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It has been a topic of discus-sion for years in the Hudson Valley region, and virtually ev-eryone in Rockland has heard one thing or another about the Tappan Zee Bridge and the in-

credible need to repair it. The bridge, which was intended to last only 50 years, is now over 55 years old. It was built at a time when there were severe shortages of material needed to make longer lasting bridg-es, thereby necessitating a re-placement several years ago.

The replacement project still has not come to fruition, de-spite millions of state dollars spent on planning and de-signing. Several designs were initially proposed, but designs

were eliminated along the way. One of the reasons for the whit-tling down of possible replace-ments was the input of public opinion during various meet-ings the state held around the region to solicit input from resi-

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TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE PROJECT RAISES EYEBROWS YET AGAIN

Rockland County Legislator Jacques Michel has been ap-pointed the Chairman of the Government Operations Com-mittee following the January reorganization of the Rockland County Legislature. Leg-islator Michel represents District 13 in Rockland, which includes most of Spring Valley. The committee was pre-viously chaired by Leg-islator Alden Wolfe, who has now become the Vice Chair of the entire legislature. Traditionally, the Vice Chair does not hold chairmanships of committees with the exception of the Rules Committee in the county’s legislative body.“I am extremely grateful to

Chairwoman Cornell for the ap-pointment,” said Legislator Mi-chel. “I appreciate her support and I will work to maintain the confidence she has shown me. The function of this committee

is to devote itself to a wide-ranging review and analysis of the functions and depart-ments of county gov-ernment and the goal of achieving maxi-mum efficiency and productivity of staff

and resources.”Legislator Philip Soskin, a mem-ber of the committee, praised Legislator Michel’s goals for the committee. “I have a great deal of confidence in Legislator Mi-

ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo un-leashed a $133 billion reduc-tion in spending plan that would subject schools, hospi-tals and the state workforce to some of the deepest cuts in re-cent history and spare virtually no aspect of state government.The governor's hard-times budget proposal would close a projected $10 billion gap with nearly $9 billion in cuts and no new borrowing or broad-based tax hikes. Cuts included $2.9 billion each in projected spend-ing from Medicaid and local school aid -- among the largest on record.

"New York State is functionally bankrupt," Cuomo warned in his budget presentation to lawmak-ers, who will face pressure by special-in-terest groups to resist the cuts. "In a down econ-omy, this is a death spiral," he said.Cuomo or-dered a 10 percent across-the-board spending cut to state

agencies and threatened as many as 9,800 layoffs if public-

e m p l o y e e unions reject a call for $450 million in an-nual conces-sions and givebacks.A spokesper-son for Rock-land County Executive C. Scott Van-derhoef told the Advocate,

“The governor’s reformations of state mandates are critical.

We are trying our best to keep social services at a premium and at the same time avoid hikes in property taxes.” Rockland County has one of the highest property tax rates in the state. In a recent report by the Tax Foundation, a non-partisan research group in Washington, New York ranked fourth in property taxes among the states, with median taxes of $3,755 in 2009, compared with $1,917 nationally. New Jer-sey, which passed a property tax cap last year, was first with $6,579.

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Forums To Seek Redistricting Ideas

The Legislature's Special Com-mittee on Redistricting will hold forums to gather ideas regard-ing the redrawing of the 17 leg-islative districts' boundaries. The redistricting is to make sure each voting district has roughly the same number of residents.

All forums start at 7:30p.m

next week:

Monday, February 28th,Orangetown Town Hall, 26 Or-angeburg Road, Orangeburg.

Wednesday, March 2ndRamapo Town Hall, 237 Route 59, Airmont.

Thursday, March 3, Stony Point, Rho Building, Letchworth Village, 5 Club House Lane.

A Weekly Editorial By:

Mendel Hoffman The plan to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge has lasted for too many years without any results. In many ways, this project is another example of poor government, but in this case, that phrase takes on quite a literal meaning. With no funds from the state to build a new bridge, all we can do is the bare minimum to repair the existing bridge, a costly expense at a time when we can ill afford one.

The state may be hurting, but the ones who lose out more than anyone are the commuters. Not only do people traveling for work or family across the Tappan Zee Bridge have to pay a new higher toll to repair a bridge that the state can’t wait to tear down, they are stuck in an antiquated transportation system that eats up their time whenever they use the bridge.

On the positive side, at least the government recognizes the need to replace the bridge – a positive first step. However, they need to move quickly to approve plans for one so that it can be built. As for financing, while it is clear that the state does not have $16 billion to build a new one, an analysis of the costs to repair this bridge should be done to see if the temporary expense of repairing it is worth it so that we can wait until the billions are available to build a new bridge. It may very well be that putting up a massive bond issue to pay for the bridge may be worth it, since less money would be spent on interest than is currently being spent on repairing the failing bridge to hold it over until the time a new bridge is finished.

There is no quick solution to this problem as the last few years have shown us. Examining viable options is important, even if the options may be difficult to implement. At a time when we can barely afford to repair the failing bridge – an option of truly the last resort – no amount of difficulty should deter officials from doing what is right for the taxpayers of Rockland and the state.

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ADVOCATE ACTION DESKvDear Action Desk,

This has been a brutal winter for our roads. And the attention seems to be on the snow removal throughout the season. The town will need to spend a long time repairing the roads after all the salt trucks pass through. Unfortunately it is more than just the roads that are in need of repair, it is the side walks too, and my driveway in particular. When the Town of Ramapo began the sidewalk project months ago, they cracked my driveway,

causing a hole to grow bigger and bigger as every day passes. They promised they would return and fix my driveway, which for months has had a gaping hole.

With a crack so large, it has filled with mud and snow. Cabs refuse to go into my driveway for fear of their cars being damaged, and it is an overall hazard for anyone walking by. The answer I consistently get from the Town is that after we are finished the sidewalk and lights installation project,

we will come and fix the driveway. That was last season, and it does not look like they will be ‘completing’ this project anytime in the near future.

I have pleaded with the town on numerous occasions to listen to my predicament to no avail. I would appreciate if there was some immediate action done to fix my driveway.

Upset Neighbor,Monsey


NEWS AROUND THE REGION......................."TAX THE RICH, CUOMO"

DURING GOVERNOR CUOMO'S SPEECH AT THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK AND PUERTO RICAN LEGISLA-TORS, COUNCILMAN CHARLES BAR-RON AND HIS WIFE, ASSEMBLYWOM-AN INEZ BARRON, STORMED UP THE AISLE CHANTING "TAX THE RICH!" AND "SHAME ON YOU!" AT THE GOVERNOR. CUOMO WAS FORCED TO STOP HIS SPEECH AND, PEERING OUT FROM THE PODIUM, INQUIRED, "HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT, CHARLES?... I DON’T SEE WHO IT IS, BUT I KNOW WHO IT IS." SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE DINNER, CUOMO DIDN'T SEEM SHAMED INTO CHANGING HIS PLAN TO LET AN INCOME TAX SURCHARGE ON NEW YORKERS EARNING OVER $200K A YEAR EXPIRE.

"I DON'T BELIEVE IN INCREASING TAX-ES," CUOMO SAID AFTERWARD. "I BE-LIEVE IT'S COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR THE STATE. I BELIEVE MORE PEOPLE WILL LEAVE THE STATE AND YOU'LL HAVE LESS REVENUE." CUOMO'S PRO-POSED BUDGET WOULD CUT $1.5 BIL-LION IN EDUCATION AID AND $2.8 BIL-LION FROM HEALTH CARE, WHICH THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK AND PUERTO RICAN LEGISLATORS STRONGLY OP-POSES. BEFORE THE EVENT, BARRON TOLD REPORTERS, "IT IS CUTTING US TO THE BONE. TAX THE RICH. DON'T COME TO THE TABLE SAYING THE ONLY THING YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS CUT."

