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Hospice buildsrelationships withpatients, familiesBy EMILY ADAMSHome staff writer

Comforting patients through hard times is in the job description of any hospice, but American Hospice in Sylacauga says it goes the extra mile to ensure every need is met quickly and with care.

“Being locally owned and operated allows us to provide one-on-one care in a way that some other hospices can’t,” American Hospice public relations representative Heaven Sapp said. “We are on-call 24-hours a day, seven days a week, and we take all of our own calls. When you talk to someone here, you’re talking to someone who knows the patient.”

The hospice provides home health aids, weekly nurse visits, social work-ers, chaplains and other assistance to meet the physical, emotional, spiri-tual and even legal needs of the patient and their family.

“When we help the patient, it’s also a goal of ours to take care of the person caring for them, whether it’s a wife, hus-band, child or friend,” Sapp said. “We make sure to educate them about everything that’s going on and provide a service to answer all of their ques-tions.”

Sapp said being able to get to a patient’s house within 15 to 30 minutes is another aspect that sets their hospice apart.

“A quick response time is a must,” she said. “We

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American Hospice employees, including Sabrina Campbell, public rela-tions representative Heaven Sapp and Kelsey Moore, from the left, go the extra mile to meet patients’ needs.

have nurses throughout the entire area we serve, so if one can’t get to a patient’s home within 30 minutes, they’re assigned another nurse that can. We want to get someone in the home as soon as they’re needed.”

Owned and operated by Judy Bearden, American Hospice has a staff of 16 people who have each worked there for at least three years.

“Care Team” meetings every two weeks ensure staff members are up-to-date on each patient. Dr. Mohamed Aldahar of Coosa Valley Medical Center and Dr. Dimtcho Popob of Russell Medical Center serve as medical directors and help nurses develop and carry out each patient’s care plan.

“We know the patients; we know what’s going on with them,” Sapp said. “We do everything

right here out of this one office.”

While hospice patients cannot seek aggressive treatment, Sapp said nurs-es and aides do anything else possible to make them comfortable.

“The goal is to provide the best care possible and to keep them out of pain and keep them comfort-able,” she said. “We do things that they can’t do themselves, from bathing to medications to light housework.”

American Hospice has about 50 patients on aver-age, all with some type of terminal illness. The most common conditions they see include cancer, con-gestive heart failure, coro-nary artery disease, stroke, renal failure, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and failure to thrive. They cur-rently see patients, who must have a life expectan-cy of six months or less,

from ages 40 to 108.The hospice, which

serves nine counties in a 50-mile radius of Sylacauga, continues to assist families for one year after a patient dies.

However, Sapp said some-times their stories have a happier ending.

“We see patients get well all the time,” she said. “We’ve had some come home with terminal

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By AZIZA JACKSONHome staff writer

The mission of Tri-City Neurology is to serve Talladega’s neuro-logical needs with com-passion and up-to-date scientific evidence and research.

Dr. Fazal Rahim, head physician at Tri-City Neurology, also prac-tices at Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega, St. Vincent’s Hospital Out Patient Center in Pell City and Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga.

Sean O’Malley, a neurosurgeon with the Birmingham Brain and Spine Center, consults

patients on an appoint-ment basis.

Rahim and his staff see patients suffering from all kinds of neuro-logical disorders, such as strokes, seizures, migraines/headaches, spine problems, sleep disorders, diseases of muscles (myopathy), myasthenia, neuropa-thies, restless syndrome, dementia/Alzheimer’s,

Parkinson’s disease, tremors, multiple scle-rosis, carpel tunnel syn-drome, radiculopathies, and ALS/motor neuron diseases, according to Tri-City’s website.

The staff at Tri-City Neurology performs

electrodiagnostic tests that include nerve con-duction studies (NCV), electromyography (EMG), sleep studies, EEGs, and spinal taps.

Nerve conduction studies are effective in determining a variety of neurological disorders, including pinched nerves, damaged nerves, muscle diseases and diseases of nerve-muscle junction.

Tri-City Neurology uses state-of-the-art equipment to evaluate for carpel tunnel syndrome, other entrapment neurop-athies, radiculopathies, myopathies and plexopa-thies, the website states.

Electromyography is a test where a small

electrode shaped like a pen is used to check the electrical activity inside muscles.

The EMG is per-formed in combination with the nerve conduc-tion study and aides in the evaluation of nerve and muscle diseases. It’s also essential in directing further care options for patients.

Sleep studies are performed at Citizens Baptist Medical Center’s sleep center. There is an initial evaluation for sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, shift work disorder and excessive sleepiness.

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City usually set up tests for patients at the sleep center if it’s found to be necessary after an initial evaluation.

The sleep test consists of two days of test-ing where the patient’s sleeping patterns are monitored all night by a technician.

EEG is used to evalu-ate the brain’s electrical activity. It is an impor-tant tool for the evalua-tion of seizures and sev-eral other disorders.

Tri-City performs EEGs and long-term ambulatory monitoring studies at its Talladega location.

Routine spinal taps, or lumbar punctures, are an

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Laboratory tests are then performed on the sample and the measure-ment of the pressure in the spinal column to help diagnose a variety of neurological disorders.

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Located in an area just off Interstate 20, the Village at Cook Springs offers a unique setting for senior living. Whether it is independent living, assist-ed living or specialty care, skilled nursing, dementia and rehab, the Village is a full service senior living community.

It’s a retirement com-munity in a rural setting,” said Sheryl Mulvehill, who has been marketing direc-tor at the Village for eight years.

Back in the 1950s, it was nothing but a nurs-ing home. Mulvehill said assisted living was started in the mid-1980s.

Currently, there are 271 residents living in all the different areas that make up the Village at Cook Springs, with just over 200 employees there.

Noland Heath Services took over in 2001.

The residents are the ones who make the Village, residents like Pat Nicholson, who has lived there for a year.

