feel,” she said. “We thought it would be a great place. People love Hendricks County, and there are lot of generations that come back here.

We just wanted to be part of that.”

For anyone wondering what it takes to switch prescriptions from another pharmacy, Cruzan said it’s a

painless process.

“If you have refills at another store, you don’t really have to go in there,” he said. “We just make the phone call and you can just come here.”

For more information, call 2863506, visit the website www.blueriverpharmacy.com, or e-mail to info@ blueriverpharmacy.com.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

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“Parents often don’t understand that their child’s personal information is of value (to criminals).”

Child identity theft on the rise A survey conducted for the Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC) discovered that one in 40 households with children under the age of 18 experienced child identity fraud.

The survey revealed that the personal information most likely to be stolen and illegally used are the child’s Social Security number (56 percent) and the child’s date of birth (33 percent).

While investigating child identity theft cases on behalf of the Virginia State Police, Robert Chappell noticed a significant lack of awareness concerning children and identity fraud.

“Parents often don’t understand that their child’s personal information is of value (to criminals),” said Marshall, author of Child Identity Theft: What Every Parent Needs to Know.

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plication, and the financial industry often views this phony first-time applicant as having good credit.

“Criminals have learned that this means they have a high likelihood of success in getting credit is-

sued in the child’s name,” Marshall explained.

Along with having pristine credit, children are targeted because illegally using a child’s information can go undetected for years.

Be... informed 21 The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) warns, “By the time a young person opens his or her first checking account, credit card account, or applies for college financial aid, someone may have already had a decade-long shopping spree under that identity.”

The consequences are both immediate and long-term.

“It’s not just a matter of proving that your 6-year-old didn’t buy that new car,” the ITRC continues. “Bad credit or credit discrepancies can affect your child’s ability to get a job, to apply for financial aid, to join the military, (or) to pass a security check for travel.”

Parents can detect fraud sooner by watching for warning signs listed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Parents should be concerned if their child receives credit card offers or marketing materials from banks; collection agencies contact them for unpaid debts in their child’s name; an application to open a bank account for the child is rejected due to bad credit; government benefits are denied because the child’s Social Security number is used under another person’s name; and the IRS reports that the child’s Social Security number is being utilized on another person’s tax return.

Parents who discover child identity theft should notify local police and file a report with the FTC online at www.ftc.gov. The issuers of credit also should be notified. If the creditor does not cancel the expenses or credit, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller advises parents to turn to their local circuit court for relief.

Even better, of course, is preventing identity theft from occurring at all. While the ITRC notes that there is no guarantee of protecting a child’s identity, parents can greatly increase the likelihood that a child’s information can stay safe.

For example, the child’s Social Security card and birth certificate should stay at home and not be carried around by parents. Mothers

Parents who discover child identity theft should notify local police and file a report with the FTC online at www.ftc.gov.

Parents who need to share their child’s information online should do so only to known and trusted people or organizations on computers with proper firewall and anti-virus protections.

should not post their maiden name on social media since a mother’s maiden name commonly is used as a password to enter financial websites.

Similarly, parents should not post their child’s birth date or wish their child a happy birthday on social media — thus making the child’s birth date easily available to identity thieves.

Children and youth do not need to know their Social Security numbers until, as teenagers, they are applying for a job or a driver’s license, and young people should be reminded to not share any personal information with others, either in person or online.

Parents who need to share their child’s information online should do so only to known and trusted people or organizations on computers with proper firewall and anti-virus protections.

Zoeller, meanwhile, recommends that parents freeze the credit of each family member, including children, by going online to www.indianaconsumer.com. The credit freeze can be lifted anytime credit is legitimately being applied for and then frozen again after the transaction.

“This is a serious crime,” Marshall said. “We need recognition of this problem not just among law enforcement but among parents and everyone who takes care of children.”

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By Megan Church columnist for Be magazine

MangoFuel

• Fixing your issues is a DIY project In order to nix this downward spiral that we seem to be heading (as a nation and individually) we must purify our minds of these three fear-laced toxins and allow more space for life’s nourishment to take its rightful place.

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he United States has more resources at its fingertips to help improve health, wellness, and overall state of being, yet we are sicker than we’ve ever been.

New gyms and fitness programs are popping up everywhere. New campaigns such as Michelle Obama’s “Just Move” campaign are inspiring both young and old to get active. Big corporations, as well as smaller businesses, have fitness and wellness programs (working on site) to help aid employees’ quality of life and thus boosting production and performance. New diets, nutritional research, and health based foods are being created and shared daily.

