HealthyUA publication of University Health Care System MARCH/APRIL 2008

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When it’s cold outside, there’s nothing quite like a hot bowl of soup to warm you up.

University’s Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator Kim Beavers created this recipe for a hearty Barley Minestrone with Spinach Soup that offers 10 grams of fiber as well as nine grams of protein with just 220 calories per serving.

Log on to www.universityhealth.org/ewwk to join kim’s Recipe Club or call 706/828-2502 or toll free 866/591-2502. you’ll receive her recipes monthly and have a chance to win a weekly drawing for a kroger gift card and an apron.

1 medium onion, chopped2 cloves garlic, minced1 Tbs. olive oil1 zucchini, chopped¼ cup tomato paste²⁄³ cup red wine (red zinfandel works well)1 (14-ounce) can reduced-sodium great northern beans 1 (14-ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes2 tsp. Italian seasoning4 cups reduced-sodium beef broth1 cup water8 to 12 ounces fresh spinach, coarsely chopped1 cup pearl barley

Cook the barley according to package directions (omitting the salt) and set aside if done before your soup base.

Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven and sauté the onions for 4-6 minutes over medium heat until lightly brown, add garlic and zucchini and sauté for 4 more minutes, Stir in the tomato paste for about 1 minute. Add wine to pan stirring to pick up all of the browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Add the next 5 ingredients to the pan (beans through water), and bring to a boil.

To “build” the soup, place 1 to 1½ ounces of spinach in each bowl, add ½ cup of cooked barley and ladle 1½ cups of boiling soup into each bowl. Stir the soup until the spinach wilts slightly.

yield: 8 servings

nutrient breakdown: Calories 220, Fat 2.5g (0g saturated fat, 1.4g monounsaturated), Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 350mg, Carbohydrate 39g, Fiber 10g, Protein 9g. v

Heat up a cold day with a hearty, healthy soup

barley Minestrone with spinach

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not counting skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in American men and women and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths.

This disease strikes more than 150,000 people a year, and more than 50,000 were expected to die in 2007.

But there is hope. According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer rates have dropped over the past 15 years, with better screenings and treatments cited as an important factor in the decrease. (See the back page for information about University’s Community Education program on colorectal cancer.)

Men and women ages 50 and older should follow one of five testing schedules for screening, and your physician can help you decide which is best for you:

•Yearly fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or fecalimmunochemical test (FIT)

•Flexiblesigmoidoscopyeveryfiveyears

•Yearly FOBT or FIT, plus flexible sigmoidoscopyevery five years

•Double-contrastbariumenemaeveryfiveyears

•Colonoscopyevery10years

It’s important to understand that anyone can develop colorectal cancer, but there are those who might be at a higher risk and might need to be screened earlier, including those who have a:

•Familyhistoryofcolorectalcancer

•Personalhistoryofcolorectalcancer

•Personalhistoryofpolyps

•Personalhistoryofinflammatoryboweldisease v

for more information about colorectal cancer, call university’s Cancer Answer Line at 706/828-2522 or toll free at 866/869-2522.

Get the Facts About Colorectal CancerBetter screenings, treatments credited for drop in cancer rates

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sPeCIAL event

“In the midst of this chaos … (he) crawled across the room into my arms, my heart, my family and we had our son. So now I had my baby and 300 children to transfer.”

Mrs. Thieman was supposed to be on the first officialflightoutonApril4,1975.AgiganticAirForce C-5A Galaxy – an aircraft normally used to transport tanks and heavy equipment – was to be packed with 300 orphans and U.S. personnel. However,beforetheflightdeparted,Mrs.Thiemanwas luckily bumped off.

At about 23,000 feet, the plane had a catastrophic cargo door malfunction, and while trying to make an emergency landing, crashed in a muddy field outside Saigon. Nearly half of those on board, including 76 orphans, perished.

A few days later, another plane was commissioned and Mrs. Thieman would help escort 300 children, and her new son Mitch, back to San Francisco. In all, almost 3,000 orphans came to the U.S.

AfterOperationBabyLift,“Iwentbacktomynormallife as a part-time mom and a full-time nurse,” she said. “I lived my life ordinarily, and then about 18 years later, after Mitch graduated from high school, I wrote my book about Operation Baby Lift, This Must be My Brother.”

Mrs. Thieman soon began writing and editing stories for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and was being asked to speak at public events and on national TV.

She retired from nursing after 37 years, but now devotes her time to writing and encouraging others, especially nurses, to do extraordinary things with their lives.

