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Jim Gehler
Grilled Pork with Curried Apricots and Napa Cabbage
1 cup dried apricots
1 cup water
1 pound pork tenderloin, cut into 4 pieces
Extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 teaspoons mild curry powder
1 head of Napa cabbage (2 pounds), shredded
1 ½ teaspoons minced fresh rosemary
Light a grill, in a small saucepan, cover the apricots with the water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let stand for 3 minutes, then drain.
Rub the pork with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill over a moderately hot fire, turning occasionally, until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes, and then cut each piece into 3 slices.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt the butter. Add curry powder and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the cabbage, apricots and rosemary, season with salt and pepper and cook over high heat, stirring until the cabbage is wilted, about 5 minutes. Transfer the curried cabbage and apricots to plates, top with grilled pork slices and serve.
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Blueberry-Lemon Coffee Cake by Jim Gehler
Cake
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt ½ cup sugar 1/3 cup almond paste
2 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
1 large egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¾ cup fat-free milk
1 ½ cups blueberries
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
Topping:
¼ cup sugar
3 tablespoons sliced almonds, chopped
1 ½ tablespoons butter, melted
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350.
To prepare cake, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine four, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl, stirring with a whish.
Place ½ cup sugar, almond paste, and 2 tablespoons butter in a larger bowl, beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add egg and lemon juice, beating well. Add flour mixture and fat-free mile alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries and rind. Spoon batter into a 9 inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
To prepare topping, combine ¼ cups sugar and remaining ingredients in a small bowl, tossing with a fork until moist. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pain on wire rack.
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Taking Care of Yourself When You Have Seasonal Flu
by Cathy Hamblen
 Rest, Fluids, and Over-the-Counter Medications
If you get the flu, there are some actions you can take at home:
• Rest
• Drink plenty of liquids
• Avoid using alcohol and tobacco
• Take medication to relieve the symptoms of flu (but never give aspirin to children or teenagers who have flu-like symptoms – and particularly fever – without first speaking to your doctor.)
Habits for Good Health
These steps may help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses such as the flu:
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze—throw the tissue away after you use it.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. If you are not near water, use an alcohol-based hand cleaner.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.
• If you get the flu, stay home from work, school, and social gatherings. In this way you will help prevent others from catching your illness.
• Try not to touch your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs often spread this way.
Antiviral Medication
Your doctor may recommend use of an antiviral medication to help treat the flu. These are prescription medications, and a doctor should be consulted before the drugs are used. Antiviral treatment lasts for 5 days and must be started within 2 days of illness. Therefore, if you get flu-like symptoms, seek medical care early.
Best Protection against the Flu: Vaccination
The single best way to protect yourself and others against influenza is to get a flu vaccination each year. Two kinds of flu vaccine are available in the United States:
- The "flu shot" —an inactivated vaccine (containing killed virus) that is given with a needle, usually in the arm. The flu shot is approved for use in people older than 6 months, including healthy people and people with chronic medical conditions.
October or November is the best time to get vaccinated, but getting vaccinated in December or even later can still be beneficial since most influenza activity occurs in January or later in most years. Though it varies, flu season can.
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Supplements
by Dr. Art Gendelman
I have always advised telling your primary care physician about all of your medications. Don’t forget to tell them about any supplements that you may be taking. Remember supplements do not go thru the FDA . The exact amount and quality of the supplement is NOT regulated. In fact, a study done on black Cohosh for hot flashes was done with multiple products. They found there was marked differences in quantity and quality depending on the brand. They also found other ingredients in the product! So, be careful and make sure you tell your Doc.
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RFID Implantable Chips—The Future is Now!
By Debbie Moore
There are implantable chips that you can put on your pet to help locate him (and there is consideration for this for children as well) and now they are being considered to ID patients and transmit health information. Wasn’t this on Star Trek?