Yet, as a nation, we are more obese, more body image conscious, sicker, more stressed, and more depressed. Eating disorders are also rapidly arising, and reaching all time low ages, starting as young as 8 years old.

My question for you, is why? Why with all the proper tools and resources at the touch of our fingers (YouTube or Google), do we continue to struggle? Why does our health continue to decline and show no overall improvements?

This topic is something that I’m extremely

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passionate about, and have built my business platform around. I have been through my own eating disordered mess (for well over a decade) and survived and conquered that. I trained and studied clients for years, as well as have given health and wellness talks to audiences seeking overall wellness guidance.

What I have found is that we are all seeking something outside of ourselves to “fix” our problems, and to magically be the solution to whatever we are going through. We think that the next rigid diet will be our solution to ultimate happiness, or the next fitness workout plan will give us our bodily desires, or the next new product being sold will be ‘the’ cure.

WARNING: We will continue to waste our valuable time, energy, and money on short term fixes (in hopes of aiding us on our journey to fulfillment) if we don’t get to the root of the problem.

We have to address the problem head on before we can be consistent with our overall health and wellbeing. The issue that is being extremely toxic in our lives and preventing us from achieving all that we are meant to achieve while here on this earth is one word. That word is FEAR, and it

Megan Church CEO of MangoFuel LLC, a holistic health/ fitness/nutrition coach, and a health-based, natural foods chef. Corporate motivational lectures, yoga classes, mini retreats, and monthly motivational video subscriptions available. To contact her, call (765) 6209227, e-mail to mangofuel3@ gmail.com or visit the website at mangofuel.co.

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A fear based mindset is preventing you from achieving what you desire, and it shows up in so many ways. We are only going to tackle the three biggest mental toxins that are blocking your success. This will be the cheapest and most effective detox to date. Now are you ready?

The cool thing about this detox, is that you don’t need to purchase anything, but simply show up, with a mindset that is ready to remove what is keeping you stuck.

“The Ultimate 3 Part Detox” is what we are going to perform, and it may take reading this information daily until it starts to become habitual, or you may get it the first time.

I struggled with this for years, so I completely understand your pain and want to help end the incessant suffering that you may be feeling.

Regardless of the length of time it takes, the biggest piece to removing these toxic pieces out of your life, is simply by becoming aware that they are there in the first place.

The three toxins that we will remove are the following:

1) “One size fits all” mentality

2) Perfectionism

3) Comparison The “one size fits all mentality” is basically keeping you stuck with the mentality that health (and any parts of life for that matter) can only be achieved by one way. Marketing ploys will try to pull you in and get you to believe that you must follow a certain diet regiment or particular fitness routine to achieve your own level of health. We are all different and highly unique, with different wants, needs, and desires. Figuring out exactly what works for you is the only form that will be sustainable for your success.

Attempting to follow other’s strict guidelines without checking in with the boss of your body (that’s you) will only leave you feeling more frustrated and more like a failure. Remove this mentality immediately and start seeking your own way.

The second toxin is perfectionism.

For this point, I simply mean the “all or nothing” mentality that we have to have everything “right” and “perfect” or we might as well not even try. This mentality prevents progress from taking place. It actually paralyzes us and keeps us where we are at (comfortable) versus on the path to where we want to be, which won’t be comfortable in the beginning.

The best way to deal head on with this toxic mentality is to simply start.

By putting in these action steps, no matter how small, will actually

who you are. All of a sudden, you simply don’t measure up and are acting small. Cutting out the comparison will allow you to show up fully as who you truly are. I have this saying that I use from time to time that explains it in a nutshell, “Comparison kills authenticity.” The more that you compare, the more that you aren’t living from your truth.

In order to nix this downward spiral that we seem to be heading (as a nation and individually) we must purify our minds of these three fear-laced toxins and allow more

Detoxify the three fear based toxins (“One size fits all,” perfectionism, comparison) from your life daily until it’s engrained so much so that you don’t have to worry about them anymore at the level that you may be now.

You deserve to thrive and to live a life that you love and truly enjoy.

Don’t let these toxins prevent that from being your daily reality.

propel you towards your goal. Action removes perfectionistic tendencies from flaring up.

And finally, the last toxin is comparison. Comparison is exactly what you think it is, measuring yourself up against others in all forms, from food, fitness, physical body, success, family life, etc. Whatever you can comprehend comparing to another human being is exactly what I’m referencing.

When you compare yourself to another person, you start negating

space for life’s nourishment to take its rightful place.

