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Every year, the United States Department of Health and Human Services designates the week of Mother’s Day as the national observance for women’s health. This special week was designated to promote the health of the women in our lives by educating them on how to live longer, happier, and healthier lives through continuous, quality healthcare. This May 13th through 19th, celebrate the health of women by increasing your awareness of women’s health issues, participating in promotional healthcare events, and helping the women in your life make health their top priority.
During National Women’s Health Week, encourage the women in your life to take the following steps for improving their health and preventing disease:
- Eat well
A balanced and nutritious diet is the cornerstone for a healthy life. To get the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients the body needs to stay well, it is important to eat a variety of foods. Focus on green, leafy vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, lean proteins, and fruits.
- Exercise often
Getting in the habit of exercising regularly will not only help to manage weight—it will also help to boost mood, improve sleep, and promote cardiovascular health. Encourage the women in your life to get at least 30 minutes of exercise most, if not all, days of the week.
- Get screened regularly
For women, getting regular screening is especially important for maintaining good health. Tests such as colonoscopies and pap smears can help to detect cancers before they become advanced.
- Save time for relaxation
Relaxation is just as important as periods of physical activity. Encourage the women in your life to take time out of their day for themselves to relax.
- Stay safe
Encourage your friends and loved ones to stay safe and healthy during their everyday lives by avoiding tobacco, wearing a helmet when biking, and wearing seatbelts.
At Good Samaritan Hospital, our experienced medical team offers the women and families of San Jose high-quality, advanced medical care to promote and sustain health at all stages of life. Our BreastCare Center provides women with a comfortable environment for breast screening and care. If you would like to learn more about promoting the excellent health of the women in your life, please contact Good Sam today at (888) 724-2362.
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In celebration of Mother’s Day, we’ve put together a list of quotes honoring mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society:
- A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. --Tenneva Jordan
- Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love. --Mildred B. Vermont
- Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. --Author Unknown
- Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. --Oprah Winfrey
- A mom's hug lasts long after she lets go. --Author Unknown
- A mother's heart is a patchwork of love. --Author Unknown
- Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. --Marcel Proust
- Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. --Elizabeth Stone
- Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. --Lin Yutang, Chinese writer
- All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. --Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895
- Nobody knows of the work it makes
To keep the home together.
Nobody knows of the steps it takes,
Nobody knows-but Mother. -- Anonymous
- Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. --T. DeWitt Talmage
- There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. --Chinese Proverb
- When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. --Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty
- A mother understands what a child does not say. --Jewish Proverb
- A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. --Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. --Marion C. Garretty
- All I am or can be I owe to my angel Mother. --Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President
- My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. --George Washington, U.S. President
- There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way. --Andrew Jackson, U.S. President
- To the world you might just be one person, but to your mother you are the world. --Author Unknown
- There is no velvet so soft as a mother's lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps. --Archibald Thompson
- Mothers can look through a child's eyes and see tomorrow.
Mothers deserve the credit for raising value-based leaders who accept responsibility; who possess physical, mental, and spiritual strength; who possess courage and confidence; and look with optimism to the future.
Great mothers help their children to recognize that they can achieve the impossible.
Great mothers bring the arms of comfort to an insecure child in a world of uncertainty. --Reed Markham, American Educator
- There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one. --Jill Churchill
- Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired; it need not be deserved. --Erich Fromm, psychologist
- Woman knows what man has long forgotten, that the ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family. --Clare Boothe Luce
- The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. --Honore de Balzac
- A mighty power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled, for the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world. --William Ross Wallace
- A mother is person who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take. --Elizabeth Marie
- Children and mothers never truly part. They're bound in the beating of each other's heart. --Elizabeth Marie
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Are you still interested to find out more about women’s health, emergency care, or autism awareness? The links below contain more helpful information about these topics and more. If you have any remaining questions, please contact Good Samaritan Hospital of San Jose at (888) 724-2362.
- Eye health becomes increasingly important as our bodies age—learn more about taking better care of your eyes by visiting the National Eye Institute website.
- Women appear to be more susceptible to vision problems than men. Prevent Blindness America lists some helpful ways for women to care for their eyes.
- Are you prepared for labor and delivery? These articles from the American Pregnancy Association can help you to feel more prepared for this exciting time.
- If you are looking for more information regarding pregnancy, labor, birth, or other women’s health issues, check out the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists website.
- Good Samaritan Hospital of San Jose works hard to keep their emergency room wait times far below the national average described in this CDC report.
- Autism is becoming more and more common in American children. Learn more about this behavioral spectrum disorder from the Autism Society.
- You can also find out more about the prevalence of autism from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides more information about the various forms of heart disease and how they are treated.
- Getting healthy will decrease your risk of developing heart disease and many other chronic health conditions. Find out more about making healthy decisions on the American Heart Association website.
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We're fortunate have some of the best nurses around. We thank you all and wish you a Happy Nurses Week!
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At Good Samaritan Hospital of San Jose, we are proud to provide care to more cardiac patients than any other hospital in Santa Clara County. Our Cardiac and Vascular Institute offers the full range of diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation services for any area of cardiovascular care. Our program has been recognized both locally and nationally as a center of excellence for its variety and quality of services—read on to learn more about what Good Samaritan has to offer the heart patients in our community.
- Chest Pain Center
Our Chest Pain Center has earned accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers for providing patients experiencing cardiac episodes with the highest quality of care. Our cardiologists and cardiac surgeons are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to respond to any emergency.
- Cardiac catheterization
The Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Good Samaritan performs more than three thousand procedures a year with a wide range of minimally invasive, state-of-the-art techniques. Our heart hospital was honored to be the first community-based catheterization lab in the country to implant the new “drug-eluting stent” to improve the outcome of stenting procedures.
- Electrophysiology
Our advanced Electrophysiology Lab utilizes sophisticated testing and diagnostic methods to identify and treat heart arrhythmias, or electrical disturbances in the heart.
- Cardiac surgery
At Good Samaritan, our cardiac surgeons have the experience that counts—the surgeons that lead our cardiac surgery program have performed over four thousand procedures in the past 10 years. Our staff of talented and knowledgeable specialists is committed to providing patients with compassionate, quality care before, during, and after each procedure.
- Cardiac intensive care
Our Cardiac Intensive Care Unit is staffed by specially trained nurses committed to assisting each heart patient and their family on their road to successful recovery.
- Cardiac rehabilitation
Cardiac rehabilitation provides patients who have recently undergone cardiac surgery or suffered from a heart attack a monitored, supportive environment through which they can make life-long strategies for healthier living.
- Vascular surgery
The board-certified vascular surgeons at Good Samaritan utilize only the most advanced surgical methods to treat arterial and venous issues.
Do you still have questions about the services offered by Good Samaritan Hospital of San Jose? If so, please contact our Consult-A-Nurse healthcare referral line at (888) 724-2362. Our nurses are available any time of the day or night to answer your medical questions or refer you to an experienced specialist.
