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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Healthcare in Your Hand If you’re like many people, you rely on your smart phone to get important information 24/7. Check out the latest smart phone app that will give you detailed answers to some of your most pressing medical questions in just seconds. To learn more, visit stanthonycentral.org and click the iTriage icon on the home page. There, you can watch a video that will show you how to use the iTriage phone app and get a link to download it for free through iTunes. Centura Health and Healthagen™, a developer of healthcare information software, have partnered to offer this premier facts-and-facilities listing to help you make important healthcare choices anytime, anywhere. With iTriage, you have access to medical information on more than 300 symptoms, 350 medical procedures and 1,000 diseases. Under each disease category you’ll find: • A description of the problem or condition • Common symptoms • Standard work-up (what you can expect the doctor to do) • Treatment (including medications and procedures) iTriage can even help you geolocate the closest emergency departments, urgent care clinics, retail clinics and pharmacies. Just choose from a 10-, 20or 50-mile radius. The SleepStroke Link Are you getting enough sleep? You may be putting yourself at risk for more than just dark circles under your eyes. A large British study released in April 2010 confirms a connection between insufficient sleep and increased risk of stroke and heart attacks. The research tracked the sleep-health relationship of some 10,000 United Kingdom government workers for 17 years. Those who decreased their sleep from seven hours to five hours or less per night more than doubled their risk of cardiovascular death. Researchers reported that lack of sleep appeared to raise blood pressure, which is recognized as a risk factor for stroke and heart attacks. As a primary stroke center, St. Anthony Central Hospital is committed to helping prevent strokes as well as providing award-winning care when they do occur. Go to stanthonycentral.org/stroke for more information. If you’re not getting the sleep you need to stay healthy, you’ll also want to visit stanthonycentral.org/sleep to learn about the comprehensive services offered at our Sleep Disorders Center. Vim & Vigor · FAL L 2010 Important: iTriage is NOT a substitute for emergency care. If you have an emergency health concern, call 911. And yes, there’s a “hot button” on iTriage for that, too. 3  http://www.stanthonycentral.org http://www.stanthonycentral.org/stroke http://www.stanthonycentral.org/sleep

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2010

Vim_&_Vigor - Fall 2010
Contents
CEO Letter
Community Connections
Network of Care
Heart of Trauma
What’s in Your Medicine Cabinet?
See the Future
The Female Factor
Take a Bite Out of Stress
Starring Role
Shouldering the Pain
Train Your Brain
What Now?
Choose Your Own Adventure
Unveiled
In Good ‘Hands’
From a Distance
ReConnect Leadership
Ask the Experts

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2010

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