“My mission is to honor nurses and to encourage them to care for themselves as lovingly as they do everybody else.” v

6:15 p.m. Program with guest speaker LeAnnThiemaninUniversity’sLeviW.HillIII Auditorium

Cost: Free and open to nurses and nursing students

Call university Health Care system Human Resources at 800/338-9599 for more information.

University Hospital’sNurse Recruitment Day

“In the midst of this chaos … (he) crawled across the room into my arms, my heart, my family and we had our son.”

sPeCIAL event

LeAnn thieman thought she was buying a dozen cupcakes. But what she did changed her life – and the lives of hundreds of others – forever.

It was the early 1970s when Mrs. Thieman, an obstetrics nurse and young mother of two daughters, spotted a charity bake sale during a trip to a mall in Iowa City. What happened that day launchedMrs. Thieman into a lifelong career as a volunteer, a public speaker and an editor and author with the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Mrs. Thieman will be the guest speaker at University Hospital’s Nurse Recruitment Day at 6:15 p.m., Tuesday,March18, inUniversity’sLeviW.Hill IIIAuditorium. The event is free and open to nurses and nursing students.

On that day in 1970, Mrs. Thieman learned thatthe charity was Friends of Children of Viet Nam, an organization dedicated to helping orphans in the war-ravaged country.

The organization’s message and mission struck a chord deep within her.

“I thought I was simply stopping to buy a dozen cupcakes … but instead I joined as a member of the organization,” she said. “I then became president of the little organization, and my basement became the Iowa chapter headquarters.”

Overthenextthreeyears,Mrs.Thiemansaidsheandahalf-dozen other young mothers and nurses collected and shipped more than five tons of supplies out of her small basement to overseas orphanages.

Then in 1975, she was asked to go to Saigon, then the capital of South Vietnam, to escort six orphans back to the United States to meet their new families.

By the time she arrived in the country, President Gerald Ford had authorized Operation Baby Lift,sanctioning the use of U.S. military aircraft to fly someof the estimated 70,000orphans out ofVietnam. By the end of the month, Saigon would fall and all U.S. personnel would abandon the country.

Mrs. Thieman’s mission had changed, and she was told by officials that she was needed to help evacuate 300 babies – as well as the son she and her husband had originally planned to adopt in two years.

LoveofChildrenSends Nurse on a LifelongMission‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ author to speak at University

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fRee Pulmonary function screenings ThirdWednesdayeachmonthMarch19•10-11:30a.m.April16•10-11:30a.m.MedicalOfficeBuilding2,Suite2004321 University Parkway, Evans Appointments required. Call 706/774-5777.

fRee speech and Hearing screeningsFor children and adultsUniversity Hospital Speech and Hearing Center1430 Harper St., Suite C3OrMedicalOfficeBuilding2,Suite1024321 University Parkway, EvansAppointments required. Call 706/774-5777.

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The following free classes are held in theWomen’sCenterclassroomonthethirdfloorunlessotherwisestated.All classes are free but require registration. Call 706/774-2825 for information or to register.

Childbirth Preparation Class (4-week series)Mondays: April 14, 21, 28, May 5Tuesdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25Wednesdays:April16,23,30,May77-9:30 p.m.

Weekender Childbirth Preparation Class Friday & Saturday, March 7, 8

and April 4, 56:30-9:30 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday

Women’s Center tourThursday, March 13 & April 177-9:30 p.m.

Mom-to-be tea Sunday,March16•2-4p.m.

Mommy & Me support groupMarch11•10-11:30a.m.April15•10-11:30a.m.Babies R Us, Mullins Crossing 4225WashingtonRoad,EvansFor new moms and infants

sibling birthday PartyTuesday,March25•3-4p.m.Tuesday,April22•3-4p.m.University Hospital Cafeteria

breast-feeding ClassThursday,March20•7-9p.m.Thursday,April17•7-9p.m.Babies R Us, Mullins Crossing 4225WashingtonRoad,Evans

Introduction to Infant CPRMarch 27, 7-8:30 p.m.April 24, 7-8:30 p.m.

Refresher Childbirth Preparation ClassMarch 24, 7-9:30 p.m.