CUOMO, THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE MUST AGREE ON A STATE BUDGET BY APRIL 1ST, A DEADLINE THEY HAVEN'T

EXACTLY TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY IN THE PAST.

ROCKLAND SEEKING EQUITABLE MTA SERVICES AND $220 MILLION

IN MONETARY DAMAGES

NEW CITY, NY - ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE C. SCOTT VANDERHOEF ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (NYSAC) HAS SUBMITTED AN AMIC-US BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF A LAWSUIT FILED IN AN ALBANY COURT BY ROCK-LAND COUNTY WHICH ASSERTS THAT LEGISLATION PASSED BY THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE IN 2009, CREATING THE METROPOLITAN COM-MUTER TRANSPORTATION TAX (‘MO-BILITY TAX’), IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE MOBILITY TAX IMPACTS EMPLOY-ERS IN THE TWELVE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE MTA, WHICH INCLUDES THE FIVE COUNTIES OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE SEVEN SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF DUTCHESS, NASSAU, ORANGE, PUTNAM, ROCKLAND, SUF-FOLK AND WESTCHESTER. THE MOBIL-ITY TAX ASSISTS THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MTA) REDUCE ITS $1.8 BILLION DEFICIT AS WELL AS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE AGENCY’S FUTURE COSTS.

“I AM PLEASED THAT NYSAC HAS JOINED ROCKLAND IN OUR LAWSUIT CHALLENGING OF THE MOBILITY TAX ON SEVERAL CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS, INCLUDING OUR DEFENSE OF HOME RULE, BY WHICH LOCAL

GOVERNMENTS CAN DETERMINE AL-LOCATION OF LOCAL TAX DOLLARS AND PROVIDES LOCAL LEADERS THE

ABILITY TO GOVERN ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL NEEDS OF THEIR COM-MUNITY, “ SAID VANDERHOEF. “IN OUR LAWSUIT, ROCKLAND FURTHER AS-SERTS THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN HIS-TORIC DISPARITY BETWEEN OUR TAX CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MTA AND THE VALUE OF SERVICES RECEIVED BY ROCKLAND FROM THE MTA IN THE FORM OF CASH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND OPERATING SERVICES. THIS SITU-ATION WAS VALIDATED IN A BENEFIT-COST-ANALYSIS PERFORMED BY THE MTA IN 2005, WHICH DETERMINED THAT THERE HAD EXISTED A DISPAR-ITY OF AT LEAST $ 40 MILLION IN QUANTIFIABLE BENEFITS BETWEEN MONIES THAT THE COUNTY PAID TO THE MTA, AND PAYMENT AND SER-VICES RECEIVED BY ROCKLAND FROM THE MTA.”

“THE STATE IS TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE POCKETS OF HARDWORKING NEW YORKERS TO PAY FOR THE MANAGE-MENT SHORTCOMINGS OF THE MTA. THIS IS WRONG ON ALL ACCOUNTS. WRONG TO THE HARDWORKING TAX-PAYERS, WRONG FOR OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND WRONG FOR EV-ERY EMPLOYER ACROSS THIS REGION,” SAID NYSAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEPHEN J. ACQUARIO.

IN THEIR LAWSUIT, ROCKLAND COUN-TY REQUESTS THE COURT TO REQUIRE THE MTA TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE EQUITABLE TO THOSE PROVID-

ED TO OTHER COUNTIES IN THE MTA COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DIS-TRICT, AS WELL AS $220 MILLION IN MONETARY DAMAGES

NY STATE MAY LOSE A REPRESEN-TATIVE IN CONGRESS WITH MANY RESIDENTS LEAVING THE COUNTIES

AS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AWAITS 2010 CENSUS RESULTS IN THE NEXT MONTH, IT'S CLEAR THAT MANY YOUNG RESIDENTS HAVE LEFT IN SEARCH OF LOWER TAXES AND A LOWER COST OF LIVING.

WESTCHESTER AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES, ALONG WITH NEW YORK CITY, HAVE THE STATE'S HIGHEST POP-ULATION LOSSES DUE TO MOVERS. PUTNAM COUNTY LOST A RELATIVELY MODEST 2,300 PEOPLE IN THE PAST DECADE.

THE HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOV-ING OUT, WITHOUT BEING REPLACED, IS A KEY REASON THE STATE WILL LOSE A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS WHILE SEVERAL SOUTHERN STATES ARE EXPECTED TO GAIN REPRESENTA-TIVES.

A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF NEW YORK COUNTIES HAVE GAINED POPU-LATION FROM MOVERS — INCLUD-ING ORANGE, ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES. SEVERAL ROCKLAND RESI-DENTS SAID HIGH TAXES ARE A MA-JOR CONCERN THAT'S MAKING THEM CONSIDER A MOVE.

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County of Rockland Office of County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef NEWS RELEASE

DATE: February 10, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ron Levine 845-638-5645 Dr. Joan Facelle, M.D, MPH 845-364-2512

Rockland County Department of Health awarded $1.5 million from New York State Department of Health to Create Healthy Places to Live, Work, and Play

Pomona, NY – Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today announced that the Rockland County Department of Health has received a $1.5 million dollar grant from the New York State Department of Health to create programs to prevent obesity, type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases.

Vanderhoef and Dr. Facelle announce grant at press conference

“I want to commend Commissioner Joan Facelle and her staff for successfully developing and obtaining a five-year Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play (CHP) grant, which, when fully implemented will work to improve the health and well being of Rockland County residents, students, and employees,” said Vanderhoef.

“This grant will allow us to work in both community and worksite settings to develop plans and actions that improve access to healthier food choices and physical activity,” said Dr. Joan Facelle, Rockland County Commissioner of Health.

The Health Department will work with municipal leaders and key agencies from the communities of Haverstraw, Monsey, Spring Valley, and West Haverstraw. Projects in these communities may include new farmers’ markets and community gardens, nutrition and physical activity education in child care facilities, improving walking and biking trails, and working with the owners of grocery stores and restaurants to promote healthier food options.

County of Rockland Office of County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef NEWS RELEASE

DATE: February 10, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ron Levine 845-638-5645 Dr. Joan Facelle, M.D, MPH 845-364-2512

Rockland County Department of Health awarded $1.5 million from New York State Department of Health to Create Healthy Places to Live, Work, and Play

Pomona, NY – Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today announced that the Rockland County Department of Health has received a $1.5 million dollar grant from the New York State Department of Health to create programs to prevent obesity, type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases.

Vanderhoef and Dr. Facelle announce grant at press conference

“I want to commend Commissioner Joan Facelle and her staff for successfully developing and obtaining a five-year Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play (CHP) grant, which, when fully implemented will work to improve the health and well being of Rockland County residents, students, and employees,” said Vanderhoef.

“This grant will allow us to work in both community and worksite settings to develop plans and actions that improve access to healthier food choices and physical activity,” said Dr. Joan Facelle, Rockland County Commissioner of Health.

The Health Department will work with municipal leaders and key agencies from the communities of Haverstraw, Monsey, Spring Valley, and West Haverstraw. Projects in these communities may include new farmers’ markets and community gardens, nutrition and physical activity education in child care facilities, improving walking and biking trails, and working with the owners of grocery stores and restaurants to promote healthier food options.

LARGE NEW STUDY FINDS THAT CELL PHONE USE DOES AFFECT BRAIN ACTIVITY

Cell phones speed up brain activity, es-pecially in regions of the brain near the phone’s antenna during a long phone call, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health. The mean-ing and potential health impacts of these changes are unknown, but they show conclusively that cell phone radiation is capable of altering brain activity.

