[lang_en]The American Cancer Society co-sponsored the annual Du Page Men’s Health Fair: Score 1 for Men’s Health at the Yorktown Center and the Shops on Butterfield Road in the Village of Lombard, with Illinois State representative Sandy Pihos, for the 42nd Legislative House District, along with Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Central Du Page Hospital, as well as other community health providers. Among the most recognized exhibitors and participants, Physical Medicine & Pain Physicians from the Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Lombard Health Care Center, located at 130 S. Main Street, #206, are noted for the professional bright display of healthcare services and the motto, “Inspiring Wellness Promoting Choices” for sports injuries, nerve and muscle testing (EMG), comprehensive pain management, occupational injuries, and physical rehabilitation which encourages and maximizes “improved treatment and results to allow early return to sports or work”.
In 2008, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Lombard Health Care Center, and the American Cancer Society invite you to participate in “Relay for Life”, a community-based research program designed “to help you understand the factors that prevent cancer and save more lives”. Voluntary enrollment for the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3, (CPS-3) focuses on anyone between the ages of 30 and 64 years old, who will register as subjects in a long-term life study about medical history, lifestyles, and behaviors measured by periodic surveys, waist measurement, and blood-testing, collected by a certified, trained “phlebotomist”, lab technician.
Free health screenings for prostate cancer traces in blood samples brought a line of visitors to the certified lab technicians working for Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare. In addition, Score 1 for Men’s Health featured blood pressure screenings by Good Samaritan Hospital, Nurse Terri, and body fat composition assessments by Diane. The Visiting Nurse Association of Fox Valley (VNA) introduced a hand-held Body Fat Composition device operated by both hands upon pressure which, for instance, measured 18.4 percent of Body Mass Index (BMI) for a person weighing 100 lbs., at 11.6 percent of body fat, for ages 39-49, at 5’2” in height. The blood pressure reading was 108/60 systolic/diastolic for the same person, read by Nurse Terri from Good Samaritan Hospital.
The most recommended health screening tests include: cholesterol checks, blood pressure readings, diabetes tests, prostate cancer screenings, colorectal cancer tests, sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and depression evaluations according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, http://www.ahrq.gov – AHRQ Pub. No. APPIP 03-0022, Revised February 2004.
The American Cancer Society invites you to “Get Your Health Test Screenings!” Women ages 21-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 50 years of age and older can ask the doctor or nurse about regular cancer screening tests for breast cancer or a PAP test for cervical cancer or colon cancer testing. In addition, recommended preventive measures to lower your chances of getting cancer and other diseases include:
- Don’t use tobacco. If you do, ask your doctor or nurse about quitting smoking.
- Protect yourself from the sun to prevent skin lesions, sun burnt, and sun stroke, etc.
- Eat a lot of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains on a daily basis.
- Keep a health body weight.
- Do not drink alcohol in excess—if you drink alcohol, consume less.
- Exercise daily, at least 30 minutes during the week, five days or more.
Men at the age of 40 through 50 years or older, need to check health screenings for prostate cancer and/or colon cancer. The American Cancer Society advises to get a Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test and a rectal exam every year for family members with a medical history of prostate cancer before the age of 65. Early detection and treatment of prostate cancer can save lives. Call the American Cancer Society for free cancer test screenings at 1-800-227-2345 or visit http://www.cancer.org
Score 1 for Men’s Health in Du Page County is a Health Initiatives program organized by Joy Rosenberg, manager for the American Cancer Society for the Du Page Office, Illinois Division, Inc., located at 1801 S. Meyers Road, Suite 100, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181, Tel. 630-932-1141. To arrange for free health screenings sponsored by the American Cancer Society, please call toll-free at 1-800-322-6237 or Email: joy.rosenberg@cancer.org.
Orthostatic screening by Advanced Physicians for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapy was conducted by Jesse Peery, in order to explain how a person’s feet imprints, scanned by digital media into a personal computer, assist in designing custom-made insoles (for walking) shoes and prevent foot aches, discomfort, and fatigue while walking. Footprints on a digital scanner, color-coded by areas of pressure, map the feet’s arches for Orthostatic Foot Insoles, for standing upright or walking on foot. I was the first visitor to try the Orthostatic Digital Scanner. Some years ago, someone stumped my big toe to injure my right foot, causing a permanent foot injury. Since then, my fractured right toe never healed properly and has developed into “a hammertoe”—which reclines upon other toes with discomfort and distress upon walking, jogging, or running exercise.
During Orthostatic Digital screening, the right foot imprint showed in color codes how a custom-designed foot insole would balance the foot pressure to ease walking discomfort. In addition, Jesse Peery recommended to insert a big toe wedge to prevent continued degeneration of the hammertoe, reclining upon the other toes with undue pressure and discomfort, during excessive walking. Advanced Physicians provided “Free” Health Consultation to seek medical help for foot pain. Visit http://www.AdvancedPhysiciansGroup.com for additional information in Du Page County.
Across from the Orthostatic exhibit table, Physical Medicine & Pain Physicians displayed medical services for the Lombard Health Care Center at 130 S. Main Street, #206. Dr. Syed Zaffer, M.D. and his medical assistant handed out healthcare information describing programs for Occupational & Sports injury management, non-surgical spinal care, comprehensive pain management, Orthopedic Rehabilitation, muscle and nerve injury/disorder rehab., Geriatric rehabilitation for senior citizens, fitness and injury prevention, counseling, employment and sports physicals, disability evaluation, nerve and muscle testing (EMG).
Physical Medicine & Pain Physicians give patients the advantage of providing Health Screening programs for timely intervention, better patient and family preparation for a speedy return to the community, improved treatment results for early return to work or sports, matching various healthcare resources to patients needs supported by a healthcare network. If you suffer from symptoms related to “fibromyalgia”, such as muscle stiffness, headache, anxiety or depression, memory loss, muscle tingling and numbness, along with insomnia or chronic fatigue syndrome, Physical Medicine & Pain Physicians can help you with professional therapy and diagnostic services—EMG tests, manipulation, thermo-electric massage, acupuncture, naprapathy. Evening and weekend hours are available for your convenience, call 630-873-5425 to make an appointment. For persons who suffer from “neuropathy” due to chronic pain and muscle weakness under spinal vertebrae D12 and painful distension of the extremities, Physical Medicine & Pain Physicians provide healthcare with comprehensive management of Physical Injury & Pain Discomfort. Dr. Syed Zaffer, M.D. is a certified physiatrist who specializes in
diagnosing problems and offering non-surgical management of pain and injury. “Physiatrists treat people, not just symptoms, by evaluating the impact of a condition on the person – medically, socially, emotionally and vocationally”—according to Physical Medicine & Pain Physicians. Visit us and check our website for additional information at http://www.pmpphysicians.com/phisiatry.asp There is a Free Complimentary Consultation available by selection. You can also subscribe to the E-newsletter. Email: info@pmpphysicians.com
The American Cancer Society, with support from Du Page County healthcare providers, always excels in their efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat health issues through early screenings, provided “free” for the community-at-large during the year. Score 1 for Men’s Health at the Du Page Men’s Health Fair is an annual, fun-filled event, planned for you with informative and useful health measures to fit your lifestyle and wellness practices, health eating habits, and exercise routines at the Yorktown Center, in Lombard, Illinois, USA.
–G. Hung, M.A., B.A.
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