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Osteoporosis Awareness Prevention Month:
Beebe to host screenings in Cape Region
Nearly 44 million Americans
are at risk of developing oSteo-
porosis, often called "the silent
disease" because it occurs without
symptoms. Osteoporosis is a seri-
ous health concern that affects
bone mass and increases the
chance for fractures. To raise
awareness and prevention for
women and men throughout Sus-
sex County, internist Dr. Uday
Jani, Beebe Medical Center staff
member, will host three free Fo-
cus on Health seminars and ,stee-
per,sis screenings throughout
May.
The 2003 theme of *steeper,-
sis Awareness and Prevention
Month, sponsored by the National
*steeper, sis Foundation, is Are
You Losing Height? Height loss
of an inch or more may be due to
vertebral fractures caused by ,s-
teeper,sis that women and men
may be unaware they have even
sustained.
Beebe's free Focus on Health
series will feature quantitative ul-
trasound screenings with JaM,
who is also a certified clinical
densitometrist. He will measure
bone density for signs of ,stee-
per,sis and provide informational
discussions about prevention and
risks for developing ,steeper,sis.
For more information and to pre-
register, call 645-3337.
The lectures and screenings are
as follows: 6 to 8 p.m., Wednes-
day, May 7, at the Millville Fire
Hall; 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May
8, at the Beebe Long Neck Health
Center; and 5:45 - 7:45 p.m.,
Thursday, May 22, at the Re-
hoboth Beach Library.
CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, May 2 - May 8, 2003 - 77
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Respiratory virus poses health
Respiratory syncytial virus
(RSV), which causes a serious
lung infection, affects thousands
of infants annually, and it's in sea-
son until March.
"About 70 percent of children
will contract RSV by age 1," said
Dr. Michael Speer, pediatrician at
Texas Children's Hospital and
professor of pediatrics at Baylor
College of Medicine.
While the virus may be espe-
cially dangerous to premature and
multiple-birth babies, it usually
amounts to little more than a cold
for most healthy children, Speer
said.
'°1"o reduce the risk of exposing
infants to the virus, wash hands
often, stay away if you have a
cold or fever, limit exposure to
children with cold symptoms,
avoid crowded areas and refrain
from smoking around babies or
"'Lreat.. to infants
children."
Texas Children's Newborn
Center is ranked No. 3 in the na-
tion by "Child" magazine. For
more information visit www.tex-
aschildrenshospital.org and click
on Patient Care Centers. Texas
Children's Hospital, a nonprofit
pediatric specialty hospital in
Houston, is licensed for 715 beds
and is the largest children's hospi-
tal in the United States.
Briefly
PKIDS offers camp for
children with illnesses
Starting this summer, children
infected with hepatitis B or C can
attend summer camp at one of
Paul Newman's Hole In The Wall
Gang medical camps in either up-
state New York or Florida.
The cost of attending camp and
transportation will be paid by the
camp and the national nonprofit
organization PKIDs-(Parents of
Kids with Infectious Diseases).
Children must be beiween the
ages of 6 and 16 and" receiving
medical treatment of any type.
For an application or more in-
formation, contact PKIDs at 877-
55-PKIDS or email pkids@-
pkids.org.
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