Originally from Pell City, Nicholson said she loves living at the Village, and thanks the Lord every day.

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Pat Nicholson, right, has lived at the Village at Cook Springs for the past year. Visiting with her in her room is Sheryl Mulvehill, marketing director at the Village.

at the top of my head to go to Cook Springs,” Nicholson said. “My daughter and I visited here one day, and I told her when I was unable to live in my own house, this is where I wanted to live. Then one day, the Lord spoke to me and told me to go to Cook Springs. I called my five nieces who live in town (Nicholson’s daughter lives in Michigan) and they brought me here, and I have been very happy since.”

Nicholson, 87, said she spends her days trying to be involved as much as possible.

“I go to chapel regularly because it is such a bless-ing,” she said. “I enjoy being in my room and working puzzles. I sit with a table of four for our meals, and we have a very conge-nial group. Everybody is just so friendly here. I am

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“You have no idea how bad I was,” she said. “I am so thankful for the Village at Cook Springs.”

Evelyn Tarrant moved to the Village three and a half years ago from the Roebuck area.

“I was ready to come here because I was ill,” Tarrant said. “My hus-band was ill also. He was in one bedroom, and I was in the other. We had to have nurses round the clock at home. It was so much easier to come out here. I am so much better now. They got me well.”

Tarrant’s husband died about two years ago.

Tarrant is 90 years old and said she tries to attend the activities that are held at the Village, especially the entertainment.

“I love the musical entertainment mainly,” she said. “I enjoy the exer-cise program. By the time you come to your meals three times a day, your day is gone. I do watch some television. My favor-ite thing to watch on TV is the Atlanta Braves. Chipper Jones and Brian McCann are my favorites. I read a lot. I’m an avid reader.”

Audra Rice came to the Village the first of February all the way from Haleyville.

Rice, 88, said the Village is like “heaven on earth.”

“I really like living here,” she said. “There is always something going on here, and I go to every-thing. Like today, exercise is at 1 p.m., then a party at 2 p.m. It’s something all the time, and I enjoy it.

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As a lifelong fitness enthusiast, taking over a gym seems like a natural fit for Sylacauga Fitness owner Rose Bowen; how-ever, Bowen said owning a gym was never part of her plan.

“I really have to give God this, because I did not have intentions of buying this gym,” Bowen said. “I was just an active member that came here to work out, and everything just fell into place.”

She said other members at the North Broadway Avenue gym, formerly Oz Fitness, suggested she buy the business when the pre-vious owners announced it was closing.

“The doors were clos-ing at the end of August, so everybody had to find another gym,” she said. “There’s no access on this side of town, and it can be inconvenient for people to go across town, so some people asked if I would buy it, and I just shrugged it off. But then I began to pray about it, and I told my husband if this is meant to be, God will lay this into my lap.”

Within three weeks, the business was hers.

“Needless to say, it all panned out with no head-aches and no struggles,” Bowen said.

Since taking over Aug. 16, Bowen has been work-ing to make the gym more female-friendly by clean-ing and adding fresh coats of paint to the interior. She also plans to bring in some new equipment and flatscreen TVs.

“I’ve still got some work to do, but I have actually grown with my female friends in just a few weeks,” Bowen said.

She eventually wants to post “before and after” pic-tures of members around the gym as added motiva-

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a big encourager to push individuals to strive for whatever their goal is,” she said. “You know as well as I do that you’ve got to have a made up mind if you really want to push it to the limits.”

Bowen knows a thing or two about being deter-mined. The former body-builder, who also works at Main Avenue Retirement Home, gets up at 4:30 a.m. six days a week to hit the gym.

“Between my job, my husband and four kids, there’s no time in the after-noon, so I have no choice but to be here early,” Bowen said. “You have to be very determined to get results, and I am.”

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Coosa Eye Associatesprovides eye carefor the whole familyBy MARKLEDBETTERHome staff writer

Dr. Duncan Roy at Coosa Eye Associates PC has provided health care for Coosa Valley residents since 1981.

The Childersburg resi-dent said he was raised on a farm about an hour from where he now lives and he values the work ethic and experience he received from his parents. Roy attributes his commitment to educational goals and patient care to his reli-gious training.

He has served twice on the Alabama Board of Optometry, appointed first by Gov. Jim Folsom and then again by Gov. Fob James.

In his 31-year career, Roy said he has seen significant trends in eye problems and the technol-ogy used to address those problems.

“People live longer and I am seeing more disor-ders of the retina and the layers beneath the retina, macular degeneration, and diabetes is more common-ly found these days than in prior years,” he said.

Roy said that aging also has brought an increase in the number of patients with cataracts and glaucoma, which is more easily managed today because medications used to manage the conditions, as well as laser and other surgical approaches, have improved eye care.

An important develop-ment in cataract treatment is a reduction in the need for post-cataract eyewear. Roy said the outcome of

correction has become more predictable.

“We often set the dominate eye for seeing at distance and the non-dom-inant eye for nearer range focus like reading or other near tasks,” he said.

A trend for contact lenses wearers is the use of disposable, single use lenses, Roy said. The sin-gle use lenses cannot be cleaned thoroughly once worn.

“Patients are beginning to understand and appreci-ate this and it has added convenience of discarding at the end of wear period, usually one day,” he said. “(Their) use is much safer and less risk for infection from using a soiled lens.”

A problem Roy said he encounters is more

patients are expecting their insurance to cover every-thing when most plans almost never do.

“Usually patients have not read the coverage and only a HR (human resource) person has been heard to state, ‘It’s a good plan, it covers this and that,’ Roy said. “This can cause misunderstanding about coverage and, as we all know, when there are three parties in a relation-ship, someone will be ‘shortchanged.’”

