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Show N I I K M O II N 1 A I N II A I I II I C A R I Prevention really is the best medicine. Just ask these five people who took advantage of IHCs wellness services. n.t of of men never get arounj to tatting the hlooJ test fot prostate cancer. taij Den Baker, age 6 J, an athlete aha participates regularlt in senior games helJ arounj the tsorU. This Jisease is ith all the science and (I I PSA technology now available to physicians and other a silent killer, fli the time si mptoms appear, often a pain in the loner hack, it mat he tsso late to treat it cjjecttselt Baker, non cancer free thanks to earls Jerecvon anj treatment, nan sesen golj mcJah anJ broke four Huntsman games recorjs thisjear. caregivers, one truth remains as powerful as ever: It 's better not to get sick or injured in the first place. And if you do get Pn Hi Mm recommend men age SO anj older receise annual PSA tests. sick, the earlier the treatment, the low )This clime at I mcoln Elementan Sshcnsl is great sen uc, because tt s close anj ue hare tki health insurance, said Oft lit Alvarez, mother oj three. (HI more effective the care. Medicine a today is concerned as much with preventing illness as with treating it. At Intermountain Health Care (IHC). heavy emphasis is placed on keeping people well and out of the hospital. "We're looking at the health of our patients over the whole course of their relationship with us. not just during episodes of illness." said Bill Nelson, executive vice presi" dent of IHC. These relationships are becoming the platform for continual improvements in care and service. We want everyone who comes into contact with IHC to say. 'Now here's an organization that's working very hard to make my life better. To help people stay well. IHC offers a number of different programs, sometimes by itself but often in conjunction with other groups and agencies. Here are five kinds of services individuals can use to live healthier lives: H done heiause it was tree and eonve-ment- , turned out to lie one ol the most (id (lircknl had indiea-- : Svmploms arc sometimes flu last lions nl disease. Bv tlu- - lime mi experienee diseomlort, il nu Ih' loo lain to intervene important even, m tm hie. In ( letoher llllla, I had a seeond IS drawn whir It din tivelv . hut a 9lM and hail the ISA testing done. I onK it showed JnM ask Donald Baker, who routine lilooil test saved his lile. a Baker, age (n, is an amateur athlete swimmer who competes even vearintlie Huntsman World Senior liames held in St. (ieorge, Utah. While at the names, he took advantage ol a tree Irostate-SpeeiliAntigen ilSAl sereening test ollered In II It 's l)iie Regional Medieal Center. I attended the games in ( letoher saw it j i a sjgnilieant rise over time. This test result was a red llag, and I had it followed vv ith a visit to a e eonlirmed urologist, lip I had a last growing eamvrotis tumor ol the prostate. Beiause it was identilied earlv, the entire earner was removed. had no sii kness related to this ran-eer that would have taken mv lile. It was onlv heeause had the IS sereening ollered at the (iames that will he aide to swim there again this vear." Baker eneourages even one who mav need I I I sereenings to have them done on a regular Basis. II 1C laeilities oiler health sueen ings at health lairs, emplovee meetings, and other events. Good Xrii1ibors Regular vheik ups are a must lor staving healths , espeeiallv lor ehildren, epee-tan- t , mothers, those with ehronie and older adults. Now this routine eondi-tioiis- |