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What’s the best health-related advice you’ve ever received? MARY MIMI RORIE: Exercise daily. FENDER BENDER: Be good to your body. You’ll miss it when it’s gone.
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ROBERT SHUGERT: Don’t ever, ever, ever make toast in the bathtub. KAT PANZA: “Perimeter shopping”: Most of the healthier stuff in the grocery store (fruit, veggies, dairy, etc.) is located around the edges of the store. Only go into the canned/processed/junk food laden middle aisles for specific items. STEVE JAMES: Exercise is a “Life Savings Account”; deposits today ensure a healthy retirement! ASHLEY LOOMIS: Start NOW, you’ll wish you had. DAVID OAKES: Hydrate… Daily water even when not thirsty! JESSICA ULLMAN: Eat colorful food. AMY COWIN: Eliminating processed foods and grains. KEN HARVEST: 9 out of 10 people know their own bodies better than their doctor. KIMBERLY MARIE LAWRENCE: If your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize it as food, it probably isn’t. VANESSA D HAYDEN: Do something everyday that your future self will thank you for.
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etting in touch with the unique needs of cancer patients guided the design of CANCER CARE NORTHWEST’s $15 million facility that’s now under construction in Spokane Valley. “We thought of putting our building out on the main thoroughfare, but then we asked why?” says CEO Warren Benincosa. “People won’t be driving by and see our sign and think to themselves, ‘Oh yes, I have been meaning to stop in there for a visit.’” Instead, he says, “Our business is mostly referral-based, and we want our patients to see something different when they turn into our driveway. The building is on the back of our lot, and there will be a nice, peaceful passageway up to our very ‘noninstitutional’ looking building with gardens and water features.” And the building, housing 40 employees, including a team of seven physicians, will offer convenience via a more integrated approach to treatment. Medical, surgical and radiation oncology services will all be available under one roof. “That same patient who came in one day to see their medical oncologist would not have left the building without seeing their whole team of integrated specialists,” says Benincosa. “[They will] all work in concert to render the best services in the optimum way to get the best results and outcomes. The project, designed by Spokane’s Blue Room Architecture and Design, is expected to open in October. — ANNE McGREGOR
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eart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and the AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION wants that to stop. The organization is sharing its message of prevention through outreach events like its Go Red for Women Luncheon, which has been educating Inland Northwest women and their families on heart health for a decade now. During this year’s event, attendees will learn how to combat stress through laughter during a presentation from motivational speaker Kay Frances, and also hear survivor stories from several local women. Attendees can also choose to participate in two of four brief educational workshops being offered. “Go Red was created to create awareness for women’s heart health because 9.1 million women die of heart disease each year,” says Heidi Hershly, the American Heart Association’s Inland Northwest chapter director. “That is more deaths than all forms of cancer, malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis combined.” — CHEY SCOTT Wednesday, Feb. 6, 9:30 am-2 pm • $125 • Spokane Convention Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • spokanegoredluncheon.org • 536-1500 FEBRUARY-MARCH, 2013
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