Vol. 13, No. 1
April, 2003
Winthrop Researchers Publish Major Breakthrough - Results Impact Life-Threatening Lung Disease in Premature Babies
Winthrop's "Dome of Light and Hope" Dedicated to a Four-Year-Old Miracle of Love
During These Uncertain Times Winthrop Takes Measures to Ensure Health of Hospital and Community
Winthrop's Bioterrorism Plan - a Hospital at the Ready
Winthrop Offers New Hope for Patients Living with Chronic Digestive Diseases
Plans for a New, Expanded Endoscopy Suite Underway
Allergy Season Can Wreak Havoc on Asthmatics - Know the Warning Signs of Asthma and its Triggers
'We Searched the World for You'... Winthrop's International Adoption Program Helps Bring Families Together
Winthrop Takes Giant Leap to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare
Winthrop's New Pre-Admission Testing Center Offers Patients Streamlined Services in One Modern Location
Accolades for Winthrop's Diabetes Education Center's Self Management Program
'Winthrop's New Pediatric Diabetes Program Receives National Recognition from American Diabetes Association
Jay's World Childhood Cancer Foundation Pledges $100,000 to Winthrop-University Hospital's New Pediatric Inpatient Center
Tips for living better with asthma
Winthrop's Newly Renovated Emergency Department Officially Dedicated
18th annual golf tournament
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 ong time supporters of Winthrop's growing
pediatric program, Ralph and MaryAnn Napolitano, founders of Jay's World Childhood Cancer Foundation, have once again given their support by donating $50,000 to help build a new patient oncology room in Winthrop's Pediatric Inpatient Center, currently under construction, and pledging an additional $50,000 toward the project.
 Ralph and Maryann Napolitano, (left) Jay's World
Childhood Cancer Foundation Founders, review floor plans for the new Pediatric Inpatient Center at Winthrop with
John P. Broder, Vice President External Affairs and Development at Winthrop (right). |
Jay's World Childhood Cancer Foundation has been dedicated to raising funds to benefit children diagnosed with cancer and to help support the fight against the
disease since it was founded in 1994. The Foundation was created after the Napolitano's son, Jason (Jay) was diagnosed with Leukemia in 1993. Thanks to groundbreaking research and treatments, Jason is currently in remission.
The generous $100,000 pledge to Winthrop was
raised during the Foundation's 8th Annual Top Gun 3 vs.
3 Basketball Tournament in 2002. The tournament, now
in its ninth year, is the Foundation's major fundraiser,
supporting a number of childhood cancer organizations,
as well as funding the Jay's World Childhood Cancer Scholarship program, which has awarded nearly 50 seniors with college scholarships since 1998. Funds raised through
the tournament also helped to open a state-of-the-art
CBC blood lab at Winthrop's Cancer Center for Kids in 2001, allowing children being treated for cancer and
other blood-related disorders to have their blood tested immediately.
TIPS FOR LIVING BETTER WITH ASTHMA
- Educate yourself about asthma and its symptoms. Know how the medications you are taking work and learn how to control your symptoms.
- If you have nighttime symptoms of asthma such as wheezing, shortness of breath or coughing, contact an asthma specialist.
- If exercising brings on symptoms of asthma including shortness of breath, try using quick-acting inhalers before you begin an exercise
regimen.
- If you are using more than one canister of quick-relief medications (inhalants) per month, make an appointment to see an asthma specialist.
This may be a sign of uncontrolled asthma.
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