St. Joseph's Hospital: Health Tips.

VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
This St. Joseph's "Health Tips" video, entitled Vitamin D Deficiency, features Roberta Grant, a family nurse practitioner with Big Flats Primary Care. Ms. Grant will offer some suggestions on how all of us can avoid the health risks associated with Vitamin D deficiency.

CIGARETTE SMOKING STINKS
This St. Joseph's "Health Tips" video, entitled Cigarette Smoking Stinks, features Dr. Kim Herlan, a Thoracic Surgeon from the Guthrie Cardiovascular Center. Dr. Herlan discusses the dangers of smoking and why it is important for people to stop this deadly habit.

DIFFICULTIES WITH DYSPHAGIA
This "Health Tip" video, entitled The Difficulties of Dysphagia, features Charles Paone, MACCC-SLP, Speech Pathologist at St. Joseph's, discussing the swallowing disorder of dysphagia and how it can be treated.

SUICIDE PREVENTION
Kathy Reagan, Clinical Program Coordinator for St. Joseph's Behavioral Science Unit (BSU), discusses the signs and symptoms associated with suicide and what all of us can do to help prevent this tragedy from occurring.

Hip and Knee Rehab
If you're living with constant hip or knee pain you may be a candidate for surgery. However, just having surgery isn't the final solution because physical rehabilitation is the next step for a speedy recovery. The Health Tip video entitled "Hip and Knee Rehab" explains what is involved with the rehabilitation process following knee or hip surgery.

When Hand Therapy is Needed
We all take our hands for granted until we experience an injury where we cannot perform the simplest of tasks - such as combing our hair. The Health Tip video entitled "When Hand Therapy is Needed" highlights the most common hand injuries as well as how all of us can take some preventative measures to avoid these painful experiences.

Protect Your Bones
Protect Your Bones According to the National Institutes of Health - osteoporosis is the leading cause of hip fractures. What is most alarming about this news is that many people don'e even realize that they have osteoporosis until they fall and fracture a hip, rib, or wrist. The "Protect Your Bones" Health Tip will explain how men and women can find out if they have osteoporosis before suffering a painful fracture.

Inpatient Rehabilitation

You or a loved one may have recently had surgery or suffered a disability where inpatient rehabilitation was needed. With so many options available it is easy to become overwhelmed in deciding where to go for rehab.The Inpatient Rehabilitation "Health Tip" will explain the various services provided at a hospital based inpatient rehabilitation program.

How To Stay Healthy

As a society we are all infatuated with numbers. What's the price of gas or how much money is left in my pension seem to be the numbers of interest to everyone today. In this "Health Tips" segment St. Joseph's Wellness Coordinator, Nykole Parks, RN, will give examples of important lifesaving numbers we should all know by heart.

Step Forward

Having an arm or leg amputated is a major life changing experience for the amputee and his or her family. In this St. Joseph's "Health Tip" Occupational Therapist Dana Comstock,OTR/L and Dave Owens, a Certified Amputee Peer Visitor and Coordinator of St. Joseph's Amputee Suport Group called Step Forward discuss where new and long time amputees can turn to for help and support.