The Health Committee of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce made up of
Health Practitioners of all backgrounds, Hospitals, Education Institutions, HMO’s
Health Service Providers and Professional Health Service Organizations have selected the below listed issues to be featured in each quarter:
In each quarter the two main themes and their related
sub-topics will be aggressively discussed, marketed and
promoted in various forums, such as Newspapers, daily
and weekly, magazine, radio, TV, Conferences, Seminars,
Activities and Workshops.
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"Harlem HEALTHY Living" HHL
1st
QUARTER HHL FOCUSES:
Obesity is a condition in which
the natural energy reserve, stored in the
fatty tissue of
humans and
other
mammals, is
increased to a point where it is associated with certain
health
conditions or increased
mortality.
Although obesity is an
individual clinical condition, it is increasingly viewed
as a serious and growing
public health
problem: excessive body weight has been shown to
predispose to various
diseases,
particularly
cardiovascular diseases,
diabetes mellitus type 2,
sleep apnea and
osteoarthritis.
Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
is the rapidly developing loss
of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood
vessels supplying blood to the brain. This can be due to
ischemia (lack
of blood supply) caused by
thrombosis or
embolism, or
due to a
hemorrhage.[1]
In medicine, a stroke, fit, or faint is sometimes
referred to as an
ictus [cerebri],
from the Latin icere ("to strike"), especially
prior to a definitive diagnosis.
Stroke is a
medical emergency
and can cause permanent neurological damage,
complications and death if not promptly diagnosed and
treated. It is the third leading cause of
death and the
leading cause of adult disability in the United States
and Europe. It is predicted that stroke will soon become
the leading cause of death worldwide.[2]
Risk factors for stroke include
advanced age,
hypertension
(high blood pressure), previous stroke or
transient ischaemic attack
(TIA),
diabetes,
high
cholesterol,
cigarette smoking,
atrial fibrillation,
migraine with
aura, and
thrombophilia
(a tendency to
thrombosis).
Blood pressure is the most important modifiable
risk
factor of
stroke.
The traditional definition
of stroke, devised by the
World Health Organization
in the 1970s,[3]
is a "neurological deficit of cerebrovascular cause that
persists beyond 24 hours or is interrupted by death
within 24 hours". This definition was supposed to
reflect the reversibility of tissue damage and was
devised for the purpose, with the time frame of 24 hours
being chosen arbitrarily. It divides stroke from TIA,
which is a related syndrome of stroke symptoms that
resolve completely within 24 hours. With the
availability of treatments that, when given early, can
reduce stroke severity, many now prefer alternative
concepts, such as
brain
attack and
acute
ischemic cerebrovascular syndrome
(modeled after
heart attack
and
acute coronary syndrome
respectively), that reflect the urgency of stroke
symptoms and the need to act swiftly.[4]
Above information on Obesity and Stroke from
www.wikipedia.com
"Harlem HEALTHY Living"
HHL
2nd
QUARTER
HHL FOCUSES:
Mental Health is a
term used to describe either a level of
cognitive or
emotional
wellbeing or an
absence of a
mental disorder.[1][2]
From perspectives of the discipline of
positive psychology
or
holism mental
Health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life
and procure a balance between life activities and
efforts to achieve
psychological resilience.[1]
The
World Health Organization
states that there is no one "official" definition of
mental Health. Cultural differences, subjective
assessments, and competing professional theories all
affect how "mental Health" is defined
Orthopedic surgery
or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedics,
see below) is the branch of
surgery
concerned with
acute,
chronic,
traumatic, and
overuse
injuries and
other disorders of the
musculoskeletal system.
Orthopedic surgeons address most musculoskeletal
ailments including
arthritis,
trauma and
congenital
deformities using both surgical and non-surgical means.
Above information on Mental Health and
Orthopedic surgery from
www.wikipedia.com
Coming soon
"Harlem HEALTHY Living"
HHL
3rd QUARTER
HHL FOCUSES:
Oral Health & Diabetes
Coming soon
"Harlem HEALTHY Living" HHL
4th
QUARTER
HHL FOCUSES:
Stress & Heart Disease