Researchers took brain scans of 47 par-ticipants to directly measure how cell phones’ electromagnetic radiation affect-ed their brain activity. Each participant had a cell phone strapped to both ears and then underwent two 50-minute PET (positron emission tomography) scans, which measure brain activity by moni-toring metabo-lism. In one scan, both cell phones were turned off; in the second, the right cell phone was turned on and played a recorded mes-sage, but with the sound muted so there would be no auditory inter-ference.

The PET scans showed a 7 percent in-crease in activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna, according to the study, published Wednesday in the Jour-nal of the American Medical Association.

Importantly, the researchers said the in-creased activity was unlikely to be associ-ated with heat from the phone, because it happened near the antenna instead of where the phone touched the head.

The new study is mum on the meaning of these findings, however — it could be good or bad, as lead author Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse said.

Previous studies have largely dismissed any ill effects from cell phone radiation, partly because the type of radiation emit-

ted is pretty weak. Cell phones emit non-ionizing radiation, which is weaker than the type of radiation you’re exposed to while walking through an airport secu-rity scanner, for instance. Non-ionizing radiation does not break chemical bonds or interfere with DNA in the way that ion-izing radiation does. As PopSci reported last year, the only universally recognized effect of non-ionizing radiation is minor heating of nearby tissue. The Federal Communications Commission sets limits for cell phone radiation below which that heating does not occur.

This study shows that there are other physiological effects beyond tissue warm-ing, however. Researchers not involved in

the work told the Times that the study even sug-gests dif-f e r e n t p a t h w a y s for cancer and other h e a l t h p r o b l e m s to develop, i n c l u d i n g the forma-tion of free

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On the other hand, some studies suggest electromagnetic radiation could be good for you. In one study from 2010, Univer-sity of South Florida researchers were surprised to find electromagnetic radia-tion from cell phones actually boosted the memories of young mice, and even reversed Alzheimer's symptoms in old mice. And Volkow said future research may show electromagnetic waves could be used for other therapeutic purposes.

The bottom line is that this study shows non-ionizing radiation from cell phones indeed has an effect on human brain function. Further studies will help explain just what effects mean for our health.


HEARING FROM PAGE 1

chel,” said Legislator Soskin. “With his new title as Chairman, Jacques Michel has made history not only as the first Haitian-American county legislator, but as the first Haitian-American to chair a committee of the Rockland County Legislature.”The first topic of the committee’s dis-cussion under the leadership of Legis-lator Michel was the process that the county follows for the purchase of gas and electric power. Legislator Michel and Legislator Wolfe both raised the is-sue and led the committee in a discus-sion on it. “We need to review all the options available to us and choose the one that makes most sense for our taxpayers,” Michel said. “I want this committee to find ways of cutting costs so that we can pass those savings on to our tax-payers.”The county derives some of its electric power from alternative sources of en-ergy, an issue highlighted during the meeting by Legislator Wolfe.“We're interested in exploring how the County goes about purchasing gas and electric power for our facilities and op-erations,” said Legislator Wolfe. “I am particularly interested in learning how our energy management dollars are

spent, the process that determines how we choose our sources and what opportunities there are to achieve cost savings or other benefits. “Legislators noted that cost-cutting must be a top priority, as the county faces crushing deficits. Legislature Chair Harriet Cornell said at the begin-ning of the year that all committees must do their part to cut costs in county government.Such cost-cutting is not unique to the county government. Last year, the Ra-mapo Town Board approved legislation proposed by Councilman Daniel Fried-man to switch energy providers to save taxpayers money. Friedman told The Advocate that the approved measure will save over $100,000 a year in energy costs, because of the new agreement that has the town purchasing its energy from a new supplier at drastically low-ered rates.“All governments need to find new and innovative ways to cut costs so we can pass along those savings to our tax-payers,” Friedman said. “Any measure that could save even a dollar should be examined and discussed by every government, and officials who pursue such measures – no matter their party affiliation or position – should be com-mended,” he concluded.

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The report also found that in five New York counties — Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, and Rockland the median taxes were $7,295 to $9,044, with homeown-ers typically paying from 7.8 percent to 8.6 percent of their income in property taxes, compared with 3 percent nation-ally.“In general,” the spokesperson for Van-derhoef continued, “the governor has very good intentions. I like the fact that he is looking at the expenses in a critical way. In fact, one of the ways we are dealing with monetary losses to the state is by tackling problems like healthcare fraud.”As a member of the board of directors for the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC), Vanderhoef’s state-ments not only represent the sentiment of Rockland County law makers, but echo the reality all the counties in the state will ultimately have to deal with. In fact NYSAC announced last week that they are submitting 231 mandate relief ideas to the Governor’s Mandate Relief Team.The governor further raised the stakes by detailing plans to scratch from the books countless formulas and rates that automatically renew massive spending hikes each year despite annual budget cuts.Cuomo bluntly compared the practice, which put the state on track for a 12 percent spending hike, to the account-ing practices of collapsed energy giant Enron.-Barring such assumed increases, Cuo-mo's education cuts would total $1.5 billion compared to what was spent this fiscal year, and the Medicaid cuts would total $982 million.-Overall, the proposed $133 billion budget includes a rare $3.7 billion cut from the current spending plan.-Cuomo has suggested he would be willing to shut down state government if lawmakers fail to approve a spending plan by the April 1 start of the new fis-cal year.NY State Senator David Carlucci, D-New City said in a statement, “I applaud Governor Cuomo for setting the right tone in his budget address. I approve of the Governor’s goal of moving this state to a zero-based, or reality-based, budget model, his continued efforts to right-size Albany and his vow to work

with this state’s workforce to give New Yorkers the most efficient government possible.”From colleges to libraries to prisons, few corners of state government would be left unscathed:* Cuomo would permanently eliminate the $155 million pot that lawmakers employ to fund pet projects, or "mem-ber items," and transfer its contents to a competitive economic-development program controlled by the executive.* The state prison system would shrink by some 3,500 beds, or the equivalent of half a dozen facilities, to account for a shrinking inmate population. Cuomo assigned to a special panel the sensitive task of targeting facilities for closure.* Various closures, consolidations and mergers would save $100 million an-nually. Among them, Cuomo proposed combining prison and parole opera-tions under one "Department of Cor-rections and Community Supervision."* Across-the-board cuts of 10 percent would include a $8.4 million hit to li-braries and a $1.5 million cut to public broadcasters. New York City homeless shelters would lose $16 million.Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffe told the Advocate, "I have concerns with the proposed budget, as it relies heavily on cuts to vital programs like educa-tion. We cannot balance the budget on the backs of our students, and further cuts to school aid threaten not only our children's future but our economic re-covery.” It has been written here in the past how the school systems will face economic challenges with the budget proposal. She concluded on a positive note, “I'm optimistic we can strengthen this proposal to where it is fiscally re-sponsible and does not pit taxpayers against students, and will continue to work with the Governor and my col-leagues in Albany towards this end."The Cuomo plan defers some of the toughest decisions -- what prisons to close, how exactly Medicaid would be cut, what state mandates would be lifted -- to a series of commissions and panels. Cuomo predicted his proposed budget would send lobbyists "running around the halls like their hair's on fire."

