To Life! HEALTH & FITNESS May the coming year be filled with health and happiness for all our family and friends. L'Shanah Tovah! Glorine and Norman Katanick Pembroke Pines, Florida asay-a May the coming year be filled with health and happiness for all our family and friends. L'Shanah Tovah! Ben & Ethel Siegal and girls ilr7W3EIW 4:1N11.1%1111.111111.1111111122t4 Paula Milgrom with her newfangled hospital gown. All Zipped Up! Robes inventor finds cure for hospital gown woes. Robin Schwartz Special to the Jewish News p rotecting hospital patients from "over exposure" is Paula Milgrom's passion. The 54 year old from West Bloomfield knows firsthand the vulnerable, not fully covered feeling of wearing a standard- issue hospital gown. In 2004, she was hospitalized for five days with a blood clot in her leg. "At first, I was flat on my back with an IV for two days," Milgrom says. "Then I could get up and walk around but I still had the IV. I had a hospital gown with the back open and I put another one on backwards to cover up the back. They were both falling down, the ties didn't tie, and I started to think there has to be something better!" Several months later, while visiting her sister who'd undergone surgery, Milgrom once again saw the short- comings of the usual hospital garb. "People didn't cover up and it was just so undignified and humiliating," Milgrom recalls. "I remembered how I felt and I decided I was going to do something about it." Entrepreneurial Idea Milgrom has a background in paint manufacturing, but no previous expe- rience with clothing. She was the vice president of operations for Mercury Paint Company in Detroit, her family's business for 20 years. "I ran a factory where we manu- factured a million gallons of paint a year," Milgrom says. "But I was always Zipped Up on page 106 • asgn- alb) May the coming year be filled with health and happiness for all our family and friends. L'Shanah Tovah! The Schneiders Judi, Joe & Brandon Heather, Brett, Caidey & Zack Arryn, Bryan, Ethan & Avery Molly, Brad, D.J. & Anna ` Tt-_-1:111111/1 .4. We wish our family & friends a very healthy, happy and sweet New Year. N C LiveWell: Wishing you a Happy & HEALTHY New Year Start your 5768 off right WE CARR KOSHER with healthy products VITAMINS from GNC Entire Purchase ith coupon only. Not valid with I n other offer or discount. Valid t West Bloomfield location only. • - • Ask for our expert advice for your health needs vitamins, herbs, weight loss, body building. 6738 Orchard Lake Rd. • West Bloomfield Plaza • 248-851-4740 Di September 13 2007 1'301210 105