Detoxify the three fear based toxins (“One size fits all,” perfectionism, comparison) from your life daily until it’s engrained so much so that you don’t have to worry about them anymore at the level that you may be now. You deserve to thrive and to live a life that you love and truly enjoy. Don’t let these toxins prevent that from being your daily reality.

Have the Best FUEL-filled day ever!

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by Trudy Lieberman columnist for Be magazine

FDA approved doesn’t mean a guarantee

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hat does the label “FDAapproved” really mean?

Most people probably think it assures that a drug you take is safe and effective for the condition you have. It seems to say a drug has passed muster with the drug safety experts in Washington so it’s OK to use it, right? Well, not quite.

An investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has just concluded FDA approval is no guarantee a drug is safe and effective, and the paper’s investigation of diabetes drugs should make every user of prescription drugs think twice about medications their doctors prescribe.

The Journal Sentinel and its partner MedPage Today revealed that more than 3,000 deaths and some 20,000 hospitalizations have been linked to diabetes drugs in the last decade. The drugs include some you’ve probably seen advertised, like Januvia, Byetta and Victoza.

Reporters found none of the 30 new diabetes drugs have been proven effective in reducing key complications of the disease like heart attacks, strokes or blindness.

Diabetes drugs, as well as others, win the seal of approval based on what’s called a surrogate measure, a proxy or a stand-in measure for the eventual clinic outcome everyone wants like saving lives. A proxy measure for diabetes drugs might show that it lowers blood sugar that might eventually ward off serious complications. If it can show that, it’s usually approved, and the big advertising push begins. It doesn’t have to show that it actually saves lives or prevents blindness.

The reasons for these surrogate measures go back two decades to changes in the FDA rules pushed by politicians, drug companies and patient advocacy groups, which are often funded by drug makers.

They wanted speed in getting drugs to market and opening new paths for treatment and for drug company profits. Diabetes drugs are big business. Sales reached $23 billion in 2013. Journal Sentinel reporters put that number in perspective. It’s larger than the com-

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bined revenue of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and the National Basketball Association.

Still, there were signs back then that drugs were reaching the market without adequate testing. “Speed kills,” a policy researcher at George Washington University told me at the time. The Journal Sentinel investigation shows it still does.

Certainly many drugs make people better and save lives, but many others are being marketed for more questionable reasons. Prescribing diabetes drugs for “pre diabetics” who may or may not get the disease is a case in point.

I asked Mayo Clinic diabetes expert Dr. Victor Montori about this.

“The trend to offer drugs to patients to delay a diagnosis of diabetes without making them healthier is a significant problem,” he said.

“Almost half of those included in the definition of patients with pre-diabetes won’t develop the disease in 10 years.”

Still, with so much money sloshing around in this business — drug companies often offer dinners, gifts and speaking fees to reward doctors who prescribe their drugs — it’s hard to know if you’re getting the best medical advice.

What’s a patient to do? Some of these drugs have what are called “black box” warnings, meaning a drug poses significant, serious or life-threatening risks. Montori says people should ask their doctors if they really need a particular drug and if there are alternatives.

I would add don’t brush off the side effects.

They are real for lots of people, as the Journal Sentinel showed.

Larry Sasich, a pharmacist, is the co-founder of Patient Drug News; once worked for Public Citizen, the medical advocacy group in Washington; and has represented consumers on FDA advisory committees.

He had another suggestion: Check the website of DailyMed at http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/ dailymed/index.cfm, operated by the National Library of Medicine and the FDA. It shows the current product labels for drugs marketed in the U.S., along with medication guides for those drugs that the agency says have significant public health concerns.

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Trudy Lieberman Trudy Lieberman, a journalist for more than 40 years, is a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review where she blogs about health care and retirement at www.cjr.org.

Contact her at trudy.lieberman@ gmail.com.

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Emergency supply kits are well worth the effort The timing of a disaster can be difficult, if not impossible, to predict.

Therefore, it’s important to prepare for the possibility well ahead of time.

Whether forced to evacuate because of a hurricane, flood or fire, or confined at home to wait out severe weather, you’ll need emergency supplies to stay safe.

“It’s important to invest the time to prepare an emergency supply kit,” said Steve Vernick, senior vice president of insurance with AAA Hoosier Motor Club. “The items included in the kit will help ensure you’ll have something to eat, can deal with minor injuries, and will stay up-to-date on developing weather conditions.”

Preparing a kit is important and easy to do. Simply select a large plastic container with a lid, a duffel bag, or a backpack to store your emergency supplies. Once filled, place it in an easy-to-access location known to all household members. The kit should be easily transportable in case you have to evacuate.