dents and commuters.One public presentation was held in Rockland a few months ago, and fea-tured sketches and maps of the entire replacement proposal. Part of the pro-posal calls for an added public trans-portation option that would take com-muters across the bridge by train. Rock-land does not have a comprehensive train system in the county, and the new plan would include constructing one, with several small stations around the county.Public transportation is an important part of the replacement project, say program administrators of the state, because increased commuter traffic will make the bridge unsustainable. While the new bridge will almost cer-tainly have more lanes than the cur-rent one does, it will not be enough to handle traffic in a few decades from now, unless people have a viable public transportation alternative that can take them where they need to go in addition to driving there.It is not the plans that are a concern, however, but the lack of any move-ment to implement those plans. The project, which would run in the billions of dollars, has no way of being funded, particularly as the state faces its steep-est deficits ever. This presents an issue not only because of the inconvenience, but with the soundness of the present bridge and how long it may last.With the new bridge far from being built, temporary replacements have been made over the last few years on the current bridge. It is the deteriora-tion of the bridge, however, that con-tractors are now faulting, in part, for millions of dollars in cost overruns for the temporary repairs being made to the bridge at the present time.A large section of the bridge was set to be replaced a few years ago by Tu-tor Perini Corp., a Peekskill-based con-

tractor. The company, after getting the contract to do the work because they claimed it would cost far less than their competitors said it would, has since asked for 14 changes to their contract totaling almost $30 million in addition-al expenditures.The changes have local officials and residents reeling, and state officials speechless as the company continues to ask for more money to do the job. Besides the deterioration of the bridge as a reason for the changes, they in-cluded the increased cost of materials and that design changes required more money to do the job. The deterioration required them to speed up the work, the company said, costing more in overtime and other costs. However, the job is over two years past its expected completion date, and the company now has another contract to replace another part of the bridge, which it has recently begun.The company also has a checkered past when it comes to municipal contracts. Allegations have been made that they inflate the costs of work at the expense of taxpayers, and Los Angeles and San Francisco have filed lawsuits against them. In San Francisco, the company had to pay $19 million after a judge ruled against them when the city sued them for inflating the cost of an airport project by well over 50%. The company also paid just under one million dol-lars 6 years ago to settle claims that it submitted fraudulent bills during the construction of an embassy building in Venezuela.While the repairs continue, so do the plans for the final replacement of the bridge. While the state cannot afford to even begin the project, the reality is that the longer the current bridge is used, millions of dollars will need to be spent on repairing it, when the same money could be used to build a new one that will last for decades to come.

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OUR READERS WANT TO KNOWWHY DO WE TAKE MEDICINE UNDER OUR TONGUES?By: Aaron Moeller

Have you ever wondered why some medicine is taken under sublingual-ly? Sublingual literally means, 'under the tongue'. The word refers to the pharmacological route of adminis-tration by which drugs diffuse into the blood through tissues under the tongue. Many pharmaceuticals are designed for sublingual administra-tion, including cardiovascular drugs, steroids, barbiturates, enzymes, and increasingly, vitamins and minerals.

We do take certain medicines under our tongue. Indeed it is more com-mon for children to have medicine administered this way. Do we take them sublingually because the medicine gets absorbed faster in the body? --Is it because they hit the bloodstream faster? Maybe the medicine is then more effective? This topic has eluded many; even doctors routinely administer the medication without explaining pa-tients why it is that way.

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Truthfully, it's the long way, when you think about it. Going under the tongue bypasses this entire route, and delivers the medication right to the bloodstream. No waiting, no roadblocks -- just right into the blood and off to do its job.

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Former Palin Aide Tells AllFrank Bailey, who worked closely with Sarah Palin from 2006 until her resig-nation as Alaska’s governor in 2009, has released a manuscript detailing another side of Palin the public does not see. In his book, Bailey says that she was prone to anger quickly, and hated her job as governor. After be-ing picked as John McCain’s running mate in 2008, she became paranoid about those who opposed her, in-cluding people in McCain’s campaign. Bailey also said that she collaborated with a 527 political organization in her earlier campaign, in violation of the law. 527 groups can put out politi-cal ads and the like but are restricted from working with campaigns or can-didates.

Federal Budget ShowdownWith about a week to go before the federal government will shut down in the event no budget is agreed upon, legislative leaders are quietly work-ing out a possible compromise bill that would fund the operations of government for a little while longer while substantive budget changes are hammered out by the Congress and the White House. If no continu-ing resolution or budget is passed by next Friday, all government offices will shut down, just as they were in 1996.

Senate Elections ShowdownSenate Democrats have a difficult task facing them as they look toward the 2012 elections. With a slim majority, Democrats need to defend far more seats than Republicans do, which will require a great deal of money. Already, the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee has been fundraising for the battles ahead. However, new re-ports show that Republicans raised about $250,000 more than Demo-crats recently. Though the Democrat-

ic Senatorial Campaign Committee broke its own fundraising record for the first month of an election cycle by bringing in $2.63 million, the Nation-al Republican Senatorial Committee edged out Democratic fundraising numbers by taking in $2.86 million in the month of January. However, Republicans don’t have much money on hand. They have less than half a million dollars while Democrats have $2.65 million.

Republicans Fight Health Care LawAs promised, the Republican House majority has taken on Obama’s health care law recently. After voting to re-peal the health care law last month, the House voted to bar any federal agency from spending money to implement the new law. The vote passed 239-187, mostly along party lines. The law passed would deny money to agencies that would spend money in accordance with the new health care law. Since Democrats con-trol the senate, none of these propos-als will go anywhere, but Republicans said they felt they were elected to do it in the House, no matter what hap-pened elsewhere.

2012 Candidates Spend Pres-idents Day CampaigningOn President’s Day, potential Republi-can candidates for president were all over the country campaigning. Mis-sissippi Governor Haley Barbour, fresh from a recent trip to Israel, spent the day in Iowa, which holds the nation’s first presidential contest. Former Min-nesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was in Nevada, an early primary state, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum was in South Carolina, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was in Pennsylvania.

Cuomo Says He Is “Impatient”There are many things that New York’s new governor, Andrew Cuomo, wants to see take place in the state. Two major issues he campaigned on, a property tax cap and an ethics law overhaul, are stalling in the legisla-ture. Cuomo said he is an “impatient governor,” having campaigned on these issues for months and now see-ing them go nowhere. In the Assembly, Speaker Silver said he believes a proposed tax cap, which he personally opposes, can be debated after the budget, which is due on April 1st, is passed. In the sen-ate, leader Dean Skelos said he be-lieves that ethics reform can also wait until after the budget passes. While Cuomo admitted he does not want to wait that long, he said he would rather have the legislation done the right way than the quick way.

Ex-Senator Misdirected Fund-ingFormer Senator Antoine Thompson is under scrutiny after he directed $400,000 in state funds to Niagara Falls Redevelopment, a private com-pany owned by a Manhattan bil-lionaire developer who contributed thousands of dollars to elected of-ficials. The funds should have been given to a public corporation in the region for development of an area, but Thompson used his influence to steer it to NFR. However, the state senate has since withdrawn its fund-ing to the group, and Thompson lost his re-election bid.

State Legislators Spend Mil-lions On MailingsGood government groups constantly complain about the use of taxpayer dollars for what is often perceived as campaigning. One of their pet peeves is the use of state funds for mailings that tell constituents what their legislators have done in Albany.

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Kirwan Wins, Gives Assembly Republicans 51The Appellate Division of State Su-preme Court voted 4-0 to declare Republican Thomas Kirwan of New-burgh the winner in the 100th District State Assembly race. The race was the last unresolved contest from the No-vember general election. Kirwan, a former assemblyman, defeated Dem-ocrat Frank Skartados of Milton, who held the seat for the last two years, after beating the veteran incumbent in 2008. Assembly Republicans now hold 51 votes, so they will be able to sustain any vetoes by Governor An-drew Cuomo thus blocking any ef-forts to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to garner support to override such a veto.

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Begin using toothpaste with fluoride when the child is 2 years old. Use toothpaste

with fluoride earlier if your child’s doctor or dentist recommends it.

2. Use the right amount of fluoride toothpaste. Fluoride is important for fighting cavities. But if children younger than 6 years old

swallow too much fluoride, their permanent teeth may have white spots. To keep this

from happening, use only a small amount of toothpaste (about the size of a pea). Teach

your child to spit out the toothpaste and to rinse well after brushing.

