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Stop stress for your
heart. Meditation
and other mindfulness
practices can reduce
your levels of daily
stress and your risk of
heart disease. Start by
taking 15 minutes every
day just for yourself.
Take weight off your
shoulders. Imagine
if you could take a pill
to reduce your risk of
certain cancers, stroke
and diabetes. There is
no magic pill yet, but
balanced nutrition,
at least 30 minutes of
exercise every day and
8–10 hours of sleep a
night can help you reach
or maintain a healthy
weight and keep chronic
conditions at bay.
Give your joints
a workout. "Water
aerobics, tai chi and
other low-impact
exercises can help
alleviate joint pain," said
Anne Gard, M.D., family
medicine physician with
St. Joseph. "Regular
physical activity is one
of the best nonmedical
ways to manage
arthritis, a common
problem for seniors."
Find the hands from our
St. Joseph logo hidden
somewhere in this issue, and you could
receive a Target gift card. Send the location
by February 5 to sjdifference@st-joseph.org
or to 1530 E. William J. Bryan Parkway,
Bryan TX 77803, attn: Contest.
FIND IT!
You decided to make 2015 the
year to make healthier
choices, and now you're
thinking about how to keep
your New Year's resolutions.
Remind yourself why a better
diet and healthy levels of
exercise are important:
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Dear Neighbor,
At St. Joseph
Regional Health
Center, we're
enhancing our
commitment to
caring for your
family when
the unexpected happens. Construction
is in full swing on the new St. Joseph
Emergency & Trauma Center (ETC) to
complement our designation as the only
Level II Trauma Center in the region,
providing the most comprehensive care.
The facility—to be located on our campus
at the corner of Koch Street and Memorial
Drive—will double the size of our current
emergency department (ED) to better
accommodate the 70,000 visits we
receive to our ED each year.
Follow our progress online at st-joseph.
org and view our live webcam of the
construction as we work toward opening
the ETC in early 2016. And remember,
the ED at St. Joseph Regional Health
Center and the St. Joseph College Station
Emergency Center are available whenever
you need them.
Yours in good health,
Kathleen Krusie, M.A., F.A.C.H.E.
CEO, St. Joseph Regional Health Center
COO, St. Joseph Health System
