vu see oursd in this icture, e should be seeing you in our vice. AT LAST, A SPECIAL MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR MENOPAUSAL WOMEN. Two respected Detroit-area gynecologists have founded the area's first menopausal institute. Jerrold Weinberg, M.D., EA.C.O.G. and Milton Nathanson, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. and their uniquely-trained staff, including Stacy L. Goldberg, Registered Nurse and Nutritional Specialist, are offering specialized services to women who are just beginning to encounter the challenges menopause often presents, or to women already diagnosed as menopausal. Unlike any other local OB/GYN medical practice, The Birmingham Menopause Institute specifically focuses on all the important issues that face women during menopause, including: • Hormone Replacement Therapy and Alternatives • Personalized. Dietary and Nutritional Counseling • Osteoporosis Screening, Prevention and Treatment • Breast Cancer Screening, Risk Assessment, Prevention and Medication • Heart Disease Screening, Risk Assessment, Prevention and Medication • Weight Reduction through Lifestyle Changes • Sexuality Counseling • Alternatives to Hysterectomy • Menopause Discussion and Support Groups Left to right, Jerrold Weinberg, M.D., EA. C.O. G.; Stacy L. Goldberg, M.P.H., R.N., B.S.N.; Milton Nathanson, M.D., RA.C.O. G. Stylish Walking Many dedicated seniors start the day with a brisk walk inside their local shopping mall. Occasionally, he says, the group even meets for dinner with their spouses and fits in a Saturday game of golf. 1 ack Berlin has been rolling While one can clock 1 1 /2 miles by out of bed six mornings a walking both the upper and lower week for the last 10 years to tracks of the mall, Berlin says he is walk, talk and keep fit. not concerned with distance but the Casually dressed in jeans and a time he has spent moving. sweatshirt, Berlin arrives at "How far I walk each Twelve Oaks Mall around Walking at Twelve day depends on how 7:30 a.m. to join the 200 Oaks Mall are engrossed I get in a conver- walkers the mall attracts each Pearl Moss and sation. It is usually between morning. Evelyn and 45 minutes to an hour," After retirement from his Norman Blatt. said Berlin. career as an on-the-road sales- "We break up into teams man selling dry cleaning sup- of two or four so it is easier to chat. plies, 73-year-old Berlin says he first Otherwise, we block up the aisles." started mall walking for the social Another active team that hits the contact. Gradually expressing a "good comfortable corridors of Twelve Oaks morning" to passersby, he gravitated is husband and wife Evelyn and to a group of eight men in their 60s Norm Blatt of Novi. Unlike Berlin, and 70s who he now calls his "walk- the Blatts are not preoccupied with ing gang." the social aspects. Consistently for 19 He describes them as social, com- years, the spunky couple has arrived patible guys who walk at a similar at the mall four mornings a week at 8 pace and are enjoyable to be with. CARL WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News IT'S ALL TOGETHER FOR YOU NOW, AT ONE CONVENIENT LOCATION. THE BIRMINGHAM MENOPAUSE INSTITUTE OAKLAND WOMEN'S HI EALTH, For a new beginning. T"' 31815 Southfield Rd. • Suite 18 • Beverly Hills Call for an Appointment Today! 248.203.2323 • Fax 248.203.0490 43 enq Subscribe To receive The Detroit Jewish News by mail call (248) 354-6620 deti-oitjewishnews.com