3. Supervise brushing. Brush your child’s teeth twice a day until your child has the skill to handle the toothbrush alone. Then

continue to closely watch brushing to make sure the child is doing a thorough job and using only a

small amount of toothpaste.

4. Talk to your child’s doctor or dentist. Check with the doctor or dentist about your child’s specific fluoride needs. After age 2, most

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Parents of children older than 6 months should ask about the need for a fluoride supplement if

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Early care for your children’s teeth will protect their smile and their health.

Sugar feeds bacteria in the mouth, and in response, an acid is produced that decays the teeth. Even beverages labeled "100% juice" can have this effect, as they contain high levels of fructose, the form of sugar naturally found in fruit. Primary teeth ("baby teeth") are much more susceptible to these acid attacks, as their protective outer enamel layer is thinner and more easily penetrated by the acid. The following advice can help parents prevent their children from developing bottle syndrome. Limit beverages other than water to mealtimes only. Keep juice consumption down to 10 percent of your child's total diet. Never put your child to bed with a bottle containing anything but water. Don't flavor your child's pacifier by dipping it in honey or any other sweet substance. Brush your child's teeth after giving him any liquid medicine, because many contain large amounts of sugar.

Voracious young appetites often need some "filler" in the evenings, on weekends, or between lunch and dinner. To keep their hands out of the candy jar, you'll need some creative, healthy alternatives that are appeal-ing, quick and economical.

Plaque, that sticky film of food and bacteria that forms on your teeth after you eat, can cause trouble in your mouth. Cavities, periodontal (gum) disease, and bad breath: none are pleasant company for your teeth. When you're trying to minimize plaque, you need to think not only about what you eat, but also about how you eat! How often you eat—Each time you eat a carbohydrate-containing food, acids are released. The more frequently carbohydrates are consumed; the more chances acid has to damage your teeth. Characteristics of the food—Some foods, like crack-ers and potato chips, stick to grooves in the teeth. Raisins, fruit rolls, fruit snacks, and gummy candies are also notorious tooth-stickers. The length of time that food remains in the mouth—Foods that are slow to dissolve, such as cookies and granola bars, give acids more time to work on destroying tooth enamel.

CERTAIN FOODS CAN NEGATIVELY AFFECT YOUR TEETH

Salt, sodium basicsThe U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services are telling half of the U.S. population to cut their salt intake.

Why limit salt?What is table salt?A compound of sodium, chloride; about 40 percent is sodium

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HEALTH NEWS YOU CAN USE

TEACHING CHILDREN SELF CONTROL PAYS OFF IN THE LONG RUNSelf-control keeps us from eating a whole bag of chips or from running up the credit card. A study found that children who had the greatest self-control in primary school and preschool ages were most likely to have fewer health problems when they reached their 30s. The researchers define self-control as having skills like conscientiousness, self-discipline and perseverance, as well as being able to consider the consequences of actions in making decisions.The children who struggled with self-control as preschoolers were three times as likely to have problems as young adults.

Teaching ControlEconomists and public health officials want to know whether teaching self-control could improve a population's physical and financial health and re-duce crime. Three factors appear to be key to a person's success in life: intelli-gence, family's socioeconomic status and self-control. The study found that self-control predicted adult success, even after accounting for the partici-pants' differences in social status and IQ.Mediating ConflictOf course, not all 4-year-olds are ready to manage that, so the class-room is loaded with cues and clues to help the preschoolers make their own decisions and be responsible.If a child has problems with self-management, the teachers make a customized "visual cue" card, with photos of the four play choices in the room, to make the decision easier. When things do go wrong, there are consequences. Timeouts and apolo-gies don't mean much to children at this age. Teachers try to match conse-quences to the deed. When one of the children accidentally knocks over a 2-foot-tall tower of blocks that several children had spent half the morning building, the teachers ask the build-ers what should happen next. "Help fix it," one boy says. And, with a little prompting from the adults, they all pitch in and rebuild.

Parents can help teenagers learn self-control by making sure the family has clear rules for things like curfew or fin-ishing homework. Teenager who have problems with impulsivity may bene-fit from special driving classes that let them practice controlling the car in difficult conditions on a racetrack. For all teens, clear rules such as curfews help them regulate themselves.Though self-control can be improved throughout life. The earlier children can learn these skills of self-discipline and perseverance, the better. The lat-er you wait in life to try to learn self-control skills, the more problems you have to reverse and overcome.

AEROBIC EXERCISE MAY IMPROVE MEMORY IN SENIORSThere's a very small structure deep in the center of our brains called the hip-pocampus. It's smaller than your pin-kie, but it plays an absolutely essential role in learning and memory.As part of normal aging, the hippo-campus shrinks. And this shrinkage speeds up as we grow older, fore-shadowing memory problems and dementias like Alzheimer's disease.But there's been some good news in the past decade: Scientists have dis-covered that in certain areas of the aging brain, new cells are born and grow throughout life. The hippocam-pus is one of those brain areas that continue to form new cells and make new connections between cells.A study found that of all of these noninvasive ways of intervening, it is exercise that seems to have the most efficacy at this point — more so than nutritional supplements, vitamins and cognitive interventions.Several studies have been published recently on the power of exercise on the aging brain.Getting People MovingPeople volunteered for a study on dif-ferent exercises. A 66-year-old man who was in the group. He admited to not exercising regularly but counters that he was physically quite active re-modeling his home. He and the other 120 men and wom-en in the study ranged from 60 to 80 years old. When they entered the study, they were randomly divided into two groups."One was the aerobic exercise group," the researcher said. "Those were peo-ple who walked further and faster as time went on. And the others in our control group were in a toning, stretching and light-strengthening group."The 66 year old was randomly as-signed to the aerobic exercise group."Basically, it's walking a track in one of the gym facilities," He says. He and the others in the aerobic group walked the track for about 40 minutes three times a week for a year. He says he averaged about 3 miles each session. After each session, he was breathing

hard and had worked up a sweat, he says.

Walkers Fared BetterAll the participants in the study had MRI brain scans done before the study began and again a year later when the study ended. Then the research-ers analyzed the MRI data."What we found," the researcher said, "is that individuals in the aerobic group showed increases in the vol-ume of their hippocampus."The increase in volume — again for the aerobic but not for the non-aero-bic group — was about 2 percent.Impact On MemoryBut did the growth in the hippocam-pus translate into improvements in memory? Both groups were given memory tests before and after the yearlong exercise program. These tests looked specifically at a type of memory called "spatial memory," which records information about our environment, like the layout of the neighborhood or the interior of the grocery store.At the start of the study, both the aerobic and the non-aerobic group scored similarly on the spatial mem-ory test. But after the yearlong pro-gram, the group that did aerobic ex-ercises had improved significantly on its spatial memory tests, bettering its own scores from a year earlier.

DIET: HIGH FIBER TO COMBAT DEATH AND DISEASE

A study of almost 400,000 people aged 50 to 71 has found a strong link between a high-fiber diet and a lon-ger life.

Specifically, sub-jects who ate a diet rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables (adding up to 29 grams of fiber per day for men, 26 grams for women) were 22 percent less likely to die after nine years than those who ate the least fiber (13 and 11 grams per day), according to the study, in Archives of Internal Medi-cine.Those in the high-fiber group were less likely to die of cardiovascular dis-ease, infectious disease and respira-tory disease; a high-fiber diet was also associated with fewer cancer deaths in men, though not in women.The lower death rates were associated with dietary fiber from whole grains, said a staff scientist at the National Cancer Institute.“One of our findings was that fiber has anti-inflammatory properties,” He said, adding that grains are also rich in beneficial vitamins, minerals and chemicals.People who ate more fiber were gen-erally healthier, more educated and more physically active to begin with, the authors noted. But the study ad-justed for these differences.At the start of the study, all partici-pants filled out 124-item food fre-quency questionnaires. Nine years later, 20,126 men and 11,330 women had died.


