by Rigo Hernández
The San Mateo County Health Department Nutrition Team is promoting healthy eating habits in families by launching a booklet of “quick and easy” recipes that center on power foods.
The recipes, which will focus on fruits and vegetables, were created by nutrition team members and are designed to be both easy and appetizing for children. Along with the Office of Education, the County’s Health department is trying to make the power foods recipe booklet available to all elementary schools and the seven Women, Infants and Children (WIC) offices.
To download the booklet go to; http://www.smhealth.org/nutrition.
San Francisco named second greenest city
San Francisco has been named the second greenest city in the United States by Popular Science Magazine, second only to Portland OR.
The data used to compile the list was from information of cities with populations over 100 thousand people under four categories: electricity, transportation, green living, and recycling and green perspective and was gathered from the U.S Census Bureau and the National Geography Society’s Green Guide.
Nurses Association unveil new billboard to keep hospital open
The California Nurse’s Association has placed a billboard that urges Stutter Health to keep St. Luke’s Hospital open as an acutecare facility.
The billboard located at Valencia and Cesar Chavez Streets is a photograph of three patients and the caption reads, Three reasons to keep Saint Luke’s open.
Sutter has continued to close down units in operation at the Mission District hospital; the neonatal intensive care unit is the latest one to be cut. The health care network has refused to commit on keeping the hospital open past 2010.
Mayor orders the use of recycled paper by government offices
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has ordered city departments to exclusively use 100 percent postconsumer content recycled paper. “It is imperative that cities and counties help develop the market for Recycled paper,” Mayor Newsom said in a statement. “Together we will send the message that we’re committed to recycling, and to buying recycled products. It’s disgraceful to purchase paper made from virgin tree fi ber when there are alternatives available.”
San Francisco is one of nine major cities in California along with Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, Berkeley, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, and Santa Monica, as well as the County of Marin that have pledged to purchase this kind of paper.
Redwood City hospital certified in stroke care
Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City has announced that they are now certified in stroke care. The services include diagnosis, treatment and prevention of stroke related issues, such as cerebrovascular disorder, stroke induced brain surgery, and transient ischemic attacks.
“With this certification, we meet our goal to provide the highest quality care for stroke patients,” Sequoia Hospital President Glenna Vaskelis said in a statement. “I would like to commend our stroke team who worked extremely hard to make this happen.
Because of their dedication and commitment, we now offer this much needed asset to our community.”
According to the Center for Disease Control strokes are the third leading cause of death in the United States with nearly 160,000 thousand patients dying of the 700,000 who have a stroke each year.
