Health & Wellness
ealthbeat
get free dental services
Move (tan 2,000 dentists, dental hygienista, dc#
"tants and other volunteers across North
took part in the sixth annual national "Give
Smile!" on Feb. 1 .
at designated dental offices, dental clin
community colleges across the state treated
me children for free. All patients were pre
by local dental organizations and selected
of need
, 15JOOO children across North Carolina
received more than $ 1 .3 million in free den
of the "Give Kids A Smile!" program.
Dental Association has named the
Carolina program the best in the country.
Kids a Smile!" is a nationwide effort
is a dental education and awareness day,
: oral health care to as many children as pos
ig national "Children's Dental Health
sponsored by the American Dental
and state dental societies.
._ Carolina, "Give Kids A Smile!" is spon
several organizations including the N.C.
' sty, N.C. Oral Health Section, N.C.
itants Association, UNC School of
N.C. Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, N.C.
' Colleges and local dental societies.
one of the most far-reaching programs of
in the country," said Dr. William Litaker,
t of the North Carolina Dental Society,
are hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged
in our state who have only limited access to
oral care. Through the 'Give Kids a Smile!'
we'll be delivering free treatment, s
ttion and prevention programs to ch
t need them most."
gets appointment
S. Bryan RN, MSN clinical instructor in
1 of Nursing at Nortfi Carolina Agricultural
1 State University, has Seen appointed to
-League for Nursing Summit Program
and to the Planning committee for the
Summit. She will be a moderator for the
it.
anal League for Nursing is the organiza
accredits schools of nursing and provides
i and leadership for faculty and schools of
The 2008 Summit is the National
; in which most schools learn about current
es for the future. It is a competitive:
i selected for any of the committees and
the NLN. Beverly Malone, PhD, and
r the School of Nursing is the president.
Bush promotes health
! CITY, Mo. ( AP) - In a rare break from |
t lady Laura Bush offered this
i address to promote healthy living I
? prevention "
Bush has handed the mike over
me." she said, according to a
White House transcript of die
address, which will air
Saturday. "And today, I'd like
to talk about something that's
close to my heart ? America's
heart health."
Mrs. Bush is the ambaSM-j
dor for the Heart Truth, a cam
paign to educate women about
the risks of heart disease aatf
the steps to prevent it. She said
the disease affects more than
people in the U.S. and claims the life
I every minute.
City, Mo., last Friday, President J
i raise awareness as he signed a ]
J February as American Heart ]
with Joyce Cullen, who learned <
of heart disease from media
i's efforts. Cullen credits the
? save her life.
i gave the radio address once I
? 2001 to criticize the Taliban's I
i in Afghanistan
[scholarships available
interested in nursing careers can apply
-_.i)larship/loan through the N.C. "
i Program (NSP) for the 2008-09
the college information site, C
nately 400 new awards are expected
r the coming year, according to the
i State Education Assistance *
1 1 partner in CFNC. :M
1 in 1989 in response to the
ified nurses available across
olars awards are available for
and graduate nursing
ft amounts range from $3
nursing programs at the associate or
. ?gree level, while graduate amounts
5,000 for part-time and full-time study,
pients must be legal residents of North
r tuition purposes. The scholarshi
:nts to practice nursing in
ving completion of the
i who do not fulfill the s
? in cash with 10 percent
tion deadline for the bachelor's
has been extended to March
! associate degree program a
? program is May 3.
uate application is available at
r.org/NSP and the application for master's
students can be found
v.CFNC org M N S P or contact' the
1-800-700-1775. ext. 1.
Lmmra Bush
Charlotte mother with AIDS
puts her story 'on paper '
HIV/AID& is one of the most sensitive subjects in the African-Aiperican
community.
But that has not stopped a Charlotte woman from bringing it out into the
open. yS
Foryears, DeVondia Roseborough has been an AIDS adypcate, using her
diagnosis to inspire, motivate and help bring those living with the disease
out of the $ba$lows. She has noj# put much of her story in a new book, "Put
II On Papet",
Billed as a true and triumphant memoir, the book vividly details her
life before HIV and after she tested positive for HlV^e virus that caus
es AIDS, in December of 2003. i
"What happens when you have so much to talk iroout? You ought to /
put it on paper," Roseborough said of her motivation to write the book, /
which is available online at www.lulu.com/devondia. /
All her thoughts and feelings about the trials she endured before /
and after the test have been chronicled in the book. It goes far ^
beyond her impassioned motivational talks, which she gives through
her Charlotte-based Rasberrirose Foundation, Inc.
