Mountain Views News          Saturday, May 15, 2010

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The Good Life

 Mountain Views News Saturday, May 15, 2010

SENIOR HAPPENINGS

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS

Today’s Subject: 

 Getting a Good Night’s Sleep

Health Tips From Dr. John Talevich

Recipe of the Week:

Strawberry Cinnamon Muffins

INGREDIENTS:

2 eggs

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup plain yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 stick butter, melted and cooled

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/2 cups strawberries, hulled and cut in 
chunks

 

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 375°F/200°C. Grease muffin tins or 
line with paper cups. 

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and 
sugar until light. Add milk, yogurt, vanilla, and 
melted butter. Gently whisk. 

In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, 
and cinnamon. Add to milk mixture and stir just 
until flour disappears. Gently stir in berries. 

Spoon thick batter into muffin cups to the top. Bake 
about 25 minutes, until tster comes out clean. Invert 
and cool on rack. Serves 12 

FYI:

How To Buy Safe, 
Affordable Medication 

(NAPSI)-Good news for an 
increasing number of Americans is 
that information on where to get the 
medication they need at a price they 
can afford is at their fingertips.

Medication costs in the United States 
continue to rise, making it difficult 
for many people, especially those on 
fixed incomes. Consumers who take 
daily “maintenance medications” for 
such things as diabetes, high blood 
pressure, high cholesterol and a 
variety of other medical conditions 
can also feel the financial squeeze of 
high prescription costs.

While there are many online 
pharmacies around the world that 
sell drugs at significantly reduced 
prices, they do so with varying 
degrees of oversight and reliability. 
So how can consumers know whom 
to trust? 

Consider this helpful checklist of 
five questions that consumers should 
ask before ordering any medication 
online:

1) Is the pharmacy licensed and 
regulated in its home country?

2) Does the pharmacy require a 
written, signed prescription from the 
patient’s doctor in order to fill the 
prescription?

3) Does the pharmacy guarantee 
patient privacy and confidentiality of 
records and contact information?

4) Are the medications sold made by 
leading brand-name manufacturers?

5) Does the pharmacy have a licensed 
pharmacist reviewing orders, and is 
the pharmacist accessible to patients 
for questions?

“It is possible to find safe, affordable 
prescription medications online,” 
says Tim Smith of the Canadian 
International Pharmacy Association. 
His organization’s members are 
licensed retail pharmacies in Canada 
that have a well-established history of 
filling millions of U.S. prescriptions 
a year, at prices up to 80 percent less 
than those at U.S. pharmacies.

“Patient safety is a top priority for 
licensed and regulated pharmacies,” 
says Smith. Although his group has 
a perfect safety record, “numerous 
unregulated ‘rogue pharmacies’ exist 
and patients need to use caution by 
ordering only from trusted sources.”

For more information and guidance 
on ordering safe, affordable 
prescriptions online, visit www.
ciparx.ca or call (204) 453-6586. 


Headaches

Part II

Structural Stressors

 The effects of gravity on the body can 
lead to areas of tension resulting in pain and 
discomfort.   Various clinical research projects 
have demonstrated that, when the body is 
properly aligned, movement requires very little 
work.   Once off-kilter, the amount of work and 
strain accelerates in proportion to the degree 
of misalignment.   That said, headaches may 
result from structural stress.

 Here are a few recommendations to 
reduce the negative effects of gravity, thereby 
decreasing tension that can lead to headaches.

 First, check the wear pattern on the heels 
of your shoes.   If they are worn unevenly on 
the outside or inside edges, the resulting effect 
causes compensation which leads to stress in the neck.   This instability can lead to headaches.   Either 
get new shoes or have the heels repaired to stabilize your gait.

 If your job requires that you sit for long periods of time, get up every half hour and activate the 
postural muscles so they maintain normal physiology.   Walk, stretch and breathe ~ this not only 
eases tension leading to many headaches, but also releases enzymes responsible for burning fat and 
reducing cholesterol.   Double benefits!

 At night, make sure your pillow properly supports your head.   If you prefer sleeping on your side, 
the head needs to be aligned with the spine.   Often, two pillows provide the proper support.   On your 
back, the pillow should be supporting the back of the neck, not lifting the head too high, thus pushing 
the chin toward the chest.

 While watching TV, make sure you are comfortable and that the head and neck are supported. 
  
Don’t fall asleep with your chin falling onto your chest, as an example!   

 As you can see, poor postural habits lead to neck (cervical spine) strain and tension.   It’s been 
observed within the chiropractic profession that well over 90% of patients with headaches have 
cervical strain, easily observed in physical examination. 

 I hope these suggestions will help reduce your headache patterns.

