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Reduce Risk for Skin Cancer with Sun Exposure Tips
WARNING: Exposure to the sun’s UV rays can damage your skin. It takes only eight minutes for UV rays to travel from the sun to Earth. Those rays can damage skin and lead to skin cancer. Covering up is the best defense. Excellent ways to cover up include wearing extra clothes and a wide brimmed hat. Find some shade. Whenever possible, avoid the midday sun. And, wear sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15. (adapted from information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July is Cord Blood Awareness Month
Out of four million births in the U.S. every year, only two percent of expectant mothers bank or donate the life-saving stem cells in their newborn’s umbilical cord blood. Physicians use newborn stem cells to treat more than 70 serious conditions, including leukemia and sickle cell anemia. Cord Blood Awareness Month focuses on educating expectant mothers about the option to save newborn stem cells.
Roberts to Server as Spokesman for Man's Health Day
Former Northview High School, University of Alabama, San Francisco 49er’s star and Dothan native Larry Roberts will be SAMC’s celebrity spokesman for its annual Men’s Health Day. Hosted by SAMC, the event will be in the Northview High School gymnasium Saturday, August 22 from 8 - 11 a.m. Men’s Health Day includes free screenings for prostate specific antigen(PSA), vascular, glucose, thyroid, vision, blood pressure, body fat, and height and weight analysis. The health fair also raises awareness of men’s health issues and exposes them to healthy living. This year SAMC requests all participants to bring nonperishable food items to donate the Wiregrass Food Bank. However, these items are not required for admittance into the health fair.
SAMC Prepares for World Breastfeeding Week
The2009 World Breastfeeding Week is August 1-7. As home of the only certified lactation specialist in the area, SAMC reminds new and expectant mothers that breastfeeding is optimal nutrition and the perfect, life-sustaining food for babies. Breastfeeding provides nutritional and health benefits that last far beyond infancy and offers health benefits for mothers as well. Media members, please call to set up a time to interview our certified lactation specialist Keitha Madrie about the importance of breastfeeding, as well as activities scheduled for World Breastfeeding Week.