Roy said he is espe-cially excited about devel-opments in caring for aged related macular degen-eration. He takes time to teach patients about how the problem occurs and

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the treatments available that can slow the degenera-tion process so patients can keep their sight for as long as possible.

According to teach-ing materials furnished by Roy, macular degeneration results from the degenera-tion of the central portion of the retina and affects straight-on vision used in driving, reading, perceiv-ing colors, and recognizing faces. It is the most com-mon cause of blindness in people over 50 years of age.

When in the “dry” stage of development, Roy said he recommends nutri-tional supplements to help slow the process. An Age Related Eye Disease Study indicates high dosages of zinc slows vision loss. A lutein antioxidant supple-mentation test admin-istered by the Veterans Administration indicated high doses of lutein actual-ly improved vision in many with age related macular degeneration.

A teaching video Roy presents to patients describes what happens once the dry stage advances to the “wet” stage. In an attempt to correct its condi-

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Roy said good eye health should be a number one concern since everyone values sight as one of their most precious gifts.

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One of the most impor-tant skills for a pharmacist is the ability to listen.

It’s what has set apart the pharmacists at Odenville Drugs for more than 10 years, even as the business has expanded to facilities in Ashville and Moody, and changed locations on U.S. 411 in Odenville.

“We know just about everybody that comes in the store,” says Robby Jennings, a pharmacist at the Moody location for more than seven years before moving to the Odenville store. “And by that I mean, we know their families, where they work, what their hobbies are, that kind of thing.”

It’s an important skill for a small-town phar-macy.

“In a lot of cases, knowing a patient’s background can help,” Jennings said. “If there’s a decision to be made, it’s easier to make.

“If I have a patient who I know works for the power company and a storm comes (out of the area), and I know that patient’s going to be out of town, I can hold their medicine for them, because I know they’re taking care of business somewhere else.”

Founder and owner Curt Eddy, a Birmingham native, says his new facil-ity — nearly double the size of the original loca-tion — helps the pharma-cists deal with the patients as well. It includes private rooms for further consulta-tion and education, as well as a semi-private counter for filling prescriptions.

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Odenville Drugs knows its customers’ needsgood service, they’ll want to come back.”

Knowing the patient’s needs, according to Eddy, also means that service should be as quick as pos-sible.

“Nearly all the people who come in here are sick,” Eddy said. “They want to get in and out as quickly as they can.

“We’ve been able to do a lot of technology upgrades — we have a robot in the back, and we can do Escribe and get the prescription filled before you even come in — that allows us to get people in and out quickly.”

The business is a hectic one. According to Eddy, the business filled approx-imately 100 prescriptions per day in its first year. It currently fills around 750.

“We want to be able to take care of all the needs,” he said. “Our patients are more than a number.

“We’ve signed wills for people here. All kinds of stuff. We’ve built trust and relationships and that’s

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what has made us so suc-cessful.”

Another part of serv-ing the customer is giving

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Pharmacist Robby Jennings has worked in Odenville roughly two months, after seven years at the pharmacy’s Moody location.

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Owner and founder Curt Eddy explains the pharmacy’s computerized system for filling prescriptions.

clear instructions about how patients can take their medications properly.

“The doctors will explain it,” Eddy said. “We try to do it, too, but do it differently. We want to bring it down to our patients’ level, make them feel comfortable.

“It helps that most of our employees are familiar faces — people you’ve been to school with, can communicate with. They come to us and know they’ll get the right

answer.”Jennings said talking to

patients “the right way” is important.

“It’s not just, ‘You need to take this right,’” he said. “We have to explain to them why. It makes the patient more willing to lis-ten and do that.”

The pharmacy has also made an effort to work in the community, donating supplies to the local schools when needed.

“We all have kids in the area,” Eddy said. “Everybody gets to know everybody.

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UAB Health Center Moody is conveniently located and open five days a week to serve people of all ages.

Kristi Hall, offi-cer manager for UAB Moody, said all physi-cians are board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics, provid-ing neonatal to geriatrics care patients.

Because of the broad range of care, UAB Moody offers a con-

tinuum of care from birth through adulthood.

Hall said UAB Moody has three Med-Peds physicians, Dr. Zachary Stone, Dr. Stephen Russell and Dr. Rebecca Miller, who have been at UAB Moody since 2003.

“We will be adding one more female physi-cian in 2013,” she said.

UAB Moody first opened in 1998 and is located at 2701 Moody Parkway. The office is open 7:40 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

“All three doctors are

accepting new patients,” Hall said.

Evaluation and treat-ment for adults include preventative medicine, hypertension, smoking cessation to help people quit using tobacco prod-ucts, cholesterol abnor-malities, heart problems, asthma and lung disor-ders, diabetes, thyroid disease, sinus/allergy problems, arthritis/osteo-porosis and gastrointesti-nal disorders.

Comprehensive evalu-ations and treatments for pediatric problems include asthma, Well Child care/immuniza-tions, ADD/ADHD, general illnesses, sports check-ups and seasonal allergies and shots.

“We offer lab services

on site,” Hall said. She said their office

has six nurses to assist three doctors. UAB Moody also has two lab technicians and seven administrative personnel.

Hall said UAB Moody is one of several out-reach medical centers that is part of the larger UAB Medical Center and Kirkland Clinic in Birmingham, making it more convenient for people who live out of the Birmingham metro area, including St. Clair County residents.

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Crossroads Chiropractic treats whole bodyBy ELSIE HODNETTHome staff writer

Crossroads Chiropractic in Moody offers a variety of treat-ments for the whole body.

“We offer chiro-practic, nutrition, acu-puncture, craniopath treatment, which is more advanced chiropractic training, massage ther-apy and more,” said Dr. Shawn Stubbs, owner of Crossroads Chiropractic.

Stubbs said she is a board certified chiro-practic physician, board certified acupuncturist, certified nutritionist, certified craniopath and a registered nurse.

