FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com JULY 4, 2013 • health • The Queens Courier 55 ▶healthhealth s BACKYARD OASIS PLANNING MADE EASY Simple ways to spruce up the outdoors for entertaining or simply enjoying Hooray for a holiday. You’ve got the day off, you’ve sent out the backyard barbecue invite and all your nearest and dearest are coming over to eat, drink and be merry. So, what’s next? Whether you’re a seasoned entertaining pro or a new host, The Home Depot has tips to make your backyard an oasis for a long holiday or any weekend. A week before About a week before the long holiday weekend, check off your heavy cleaning jobs like power washing, mowing the lawn or cleaning the grill. Whether you’re washing the outside of the house or the back patio, new innovations like the Ryobi 3100 psi Pressure Washer make the job a breeze. Powered by an 187cc Honda engine, it has five spray pattern adjustments and a 25-foot hose - making it easy move around freely and customize water flow for different areas. With the neighbors over, you want to be the envy of the neighborhood where the grass really is greener. -Give it a fresh mow and clean up the edges with a hedge trimmer. Outdoor power tools that use the latest technology like the Ryobi ONE+ Lithium Ion Hybrid Trimmer make the job easier. The battery charge lasts four times longer, the tool is lighter and easy to maneuver. Cleaning the grill used to mean getting a bicep workout, but simple cleaning products on the market today make it a lot easier. An example would be a non-toxic, multipurpose cleaner like Simple Green Concentrated All-Purpose Cleaner and Mr. Clean Outdoor Pro Magic Eraser - versatile enough for your grill, patio furniture, car rims and hand tools. If you’re in the market for a new grill, it’s time to strike while the iron is hot with great holiday deals - a Brinkmann 5-Burner Gas grill is $399 with a free propane tank. You’ll look like a gourmet using this grill with its 634-squareinch cooking area - it can handle burgers, veggies and your other sides all at once. Color is a huge trend in grills this year - the Brinkmann 5 Burner makes a stylish statement in copper while other grills, like the Aussie Walk-A-Bout, pop in cheerful bright red. Nothing is more inviting outdoors than some fresh flowers in pots or in the garden. The Home Depot offers easy options like the new Drop ‘n Bloom flowers or stress-free design options like Thriller, Filler, Spiller. For Thriller, Filler, Spiller, choose your favorite large plants - the thriller - to serve as the focal point.- Smaller plants - the filler - are used to fill in the space between the focal point plants. Finally, low-growing, cascading plants - the spiller - are used to cover the ground of the garden. The day before Prep your decor for tomorrow. If you’re looking for a creative way to display your American flag, try a DIY project like The Home Depot’s DIY American Flag, made from lumber. This folk-art inspired flag is an easy project to complete in 24 hours. Look to Pinterest for table inspiration and know that a beautiful tablescape doesn’t have to be expensive. Combinations of burlap, mason jars filled with wildflowers and potted plants are beautiful and inexpensive. Small, clustered arrangements aren’t as pricey as large floral arrangements and make a bigger impact. Buy your supplies today and check off any last-minute cleaning projects. Prep your arrangements and water the plants - one less thing to deal with tomorrow. Weekend time: Relax and barbecue. Congratulations on being the envy of the block. With all the prep work you’ve done, all you have to do today is decor detail. Assemble your table and check off the last of your finishing touches. Now, put your feet up on your patio furniture and wait for the guests to arrive. Courtesy BPT HOW SPECIALIZED WOUND CARE HELPS REDUCE COSTS BY PREVENTING AMPUTATIONS In recent years, many advances have been world, patients and their caregivers would take made in the treatment of chronic, non-healing the necessary precautions, such as nutritional wounds and so is the need for them. Today, support or pressure reduction to prevent the people are living longer, and with an increase development of ulcers. As many of us have in an older population also come an increase seen, however, patients are often their own worst in chronic conditions that can lead to chronic enemies in these matters. When wounds persist, wounds. The most common culprit is diabetes. a specialized and holistic approach is required Diabetes ravages the body in many ways. for healing. Wound care healing has benefited Visible complications of the disease include from the development of devices and dressings open ulcers and wounds on the feet and lower over the years that more effectively assist with legs. For many, these afflictions and related wound healing. complications often lead to lower extremity The Wound Care Center at Flushing Hospital amputation (LEA). In the United States, it is Medical Center is a state-of-the-art unit that estimated that every 30 seconds a lower limb is provides specialized, interdisciplinary wound amputated because of a diabetic wound. care to patients who suffer from non-healing or Non-healing wounds of the diabetic foot, chronic wounds. Designed to bring technically in particular, are considered one of the advanced, surgically-oriented wound care most significant complications of diabetes, to patients whose wounds are resistant to representing a major worldwide medical, social, traditional forms of treatment, the center is and economic burden. Eighty-five percent of staffed with wound care certified RNs, plastic diabetes-related amputations were preceded by surgeons, general surgeons, podiatrists, and the appearance of a foot ulcer. If not aggressively vascular surgeons. It currently boasts a success treated, these wounds can lead to amputation. rate of 91%, which is above the national average, Chronic wound management can present may and has expanded to a six-bed unit to better challenges for healthcare providers. In an ideal accommodate its growing number of patients. The Wound Care Center at Flushing Hospital offers a variety of specialty dressings, V.A.C. therapy, and evaluation for and referral to hyperbaric therapy if needed. Also offered are Apligraf therapy and MediHoney dressings. MediHoney dressings are honey dressings that have proven to be very successful for certain types of non-healing wounds. Apligraf therapy is a revolutionary tissue regeneration therapy that uses actual living skin to treat non-healing wounds. As the prevalence, complexity and incidence of chronic wounds continues to increase, so does the need for specialized wound care expertise that employees an evidence-based approach. Flushing Hospital’s Wound Care Center works with referring physicians and provides them with regular updates on their patient’s healing progress, and notifies them once treatment is completed and their patients are healed. For more information on the Wound Care Center at Flushing Hospital or to schedule an appointment, call 718-670-4542. ADVERTORIAL
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