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SLEHC's Connections, Actions and Progress Newsletter Read about St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities' initiatives, achievements, and plans in a number of areas including: Healthy Neighborhood Initiatives, Community Investment, Community Wide Initiatives, and Information Systems.
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	October 2006
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	March/April 2005
Houston Defender St. Luke's publishes the "Our Health" section in the Houston Defender on the fourth week of the month. In addition to articles on a variety of health topics, this section also publicizes community-based programs and activities supported by St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities.
	March, 2007: This issue spotlights National Nutrition Month and shows you how to make southern-style recipes heart healthy. St. Luke's Barbara Bolden Award for Secretarial Excellence awardee Brenda Bell is also featured.
	February, 2007: This issue focuses on Heart Month and features a patient who benefited from a life-saving procedure. Cardiologist Wayne Franklin, MD is also featured.
	January, 2007: In this issue, read about the latest treatment options for fibroids and learn how to stay healthy after menopause. Hospital administrator Nicole Thomas is also featured.
	December, 2006: This issue offers tips on how to get fit and healthy for the New Year, and profiles St. Luke's HR professional Tammara Singleton.
	November, 2006: This issue offers information on how to beat holiday stress, and features a story about a St. Luke's volunteer who is a retired registered nurse.
	October, 2006: This issue takes a look at prescription medication safety and common medication myths, and profiles a St. Luke's ICU nurse who works actively on the job and in her community.
	September, 2006: This issue focuses on how men can prevent a heart attack and profiles St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital's new medical director, Angela Shippy, MD.
	August, 2006: This issue looks at the signs and symptoms of digestive disorders and highlights St. Luke's ranking in U.S. News & World Report.
	July, 2006: This issue focuses on how families can prevent drowning and profiles St. Luke's employee Barbara Brown.
	May, 2006: This issue spotlights Stroke Awareness Month and features St. Luke's employee Cynthia Hickman for her volunteer efforts post-Hurricane Rita.
	April, 2006: This issue focuses on Minority Cancer Awareness Week and profiles a St. Luke's unit secretary whose baby benefited from life-saving March of Dimes research.
	March, 2006: This issue takes a look at kidney disease prevention, and profiles a St. Luke's nurse who shares her dream of becoming a health professional and mentor.
	February, 2006: This issue spotlights Heart Month with a focus on high blood pressure, and features a St. Luke's physician who is director of the Transfusion Service.
	January, 2006: This issue focuses on fitness vs. weight, and profiles a St. Luke's executive who implements business partnerships and is active in the community mentoring youth.
	July, 2005: This issue takes a look asthma and provides a month-long calendar of Back-to-School immunizations for the community.
	June, 2005: This issue takes a look Men's Health issues just in time for Father's Day and provides a month-long calendar of Back-to-School immunizations for the community.
	May, 2005: This issuetakes a look at stroke and stroke rehabilitation, and profiles a St. Luke's nurse whose premature baby was saved thanks to life-saving March of Dimes research.
	April, 2005: This issue takes a look at pre-diabetes, making gradual changes to your diet, and profiles a St. Luke's nurse who also works as an attorney.
	January, 2005: This issue discusses skin disorders that affect African-Americans, profiles a VISTA volunteer in the Fifth Ward, St. Luke's Choir, and Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first professional African-American nurse.
	November, 2004: This issue provides helpful information on holiday eating, protecting yourself against the flu, diabetes and the CHOICES program at Kashmere and James Madison High School.
	October, 2004: This issue offers information on breast cancer detection, ozone prevention, St. Luke's 50th anniversary, the East End Healthy Children's Collaborative, and a profile of St. Luke's director of organizational development.
	August, 2004: This issue tells the tale of a St. Luke's nurse who donated her kidney to save the life of another St. Luke's nurse. Also included in this issue is a story about St. Luke's volunteers who became employees and the August immunization schedule for the Mobile Health Forum.
	July, 2004: This issue discusses heart disease and woman, a topic often ignored by the general public and the medical establishment. Also included in this issueis the July immunization schedule for the Mobile Health Forum.