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Emergency preparedness checklist Here are some of the items you may want to include: • A copy of your emergency preparedness plan; • A battery or hand-cranked radio; • A flashlight with extra batteries in a sealed plastic bag; • A NOAA weather radio for areas where hurricanes and tornadoes are common; • At least three days’ supply of water (three gallons per person per day);

• At least three days’ supply of food that doesn’t need to be cooked or refrigerated, including canned tuna, meat, fruits and vegetables; peanut butter; crackers; cereal; trail mix; and granola bars; • A can opener; • Paper plates and utensils; • A first aid kid including items such as bandages, antibiotic cream, hydrogen peroxide, scissors, tweezers, needles, and moist towelettes; • Prescription and nonprescrip-

tion medicines you are accustomed to taking; • Bleach or water purification tablets; • Matches in a waterproof container; • Local maps and a compass; • A whistle; • Hand sanitizer; and • Pet food and supplies.

For more information on AAA Hoosier Motor Club, visit the website at AAA.com.

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Impact of heart disease on women is staggering One of the most common conditions facing women today is heart disease, yet many women do not even know they are at risk.

In fact, the numbers are staggering. An estimated 43 million women in the U.S. are affected by heart disease. Each year, heart disease is responsible for one in every three women’s deaths, killing approximately one woman every minute.

Being aware that women are at risk for heart disease and realizing the magnitude of women affected is the first step to help protect against heart disease.

There are several reasons why heart disease has such a significant impact on women. Generally, heart disease was thought to be more common in males. On the contrary, nearly 65,000 more women than men die of the disease annually.

So, why do we hear more about heart disease among men? In the past, many of the major cardiovascular research studies were conducted only on men, so doctors became familiar with the warnings signs for male patients, including chest pain that spreads to the upper arms and shoulders.

However, women more often experience symptoms that may not seem obviously related to heart disease, such as abdominal pain, shortness of breath, nausea and unexplained fatigue.

All too often women may avoid or delay seeking medical care as a result of these seemingly harmless symptoms, perhaps unaware that they may be indicators of heart disease.

Non-specific symptoms have many other possible causes and may not immediately point to heart problems. Even when doctors suspect that a woman’s symptoms might be due to heart disease, making a definitive diagnosis can be more challenging because traditional diagnostic tests appear to be more accurate when performed on males.

When conducted on a woman, the standard exercise stress test, for instance, does not have the same predictive value

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in women as it does in men, further complicating an official diagnosis of heart disease.

Some of the key factors to look for in determining your risk level for heart disease are: • Smoking — More than 21 million women smoke; smoking can increase the likelihood of heart disease.

• High blood pressure — Over 30 percent of women have high blood pressure (hypertension) and many are unaware they have the condition; uncontrolled high blood pressure can damage arteries and vital organs, potentially leading to heart attack, stroke and more.

• High blood cholesterol — Women over age 55 tend to have higher cholesEach year, terol levels than men; high cholesterol heart disease can increase chances of heart disease. is responsible for • Overweight/obesity — Over 60 perone in every three cent of women are overweight, including women’s deaths, about 34 percent who are obese; this killing approximately condition hinders heart health. one woman • Physical inactivity — Less than 40 every minute. percent of U.S. women get the recommended 30 minutes a day of moderately intense activity; more than 25 percent are not active at all. Women are more likely than men to be physically inactive.

• Heredity — Women with a family history of heart disease are at a greater risk for heart disease.

• Diabetes — Approximately 12 million women in the U.S. have diabetes and as many as three million of them don’t know they have it. Diabetes increases the chances of heart disease and damage to the body.

Understanding risks for heart disease, and taking action to lower controllable risk factors, can save lives.

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reaching more, helping more HRH announces planned expansion to Brownsburg BROWNSBURG — This week, Hendricks Regional Health (HRH) announced major plans to reach more of the county and its health care needs.

HRH will be expanding its reach in the county by constructing a 100,000 square-feet retail health care center in Brownsburg. According to information from HRH, the new facility, which is planned for the north side of town, will house an emergency room and immediate care center, lab and radiology services, a comprehensive women’s center, physician offices, a retail pharmacy, specialty clinic, and additional retail space.

The facility will cost an estimated $40 million to construct and is expected to create more than 110 jobs once completed. Construction is slated to begin in autumn of this year, with an anticipated opening date in early 2017.

HRH President and CEO Kevin Speer said this is an idea a few years in the making.