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TIPS FOR EATING FEWER CALORIES You can eat fewer calories by: Choosing foods with less fat or added sugar. Eating smaller portions. Reducing the amount of processed foods in your diet. Choosing more nutrient-dense foods. Reducing Fats and Sugars Once you know how, it's easy to choose similar foods that have less fat or added sugar. The simple meal-makeover, below, shows how minor changes add up to a big difference in total calories. The flavors and por-tion sizes are the same so you will feel as satisfied with the new meal as you did with the old one. Substituting foods that are lower in calories yet similar to the origi-nals cut the calories in that meal by more than half. You can learn to do the same. Knowing which foods to substitute for those that are higher in calories is vital to eating fewer calories each day. Recognizing which foods to fill up on while getting the least amount of calories is important, too. In general, plant foods -- vegetables, fruits, and grains -- are quite low in calories, as long as they are not processed with added fat or sugar. That's why the 2005 Dietary Guide-lines recommend that these three groups make up the bulk of your diet. Foods such as milk and meat are modest in calories, especially if you choose low-fat or lean versions. At the other end of the calorie spectrum lie fats and processed foods, both of which are loaded with calories. Vegetables and fruits are calorie bargains, while fat-laden candy bars and sugar-laden sodas are calorie excesses. Processed foods tend to be high in calories because fat and sugar are frequently added in processing. Calories add up fast when fat is added be-cause it packs more than twice as many calories as pro-tein and carbohydrates. The excessive amount of sugar added to some foods gives them a calorie overload, too. Most foods contain a combination of carbohydrate, pro-tein, and fat. WHERE DO CALORIES COME FROM? Here's where the calories you eat come from: Carbohydrate - 4 calories per gram Protein - 4 calories per gram Fat - 9 calories per gram Alcohol - 7 calories per gram

You can start making choices today to lower your cal-orie intake. Filling your plate with favorite vegeta-bles and snacking on fruits is a quick way to eat few-er calories. Eating smaller portions of higher-calorie foods or eating them less often will cut calories, too. The next section will focus on the second rule of cutting calories -- physical activity.

Burn More Calories Being more active is a good way to control calories.Being more physically active is another way to tip your calorie-balance scale toward weight loss. Physical activ-ity burns up calories, and it boosts your metabolism by revving up your internal engine and keeping it going at a

The food you eat can affect the way blood flows through your heart and arteries. A diet high in cholesterol and "bad" fats (saturated and trans fats) can gradually cause buildup (called plaque) in your arteries. That buildup slows down blood flow and can eventually block your arteries. If the blockage happens in an artery that carries blood to the heart muscle, it can result in a heart attack. If the blockage happens in an artery that carries blood to the brain, it can result in a stroke. The right diet can help keep your arteries clear and will reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Dr. Ryan Banach, a family medicine doctor at Monsey Med-ical and Dental Care weighed in on the subject. “Avoid fried food and avoid cheap restaurant food” he cautioned. “Food in this form is terribly unhealthy for you heart.”

It is important to maintain your ideal weight. Because every person is different, you may have to discuss your weight with your primary care physician. If you're over-weight, the extra pounds put added stress on your heart. Losing weight can help your heart stay healthy. If you need to lose weight, remember that losing just 10% of your body weight will reduce your risks for diabetes and heart disease.

EXERCISE

Exercise makes your heart stronger, which helps it pump more blood with each heartbeat. This delivers more oxy-gen to your body, which helps it function more efficiently. Exercise can also lower blood pressure, reduce your risk of heart disease and reduce levels of LDL ("bad" choles-terol), which can clog the arteries and cause a heart at-tack. At the same time, exercise can raise levels of HDL ("good" cholesterol), which helps protect against a heart attack by carrying fatty deposits out of the arteries. When combined with a healthy diet, exercise can speed up weight loss. Regular exercise also helps you burn calo-ries faster, even when you're sitting still, because exercise builds lean muscle (which burns more calories than fat cells).

If you haven't been exercising, try to work up to 30 min-utes, 4 to 6 times a week. Your doctor may recommend a different exercise routine based on your health. To prevent injuries, it’s best to alternate exercise days with rest days to prevent injuries.

TIPS FOR A HEART-HEALTHY DIET

Eat less bad fat, such as saturated and trans fats. Fats that can harm your health if you eat too much of them are found in foods such as butter, coconut and palm oil, short-ening, meat and whole milk dairy products.

Whole-grain breads are high in fiber and complex carbo-hydrates, so choose these breads for sandwiches and as additions to meals.

Fruits and vegetables are naturally low in fat. Not only do they add flavor and variety to your diet, but they also

see CALORIE page 22

Department of Adult Medicine

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Many people say they have sensitive skin because:• Certain skin care products, or household products that contact their skin, cause stinging, burning, redness, and/or tightness.• Although they have no visible effects after contact with a product, it always makes their skin feel uncomfortable.Dermatologists, doctors specializing in skin, consider the diagnosis of sensi-tive skin when they:• See skin reactions such as pustules, skin bumps, and/or skin erosion.• Observe excessively dry skin, which doesn’t adequately protect nerve end-ings on the skin and may lead to skin reactions from cosmetics or skin care products.• Notice a tendency to blushing and skin flushing, which may also be signs of sensitive skin.A sensitive skin condition may be caused by:• Underlying skin disorders or allergic skin reactions related to immune system dysfunction such as atopic dermatitis (eczema), urticaria (hives), rosacea, or allergic contact dermatitis.• Overly dry or injured skin that can no longer protect nerve endings, leading to skin reactions.• Excessive exposure to skin-damaging environmental factors such as sun and wind, or excessive heat or cold, or excessive showering or bathing• Genetic factors and age, gender, and race. For example, a type of eczema called nummular dermatitis is most commonly found in men over age 60.Patch testing may identify hives, general itchiness, or eczema as signs of aller-gies that are causing or contributing to sensitive skin. Otherwise it is difficult for doctors to test for sensitive skin because of the many and varied factors that can cause it.How to TreatA sensitive skin condition requires special treatment. Dermatologists recom-mend that people with this sensitivity follow these types of regimens:Cleansing. Dermatologists say that people’s sensitive skin responds differently to different cleansing methods. But most agree that “deodorant” soap or high-ly fragranced soap contains strong detergents and should not be used on the face. Soap-free cleansers such as mild cleansing bars and sensitive-skin bars, along with most liquid facial cleansers, have a lower pH than soaps. They have less potential for facial skin irritation, along with cleansing creams and dispos-able facial washcloths.

Moisturizing. These products help your skin retain moisture so it resists drying and abrasion.“Skin-friendly” products contain:• Only a few ingredients• Are fragrance free• Use methylparaben or butylparaben as preservativesIf you have sensitive skin, avoid products containing:• Antibacterial or deodorant ingredients• Alcohol • Retinoids or alpha-hydroxy acidsCosmetics. If you have sensitive skin, the American Academy of Dermatology recom-mends:• Use face powder, which has few preservatives and minimal risk of skin irrita-tion.• Use a silicone-based foundation for minimal skin irritation.• Do not use waterproof cosmetics, because you need a solvent to remove them.• Use products with fewer than 10 ingredients.• Throw out old cosmetics, which can spoil or become contaminated.Sensitive skin requires extra protection in winter and summerFirst, you should know that the American Academy of Dermatology recom-mends protecting your skin with sunscreen year-round. Use a product with at least a sun protection factor (SPF)15 rating, and use it every day that you will be in the sun for longer than 20 minutes.And remember, the sun’s skin-damaging UV

LOW CHOLESTEROL COOKING STREP THROAT

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It's not hard to create recipes that fit with the low-saturated-fat, low-cholesterol eating plan recommended by doctors to help you man-age your blood cholesterol level and help you reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. Discover how easy it is to avoid excess saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol while enjoying mouth-watering dishes. American Heart Association cooking tips listed below will help you prepare tasty, heart-healthy meals.

