Abby Withrow was one of several students who left career day with a new outlook
When students emerge from career day with a new-found respect for a certain profession, the event has to be considered a success. The recent career day at Mayfield Middle School featured nearly 50 guests, and students were assigned three random professionals to visit with during the one-hour-and-15-minute session. For some students, the third time was the charm. That's when they met Elizabeth Villanyi, a clinical dietitian at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood. Villanyi's message to students that the dietitian is needed everywhere — at nursing homes, on professional sports teams and at governmental agencies — resonated with students like sixth grader Abby Withrow. Watch Abby briefly discuss her thoughts after learning …
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Don't let 90-plus-degree days land you or your kids in the emergency room
Most of Northeast Ohio saw a break from 90-degree temperatures today, but meteorologists warn that the rest of the week will be a different story. High temperatures are expected to climb back into the 90s on Wednesday and stay through Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Ahuja Medical Center’s Division Chief of Emergency Medicine Jessica Goldstein Resnick said that Monday tied with a day during flu season for the busiest day of the year. The very old and the very young are most at risk for heat-related illnesses, she said. On hot days, many patients are treated for heat rash and dehydration, but many have chronic conditions like asthma, COPD or swelling that are intensified by the extreme heat. Resnick offered tips to keep …