 
Next week, our final headaches segment ~ Have a great week! Dr. John

Dr. John Talevich, D.C. has practiced in Sierra Madre 
for thirty years. His clinic, LifeWorks! Chiropractic, 
offers patient-specific approaches to the alleviation 
of pain and individually tailored wellness programs. 

May Birthdays

Juanita Loera, JoAnn Serrato-Chi, Barbara 
Siykabukkem Dorothy Tillquist, Joanne Anthony, 
Carole Axline, Kika Diwney, Shirley Hall, Dorothy 
Murphy, Annie Scalzo, Janet Ten Eyck


Activities: 

Lunch Program: Monday- 
Friday at the Intervale 
Café -12:00 Noon-Call 
(626) 355-0256 to make 
your daily reservation. 
Suggested donation $2.00 
for seniors (60+) and 
$3.75 for visitors.

Monday: 

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm: 
Strength training with 
Lisa Brandley. FREE class 
of stretching with light 
hand weights while you 
sit.

Tuesday:

2nd Tuesday of each 
month FREE blood 
pressure checks by 
Methodist Hospital; 11 
am to 12 noon 

3rd Tuesday of each 
month FREE financial 
consulting; 10 -12 noon 
call 355-7394 for an 
appointment

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm: 
BINGO; cards are only 
25 cents each so stop by 
& play 

5:30 pm to 7 pm: Yoga; 
$7.00 - 50 & over. Please 

call 355-5278 for more 
information

Wednesday:

11 –11:45 am: Balance 
Class with Teryl. FREE 
class designed to improve 
balance & refresh the 
joints

2nd Wednesday of the 
month: FREE Legal 
Consultations: 10-11:30 
am. Appointments call 
355-7394

Wii Wednesday - 1:00 
pm or call the senior desk 
at 355-7394 to arrange 
another time & day to 
learn how to play. No 
previous experience or 
skills required and it is 
great exercise.

Thursday:

1:00 to 3:30 pm: Game 
Day. Join us for UNO 
and Poker with Bridge on 
the 2nd & 4th Thursdays; 
so please call for more 
information.

5:00 pm to 6:30 pm: Yoga; 
$7.00 - 50 & over. Please 
call 355-5278 for more 
information

Friday: 

1:00 pm: Ping Pong

Saturday: 11:30 am: 
Senior Club brown bag 
lunch and BINGO at 
12:30 pm

 Unless listed differently, all 
activities are at the Hart 
Memorial Park (Senior Center) 
222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., 
Sierra Madre

LifeWorks! Chiropractic Center

Individually Tailored Wellness Programs

31 S. Baldwin Avenue Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

626-355-4710

www.ascension-sierramadre.comSunday, May 16Sierra Madre Church of the AscensionCelebrating 125 years 
of its founding.
Special choral evensong, 5 p.m.
Free to the public.
Buffet dinner 6:30$5 person$5 for childrenSpecial Program on the History of AscensionReservations a must! Call (626) 355-1133
NEW Box Meals at the Senior Lunch Café

The senior lunch program is pleased to offer special box 
meals that can be ordered & taken home. Participants 
must be 60 years or older, make a reservation 24 hours 
in advance, come to the Hart Park House to sign & 
make a $2 donation and bring an insulated container 
to carry out the box meal. There is a special box meal 
menu available at the Hart Park House - for more 
information or to reserve a meal, please call (626) 
355-0256.


Meals are delivered to home-
bound seniors by volunteer drivers through 
the YWCA Intervale Lunch Program M-F 
(with frozen meals for the weekend.) Call the 
YWCA at (626) 214-9460 or Darlene Traxler 
at (626) 355-0256 for more information.

Meals-On-Wheels


MEALS-ON-WHEELS NEEDS 
VOLUNTEERS TO DELIVER MEALS TO 
OUR HOMEBOUND NEIGHBORS **ONCE 
A MONTH OR WEEKLY** 

Please contact Darlene Traxler at 

626.355.6220 or 

(626) 355-0256.


Friday, May 14 - LA Central Library 
Tour & Lunch - 9 am to 3 pm; $7 for transportation 
only - lunch on your own.

 June TBA - Cheese Factory Tour & Lunch at a 
Temecula Winery

 May excursions are open and reservations can be 
made by filling out a registration form & making 
payment. For questions, please call the Sierra Madre 
Senior Desk at (626) 355-7394. 

MONTHLY 
EXCURSIONS


SIERRA MADRE’S 
FARMERS MARKET!


Wednesdays 3-7pm 

 

Fresh vegetables and seasonal fruits from California 
family farms. Specialty foods, vegetarian and vegan 
dishes, ethnic foods and hot food - Everything you’ll find 
at the farmers market has been made or picked fresh, is 
pesticide-free and preservative-free. 

Free public parking on Mariposa.