“We opened in 2000, and moved to our cur-rent location in 2006,” said Ginny Pate, office manager for Crossroads Chiropractic, located at 2826 Moody Parkway, Suite A.

“For therapy, we have ultrasound and TENS electrical stimulation, cold laser therapy, acu-puncture and more,” she said. “Chiropractic can really help kids as well as adults with things like ear infections, stomach issues, boost the immune system — treat minor problems before they become major prob-lems.”

Stubbs said for chi-ropractic treatment, she does soft tissue work, instrument adjusting of the back and light pres-sure general adjustments applied to bones and muscles to get them to align.

“I don’t do any twist-ing of the neck and back,” she said.

Stubbs said she treats a lot of sports injuries from football, soccer and more.

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Crossroads Chiropractic in Moody offers chiropractic, acupuncture, nutrition, massage and more. Pictured are office manager Ginny Pate, left, and Dr. Shawn Stubbs, owner of Crossroads Chiropractic.

“The soft tissue chiro-practic helps the muscle contractions loosen up, relaxing the muscles so they can function prop-erly, which helps relieve pain,” she said.

Stubbs said acupunc-ture works a lot of differ-ent pathways in the body to help relieve chronic pain.

“Acupuncture stimu-

lates the body’s natural painkillers to help relieve chronic pain with no side effects,” she said. “It’s great for sinuses, head-aches, and helps a lot with vertigo and insom-nia.”

Stubbs said nutrition also plays a big role in the body’s well being.

“The foods we eat now aren’t as good as

10 years ago,” she said. “There are a lot of chem-icals in the soil and other factors. The nutrition I give people is whole foods — more of a pure form of that nutrition. For example, if someone needs Vitamin A, the whole foods would grind up an organic carrot instead of synthesizing the vitamin in a lab. It comes from the food, not from a lab.”

Stubbs said she uses a variety of tests to deter-mine how the person’s body is currently func-tioning and what it lacks, including blood tests, saliva tests and reflex testing.

She said in addition to the treatments she offers, Crossroads Chiropractic is incorporating massage as well, with a massage therapist who comes twice a week to help patients.

“The craniopath involves relieving pres-

sure in the head to help with TMJ, headaches, sinus problems, vertigo and more,” she said. “It’s more advanced chiro-practic training that a lot of people aren’t familiar with. Many patients don’t realize that jaw problems, such as TMJ, can cause other problems like neck pain. They may be try-ing to seek help for the wrong area of the body due to referred pain.”

Stubbs said when she treats the underlying cause, it can help relieve the patient’s symptoms.

“That’s what chiro-practic is all about — find out the cause instead of masking the symp-toms,” she said. “And if there is truly a problem that chiropractic can’t help, I refer the patient to a specialist in the medical field for a consultation.”

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Some call it “exercise in disguise.”

Others call it “a total body workout.”

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What it does is take a huge combination of fit-ness and dance moves, put them together to music that makes you want to move and there you have

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has drawn in more than 12 million people who are taking weekly Zumba classes in some 110,000 locations in more than 126 countries

The fitness craze was born completely by mis-take.

It was Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Perez who gave it its start when he left his tapes for an aero-bics class he was teaching in Columbia behind one day in 1986.

At 19, he was awarded a national lambada con-test from one of Cali. Colombia’s best academ-ics called with an offer to study dance while teach-ing step aerobics.

Instead of canceling his class when he realized he didn’t have his tapes, Perez simply reached into his backpack, pulled out some salsa and merengue music and improvised.

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Leslie Day has been a Zumba instructor going on three years now. Her classes meet at Celebrations in Pell City and attract fitness fans of all ages.

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the United States in 2001, bringing his music and moves with him. He met up with inves-tors in Miami and now the Zumba movement is licensed and has its own entity overseeing certi-fied Zumba instructors throughout the world.

Perez’s initial introduc-tion of Zumba to United States audiences brought in fitness aficionados by the droves.

That’s how it was for certified Zumba instructor Leslie Day, who has been teaching Zumba classes for three years.

“I just took a class and then I decided I was going to get certified and teach,” she said.

Since then, Day has filled up the multi-purpose rooms at Celebrations in

Pell City with anywhere from a couple of dozen Zumba dancers to as many as close to 100 at times.

You’ll find her classes Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Celebrations, with sessions at both 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. and on Saturday mornings at 9.

She works in extra ton-ing sessions as well, using weights along with the Zumba steps and moves and motivating music.

Her classes bring in all ages, from ‘tweens and teens to those in their 20s and 30s, and up into their 80s.

“That’s one of the great things about Zumba,” Day said. “You can tailor the moves to suit your needs.”

One thing she reminds those in her classes is to “remember, as long as you’re moving, you’re burning calories.”

Day starts her hour-long sessions with a gradual build up, using stretches and reaches and low impact steps to get started.

But give her about 10 minutes and things get hopping.

Literally.And the class is hop-

ping in just about every direction imaginable.

Day shows how to put together the shakes, the shimmies, the jumps and the gyrations and before the class knows it, they’re all into the motion.

The sets build in dif-ficulty level, then slow down a bit toward the end of the sessions. A cool down session follows each hour.

Day was one who got hooked on Zumba within the first few weeks of taking classes three years

ago.It was then she decided

to become certified and start teaching.

After three years, Day said she still loves the exercise and passing it along to other people as well.

Day has a long back-ground in dance. She started clogging at age 5 and continued with that until she was about 14. Then she got started with the Pell City High School Dance Line and also taught choreography and dance, providing half-time dance routines for a num-ber of area high school dance lines.

Once a student at Jacksonville State University, she became a member of the Marching Ballerinas, the school

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dance line, and also danced for the JSU bas-ketball team’s dance line, “The Go Gos.”

Day said she really wasn’t pursuing any one particular form of exercise when she found Zumba. There had been some running along the way, but not a definite focus.

