It’s common for people to think about putting their mark on the world and leaving it a better place than when they arrived. But in many cases people fail to put those thoughts into action – possibly because they’re hesitant to step outside their comfort zones.
Day: December 28, 2016
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… accomplishments of seven Key … )–The Assistance Fund helps primary biliary cholangitis patients with copays, health insurance premiums & incidental medical expenses through its Primary Biliary Chola… )–DigitalTrends.com,the premier site for …
High School student raises $3000 for child cancer and donates hair
Greymouth high school student Mikayla Milne’s hair will be used to make a wig for a child with cancer. A Greymouth high school student has raised $3000 for the Child Cancer Foundation by cutting her beloved waist-length hair.
How sex can be so much better for the over-50s
… on key characteristics of their sex lives – along with sociodemographic characteristics, and mental and physical health – older adults actually had better sexual quality of life”. She added: “Together these findings suggest that as we age, our …
Avoiding cold-weather injury
Q: What can I do to protect my child from cold-weather risks or injury? A: Parents need to understand the ways in which the body loses heat and limit the amount of time a child is out in the cold, wet or windy weather, especially as children may not be aware of cold temperatures.
Skin cancer drop in Northeast bucks rising rates elsewhere
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Alarm over rising number of younger dementia patients increasing rapidly
… prevalence of dementia within younger patients as they backed the Frank’s Law campaign. Scottish Conservative mental health spokesman Miles Briggs said: “Even though people in those age groups make up a minority of the total cases, we are still …
Japan: Dentsu head to quit in January over employee’s ‘death by overwork’
Inc, Japan’s top advertising agency, said on Wednesday he would step down in January over what the government has deemed the “death by overwork” of a 24-year-old employee. “It is extremely regrettable that we could not prevent overwork by a new recruit In order to take full responsibility, I would like to resign as president at a board meeting in January,” Tadashi Ishii told a news conference.
Sequestration resulted only in more costs to us
Some people are questioning the ability of a non-political businessman in the position of president and commander-in-chief of the United States. Consider just exactly what the person in that chair is really responsible for while in office.
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The family will receive friends at Jones-Wynn Funeral Home in Douglasville Thursday, December 29, 2016, from 4-8 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, December 30, 2016, at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with eulogy by Mr. Chris Lunsford. Burial will follow at Sunrise Memorial Gardens.
Taika Waititi signs up to New Zealand bone marrow donor registry
Waititi, 41, joined the New Zealand Bone Marrow Donor Registry on Thursday at the New Zealand Blood Service in Auckland. Keri and Ryan Topperwien run the Dream Chaser Foundation, a charity that helps children with cancer that they set up after they losing their son Chace to Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.
Pueblo to allow 8 marijuana stores in city
The Pueblo Chieftain reports that the council on Tuesday adopted rules and regulations to allow eight stores in the city, with plans for the licensing board to begin taking applications in January. Initial licenses are expected to be awarded in March.
Cells dripped into the brain help man fight a deadly cancer
… , the Food and Drug Administration, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Some authors get royalties from pending patents or money from Mustang Bio, Inc., which has licensed some of the technology.
Supply Chain Management Advisor
The Supply Chain Management Advisor will be responsible for working with the Ministry of Public Health , Ministry of Health , PMI’s implementing partners and other malaria stakeholders to develop national forecasting and quantification, and identification of malaria commodities gaps for both countries. The Supply Chain Management Advisor will serve as a focal point of and clearing house for malaria commodity information and act as a resource for National Malaria Control Programs and PMI’s implementing partners.
Company helps young family with mold problem
… High School. When an inspection confirmed what parents Ryan and Alexis Davis suspected, that mold is causing the health issues, the young couple finally had the answers they sought. But not the money to fix the problem. They’ve had some financial …
Charity bids to reverse Nice decision on pioneering breast cancer treatment
Kadcyla has been found to extend the lives of patients by up to nine months longer than those taking an alternative drug An urgent petition has been launched by a charity against a controversial draft decision which could block a pioneering breast cancer treatment from being routinely available on the NHS. Breast Cancer Now has condemned a preliminary recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to reject Kadcyla as a “disastrous decision” which is “a huge setback” for the treatment of advanced breast cancer.
Drug and alcohol organisation hits back at council’s ‘disappointing’ decision to pull funding
Turning Point, which has run the Roads to Recovery service in the county since 2013, was snubbed by Gloucestershire County Council back in September for a cheaper provider. Shire Hall chose to award the lucrative five-year contract for its reshaped drug and alcohol addiction service to social care and health charity CGL instead.
Microfluidic Device Market Is Expected to Surpass US$ 5,246.4 Million by 2019
Globally, the microfluidic device market is witnessing significant growth due to increasing R&D investment in pharmaceuticals, life science and rising point of care testing demand. New trends in healthcare, such as health care at home, supports point of care testing as the most efficient and effective delivery of healthcare.
Analysis of sheep I -synuclein provides a molecular strategy for the reduction of fibrillation.
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Parkinson’s disease presents with neuropathological inclusions called Lewy bodies, which are primarily composed of fibrillar I -synuclein.
Brave Oshin loses battle for life
BRAVE Oshin Kiszko, the six-year-old Perth boy who has been battling brain cancer for the past year, has passed away. Oshin, who was diagnosed with medulloblastoma last December, made headlines earlier this year after his parents Angela Kiszko and Adrian Strachan opposed doctor’s wishes to give Oshin radiation therapy.
