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NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 4, 2024
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LIJ hospital unveils new sleep center already hosting patients for overnight observation where they will be meticulously moniFor those suffering from an tored during their sleep, on facundiagnosed sleep disorder, a tors like heart rate, eye movegood night’s sleep can prove ments, and breathing patterns. The goal of polyvexingly elusive. somno g raphy, or When sleep deprisleep study, is to vation becomes accurately dia g chronic, exper ts nose the nature of warn, it can wreak sleep conditions — h av o c o n y o u r with sleep apnea health and severely being the most d e b i l i t at e yo u r prominent — and quality of life. provide tailored “When people treatment for getare sleep deprived, ting proper shutthey are prone to eye. . more accidents,” “ M ay b e we ’ re said Fer nanda not looking for Fanek, director of slee p apnea, but respiratory at Long we’re looking for Island Jewish Valhyperventilation, ley Stream hospinarcolepsy, things tal. “It affects your DR. STELLA HAHN that you can’t do m o o d , a n d yo u r Associate medical with a basic home ability to function director, slee p study,” Dr. o n a d ay - t o - d ay Sleep Services Stella Hahn, associbasis, and if you ate medical direcalready have chronic conditions, not having prop- tor of Sleep Services, said. Sleep labs across the region er sleep makes it harder to are in high demand and manage those conditions.” LIJ Valley Stream, Fanek stretched to their limits, Hahn said, now offers its patients a noted. “ T h e s l e e p c e n t e r s a re way to seek treatment through backed up for months and its newest sleep center. T he four-bed f acility is CoNtiNued oN page 16
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Rabbi Yechiel Buchband gave a special thanks to Marie McNair, of the Baha’i Council of the Northeastern States, for her contribution to the event.
Giving thanks through faith Those of differing beliefs gather to share their gratitude By ANGELINA ZINGARIELLO azingariello@liherald.com
The Valley Stream Jewish Center served as the venue for this year’s Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration, an annual event organized by the Valley Stream Religious Council. The Nov. 20 gathering brought together representatives and community members from various faiths to reflect on gratitude and foster interfaith understanding through an evening of prayer, speeches, music and fellowship. About 35 people attended the event on Nov. 20, representing a range of religious and ethnic backgrounds. “This event has been a wonderful opportunity to bring together people of different
religions, races, and backgrounds to understand our commonalities as one human family,” Marie McNair, secretary of the Regional Baha’i Council of the Northeastern States, said. “In sharing the type of program that we do, it becomes clear that the foundation of our beliefs, although sometimes differing in how we express them, really are the same and show that we really have so much in common.” Theis annual tradition rotates among different houses of worship, with past locations including Grace Methodist Church, the Baha’i CenterCenter, and the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church. During the pandemic, the event was held virtually viavia Zoom. The event’s consistent focus is gratitude as a CoNtiNued oN page 12
he sleep centers are backed up for months and months, and there are not many sleeping centers that serve the area.