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Employee Health Office:
Contact: Carolyn Jenlink, Supervisor 973-4737
Gladys Brooks, Clerk 973-4632
The Employee Health office assists district employees with issues regarding time away from work for health reasons; assistance with short-term/long-term disability leave; and information on EMPAC, the Employee Assistance program. The links below will provide more information for each of these programs.
EMPAC Employee Assistance Program for district employees
FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE For employees who need time away from work for family medical needs.
SHORT-TERM DISABILITY/TEMPORARY LEAVE For employees who need extended leave from work.
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Nutrition Tip
Teaing it up. You will achieve a much higher intake of the beneficial polyphenols found in tea by drinking freshly brewed tea rather than iced tea. The reason: The polyphenols (mostly flavonoids) in tea leaves are readily extracted by hot water. Also, iced tea is usually consumed in a more dilute form and stored and served over several days. Polyphenols break down over time.
Fitness Tip
Fitness may protect the brain in and from early Alzheimer’s. Exercise helps keep your brain from cognitive shrinkage. A recent study found that people with early Alzheimer’s disease who were less physically fit had four times more brain shrinkage when compared to normal older adults who were more physically fit.
Health Tip
Healthy habits can cut your stroke risk. A healthy lifestyle has been known to cut your risk of heart disease and other cardiovascular disease as well as diabetes but until recently less has been known about the relationship between a healthy lifestyle and stroke. While it makes sense, this landmark research study suggests the same healthy habits that help protect your heart (not smoking, a BMI of less than 25, moderate to vigorous exercise at least 30 minutes daily, consumption of one-half to one drink of alcohol for women-two for men, and eating a healthy diet and taking a multivitamin for at least 5 years) can reduce your risk of stroke, too.
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