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focus on HealingAn exercise class for women with

breast cancerMarch4,11,18,25•6p.m.April1,15,22,29•6p.m.WaltonRehabilitationHospital1355 Independence DriveRegistration required. Call 706/823-5294.

fRee fresh start smoking Cessation Program Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, with University Hospital instructorsMarch6,13,20,27•7:30-8:30a.m.March4,11,18,25•6-7p.m.April3,10,17,24•7:30-8:30a.m.April8,15,22,29•6-7p.m.University Hospital cafeteria

fRee Look good ... feel betterThird Monday each monthMarch17•5-7p.m.April21•5-7p.m.American Cancer Society office2607 Commons Blvd.Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, this program helps female cancer patients maintain their appearance and self-image during treatment. Free makeup kit given to each participant. Registration required. Call 706/731-9900.

fRee breast self-exam ClassesSecond Monday each monthMarch10•4p.m.April14•4p.m.Breast Health Center MedicalOfficeBuilding2,Suite2054321 University Parkway, EvansRegistration required. Call 706/ 774-4141 or toll free 866/774-4141.

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Mobile Mammography • March3,10

Glaxco Smith Kline, Aiken• March4

Edgefield Medical Center• March5

Curves, Surrey Center• March6

Dillard’s, Augusta Mall• March7

University Hospital• March11,25

WillsMemorialHospital• March12

SRS, H area• March13

Jenkins County Hospital• March14,24

Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center• March17

Internal Medicine Partners 3121PeachOrchardRoad

• March18 LincolnCountyHealthDepartment

• March19 Richmond County Health Department

• March20 LamarMedicalCenter

• March26,27 Blue Cross Blue Shield 2743 Perimeter Parkway

• April1 Edgefield Medical Center

• April4 University Hospital

• April7 Dillard’s, Aiken Mall

• April8,18 Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

• April9 SRS, B Area

• April10 Jenkins County Hospital

• April14 Internal Medicine Partners 3121PeachOrchardRoad

• April15,29 WillsMemorialHospital

• April16 Richmond County Health Department

• April17 WarrenCountyHealthDepartment

• April21 Columbia County Health Department

• April22 LincolnCountyHealthDepartment

• April23 Pepperidge Farms, Aiken

• April24 Shaw Industries, Thompson

• April30 BelleTerraceHealth&WellnessCenter

Yearlymammogramsarecoveredby Medicare and most insurance companies. open to the public for women over 40. Appointments required. Call 706/774-4149 or toll free 866/774-4141.

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Alzheimer’s disease – WestwoodThird Thursday each month March20•3p.m.April17•3p.m.WestwoodNursingFacilityConference Room 561 University Drive, Evans for more information, call 706/863-7514.

Arthritis support groupLastMondayofeachmonthMarch31•5p.m.April28•5p.m.University Hospital CafeteriaDining Room 1 for more information, call 706/774-2760.

Pink Magnolias breast CancerSecond Monday each month March10•6:30p.m.April14•6:30p.m.Breast Health CenterProfessional Center 2, Suite 205A support group for partners of women with breast cancer meets at the same time. for more information, call 706/774-4141 or toll free 866/774-4141.

Insulin Pump support groupThursday,March20•6p.m.University Hospital Cafeteria Dining Room 1

Parents Healing togetherFirst Monday each monthMarch3•7p.m.April7•7p.m.Pre-Admit/TestingWaitingRoom,firstfloorofUniversityHospitalStop at the Information Desk in the MainLobbyfordirections.For parents, families and friends who have lost infants through miscarriage, death, ectopic pregnancy or stillbirth. Call 706/774-2751 or 706/774-5802 for more information.

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eduCAtIon And events

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by tHe nuMbeRs: understanding your blood Pressure, Cholesterol and glucose Results

Christopher Gibbs, M.D.,Internal Medicine

Tuesday, April 225:30-7 p.m.

Savannah Rapids PavilionGrand Rapids Ballroom3300EvanstoLocksRoad Martinez

free. dinner will be served, and reservations are required. Call 706/828-2502 or toll free 866/591-2502.

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M. Nesbit Dasher Jr., M.D., Gastroenterologist

Thursday, March 275:30-7 p.m.

Doubletree Hotel, 2651 Perimeter Parkway

free. dinner will be served, and reservations are required. Call 706/828-2502 or toll free 866/591-2502.

MAIntAInIng HeALtHy bones And JoInts

Paul J. Herzwurm, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgeon

Thursday, April 1711:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

BrandonWildeClubHouse,4275OwensRoad,Evans

free and open to the public. Lunch will be served, and reservations are required. Call 706/828-2502 or toll free 866/591-2502.

PoPs! under the starsSaturday,May10•6:30p.m.

University Health Care System’s Evans CampusFeaturing the Augusta Symphony

This event is free and open to the community.