In July, the AMA issued a report on the use of implanted radio frequency identification (RFID) based technology to keep track of patients and for access to their information. The FDA approved the use of RFID technology in 2004, although there may be some risks associated with its use. RFID technology may promote the timely identification of patients, expedite access to their medical information, and improve coordination and continuity of care through the reduction in medical errors and adverse drug events. RFID tags also may improve efficiency within the health care system. In conjunction with improved medical record management, these devices may facilitate access to patient records, medication lists, and diagnostic tests. The AMA recommended that use of this technology be used with patient consent after the potential risks have been described to the patient. Though these chips are removable, their small size (size of a grain of rice) allows them to migrate under the skin, making them potentially difficult to extract. The chips may cause electromagnetic interference which may interfere with electrosurgical devices and defibrillators. There are also concerns about their potential impact on patient privacy and security. The security of RFID devices has not been fully established and therefore patients’ personal health information may not be appropriately protected. In addition, there is concern about infringement upon patients’ individual liberties. These devices may be a promising development in health care and information technology, but important ethical, legal, and social issues must be addressed first before considering their use.
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Success Triangle
by Kim Majick
There are three keys to success in your career. The first two being applying the appropriate behavior and technique to the task that you have to complete. This is usually defined for you through training and policy. What isn't as clearly defined, but is the most important is the third crucial element to success and that is ATTITUDE! Having the right attitude about your job is imperative to attaining success at that role. Keeping positive on the job and conducting yourself in a positive manner will help to assure success in your role at Carespring!
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 Safety Tips for Halloween
by Beth Lind, R.D., L.D.
Halloween is a fun time for children as they go trick-or-treating in their costumes. However, some candy treats can quickly spoil the fun. Parents should warn their children not to eat any of their treats before an adult has carefully inspected the treats to assure that they are safely sealed and have not been tampered with.
Discard the following treats:
- All unwrapped or partially unwrapped treats.
- Any food that looks homemade.
- Any treats that appear to be stale or spoiled.
- Packages that have puncture holes.
Parents of young children should also remove any choking hazards such as gum, peanuts, hard candies or small toys.
If juice or cider is served to children at Halloween parties, make sure it is pasteurized or otherwise treated to destroy harmful bacteria. Juice or cider that has not been treated will say so on the label.
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Other Trick-or-Treat safety tips:
- Young children should always go trick-or-treating with an adult.
- Never go into a house to accept a treat.
- Only visit houses where the lights are on.
- Carry a flashlight.
- Buy costumes made of flame-retardant material.
Healthy and alternative trick-or-treat goodie suggestions:
- Packages of low-fat crackers with cheese or peanut butter
- Mini boxes of raisins
- Packages of hot chocolate mix
- Stickers
- Sidewalk chalk
- Balloons
- Packaged Fruit Leather
Let’s make this Halloween fun and safe! |
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Why not let your Bank pay your bills? You decide…
by David Eppers
I personally like using the electronic bill payment feature in my bank account. It’s fast, easy, and saves on stamps. Electronic payment takes a small amount of set up to either enter or to find a previously entered address for the company you wish to pay. However, you only have to do this once.
The draw back is that I loose a few days of “float”.
Here is how this works.
My personal bank has the electronic bill payment feature within the online banking website. [Another alternative is to use each individual payee’s website. I avoid those because I don’t want to go into more than one website each time I pay my bills. The benefit of using the individual payee’s site, however is that often times you can delay your payment until the last minute.]
Within my bank site I enter the name and address of each business I want to pay. For more common business, my bank already has several addresses from which to choose. The next thing the website asks for is my individual account number. This is how the payee knows that they should apply the cash to my account. Make sure you’re exact on this. Some payees don’t have an account number. In that case they usually just match up the payment by name.
When I’m ready to pay bills, I just select certain accounts from my list of payees. Next I add the amounts and payment dates for each bill. The payment date I select is usually five business days prior to the due date (as my bank’s website suggests). When this transaction is completed, the bank usually confirms the payee, amount, and date of payment, and provides a reference number. I usually write that information on my original bill to so I can match it later to my bank statement.
On the date I selected, the bank takes the money out of my account. In most cases, the bank then drafts a paper check and mails it to the payee. This is where “float” comes in. If you wrote the checks yourself, the money would remain in your account until the payee deposited it into the bank. With electronic banking your bank takes the money right away, possibly five or more days earlier. The bank gets free money for a few days and I have fewer hassles. I see it as a fair trade off. You need to decide for yourself, it’s your money.
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