The seventh annual Educate for Life, to benefit the Julie E. Hammond Esq. Biden Breast Health Initiative Scholarship Fund, was held on Nov. 12 at the Brandywine Brewing Company Tavern and Grill in Greenville, Del. This evening of good food and drink included a cocktail party and raffle. A total of $5,000 was raised.

This marked the second year that United Distributors participated in the event. The company donated a television to raise money through the raffle. Brands distributed by the company were featured during the event. Proceeds from each cocktail served went to the charity.

Attendees included Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Ted Kaufman, Sen. Tom Carper, Rep. Mike Castle, and Lieutenant Governor John Carney.

The Biden Breast Health Initiative (BBHI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education of young women through awareness and education to assume responsibility for their overall well-being, with a strong emphasis on breast health. The Julianne E. Hammond Esq. BBHI Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to young women and men pursuing post-high school opportunities in the health or education fields.

Each year, the BBHI awards three $1,500 scholarships to Delaware high school seniors pursuing further education at accredited colleges and universities, in the fields of education or healthcare. One scholarship is awarded in each of Delaware’s three counties. The scholarship fund is named in the honor and memory of board member Julianne E. Hammond Esq.

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Our graduate students are deeply committed, engaged, and highly skilled, and we look forward to welcoming many more of these energetic scholars to our UD family. We remain firmly committed to creating an educational community that is intellectually, culturally and socially diverse, and enriched by the contributions and full participation of persons from many different backgrounds. Our Georgian-inspired main campus in Newark, Delaware, UD has locations across the state – in Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown, and Lewes – and teaching facilities in London and Paris. A thriving study-abroad program and expanding international partnerships further enhance our students’ education as global citizens

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Seek advice from a substance abuse counselor

Ask a substance abuse counselor to help you out. They will help you find some good options. In fact, they will also ask your budget and find a treatment program for you that would be economical for your needs. Even if you have some knowledge about centers for addiction treatment in Delaware, it is a good idea to get help of a substance abuse counselor because that will help you in finding an option that is appropriate for the condition of the person you are seeking treatment for.

Use an intervention program

Another option for getting a good option on addiction treatment in Delaware is to use the services of an intervention program. This can be quite beneficial for you if you do not have much idea about how the program works in the state. The intervention program will guide you on the most suitable kinds of addiction treatment according to the extent and nature of addiction of the patient.

The program will also handle the documentation that is needed to get the person into treatment. This is a great benefit especially because treatment centers in Delaware are almost always full and with their good contacts with the various treatment centers, the intervention program can actually help you secure an admission for the patient and look after the formalities at the same time.

But the best benefit that an intervention program will provide is that they will guide you through the entire treatment process and will provide advice and good counsel at every stage. Hence, if you have no inkling of the way a treatment program works in Delaware, you can use an intervention program to get the best guidance and support possible.

Check up on the Internet

But when using the Internet, you will have to keep some things in mind. You will have to see whether the treatment program is suitable for the needs of the patient. This is important to check because there are various kinds of treatment programs in Delaware and not all of them might be suitable for the patient. Make sure also to check what features and facilities the treatment program will provide the patient so that you know exactly what you will be getting during the treatment.

You have to also make a definite search on the licensing information of each treatment center you are considering. It is imperative. That the center for addiction treatment in Delaware that you choose must have a license to provide that treatment and ideally must be affiliated with some other treatment centers. You have to also make sure that the treatment providers there are well-qualified. They must have a qualification from the American Society of Addiction Medicine or a similar body and they must have experience in handling the kind of treatment you are looking for.

Check with your local healthcare center

Because Delaware has many options of addiction treatment, it is quite possible that your local treatment center will have a program for it too. This could be an outpatient treatment program that you did not know of before. Hence, you must ask in your treatment center. You lose nothing in doing this. Even if they do not have a program of their own, they will definitely guide you to a good treatment center that does have such a program. They can also guide you on locating a substance abuse counselor or an intervention program that you may use the services of.

Obesity can be one of the most difficult diseases to treat. Weight loss itself is a simple matter: once a person’s daily caloric intake falls below the number of calories needed to maintain life, the body begins to burn fat to stay alive, resulting in weight loss. The difficulty comes in restricting caloric intake – the primal urge to eat when hungry is almost irresistible.