“What I love about Zumba is it isn’t the same every day,” she said. “It changes all the time.”

Day usually incorpo-rates three or four new sets every month into her “bag of tricks,” and retains favorites for the group as she can.

“Another good thing about Zumba is that people can take it at a high impact level, even surpassing the instruc-tor if they want, or they tone it down and work to build to a higher level as they can,” she said. “We encourage breaks when people need them and they can rejoin the class when they’re ready.”

Day’s group has par-ticipated in a number of Zumba fundraisers in the area, particularly for The American Cancer Society

and other organized causes.

Susan Graham has been taking Day’s Zumba classes since last June.

“I jogged, but then I added Zumba,” she said. “I felt I had reached a pla-teau and I needed some-thing else.”

With Zumba, Graham said she feels a difference.

“It’s made me feel good again,” she said.

Graham said she was sold on Zumba right off the bat.

Aura Threatt is another of Day’s regulars.

“I have to say I liked it from the start because it’s a fun workout,” she said.

Threatt has been walk-ing and running some, but these pursuits just didn’t hold the interest that Zumba has had for her.

There’s the aspect of working out with a group that appeals to her she said, “its a huge motiva-tion.”

But this is a group that isn’t critical or judgmental of each other, she points out.

“Everyone’s so busy doing their own thing,” she said. “No one is wor-rying about what you’re doing.”

Following a recent class with Day, Threatt

smiled and said, “I guess I just like all the shaking.”

Day teaches Zumba sessions at Celebrations in Pell City Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays

at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., and on Saturdays, at 9 a.m.

Contact Laura Nation-Atchison at [email protected].

St. Vincent’s Home Healthoffers skilled nursing servicesBy ELSIE HODNETTHome staff writer

St. Vincent’s Home Health in Pell City offers a full range of home health services.

“We started as Care First in 2006, but in April of 2011 we did a joint venture with St. Vincent’s Health System and changed our name to St. Vincent’s Home Health,”

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Home Health is located at 2401 Stemley Bridge Road Suite 7 in Cropwell Commons.

“We have a variety of skilled nursing services,” Goodwin said. “That includes medication teach-ings (use and side effects of the medications the

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Goodwin said St. Vincent’s Home Health also has a psychiatric nursing program for patients with any type of mental illness.

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Goodwin said a regis-tered nurse is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“We offer in-home therapies including physi-cal therapy, occupational therapy and speech ther-apy,” she said. “Those programs include joint replacement, stroke, fall prevention, low vision and a lymphedema program with a specially trained occupational therapist.”

Goodwin said they also work with medical social workers who con-duct home assessments for financial need, such as help with medications, utilities and transportation.

“The medical social workers also assist with long-term planning, including placement in assisted living or a nurs-ing home, and assist with living wills and power of attorney.”

Goodwin said the home health aides assist with personal care, help-ing with the activities of daily life, with the pri-mary focus on personal hygiene.

“Our skilled nursing just started a new program called telemonitoring,” she said. “The patient has to meet certain qualifi-cations for progressive congestive heart failure. It includes an in-home monitoring device that prompts the patient to weigh daily to moni-tor fluid buildup, which reflects in body weight, checks blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen saturation. If any of those parameters are outside


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“I’ve been practicing physical therapy for 20 years, and opened Back in Motion in 2000,” said Scott Deuel, physical ther-apist and owner of Back In Motion.

Deuel said Back In Motion, 6460 U.S. 11, offers outpatient physi-cal therapy, and is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.-6 p.m.

“We see mostly ortho-pedics,” he said. “We do

non-surgical and surgical care, a lot of chronic neck and back pain, rotator cuff tendonitis and surgi-cal repairs, ankle sprains, and treat a lot of sports injuries.”

Deuel said some of the special physical therapies include in-house aquatic therapy, manual soft tis-sue mobilization and joint manipulation.

“I do intramuscular therapy, which is also known as dry needling,” he said. “It uses filament needles (very small diam-eter needles) that I place into a muscle to affect a change in that muscle. It may be used to relax the muscle or to facilitate a

muscle contraction. Most of the time, it is used to treat chronic and acute pain.”

Deuel said he sees some neurological patients, such as patients recovering from strokes.

“My specialty is ortho-pedics,” he said.

Deuel said in addition to being a physical thera-pist, he is also a certified athletic trainer.

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Scott Koplon uses a number of different terms to describe his job as a dentist.

Mostly, he calls it life changing.

“It’s a wonderful feel-ing to be able to change somebody’s life, with a smile,” he said.

Koplon has been prac-ticing in downtown Leeds — at the former location of the Old Leeds Hospital, on U.S. 78 — for 22 years. His achievements include laser physics, peri-odontal therapy, hydraulic sinus condensing, surgical placement and restoration of dental implants, verti-cal/horizontal ridge aug-mentation and full-arch rehabilitation.

“We’re an all-in-one treatment center,” Koplon said. “We do everything from surgery to cosmetic dentistry, to gum treat-ment, to root canals.”

All in the name of smiles.

“We do a lot of smiles,” he said.

The most recent inno-vation is three-dimension-al imaging, which allows Koplon and hygienist Sarah Flanagan to perform surgery before ever laying hands on a patient.

“If somebody came in from a car wreck and needed multiple implants, we can do all their den-tistry virtually,” he said. “We can place the implant virtually, so we’ll have done the surgery before we actually go to the mouth.”

Playing a number of different roles is vital for the patients.

“A lot of patients like that because they don’t want to have to go four different places,” Flanagan said. “They like being able to see one person.”

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Pictured are dental hygienists Scott Koplon and Sarah Flanagan.

to both of them, is the smile.

“You work really hard to get their smile right,” Koplon said. “You hand the patient a mirror and the first thing they do is cry.

“What’s fun is chang-ing people’s lives, with a smile.”

