Eskenazi Health News

For many of us, mid-December through early January means a glorious time of happiness and excitement while enjoying the annual holiday season with family, friends and co-workers. However, for many of us, this stretch of time through the holidays and during the winter season intensifies desperate feelings of sadness, depression and loneliness. Those feelings combined with a lack of sunlight, shorter days, financial concerns, time pressures, family problems and setting expectations too high, may all lead to what many call the winter or holiday blues. A variety of influences can lead to this condition and it’s critically important to realize when those symptoms become a sign of major depression or anxiety, which occurs for many people.

A new outpatient rehabilitation center for the treatment of orthopedic, musculoskeletal and neurological conditions will open next week at the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis. Additional rehabilitation services that will be available at the new center opening on Monday, Dec. 18, include pelvic floor health, cognitive therapy, amputee rehab, specialized care for hand injuries and splinting needs. The clinic will also allow therapists to practice in a joint venture that integrates emergency and outpatient rehab. This will provide a seamless transition and continuity of care as patients move from the emergency department to outpatient.

Roasted Root Vegetable Tacos You can find several ingredients in this recipe at the Indy Winter Farmers Market this Saturday December 9. Stop by Farming Engineers, Freedom Valley Farm, Full Hand Farm, Funny Bone Farm, Grace and Truth, IN Season, Mad Farmers Collective, Norman Mullet Farm and Redwine Family Farms for root veggies and spices!

Resident musicologist, pre-concert lecturer, program annotator for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and accomplished pianist Marianne Tobias, Ph.D., and special guest vocalist Steven Stolen, will perform a concert of holiday music at the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 20.

Eskenazi Health will begin offering MyChart e-Visits December 11. Established Eskenazi Health patients who are MyChart users can log into their accounts, select from a list of symptoms, answer a series of online questions and submit their information. An Eskenazi Health provider will send his or her treatment recommendations via Eskenazi Health MyChart or by telephone if that seems more appropriate.

This exercise will strengthen your abdominal muscles.

Green Beans with Poppy Seed Dressing Recipe

Whenever many of us are sick with diarrhea and vomiting, our amateur diagnosis often leads us to believe we have the stomach flu. While that assumption is nearly always correct, sometimes it is not. Gastroenteritis occurs when intestines are irritated and inflamed. The main symptoms are diarrhea and vomiting, but gastroenteritis often includes stomach pain, cramping, fever, nausea and a headache.

Try this delicious and nutritious mushroom beet burger for a healthy meal! Ingredients: 3/4 cup cooked brown rice 3/4 cup red onion, finely diced 1 cup finely chopped mushrooms (we used button, but really any variety will work) 1 15-ounce can black beans, well rinsed and drained (or 1.5 cups cooked) 1 cup finely grated raw beet 1 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp chili powder (or sub extra cumin if you don’t like heat) 1/4 tsp smoked paprika 1/2 breadcrumbs, or finely chopped raw walnuts salt & pepper

In observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, certain Eskenazi Health departments will either be closed or observe alternate hours on Wednesday, Nov. 22; Thursday, Nov. 23; and Friday, Nov. 24.

The famed Indianapolis Children’s Choir (ICC) will perform and a panel of experts will participate in a discussion about the healing power of music on Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital. Held in conjunction with the 2017 Spirit & Place Festival in Indianapolis, the event will take place in the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Concourse at Eskenazi Health beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Indianapolis, Nov. 6, 2017 – A Supplier Diversity Recognition and Training Workshop will be held today, Monday, Nov. 6, at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital at 720 Eskenazi Ave. in Indianapolis.