Day: December 25, 2016

Cancer patient wins a year of free pizza, gives it to food bank

But instead of seizing the opportunity to spend the better part of 2017 gorging on the well-deserved melted mozzarella wellspring, Katrick, who has colon cancer, decided other people needed it more. “You know the saying, ‘When life gives you lemons make lemonade,’ well, when life gives you pizza, give away a slice,” the 36-year-old told CNN Sunday.

Sally Field thinking of Carrie Fisher with ‘heart and soul’

Fisher has repo… . A gathering of media personnel camp outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, where TMZ and the Los Angeles Times reported actress Carrie Fisher had been taken after suffering a medical … Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill of “Star Wars” fame are among many who have expressed hope that the 60-year-old Fisher recovers after suffering a medical emergency on a flight and being admitted Friday to a Los Angeles hospital.

Call The Midwife: What is a phantom pregnancy?

This year’s Call The Midwife Christmas Special sees one of the South African patients tragically discovering that she was never pregnant in the first place, but rather going through a false or ‘phantom pregnancy’. Pseudocyesis aka a phantom or ‘false’ pregnancy is a condition whereby a woman’s body mistakenly believes she is pregnant and changes to facilitate the gestation of a baby.

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… is more commonly known as Obamacare, has been a polarizing law since Day One. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s (KFF) Health Tracking Poll, which has been taken nearly every month since the ACA was signed into law in March 2010, often finds more people …

Should Women Take Hormone Pills to Prevent Breast Cancer?

A new British study that recommended hundreds of thousands of women take hormone therapy pills to prevent breast cancer is taking fire from many U.S. experts who are challenging the U.K. advisory. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence issued draft guidelines for the National Health Service, – the publically funded health service for England – that said “women predisposed to breast cancer because of a strong family history of the disease” should take pills to reduce their risk of breast cancer.

Cops: Man sets estranged wife’s home on fire, kills himself

Authorities in central Maine say a man set his estranged wife’s house on fire during the middle of the night before fatally stabbing himself in front of responding officers. Police in Fairfield say shortly after midnight Saturday, 63-year-old Terry Whitney went to his estranged wife’s home, shut off the power, and set fire to his truck and the house.

Beware! Your cat may just transmit bird flu to you

In what may be the first known transmission of bird flu from cats to humans, a veterinarian in the US has been infected with a strain of avian flu that spread among more than 100 cats at animal shelters. However, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the US said that its ongoing investigation of the outbreak of H7N2, a strain of influenza A virus, among cats housed at Animal Care Centres shelters confirms that the risk to humans is low.

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As 2016 comes to a close, it can arguably be described as the best year ever for marijuana. At the beginning of the year, 23 states had legalized medical cannabis, while residents in just four states had voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana.

Odisha to launch malaria elimination scheme in 8,000 villages

Bhubaneswar, Dec 25 : The Odisha government has decided to intensify state sponsored malaria elimination scheme ‘Daman’ in eight remote districts of the state, an official statement said on Sunday. [NK Orissa] The state government has approved the scheme to be implemented in 8,000 villages of these districts, said a release from the Health Department, adding the programme is an innovative and integrated approach for control and prevention of malaria.

Odisha to launch malaria elimination scheme in 8,000 villages

Bhubaneswar, Dec 25 : The Odisha government has decided to intensify state sponsored malaria elimination scheme ‘Daman’ in eight remote districts of the state, an official statement said on Sunday. [NK Orissa] The state government has approved the scheme to be implemented in 8,000 villages of these districts, said a release from the Health Department, adding the programme is an innovative and integrated approach for control and prevention of malaria.

Discovery of New Disease May Signal Hope for Patients with Brain-Aging Diseases

Scientists at the University of Sussex in England have discovered a new genetic disease which results in neurodegeneration – the progressive deterioration or death of brain cells. The researchers believe the discovery of this new disease could help increase our understanding of other rare neurodegenerative diseases, and also help develop more targeted treatments for the more common neurodegenerative and brain aging conditions, such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s.

Discovery of New Disease May Signal Hope for Patients with Brain-Aging Diseases

Scientists at the University of Sussex in England have discovered a new genetic disease which results in neurodegeneration – the progressive deterioration or death of brain cells. The researchers believe the discovery of this new disease could help increase our understanding of other rare neurodegenerative diseases, and also help develop more targeted treatments for the more common neurodegenerative and brain aging conditions, such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s.

Some firms find fitness trackers put pep in employees’ step

Fitness trackers – those sleek devices often strapped to wrists – are starting to become nearly as common as employee badges at some companies. But how much do they help workers? How much do they help the companies that offer the wearables to their employees? Companies say they offer them to make work more fun, improve workers’ health, boost employee productivity or save money on health insurance costs.

Some firms find fitness trackers put pep in employees’ step

Fitness trackers – those sleek devices often strapped to wrists – are starting to become nearly as common as employee badges at some companies. But how much do they help workers? How much do they help the companies that offer the wearables to their employees? Companies say they offer them to make work more fun, improve workers’ health, boost employee productivity or save money on health insurance costs.

Campus critters nuts for Penn State’s Squirrel Girl

Four years ago, the senior became an internet sensation for placing tiny hats on the ubiquitous rodents that live near Penn State’s landmark Old Main building, and coaxing them to hold miniature props. Though her Penn State career is winding down, Krupa, 22, is still up to her old tricks.

Take care: Mining the mind-body connection

Do you ever suffer from worried, fearful, or racing thoughts? A licensed clinical social worker at Keystone Behavioral Health describes one form of therapy used to keep thoughts under control. Take care: Mining the mind-body connection Do you ever suffer from worried, fearful, or racing thoughts? A licensed clinical social worker at Keystone Behavioral Health describes one form of therapy used to keep thoughts under control.

Take care: Mining the mind-body connection

Do you ever suffer from worried, fearful, or racing thoughts? A licensed clinical social worker at Keystone Behavioral Health describes one form of therapy used to keep thoughts under control. Take care: Mining the mind-body connection Do you ever suffer from worried, fearful, or racing thoughts? A licensed clinical social worker at Keystone Behavioral Health describes one form of therapy used to keep thoughts under control.

Monitoring for bird flu intensified

The Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas is asking farmers and local government units to be always on the lookout for any outbreak of bird flu in the region. Dr. Pacifico Lumauag III, a veterinarian at the department’s Regional Field Office, said bird flu can also be transmitted to humans and could even cause death.

Forsyth home to array of traditions, religious celebrations

Many Forsyth County residents will celebrate Christmas today by sitting around the house with family and friends, exchanging gifts and eating a holiday meal. It is well-known that Forsyth County is one of the most rapidly growing areas of state and the country, and all that growth means new neighbors and new traditions for the holidays.

Forsyth home to array of traditions, religious celebrations

Many Forsyth County residents will celebrate Christmas today by sitting around the house with family and friends, exchanging gifts and eating a holiday meal. It is well-known that Forsyth County is one of the most rapidly growing areas of state and the country, and all that growth means new neighbors and new traditions for the holidays.

The first grandchild and the Christmas puzzle

The first grandchild and the Christmas puzzle As the Cravens and Waggener families remember the first grandchild who passed away earlier this week, this story comes to mind from a few years ago written by his mother, Wilma Jean. She paints a picture of her firstborn, a precious, precocious rascal child, Phillip Glenn Cravens, who ruled in her family’s kitchen as his Grandparents and the young Aunts and Uncles stood by in admiration — no discipline.