“For the past couple of years, we have been working on identifying a location and a way to increase our presence in Brownsburg to better serve that community,” he said.

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Submitted graphics Top: These early renderings show what the Hendricks Regional Health facility might look like.

Above: The newly announced facility will be 100,000 square feet.

In the ever-changing landscape of health care, HRH officials believe a facility like this will help the hospital evolve efficiently.

“We strongly believe that health care is moving more toward a retail model in the delivery of service,” Speer said. “We need to be easier to access and easier to do business with. This new facility will allow us to deliver care in a new way, with easy access to several different services under one roof. We have been fairly conservative with our growth over the past 15 years and we feel like the timing is right to enhance our services in the Brownsburg area and invest in a significant project that will benefit the community.”

Speer said Brownsburg is the perfect location for the expansion.

“The north side of Brownsburg is currently not well served by our

hospital,” he said. “We want to bring services closer to that population.”

He said hospital officials also talked to Brownsburg residents about what they wanted in a health care facility.

“We recently conducted focus groups in Brownsburg to gather information from local women about what they would like to see in the Women’s Center that will be included in the project,” Speer said. “Their feedback was invaluable and will help shape our offerings for female patients. We value the support that we have received from the Town of Brownsburg and look forward to bringing this project to fruition.”

The new facility will be in addition to the HRH building at 1411 S. Green St. That office will remain open to serve the south side of

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Brownsburg as well as the northwest side of Avon. That facility is home to several physician offices and laboratory services.

“Hendricks Regional Health has served the Brownsburg community since opening our original facility there 17 years ago,” Speer said.

“In the past few years, we have expanded primary care, OB-GYN and physical therapy services to further enhance our offerings in the Brownsburg area. We also have partnered with the Town of Brownsburg to provide on-site wellness clinic services and health screenings to their employees.”

In addition, as part of this enhancement of services, HRH will be

Hendricks Regional Health’s main campus is in Danville.

opening immediate care services in a Brownsburg location later this summer.

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Psychologists offer tips to improve children’s eating habits Parents play an important role as guide and coach for children as they make choices about eating.

Research shows that children who eat a well-balanced diet and exercise regularly are likely to perform better in school, feel better about themselves, cope with stress effectively and better regulate their emotions. They also have higher self-esteem and are less prone to developing anxiety and depression.

Additionally, establishing healthy eating habits early in life can lead to long term healthy behaviors in adulthood.

Dr. Lani Jones, a psychologist at Riley Children’s Hospital and Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, said, “Children often need to have new foods presented multiple times in order to determine if they actually like the food. Parents can promote a child’s interaction with new foods by modeling a willingness to experiment with and try new foods.”

Psychologists can help parents implement strategies to guide their children in the process of developing life-long healthy behaviors.

• Start early. Parents who help their children establish good eating, exercising and sleeping habits early in life will avoid having to break bad habits later. Exposing children to a variety of flavors can not only help children come to accept healthy foods but prefer them.

• Make healthy eating easy.

Research shows that daily environments like home, school and work can affect habits. Children generally choose foods that are familiar, easily available and ready to be eaten.

Parents can encourage their kids to eat healthier by stocking the house and kids’ lunch boxes with nutritious snacks like carrots, apples or nuts instead of chips or cookies.

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who see their parents or caregivers buying, cooking and eating healthy foods are more likely to eat wholesome foods themselves. Healthy eating doesn’t need to be a trick. Instead, parents can teach their children by example to look at healthy foods as tasty and desirable. Try involving children in planning, shopping and cooking meals to make it fun.

• Have meals as a family. Research shows that social support has a direct impact on healthy eating intentions. Family meals are not only a good opportunity for families to connect; they are the perfect venue to talk about healthy eating habits and engage children in conversations about what a nutritious meal looks and tastes like.

• Be aware of children’s emotions.

Support is essential when working with children to improve nutrition, especially when that path can be dif-

ficult and frustrating. Parents should pay close attention to children’s emotions and reassure them that changes in diet are to make them healthy, and not because there is something wrong with them.

“It is helpful for caregivers to celebrate small steps in the right direction, and avoid using weight as the ultimate measure of success,” says Dr. Sandy Bowersox, psychologist at St. Mary’s Health in Evansville.

“Praise children for changes you observe in their behavior, like choosing to play outside over watching TV, or choosing water over a sugary drink, and being willing to try new foods.”

To learn more about willpower and mind/body health, visit the website at www.apa.org/helpcenter and follow on Twitter at @APAHelpCenter.

Additional resources may also be found online at www.indianapsychology.org.

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