Koseoorougn s worK ana aavocacy nave made her somewhat ot
a celebrity in the Queen City. She has been featured in the
Charlotte Observer, The Charlotte Post, Voices Magazine, PRIDE ,
Magazine, Creative Loafing and heard of on the city's most pop- /
ular( radio stations. /
ane received me /uu4-zuu3 volunteer 01 tne Tear awara
from the Metrolina AIDS Project and has been hono'red for her
community involvement and advocacy work by the Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorors of Charlotte. I
The mission of her Rasberrirose Foundation is to "posi- /
nvciy iiiijjuli uic iiuiiu, uuuy anu xuui 01 young gins - i u- l
18-years-old - by nurturing self-love, self-allowing and /
self-knowledge, through implementing values, spiritual *-?
fulfillment, the sense of accomplishment and the respect for
sen ana otners in a loving and sate environment. Koseborough's tocus
is young girls, especially black girls, because they are most at risk of contracting
HIV. All proceeds from "Put It On Paper" will benefit the foundation's efforts.
Roseborough, a mother of two teenage daughters, is now working on a HIV/AIDS documentary ^ ?
and penning her second book, "Baptizfed N' Warm Milk."
To contact DeVondia Roseborough, go to her Web site, www.rasberrirose .org or email rasberrirose@aol.com. "Put It On Paper" will be
sold online at DeVondia 's storefront at www.lulu.com/devondia.
Hereditary
Breast and
Ovarian Cancer
Although most cancer occurs by chance
(also called "sporadic" canter), in some
families there are more cancers than one
would expect to see by chance. Out of all
the breast cancers diagnosed each year,
approximately 7-10 percent are due to
heredity. Approximately 1 in 500 women
and men have a mutation in certain genes
which makes them more susceptible to get
ting cancer. This means that approximately
250,000 women (and men) are mutation
carriers.
What is hereditary breast
and ovarian cancer?
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (or
HBOC) is an inherited condition that caus
es a significantly high risk for developing
these two cancers, often before age 50.
Most HBOC is caused by a change (called
See Cancer on A13
State residents to be schooled
about dangers of shaking babies
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Child abuse prevention experts from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury
Prevention Research Center and School of Medicine
i i T-i :
ana lfukc university
Medical Center will under
take a $7 million statewide
shaken baby prevention
project.
The project, the largest
and most comprehensive in
the country, is funded by
the Centers for Di&cfise
Control and Prevention; the
Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation and The Duke
Endowment and is led by a
broad coalition of stake
holders from the National
Center for Shaken Baby Syndrome, University ot
British Columbia and state and county agbncies,
service providers and non-profit organizations.
State Sen. William Purcell, a retired pediatrician
from Laurinburg, and the North Carolina Child
Fatality Task Force announced the project Jan. 15 in
the legislative building in Raleigh. It is designed to
reach the parents of every baby born each year in
North Carolina with the goal of significantly reduc
ing the number of deaths and serious injuries that
occur when frustrated caregivers shake crying
babies.
in a oasenne survey
of parents of children
younger than two years
old in North Carolina, we
found that more than
2,000 of these children are
shaken, to a greater or
lesser extent, by a care
giver each year and that
serious injuries result for
some," said Dr. Desmond
Runyan, a professor of
social medicine and pedi
atrics at UNC and princi
pal investigator for the
project. ,
Previous research has shown that shaking. babies
is both common and a leading cause of infant mortal
ity. Nationally, an estimated 1,200 to 1,400 children
a year receive medical treatment after being shaken.
See Bahtrs on AI3
Heart
success
earns .
Forsyth
award
Forsyth Medical Center has
earned a Bronze Award for
Initial Performance
Achievement through the
American Heart Association's
Quality Improvement Program
"Get With The Guidelines."
The
hospital
will be
recog
nized and
honored
at a spe
cial din
n e r
reception
in New
Orleans
at the
Voss
International Stroke Conference
on February 21.
"As the first nationally certi
fied stroke center in the
Carolinas, we continually strive
to improve our quality of care
and to decrease the amount of
time from onset of stroke symp
toms to treatment," says
Voss, vice president of neuro
sciences at Forsyth Medical
Center. "We are very excited to
celebrate this new milestone."
"Get With The Guidelines"
is the premier hospital -based
quality improvement program
for the American Heart
Association and the American
Stroke Association. It empow
ers ft^althcare provider teams to
consistently treat heart and
stroke patients according to the
most up-to-date guidelines.
The Forsyth Stroke and
Neurovascular Center is the first
Joint Commission certified
stroke center in the Carolinas.
The center has a 30-year reputa
tion for excellence, providing
lifesaving diagnosis and treat
ments f6r disorders of the brain,
spinal cord and peripheral
nerves, including Parkinson's,
Alzheimer's and stroke. Center
surgeoiw perform mort than 800
neurosurgical cases annually.