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“So many patients just get up out of the chair and give you a hug, because they’ve felt so bad about themselves,” she said. “It can really change people.”

Needs also vary for the two of them because of the location of the facil-ity – known to longtime residents of Leeds as the

former Leeds Hospital. Dr. J.H. Fendley converted the facility more than 50 years ago.

“I always say I’m the luckiest person in the world, to be in a build-ing like this,” Koplon said. “This is such a cool place.”

The patient base varies, as well.

“I think it’s fun to practice in a rural environ-ment,” Koplon said. “It’s fun to be off the beaten path because we get to do a lot of stuff. When patients come here, there’s lots of stuff to do.”

Which means that no two days are alike.

“It’s something differ-ent every day when we walk in,” Flanagan said. “It’s just fun.”

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By ELSIE HODNETTHome staff writer

No-impact arthritis classes can help reduce arthritis pain and stiffness and increase mobility.

“Our no-impact Arthritis Exercise Classes’ purpose is to help attend-ees increase and keep their range of motion,” said Sue Jones, certi-fied Arthritis Foundation instructor and Lincoln City Center manager.

Jones said the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department began offering the no-impact Arthritis Exercise classes in January to fill a com-munity need.

“Before you start any exercise program, it’s always best to check with your doctor first,” she said. “But many people have arthritis and can’t do heavier impact exercises such as running.”

Jones said exercise can help people with arthritis in a variety of ways.

According to the Arthritis Foundation, if you have arthritis or a related condition, exercise can help:

• Keep your joints flexible.

• Keep the muscles around your joints strong so you can have enough endurance for your activi-


Participants in the Arthritis Exercise Class get a workout hitting and kicking beach balls back and forth to each other.

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ties.• Slow further deterio-

ration of bone and carti-lage.

• Improve the strength of your bones.

• Improve your ability to do daily activities.

• Improve your mood.• Improve your overall

health and fitness by: giv-ing you more energy to be more physically active, helping you sleep better, controlling your weight, making your heart stron-ger, decreasing depres-sion and improving your self-esteem and sense of well-being.

Jones said classes are offered 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lincoln City Center.

“The first class is free, so you can see if you like it and it’s a good fit for you,” she said. “The classes are $10 a month or $2 per class.”

Jones said the class is also good for people who don’t have arthritis because it helps increase range of motion and decrease stiffness.

The classes begin with range of motion exer-cises for every joint in the body.

“We may not do every joint every day, but we cover every joint through-out the three classes each

week,” she said. “After range of motion exercis-es, we do core exercises to strengthen the muscles around the joints and to loosen up the muscles.”

Jones said participants use resistance bands, which help strengthen muscles with little joint movement involved.

“You can also do weight bearing, but no more than 3 pounds for women and 5 pounds for men (hand and ankle weights),” she said.

Jones said the next segment is endurance, with a very light cardio workout.

“Which cardio activity is left up to the partici-

pants,” she said. “Some do volleyball — very low impact volleyball (using a beach ball). We

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By MARKLEDBETTERHome staff writer

Dr. Thomas Douyard opened his practice in Childersburg in 1992 and has remained in the same building on U.S. 280 since.

Douyard said a key to his practice’s success involves cost of services and time. “We provide a dental resolution at a rea-sonable price and service in a short period of time.”

280 Dental special-izes in dentures and par-tials, and with a lab in the office, a quick turnaround is offered for most indi-viduals.

Dental assistant Memory Beard said “immediate” dentures and partials are offered, which includes the extraction of teeth and production of fitted dentures in one day.

“The healing process takes up to a year,” Beard said. “The gum closes up but the bone needs to shrink and that takes six months to a year.”

Beard said the healing process is determined by the number of teeth that are pulled.

Douyard said improve-ments in materials and production processes have improved not only the quality of their dentures but the concerns people may have.

Some may think they have an issue that prevents them from wearing den-tures, but Beard said many obstacles can be overcome with customized dentures.

Materials used to make impressions are “user friendly,” Douyard said. “It tastes better and it sets up quicker.” At one time the impression materials were sensitive to water but

now are not subject to dis-solving when exposed to water.

Denture production has also improved. They are now vacuum fired rath-er than oven fired, which makes the dentures stron-ger and sharper, Douyard said.

Popular temporary devices are “flippers,” which Beard describes as partials without wires that are used primarily for cos-metics. She said an indi-vidual with a tooth miss-ing can hold the acrylic partial temporarily in place with an adhesive.

She said there have been two significant trends to develop in recent years. “There’s not as much gold being used.”

Douyard said he believes the economy influences the trend to use or not use gold. He said the economy in 2009 also seemed to

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influence the number of people seeking dentures. “People were getting root canals and crowns trying to save money,” he said.

Beard said another recent trend is that young-er people are developing dental problems induced by lifestyle choices that

require dentures or par-tials.

“The best way to keep your teeth is to brush,” Douyard says.

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Jones said the class remains popular and has helped many of its attendees.

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Cost of services, timekeys to practice’s success


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Meadowview is allabout relationshipsBy KENNY FARMERSpecial Projects editor

At Meadowview Nursing Center in Pell City, administrator Suellen Tobler says “it’s all about relationships.”

She says her staff provides “excellent” care to the center’s residents because they have devel-oped personal, caring rela-tionships with them.

Earlier this year, Meadowview received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

“We truly care about the people who live here,” Tobler said.

Tobler spent 10 years as a social worker and 12 years in long-term care before accepting the administrator posi-tion at Meadowview. She said many people believe a nursing home is a place where people go to die, but she believes Meadowview is a place

where people come to “finish living.”

“We want them to live out whatever time they have in a great, loving environment,” she said.

Tobler describes Meadowview as “a little hometown nursing home.”

“We have a great staff,” she said. “Some of my staff members have actually worked here since 1973. That says a lot when your staff stays that long.”

