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Keep your focus on what’s
in front of and around you.
Stop walking—and step
aside to a safe place—to check
your phone, text or take calls.
Skip the earbuds or turn
down the volume to hear what’s
going on around you.
The danger: falls, stumbles,
collisions—and potentially
serious injuries.
Phones down, heads
up! Walk this way:
A heads-up…
about
distracted
walking
It’s a modern-day
problem. You’ve seen it,
and you may have even
done it a time or two—
distracted walking with
a smartphone.
Talking on
the phone.
Sending
texts.
Listening
to music.
Why I give
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LEADERSHIP LETTER
Embrace vitality
In this issue of Reach, we’re happy to offer
tips to help you rev up your vitality.
One of the best and more powerful ways
can also be the most fun: moving your
body. For inspiration, check out how some
fun-loving folks are making the most of one
of our special and free fitness programs in
“Older, Bolder, Stronger,” page 4.
We also encourage you to seek a more
joyful heart. And we’re here to help—with
10 ideas to boost your mood.
We’ll invite you into the kitchen, where
a Dignity Health–St. Rose Dominican
nutrition expert dishes out 12 healthy tips
and tricks to help you get cooking. You can
follow our recipe to wrap up a sweet and
nutritious breakfast and learn three easy
ways to cut back on added sugars.
We also share vital information about
signs of a heart attack and offer pointers
that can help you prevent falls around the
home.
So reach for your best life—and start this
spring with more vitality!
Brian G.
Brannman
Senior vice
president of
operations,
Dignity Health
Nevada
REACH is published as a community service for the friends
and patrons of DIGNITY HEALTH–ST. ROSE DOMINICAN.
Information comes from a wide range of medical experts. If
you have any concerns or questions about specific content
that may affect your health, please contact your primary care
provider. Models may be used in photos and illustrations.
Physicians listed, pictured, or interviewed are licensed by the
Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners (MDs), the Nevada
State Board of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs), or their respective
boards. Physicians are independent practitioners and not
employees of Dignity Health–St. Rose Dominican unless
specifically noted.
Holly Lyman
WomensCare Center
Director
Kimber Haley
Marketing/Communications,
REACH Editor
Greg Preston
Sampsel Preston Photography: pages 2, 4, 5, and 6
2017 © Coffey Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
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EnhanceFitness does
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happiness.
15 STAY ON YOUR
FEET
Our fall prevention program
can help keep you steady.
12 KITCHEN
CONFIDENTIAL
Get savvy on cooking for
better health.
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“I have been a cook, a busboy, and a dishwasher. I have been a janitor
and worked as a furniture delivery man. I have been a professor, a
teacher, and a scientist. But it will be ‘doctor’ that someone will
someday carve on my headstone. I have spent the last 25 years
training to be a doctor, being a doctor, and now working as Chief
Physician Executive of Dignity Health–St. Rose Dominican.
I was lucky to have found a career that has given me so much—and
luckier still to be supported by my family while I pursued my goals. I
also recognize that I have enjoyed my career as a doctor for completely
selfish reasons. Selfish because I learned long ago that the greatest
joy in life is helping others. I count it as a privilege (and a pleasure)
that I spent the first half of my career caring for critically ill and
injured children, and during those years, I had the further honor of
working with Children’s Miracle Network, which was another way to
give. Giving is the best way I have found to make myself happy.”
—Robert Pretzlaff, MD
“It’s my privilege and pleasure to give.” Robert Pretzlaff, MD, pictured
during a trip to the Grand Canyon
To give to the St. Rose
Dominican Health Foundation,
visit or call
702.616.5758.
The Health Foundation is a nonprofit organization as provided under section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax deductible in accordance with state and federal regulations.
The Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Centers of Excellence have supported Dignity Health–St. Rose Dominican’s commitment to improving the
health of the women, men, and children in southern Nevada since 1998. A wide variety of free or low-cost wellness, nutrition, fitness, and health
classes and screenings are offered at our three convenient locations. For information, visit