The American Heart Association recommends eating no more than six ounces of cooked lean meat, poultry, fish or seafood a day for people who need 2,000 calories. Most meats have about the same amount of cholesterol, roughly 70 milligrams in each three-ounce cooked serving (about the size of a deck of cards). But the amount of saturated fat in meats can vary widely, depending on the cut and how it's prepared. Here are some ways to reduce the saturated fat in meat:

Select lean cuts of meat with minimal visible fat. Lean beef cuts include the round, chuck, sirloin or loin.

Buy "choice" or "select" grades rather than "prime." Select lean or extra lean ground beef.

Trim all visible fat from meat before cooking.

Broil rather than pan-fry meats such as hamburger, lamb chops, and steak.

Use a rack to drain off fat when broiling, roasting or baking. Instead of bast-ing with drippings, keep meat moist with wine, fruit juices or an acceptable oil-based marinade.

Cook a day ahead of time. Chulents, boiled meat, soup stock or other dishes in which fat cooks into the liquid can be refrigerated. Then the hardened fat can be removed from the top.

When a recipe calls for browning the meat first, try browning it under the broiler instead of in a pan.

Eat chicken and turkey rather than duck, which is higher in fat.

Remove the skin from chicken or turkey, preferably before cooking. If your poultry dries out too much, leave the skin on for cooking but remove before eating.

Limit processed meats such as bologna, salami and hot dogs. Many pro-cessed meats — even those with "reduced fat" labels — are high in calories and saturated fat. They are often high in sodium as well. Read labels carefully and choose such meats only now and then.

Organ meats such as liver and sweetbreads, are very high in cholesterol. If you're on a cholesterol-lowering diet, eat them only occasionally.

Use olive oil in your homemade salad dressings. Studies found that diets rich in the kind of monounsaturated fat found in olive oil reduced LDL cholesterol in people with diabetes or metabolic syndrome--a cluster of risk factors in-cluding low HDL, high insulin levels, and overweight--just as well as following a low-fat diet.

High cholesterol is one of the major controllable risk factors for coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke. As your blood cholesterol rises, so does your risk of coronary heart disease. If you have other risk factors (such as high blood pressure or diabetes) as well as high cholesterol, this risk in-creases even more. Healthful eating will help lower your overall cholesteral levels, and will help maintain a healthy heart.

Strep throat is a bacterial throat infection that can make your child’s throat feel sore and scratchy. Compared with a viral throat infection, strep throat symptoms are generally more severe. Only a small portion of sore throats are the result of strep throat.

“It's important to identify strep throat for a number of reasons.” cautions Dr. Paul Bloom, a pediatrician at Monsey Medical and Dental Care. “If untreated, strep throat can sometimes cause complications such as kidney inflammation and rheumatic fever.” Rheumatic fever can lead to painful and inflamed joints, a rash and even damage to heart valves.

“Strep throat is so common and since it is highly contagious” continues Dr. Bloom. “Very often strep is passed from sibling to sibling; Strep is most com-mon between the ages of 5 and 15.” Concluded Dr. Bloom.

SYMPTOMS OF STREP THROAT INCLUDE:

Throat pain

Difficulty swallowing

Red and swollen tonsils, sometimes with white patches or streaks of pus

Tiny red spots on the soft or hard palate — the area at the back of the roof of the mouth

Swollen, tender lymph glands (nodes) in your neck

Fever

Headache

Rash

Stomachache and sometimes vomiting, especially in younger children

Fatigue

It's possible for you or your child to have many of these signs and symptoms, but not have strep throat. “Many parents bring their kids in when they have runny noses,” points out Dr. Bloom. “This is generally not a result of strep throat.” The cause of these signs and symptoms could be a viral infection or some other kind of illness. That's why your doctor generally tests specifically for strep throat.

It's also possible to have the bacteria that can cause strep in your throat without having a sore throat. Some people are carriers of strep, which means they can pass the bacteria on to others, but the bacteria are not currently making them sick.

Strep bacteria is highly contagious. They can spread through airborne drop-lets when someone with the infection coughs or sneezes, or through shared food or drinks. You can also pick up the bacteria from a doorknob or other surface and transfer them to your nose or mouth.

Doctors usually diagnose the cause of a sore throat on the basis of a physical exam and lab tests.

During the exam, the doctor looks for signs and symptoms of strep throat, such as fever and enlarged lymph nodes, and will probably use a tongue depressor to get a good look at the throat and tonsils. In addition, the doctor will check for redness, swelling, and white streaks or pus on the tonsils. Strep is treated very effectively with the use of antibiotics.

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MENTAL HEALTH TIPS

• Exercise daily. begin a regular exercise program. Without ques-tion, the chemicals produced during moderate exercise can be extremely beneficial in terms of enhancing the function of the im-mune system.

• Eat a healthy, balanced diet. Stress and worrying provoke some people to eat too little, others too much, or to eat unhealthy foods. Keep your health in mind when worrying nudges you toward the fridge.

• Drink caffeine in moderation. Caffeine stimulates the nervous sys-tem, which can trigger adrenaline and make you feel nervous and jittery.

• Learn to relax. Relaxation techniques can trigger the relaxation response -- a physiological state characterized by a feeling of warmth and quiet mental alertness. This is the opposite of the “fight or flight” response. Relaxation techniques can offer a real potential to reduce anxiety and worries. They can also increase your ability to self-manage stress.

• Have a strong social network. Loneliness may be as much a risk factor for disease as having high cholesterol or smoking ciga-rettes. People who are happily married and/or have large net-works of friends not only have greater life expectancies compared with those people who do not, but they also have fewer incidences of just about all types of disease.

DEALING WITH WORRY:

Are you an excessive worrier? Perhaps you subconsciously think that if you “worry enough,” you can prevent bad things from happening. But the fact is worrying can affect your body in ways that may surprise you. When worrying becomes excessive, it can lead to feelings of high anxiety and even cause you to be physically ill.

Worrying is feeling uneasy or being overly concerned about a situation or problem. With excessive worrying, your mind and body go into overdrive as you constantly focus on “what might happen.”

In the midst of excessive worrying, you may suffer with high anxiety -- even panic -- during all your waking hours. Many chronic worriers tell of feeling a sense of impending doom or unrealistic fears that only increase their worries. Ultra-sensitive to their environment and to the criticism of others, excessive worriers may see anything -- and anyone -- as a potential threat.

Chronic worrying affects your daily life so much that it interferes with your appetite, lifestyle habits, relationships, sleep, and job performance. Many people who worry excessively are so anxiety-ridden that they seek relief in harmful lifestyle habits such as overeating, eating junk food, cigarette smoking, or using alcohol and drugs.

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. Ongoing anxiety, though, may be the result of a disorder such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or social anxiety. Anxiety disorders are commonplace in the U.S., affecting nearly 40 million adults.

Stressful events such as a test or a job interview can make anyone feel a bit anxious. And sometimes, a little worry or anxiety is helpful. It can help you get ready for an upcoming situation. For instance, if you’re preparing for a job interview, a little worry or anxiety may push you to find out more about the position. Then you can present yourself more professionally to the potential employer. Worrying about a test may help you study more and be more prepared on test day.

But excessive worriers react quickly and intensely to these stressful situations or triggers. Even thinking about the situation can cause chronic worriers great distress and disability. Excessive worry or ongoing fear or anxiety is harmful when it becomes so irrational that you can’t focus on reality or think clearly. People with high anxiety have difficulty shaking their worries. When that happens, they may experience actual physical symptoms.