Many obesity sufferers use eating as a substitute for emotional satisfaction. Others are food addicts and will continue to eat long after they have met their caloric needs. In essence, their “fullness meter” is broken. Sadly, many people who do not suffer from obesity see these behaviors as indicators of personal weakness on the part of the obese.

The truth, however, is that obesity is a disease, not a character flaw. Gimmicks, fad diets, or so-called weight-loss pills can cause a person to lose significant weight, but most that do quickly regain it – and often suffer damage to their health as a result of such quickie “cures”. The only way to successfully treat the disease of obesity is by a complete change in the patient’s lifestyle and eating habits. To beat obesity we must change the way we relate to food, enabling us to eat better food and less of it. For some, education and willpower are enough to accomplish this. For the rest, another option exists: weight loss surgery.

Weight loss surgery is performed under general anesthesia, usually laparoscopically. Three main types of surgical procedure are performed in the U.S.—malabsorptive, restrictive, and combination—each with different risks and benefits. In each, however, the principle is the same: to surgically alter the patient’s stomach and/or digestive tract in order to physically limit the amount of food the patient can eat at a given time. If successful, the surgical alterations will cause the patient to take in fewer calories each day than he or she burns, resulting in steady, safe loss of excess weight.

However, excess weight is only a symptom of obesity, and, while treating it is a giant step toward recovery, only a complete change in the patient’s lifestyle and relationship to food can cure the disease. Patients who fail to follow postoperative instructions may regain any weight lost. The surgical alterations are a powerful tool, but they can only be part of a comprehensive program of weight loss treatment, including counseling, medical and peer support, activity level changes, and psychiatric care.

“As the guardian of Delaware’s public health it is our turn to take the lead in the movement to prohibit smoking in the workplace,” said Vince Meconi, Secretary, Delaware Health and Social Services. “As we see it, condoning tobacco use anywhere on our hospital properties sends the wrong message about a deadly product. The Department has a responsibility to be activists on this important public health issue,” he said.

About three-quarters of the 4,800 U.S. hospitals prohibit smoking on their grounds, said Rick Wade, senior vice president for communications at the American Hospital Association. Thirty-one states, including Delaware, have enacted laws restricting smoking in private workplaces, and 48, including Delaware, restrict it in government buildings, according to an analysis by the American Lung Association. Delaware’s Clean Indoor Air Act, which went into effect in 2002, prohibits smoking in all workplaces, as well as bars and restaurants.

“A growing number of hospitals are eliminating outdoor smoking areas because they see tobacco use as at odds with their mission to heal patients,” explained Meconi. “This November, DHSS will join Christiana Care Health System, Beebe Medical Center, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and St. Francis Hospital in having smoke-free campuses.”

Tobacco use is Delaware’s leading cause of premature death and disability. Tobacco causes almost a third of all cancers; and is a major cause of heart disease, stroke, emphysema and other lung diseases. Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disability in the United States. It contributes to the risk of developing lung cancer, many other cancers, heart disease and respiratory illness. Of the estimated 48 million U.S. adults smoking cigarettes, about half of those who continue to smoke will die from a smoke-related disease. Tobacco use is responsible for approximately 430,000 deaths per year in this country. Secondhand smoke from a parent’s cigarettes increases a child’s chances for middle ear problems, causes coughing and wheezing, and worsens asthma conditions. The current Surgeon General’s Report concluded that scientific evidence indicates that there is no risk-free level of exposure to second hand smoke. Short exposures to second hand smoke can cause blood platelets to become stickier, damage the lining of blood vessels, decrease coronary flow velocity reserves, and reduce heart rate variability, potentially increasing the risk of heart attack.

The Delaware Division of Public Health works to prevent the use of tobacco products through its Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. The program is supported by a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and appropriations from the Delaware Health Fund.

The Tobacco Prevention and Control Program collaborates with the IMPACT Delaware Tobacco Prevention Coalition, with more than 40 member organizations including health-care, youth and community groups, educational organizations, grassroots networks and state agencies.

Our Tobacco Prevention and Control Program offers two programs to help smokers quit successfully -the Delaware Quitline and the online Delaware QuitNet . The program also conducts media campaigns, and funds youth-led campaigns and peer-group organizations. Educational activities are carried out at all levels, including community and school programs.