Tobler speaks highly of the Activities Department at Meadowview. She said her staff plans many “fun things” for residents to do, including fishing trips and picnics. College football is also shown each fall weekend at the center.

Tobler said community involvement is important at Meadowview because residents need that contact with the outside world.

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“So we work really hard to involve commu-nity groups to come in and do special events.”

Events include perfor-mances by line dancers, worship services and old-fashioned singings.

Meadowview also provides its residents with in-house physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.

“If you come from the hospital and need some rehabilitation services, we have them right here,” Tobler said.

In August, Meadowview was rec-ognized by CMS, or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as a five star nursing facility, which is the highest pos-sible rating. Tobler said Meadowview is the only five star facility in a 25-mile radius.

“We’re very proud of that,” she said.

Meadowview can also boast the fact that it has never had an instance of acquired pressure areas, or bed sores. Tobler said that acquired pressure areas are detrimental to a patient’s well-being.

“That speaks volumes for my staff,” she said. “They do such a good job.”

“My two day shift nurses have been here 15 years,” Tobler said. “They know these people and know exactly what they need and how to meet that need.”

She said the nurses know the residents so well that even if a resident can’t verbalize a need, they’re actions tell the nurses what they need to know.”

Tobler said her nurses also take time to sit and talk with residents about things that are important to them, and many times you can find nurses sitting

with a resident, talking and looking at old pictures that the resident wanted to share with them.

Visitors are always welcome at Meadowview, Tobler said.

“We just enjoy compa-ny,” she said. “Just come on up on the porch and sit

a spell — that’s what we tell people.”

Tobler said Meadowview is home to the residents and that visitors take them back to a time when neighbors would come over in the evenings just to talk.

“That’s the things

they remember and enjoy doing,” she said. “It reminds them of their younger days at home.

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By CHRISNORWOODHome staff writer

Drs. Charles Lambert and David Roberts, along with certified registered nurse practitioner Max Thrower, are Talladega Primary and Urgent Care Center.

According to office manager Kaye Bryant, Lambert has been practic-ing medicine in Talladega since 1975, and they have been in their current loca-tion on North Street since 1997. They have recently added weekend hours, opening from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

“We do everything from sewing up cuts to removing skin cancer, moles and warts. We’ve got a laser we can use now for some skin lesions. With the surgery background, we can do all sorts of things.”

According to a bro-chure, Talladega Primary and Urgent Care Center “want(s) to care for your chronic primary care problems, such as diabetes, hypertension, simple cardiac problems, pulmonary problems and kidney and endocrine problems. … This would also include your well-ness care. Likewise, we want to be available to you for your urgent care needs, which would include acute illness such as colds, flu, sinusitis, urinary infections, pneu-monia, rashes and acute gastrointestinal problems. This would also include acute surgical problems such as acute abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. We also hope you will allow us to

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Talladega Primary and Urgent Care Center recently added weekend hours to its schedule. Picture are Dr. Charles Lambert, center, Dr. David Roberts, right, and certified registered nurse practitioner.

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help you with your minor traumas, such as lac-erations, sprains, strains, bruises, etc.”

Essentially, almost anything that can be treat-ed in the emergency room can be handled with less wait hassle at Talladega Primary and Urgent Care. They do not, however, see patients with active chest pain (go directly to the emergency room) or chil-dren under 13.

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Healthy snacking comes down to portions, choicesBy AZIZA JACKSONHome staff writer

Healthy snacking is just as important in a diet as daily meals.

Brandi Green, a reg-istered dietician and director of food and nutri-tion services at Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega, believes it all comes down to healthy portions and choices.

She advises against skipping meals to lose weight because it can actually cause a person to overeat and ultimately contribute to weight gain.

“I’m a fan of six small meals a day because it helps speed your metabo-lism,” Green said.

“When you snack in between meals you’re less likely to overeat at a meal, but it is important if

you’re going to snack to pick up healthy things.”

Green said it is impor-tant to focus on a marriage of healthy snacks and portion control, a good example being a handful of dried nuts or dried fruit.

Some healthy options for snacking at work include “free foods” with little to no carbohydrates.

“Snack on your free foods, which is your free veggies like carrots and celery and cucumbers,” Green said.

“In addition to the snacking, they need to make sure they’re drink-ing their water because that’s what is going to keep them full.”

Green said it is also important to be careful when reading labels.

“Just because some-thing is called ‘veggie

chips’ doesn’t mean they are healthy. They are fried like potato chips,” she said. “You really want to be sure you’re eating foods that have zero grams of trans fat because these are the ones that put you at risk for heart disease.”

Green suggests bring-

ing a lunchbox or “snack box” to work; even though one may be going out to eat or choose to eat in the cafeteria, bringing snacks from home is always the healthier option.

Speaking of lunchbox-es, when packing snacks for the kids for school,

portion control again comes into play.

“I like the little snack-sized Ziploc bags and you can proportion things like grapes, orange slices, the grab and go Go-Gurts are good, too,” Green said.

“Peanut butter is good on some whole wheat crackers or some graham crackers.”

Green said in her daughter’s lunchbox, she usually packs baby carrots with a small container of ranch dressing.

She said peanut butter with celery sticks is also a good option, if there is no allergy to nuts, because nuts are a good source of protein.

For serial snackers who just can’t shake those mid-night cravings, Green said there might be a way to do it guilt free.

“It’s OK to have a small snack but propor-tion your snack,” she said. “You don’t want to sit in front of the TV with a bag of chips, or if you’re dia-betic, eating a big bag of grapes.”

As far as the myth of not eating after a certain time at night goes, Green said it’s not a one-size-fits-all rule and depends on that individual’s daily schedule.

“If you’re a morning person and eat breakfast at 7 a.m. and lunch at 11 a.m., I wouldn’t eat 3 to 4 hours before you go to bed. You don’t want to eat a big meal and lay down,” Green said.

