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Yad Ezra provides kosher food packages to 1,000 families
every month. The families helped by Yad Ezra include:
single parents
disabled
working poor
the elderly
those
in
emergency
situations.
new Americans
With your help, all families in our community can enjoy a
nutritious and satisfying meal.

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$ 18.00
A weekday meal for 3 small families
$ 36.00
A Holiday meal for 4 small families
$ 50.00 ,
A Shabbat meal for 5 small families
$ 72.00
A Holiday meal for 4 large families
$ 100.00
A year of Holiday meals for 1 family
$ 200.00
A year of Holiday meals for 2 families
$ 500.00
A year of Shabbat meals for 1 small family
Enclosed is my check in the amount of
as a tax deductible contribution to Yad Ezra to help feed the
Jewish hungry. Your contribution is eligible for a 50% Michigan Tax Credit
(subject to certain limitations).
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Address
City
Phone
Zip
State
Make checks payable to Yad Ezra or
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gested donation - $18.00)
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Mail to: 26641 Harding ■ Oak Park, MI 48237
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also how to prevent a stroke and the
Coordinated and steered by Henry
need to treat it quickly.
Ford Hospital and sponsored by the
"And that includes spouses,
National Institute of Neurology, the
children, grandchildren. They
research program involved
need to know because you,
about eight institutions. "Our
Dr. Davi&- the stroke victim, can't help
study led to the FDA approval
Tanne in his • yourself," adds Levine. "It
of t-PA in June of 1996," says
office at Henry costs taxpayers and the gov-
Levine, noting that Henry
Ford Hospital ernment $41 billion a year to
Ford stroke doctors now lec-
take care of stroke patients.
ture all over the country.
So
if
Bill
Gates had to finance stroke
Timing is critical in the treatment
care he would be broke in a year."
of stroke victims, the doctors say. For
"Two-thirds of all strokes are pre-
example, t-PA, which is an enzyme
ventable," Levine says, noting that
that helps to dissolve clots, must be
there are many ways to create a
given to the patient within three hours
"stroke-free" lifestyle: "Exercise, don't
of when the stroke symptoms begin.
smoke,
have your blood pressure
"Stroke treatment is going through
checked
regularly and watch your
major changes," Tanne explains. "It
cholesterol."
used to be that there was no treatment
And don't assume that strokes will
and there was no hurry for patients to
hit only older people. "Last week I
get to the hospital. Now we have to
had a 20-year-old patient, two 30-
educate people so they know what
year-olds and a 40-year-old, although
symptoms are and to call 911 immedi-
the average stroke victim's age in
ately. You should go to hospital as soon
America
is 65." If you have symp-
•as you have symptoms," he says.
toms
such
as loss of balance or sud-
"Don't call your family physician
den, severe pain on one side of your
because if it's too late and time is wast-
body, call 911 immediately, he says.
ed, then you can't be treated."
"Stroke symptoms usually hit one
Levine explains that there's a nar-
side of the body," Levine adds. "You'll
rower window of treatment time for
have vision problems on one side,
stroke patients than there is for spinal
numbness, weakness in speech."
chord injury patients and heart attack
It's absolutely crucial to get to a
victims. "Stroke is probably the single
hospital
quickly for treatment before
quickest medical emergency that
the
damage
is done.
Ten
to
15
exists now," Levine says.
Medical professionals, too, need to
percent of stroke victims die from
be brought up to speed on stroke
their first stroke. "If we administer
treatment. Tanne hopes to create a
the drug after the three-hour period,
stroke program at the Chaim Sheba
then it may not pay to open up an
Medical Center that is similar to
artery," Levine says. "I mean, what
Henry Ford's. That system includes a
good is watering the lawn if your
brain scan, blood tests and other
grass is already dead?"
assessment criteria. Candidates for t-
major
educational
Levine says a
PA can't have high blood pressure and
blitz must rake place to initiate an
can't be on blood thinners.
awareness campaign for the public,
STROKE on page 108
not only about the use oft-PA but