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WINTER 1993-1994 ISSUE: MEDICINE SUBSPECIALTIES
HealthNews Briefs
Sinai Health S
Sinai Opens
NEW Facilities
S
inai is once again expanding
its facilities to make Sinai's
health services even more accessible to the southeast-
ern Michigan community. Sinai Physical and Oc-
cupational Therapy at Crown Pointe at 25900
Greenfield, Suite 110, Oak Park, provides a variety
of physical care to individuals recovering from work
related injuries, auto accidents, arthritis and other
musculoskeletal difficulties. The center offers a num-
ber of therapeutic modalities which include aqua ex-
ercise therapy in its indoor pool. The Sinai Clinical
Neuroscience Center at 5821 West Maple, Suite 192,
in West Bloomfield specializes in the evaluation and
treatment of cognitive and movement disorders such
as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
Medicine Subspecialties
"There's a Whole
Person He f"
Endocrinologist Steven Rabinowe,
M.D., serves as Chairman of Sinai's
Department of Medicine.
JCC-Seniors Series
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MONTHLY
S
inai Hospital and the Jew-
ish Community Center
Adult Services Department of-
fer a Monthly Health Series for
Senior Citizens at the Jewish
Community Center (JCC) in
Oak Park. Upcoming presenta-
tions include:
February 14
An. Ounce of Prevention: Recipe for _Independence
Barbara Hollie, CNS, will discuss the importance
of planning and development an awareness of
community resources for living independently.
March 14
Healthy Cooking for Passover
Beverly Price, MA., a i-egistered dietician, will
demonstrate techniques for healthy Passover
meals.
April 5
Sexuality and Seniors
Harold Rodner, M.D., will refute,common mis-
conceptions in this area.
All programs are held at 1 p.m. at the JCC Jimmy
Prentis Morris Building, 15110 West Ten Mile, Oak
Park. For information, call SinaiSource at 1-800-248-
3627.
Project Health-O-Rama
Qinai Hospital will host Project
14.3Health-O-Rama, 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Sunday, March 6, 1994, in the hospital's
Zuckerman Dining Room. Free health
screenings include height and weight, cholesterol, blood
pressure, glaucoma and dental and oral health. Low
cost screenings include 21-test blood panel ($12),
prostate specific antigen ($25) and take-home colorec-
tal screening ($4). Project Health-O-Rama is open to
the public, and appointments are not necessary. For
information, call SinaiSource at 1-800-248-3627.
magine putting together a puzzle. You've
nearly completed the project when you
realize a few pieces are missing. And with
even a few pieces missing, the image is
not clear. Each piece of a puzzle is need-
- ed for a complete picture.
So is the case with the human body. So of-
ten patients are approached as though they
were a single organ or a group of symptoms.
They want to scream: "Hey! There's a whole
person here!"
At Sinai Hospital that call has been heard
and answered. As Chairman of the Depart-
ment of Medicine, endocrinologist Dr. Steven
L. Rabinowe has resolved to view patients
as whole persons. He has called upon the sub-
specialty sections in his department to coop-
erate and collaborate in diagnosis, guidance
and treatment. •
In fact, Dr. Rabinowe and his staff value pa-
tient education as much as they value their
own.
Educated patients, he asserts,
■ cope better with the disease
■ make well-informed decisions about
their health care
■ work more closely with their physicians
■ understand the importance of follow-
ing the treatment plan prescribed by
their doctors.
This patient management philosophy con-
stitutes one arm of Sinai's respected medical
department. The other is research and physi-
cian education.
Sinai Hospital is committed, for example,
to the very early detection and treatment of
diabetes. Careful treatment can lower risks
of kidney, eye and other organ problems by up
to 70 percent. And Sinai is developing early
screening methods for programs around the
country.
Asked about the recent reports from mole-
cular scientists on immune system manipu-
lation to treat diabetes and other autoimmune
diseases, Dr. Rabinowe predicts, "The next 10
years are going to be a very exciting time in
this field, both in genetic research and new
approaches in medicine."
"We are active in both bench and clinical re-
search at Sinai, so we are poised to participate
in the revolution and to deliver to our patients
the newest technologies it produces."