| Health Clinic abuzz with allergy sufferers
It's spring. The bees are buzzing again. Trees are budding and plants are blooming. That's the problem. Springtime allergies are here.
Most ETSU students will suffer through these symptoms as well as other ailments until the end of the semester when they retreat to their hometown physicians. However, help is closer and less expensive than most students think.
ETSU's Student Health Clinic, which recently moved into the newly remodeled Roy S. Nicks Hall, is an open and free resource for students on campus with various medical issues. Almost 20 percent of ETSU students polled in an informal survey did not even know there was an available health clinic on campus.
"We really want to raise awareness of the clinic and its new location," said Kristin O'Brien, health education coordinator.
Medicare’s Terminology Can Be Tricky
4/30/2007 - One of the most difficult issues in dealing with insurance is the terms used and their meaning. The insurance industry, like all industries, has its own language. The next few weeks questions and answers address that confusion and will explain some of the terms and their definition/use. The definitions are taken from the 2007 Medicare and You Handbook, with some additional explanations. If you dont have a copy of this book you may obtain one from your local Social Security Office or (800) 772-1213.
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Question: When I read the information I get from Medicare and the many insurance companies that send stuff to me in the mail, I get confused about the terminology. Could you explain some of them to me?
Answer: The terms that companies use do make figuring the coverage out more complicated.
Briefly in Tompkins
The American Red Cross Blood Services of the New York-Pennsylvania Region is urgently calling for all eligible donors to give blood to help strengthen the regional blood inventory, which has fallen to low levels due to Monday's late-winter storm. In particular, A-negative and O-negative blood types have less than a two-day supply. As of April 16, A-negative and O-negative were at critical supply levels. .
'Walk the Talk': Steps to good health
Send press releases at least three weeks in advance to Health Calendar, Bay Area Living, 4770 Willow Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588, or e-mail Dino-Ray Ramos at dramos@angnewspapers.com. Faxes can be sent to (925) 416-4850. Include the name of the event, time, date, place, description, cost and a telephone number. Event listings are free. Free tai chi classes Through the Fremont Adult School, instructor Sifu May Chen is offering tai chi classes for adults of all skill levels. Great Outdoor Tai Chi classes are from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays through Fridays. Senior Center, 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont. (510) 790-6602. Other classes at 4700 Calaveras Ave., Fremont: -Basic Tai Chi and Qigong from 12:15 to 1 p.m.
Volunteer opportunities for April 29
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Volunteers are needed at the Walk to Cure Diabetes on May 19 at Riverside Park, Neenah. Volunteers are needed for setup, registration, lunch, cleanup and other duties. Contact: Patty, 920-735-6556. The Fox Cities Victim Crisis Response Team: Concerned community members who have the desire to assist people in crisis are needed. Volunteers will attend a 20-hour training session that covers crisis intervention, trauma, community referrals, the criminal justice system and more. The next training session will be 6-10 p.m. May 16 and 18 and 9-4 p.m. May 19 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 20. All training will be held at the Menasha Police Department, 430 First Street, Menasha. Contact: Barb Bigalke, 920-967-5150 or bbigalke@ci.menasha.wi.us. Pals Program: An 8-year-old Appleton girl would like a mentor to take her to parks, community events or just hang out baking, biking or making crafts.
Point of Entry: Improving access to long-term care services
Point of Entry is a term we are hearing more frequently in health and human services. A Point of Entry is created to address access problems into complex and confusing health care and human service systems. It assists consumers in navigating complicated systems by providing them with an easily identifiable gateway to information about services available in their community and how to go about obtaining those services. In 2006, in recognition of just how complex and costly the long-term care service system has become, the state Department of Health and the state Office for the Aging jointly developed a Point of Entry system for long-term care in New York state. They created a county-based long-term care Point of Entry system in an effort to provide accurate and unbiased local information and referral assistance free of cost, regardless of payer source.
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