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Healthy Clubs
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Since 1930
(Formerly Oakland Bath House)
Relaxed, Comfortable Setting
GREAT STRESS RELIEVER
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SHUTTLE
Valet Parking
AVAILABLE
Limited Menu, but Better Service
SUNDAY
Private Parties, Banquet Facilities, MORNI \ICS
Call for Details
Bachelor/Bachlorette Parties
• Memberships Available
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SUNDAY: "B.Y.O.B." (Bring Your Own Bagel) .7 a.m.-1 p.m.
2 p.m.-11 p.m.
Ladies Night
TUESDAY & FRIDAY:
Steam and Lunch
Steam and Dinner
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
5 p.m.-11 p.m.
HOURS:
Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m.-1 p.m.
Couples: Sat. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Ladies: Sun. 2 p.m.-11 p.m.
8295 OAKLAND, DETROIT 871-8715 or 871-9707
When we go away on vacation,
mom prefers to stay at Georgian-
Bloomfield. She receives the
medical attention she needs,
visits other residents, and
feels secure and
comfortable.
If someone you love
needs short-term
nursing care, visit
Georgian Bloomfield
and find out how
both of you can
enjoy better
vacations.
Georgian Bloomfield
2975 N. Adams Rd.
Birmingham, MI 48009
645-2900
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Health Care & Retirement Coy Orat1011
Vic Tanny Executive
Club, 6420 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township.
This Bally-owned club has
its own 10-piece circuit equip-
ment similar to Franklin's,
touted by its staff to give the
best fitness workout
available. Members here have
the option of working out in
coed rooms or separately on
an array of machines and
equipment including air-
operated Keiser machines,
Spring equipment and free
weights.
Aerobics is offered every
day, but no child care is
provided.
There are two racquetball
courts and a pool with
whirlpool. Separate steam
and sauna facilities can be
found in both the men's and
women's locker rooms. There
are no tennis courts.
For those who are in-
terested in only specific areas
of exercise, a smaller one-
focus place is usually less ex-
pensive. Often people choose
to do their cardiovascular
workout at home and then
"pump iron" at a place like
the Muscle Coach in West
Bloomfield. The Workout
Company in Bloomfield
Township or Fitnesse in Far-
mington Hills offer only
aerobic classes.
People choose health clubs
for a variety of reasons, even
beyond those mentioned
earlier. Alexandra Treblin, a
member of Franklin for six
years, admits, "I like the
plushness and the feeling of
being pampered."
Most likely, there is more
than one club that can meet
your exercise needs, so it is
equally important to consider
the intangibles, whatever
they may be. Cleanliness,
friendliness or luxury — if it
will keep you coming back to
the club of your choice, then
that is where you should
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Harper Hospital
Expands Services
Every 16 seconds a head in-
jury occurs in the United
States, a condition that can
cause physical, intellectual,
emotional and social changes
in a person. At Harper-
Hospital art therapy is being
utilized by patients with clos-
ed head injuries to help them
with visualization, memory
and coping skills.
Patients in the art therapy
program are developing a
group painting which will be
displayed at Wayne State
University and Harper
Hospital. The mural serves as
a group activity for patients
to share concerns and to help
express thoughts which often
can't be done verbally.
For certain patients who re-
quire aggressive short-term
treatment, such as in-
dividuals with asthma at-
tacks and uncontrolled
diabetes, Harper Hospital has
created a 17 bed observation
unit. Cathryn Pawlusiak,
medicine product line ad-
ministrator at Harper, ex-
plains that this unit is unique
in the metropolitan Detroit
area. "It provides aggressive
care to patients who do not
necessarily need to be admit-
ted to the hsopital but who re-
quire more treatment than
what is normally provided in
an emergency room," she
said.
The goal is to reduce un-
necessary admissions while
providing the extensive treat-
ment needed to reverse their
disease.
There is now an alternative
for patients with certain im-
pairments in the brain who
may not be candidates for
traditional neurosurgery.
Harper Hospital is the only
hospital in the state and one
of only a few in the country
using computer assisted
neurosurgery. Under the
direction of Lucia Zamorano,
M.D., Ph.D., computer
assisted neurosurgery is be-
ing used to produce a three-
dimensional computerized
The goal is to
reduce
unnecessary
admissions while
providing the
extensive
treatment needed
to reverse their
disease,
image which can pinpoint the
depth, size and location of any
abnormality in the brain.
With advanced diagnostic
equipment, a mathematical
calculation from the image is
entered into a sophisticated
treatment planning com-
puter, which enables physi-
cians to determine the safest
treatment approach. The
state of the art procedure has
wide implications and can be
used to safely take biopsies,
treat abnormalities with ex-
ternal radiation, remove
tumors, implant radioactive
materials or place electrodes
in the brain to treat epilep-
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