“It’s about proportions; don’t eat out of the bag. Take some out because if

See Snacks, Page 30


By CHRISNORWOODHome staff writer

Michael Kulovitz has been practicing dentistry in Talladega for more than 30 years, but he took a decidedly unusual route to his profession and his practice.

He earned a degree in finance from the University of Alabama and went to work as a unit commercial manager for the phone company, he said.

“I was basically a liai-son between management of the phone company and the Public Service Commission,” he said. “I figured out pretty quickly that I couldn’t please any-body with this job. Trying to satisfy management and the PSC was just not my cup of tea.”

While making this realization, Kulovitz said he took the LSAT and

was getting ready to go to law school. “But the deal-ings I had had previously with corporate attorneys discouraged me. I got a distorted view of the legal field from them.”

It was during din-ner with a friend and his father that the idea of dentistry surfaced. “He said his brother-in-law was a dentist, and I should go talk with him. So I did, that weekend. That was Joe Baldone in Birmingham. He had a clinic in Norwood, and I would take vacation days to visit and observe there. I decided that was what I wanted to do.”

So he went back to school, took all the sci-ence classes that he had previously avoided (“all at the same time,” he said) and went on to earn his dental degree.

”I had arranged to join a practice in Hartselle, but that deal fell apart

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Dr. Michael Kulovitz has run Talladega Dental Associates for 32 years. Pictured are assistant Annette Alexander, appointment coordinator Dana Lassiter, Kulovitz, hygienist Lee Wood, patient account representative Wendy Struzik, and assistant hygienist Sandy Miller.

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he earned his bachelors degree. He was in the top 10 percent of his class at the Medical School of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He did his internship and resi-dency at Lloyd Noland Hospital in Birmingham, then served in the Army. He opened his practice in Talladega after being honorably discharged at the rank of major in 1975.

Roberts is a Talladega native who graduated from Talladega High School in 1968 and the University of Alabama in 1972. He earned his medical degree from the Medical School of the University of Alabama in 1975. He did his surgical residence in New Orleans and worked at Baylor University Medical Center until 1981. He opened a private practice in Fairhope in 1983 and joined Lambert and Dr. Leigh Murphy, retired, two years later.

Thrower is a native of Sylacauga but has lived in Talladega since he was 3.

After graduating from Talladega High School in 1986, he spent two years as a presidential scholar at the University of Alabama before transferring to UAB. He worked as a pharmacy technician at Citizens Baptist Medical Center and decided to pursue a career in health care at that time. He attended the Ida V Moffett School of Nursing at Samford and had previously worked at Children’s Hospital and Brookwood in Birmingham.

Contact Chris Norwood at [email protected].

SnacksFrom Page 28

you eat out of the bag you have no idea how much you’re eating.

“The little 100-calorie snack packs of things are good, but what I see a lot of is people eat three, four and five of them. It’s not going to help if you do that. If you’re going to eat a 100-calorie pack then eat one and have some water with it.

“At the end it’s all about portion control, exercise and drinking your water.”

Other healthy snacks include: popcorn with light or no butter, turkey jerky, pita chips with bean or hummus dip, low fat cottage cheese with fruit, sliced tomatoes with a sprinkling of feta cheese and olive oil, yogurt, a banana, oatmeal, light string cheese, granola bars, or a handful of mini pretzels.

Pros, cons of electric cigarettesSmoking is bad for

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Though smoking was once a habit primarily associated with men, the reinvention of advertis-ing geared toward female consumers persuaded women to light up as well, and now cigarettes are just as often associated with women as they are with men. Unfortunately, the negative side effects of smoking, including increased risk of cardio-vascular disease, are just as easily associated with women as men.

Over the years, numer-ous nicotine alternatives have been developed in the hopes of reducing the often damning effects of cigarettes. Recently, elec-tronic cigarettes, or e-ciga-rettes, have emerged as a safer alternative to ciga-rettes. But are the claims

too good to be true?The idea for an e-

cigarette emerged in 1963 when a patent was acquired by Herbert A. Gilbert. The concept was described as “... a smoke-less non-tobacco cigarette ... to provide a safe and harmless means for and method of smoking by replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air...” Due to limitations in technol-ogy, and the fact that the negative health implica-tions of cigarette smok-ing were not yet widely known, the device never came to fruition.

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KulovitzFrom Page 29

was supposed to start there. When my mother-in-law to be heard that that had gone up in smoke, she started pray-ing. She said it was just open prayer, asking where these kids were going to go. A voice in her head said ‘Talladega.’ Up to this point, I had never even been to Talladega.”

An unlikely chain of events followed. “She called Jenny Sims in Talladega to ask what the dental situation was in Talladega. As it happened, my predecessor had just announced his retirement, and his hygienist had lunch with Jenny the next day. It was all done over a handshake.”

Kulovitz then called Mike O’Brien, a friend from high school, who

was the only other person in Talladega that he knew.

“I asked him what he thought of living in Talladega, and I’ll never forget what he told me. He said a team of horses couldn’t pull him any-where else. So it was a prayer, Jenny Sims and Mike O’Brien that brought me here. It hap-pened pretty quick. Within one week the situation in Hartselle fell apart, and I was getting ready to open up in Talladega.”

That was in May 1980, before Kulovitz had passed the state boards. After that, he shut down for about a month to

repaint, and officially opened his offices in Talladega on July 27, 1980.

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Dogs that participated in a research project were able to find the unique smell of the disease in 7 out of 10 sufferers. They were also able to differen-tiate between COPD and lung cancer, even among people who smoked or took prescription drugs that may have masked the cancer-specific chemical compounds the dogs can smell.

There also may be proof that dogs can recog-nize other types of cancer through smell. However, more research is needed to test that for accuracy.

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