Worrying can affect your physical health

Stress comes from the demands and pressures we experience each day. Long lines at the grocery store, rush hour traffic, a phone ringing nonstop, or a chronic illness are all examples of things that can cause stress on a daily basis. When worries and anxiety become excessive, chances are you’ll trigger the stress response.

Whether or not you become ill depends on how you handle stress. Physical responses to stress involve your immune system, your heart and blood vessels, and how certain glands in your body secrete hormones. These hormones help to regulate various functions in your body, such as brain function and nerve impulses.

All of these systems interact and are profoundly influenced by your coping style and your psychological state. It isn’t the stress that makes you ill. Rather, it’s the effect responses such as excessive worrying and anxiety have on these various interacting systems that can bring on the physical illness. There are things you can do, though, including lifestyle changes, to alter the way you respond.

If you are worried about being worried; speak to a therapist in the Project Ohr Department of Behavioral Health at Monsey Medical and Dental Care.

WORRYING & YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTHReviewed By: Gila Zelinger, LCSW


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Most homeowners don't consider the damage from frozen and broken water pipes as cata-strophic as a natural disaster, but the damages caused from water pipe failures are one of the most common and least recognized catastrophe losses homeowners suffer every year. Second only to hurricanes, frozen and broken water pipes cause more losses in terms of the num-ber of homes damaged and the total amount of claims paid by insurance companies in the U.S. Repair costs of $50,000 are very common for homes that suffer damage from frozen and bro-ken water pipes. These damages can be a ho-meowners worst nightmare. When a pipe bursts water gushes from the pipe, and can turn a basement into a river within minutes. Water damage from frozen and broken pipes causes the most extreme dam-age when homeowners are away from their house, at work or on vacation because the plumbing can rupture and water can run unnoticed for hours and often several days.Damages caused by frozen, rup-tured water pipes include:

Soaked and ruined drywall, wall-paper, and paint peel away and can turn moldy. Kitchen cabinets warp and may even pull away from a wet wall.Carpets and draperies ruined and may need complete replacement depending on how long they remain saturated.Lost family pictures and photo albums in most cases they can not be saved if wet.Important records and paperwork that in many cases cannot be replaced.Damage to antiques, furniture and clothing.It isn't uncommon for a home to need a complete reconstruction due to development of mold and mildew. Spores of mold, including the deadly Stachybotrys Mold can start reproducing within hours of a home becoming saturated by the wa-ter. Every year families return from vacations to find their homes not only water damaged but mold covering every inch of their home from floor to ceiling. We can't prevent the leading cause of water damage loss--hurricanes--but homeown-ers can take measures to prevent frozen and broken water pipes. Every homeowner with an insurance policy agrees as part of the terms of the policy to take steps to avoid the nightmares

of water damage and help reduce the insurance claims and total losses that result. Insurance policyholders share the financial burden of fro-zen and broken water pipes with increased in-surance rates. Prevention is the first line of ac-tion for risk management of broken water pipes.Homeowners can take a few precautions before the next freeze that may save your home from the devastating effects of frozen and broken wa-ter pipes. Before it gets too cold be sure to:

Disconnect all garden hoses and other out-side water connections. Whenever possible, use

an indoor valve to shut off and drain water from pipes leading to outside faucets. This reduces the chance of freezing in the short span of pipe just inside the house. Homeowners might also consider using the Foam insula-tion covers for outdoor faucets.

Insulate any exposed pipes, check for water lines located in the basement, under the house, near or on exterior walls and water lines in attics. Be sure to protect pipes with northern ex-posures, and wrap UL-approved heat tape. The improper usage of heat tape or pipe insulation can cause a fire so be sure to

follow the manufacturer's instructions.Seal any leaks in your home that might allow

cold air inside where pipes are located, espe-cially in the kitchen, and bathrooms.

Keep thermostats set to at least 55 degrees when the house is vacant or while you are on vacation during the winter. It might be a good idea to have someone check on the home while you are away and make sure it's staying warm enough to prevent pipe freezing.

If you plan to be away for a long period of time drain and shut off the water system completely, except indoor fire sprinkler systems.The most important thing to know is how to shut off the water supply if a pipe bursts. And be sure everyone in the family knows how to turn off the water in the event of a burst pipe because quick action will minimize damage. Know What to Do When Your Pipes Freeze--Mitigate Your Losses!

HOW TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)

POISONING

DON'T LET YOUR PIPES FREEZE TIPS TO AVOID HOME WATER DAMAGE.

Proper care of your wood burning stove, gas or oil furnace is key to sav-ing money and energy. It also helps to identify and address any carbon monoxide (CO) issues in your home.

CO gas may be invisible, odorless, col-orless and tasteless, but it is serious business. If heating units aren’t work-ing properly, or if their exhaust isn’t vented outdoors, CO can build up to deadly concentrations. If there’s soot buildup and cracks or separation in vents, CO could leak in your home, threatening your health and saftety.

Some symptoms of CO poisoning are headaches, dizziness, nausea and stinging eyes. Some warning signs include a back draft or hot draft com-ing out of the fule diverter, no draft in the chimney or flue; fallen soot from a fireplace chimney or furnace flue; stuffy, stale air or the smell of gas, fuel oil or propane in your home.

What to do?

If you suspect CO poisoning immedi-ately evacuate the premises and call 911. Some preventative measures include having a qualified contractor tune-up your heating system and in-spect your chimney every year. If you switched from oil to gas heat, make sure that your chimney has been cleaned and inspected by a qualified service person.

Make sure your furnace’s flue pipe connection is tight, and pipes aren’t damaged. Periodically clean and ad-just your appliances’ pilot light and burner chamber to ensure proper combustion and ignition.

Never use grills or portable genera-tors indoors or in an enclosed space.

Most important, install CO detectors.

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BALANCE FROM PAGE 18

contain important nutrients like fiber, vitamins and minerals.

Baking, broiling and roasting are the healthiest ways to prepare meat and poultry. Trim any outside fat or skin before cooking. Lean cuts can be pan-broiled or stir-fried. Use either a non-stick pan or nonstick cooking spray in-stead of butter or margarine.

Dry beans, peas and lentil offer protein and fiber without the cholesterol and fat that meats have. Once in a while, try substituting beans for meat in a fa-vorite recipe, such as lasagna or chili.

Choose low- or nonfat versions of milk, yogurt and cheese products.

CALORIE FROM PAGE 18

higher rate for some time after you've stopped the activity. And physical ac-tivity, particularly strengthening activi-ties, builds lean muscle tissue, which burns more calories than fat. The more muscle you have, the faster you burn calories, even when you're at rest.

Remember, fat is also essential for proper brain and nerve development, the Dietary Guidelines' fat intake rec-ommendations are based on age:

Adults -- 20-35 percent of calories Age 4-18 -- 25-35 percent of calories

Age 2-3 -- 30-35 percent of calories In the next section we will look at the third rule of controlling calo-ries, making wise food choices.

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HHS HealthBeat (February 23, 2011)

OVER100 AND GOING STRONG

Some people live to be over 100 with clear minds and active bodies. Healthy living can help people get there, along with good genes. And a researcher says good attitudes seem to make a dif-ference, too.

Leonard Poon of the University of Georgia looked at data on 244 people ages 100 years or older. Some were in remarkably good shape – those he calls "expert survivors." Poon says they tended to be adaptable – not dwelling on bad feelings about problems, and maybe trying to fix them:

"Instead of being inflexible, they tend to be more flexible, and they also tend to be in charge of their environment.’’ (8 seconds)

The study in the journal Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Re-search was supported by the National Institutes of Health.

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