Carrie Fisher: Hollywood In-Breeding & The Velocity Of Being – Binoy Kampmark
… being, she also managed to carve out a field of advocacy which shed her cinematic skin, probing the taboos of mental health, notably in an environment indifferent and remorseless to the casualties of the mind. While the Daily Mail proved with …
New Years resolutions: how to quit smoking
RESOLUTIONS: Intern Amcal pharmacist Abbey Dixon with a range of Nicorette products available to help people quit smoking. Pictures: OLIVIA PAGE Planning to start your new year with a big lifestyle change? We’ve asked the experts the best way to go about creating lasting change in 2017.
Australian manuka honey ‘more antibiotic-resistant than NZ variety’
Manuka honey made by bees foraging on Australian native plants has much higher antibacterial properties than the famous New Zealand variety, according to new research, but New Zealand producers are trying to trademark the name. New Zealand-made manuka honey has long been considered a superfood for everything from sore throats to gingivitis but as microbiologist Dr Nural Chokedin explains, scientists now say that the Australian-made version could be the most powerful antibacterial honey of all.
Malteser International Americas Announces Thomas A. Wessels as…
… by providing those who are at-risk, and have been discriminated against, access to rehabilitated, better-equipped health centers with trained female health care workers Also newly elected is Edward J. Delaney, KM, of Winchester, Massachusetts. He …
Preparing for cold and flu season
Terry Dyer, nurse practitioner at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Group joined ABC2’s In Focus to discuss the importance of getting your flu shot and how to protect yourself this cold and flu season. There’s a tendency to blame a lot of illnesses on “the flu,” but doctors say they need to focus on your exact symptoms to give you the best and quickest diagnosis.
Danish Study Links Fish Oil During Pregnancy With Lower Asthma Risk In Kids
… during the third trimester of pregnancy. (Nobody knew which capsules contained the fish oil.) They then monitored the health of the children for at least five years. And it turns out that 17 percent of the children in the fish oil group had …
New medical ‘breathalyzer’ detects diseases via a patient’s breath
A new type of medical technology can detect 17 different diseases by ‘sniffing’ an afflicted patient’s breath, according to the American Chemical Society. The technology was inspired by the now-dated diagnoses method used by doctors before the advent of modern medical labs – sniffing a patient’s breath for signs of a particular disease.
This way to the egress
While the general trend over the past few decades in American society is broadly toward less religiosity, one indicator that seems to buck this trend is belief in the afterlife, which appears to be increasing. Photo courtesy of Tithi Luadthong via Shutterstock.
Mylan launches generic Zovia in U.S.
Mylan has announced the launch of a generic version of Zovia , a pregnancy preventative, in the U.S. The product — Ethyniol Diacetate and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets — was found to be bioequivalent to Zovia, and subsidiary Jai Pharma got FDA approval for its abbreviated new drug application.
Alere -1.2% as it appeals revoked Medicaid billing for Arriva
Alere is down another 1.2% in after-hours trade following news that its Arriva Medical unit — the largest contract supplier for diabetes testing supplies under the Medicare National Mail Order Competitive Bid Program — has appealed a decision to revoke its Medicare billing privileges. Arrival appealed to an administrative law judge at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; it expects the appeal to be heard within 30 days and a decision within three months.
Plasma Protein Therapeutics Market – Growth to Be Facilitated by…
Plasma derived proteins are biological medicines used extensively in the treatment of rare, life-threatening, chronic, and genetic diseases. This report on the global plasma protein therapeutics market analyzes the current and future prospects of the market.
Ferrous Sulfate Market Forecast and Value by End-Use Industry 2016-2026
Ferrous Sulfate: Industry Analysis The ferrous sulfate , also known as the Green Vetriol or Copperas since the middle ages, essentially provides iron needed by the body. The ferrous sulfate market is booming in places where the population is high and is growing quickly, for instance China, India and U.S.A. Asia is a major stakeholder in the ferrous sulfate market and produces roughly around 80% of ferrous sulfate produced in the world.
Insulin Market – Global and China Industry Detailed Analysis to 2019
Diabetes, growing at an exponential rate worldwide, has become a serious health concern. The disease has emerged as a major cause of death of people between 20 years and 80 years of age.
Nephrology and Urology Devices Industry – Detailed Analysis and Forecast by 2018
Nephrology and urology are the branches of medical science that deal with the study of kidney and urinary system, diseases and complications associated with it, their diagnosis and types of treatment used to treat these complications. Nephrology, in particular, deals with kidney and urology deals with entire urinary system.
Skin cancer drop in Northeast bucks rising rates elsewhere
A decline in melanoma cases and deaths in Northeast states bucks a national trend for the deadliest skin cancer and may reflect benefits of strong prevention programs, a study suggests. In the years included in the study, the Melanoma Foundation of New England became more active with programs to prevent skin cancer, the researchers noted.
Flu Cases on the Rise in San Diego County
The number of flu cases in San Diego County has increased weekly for the last two months, according to the County Health and Human Services Agency. There were seven reported cases by the end of Oct. 22 but the number went up to 149 by Christmas Eve.
This Is the Best Workout for Women
… these, actually influence a person’s risk of type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Using data from the Women’s Health Study, they followed nearly 36,000 older women who ranged in age from 47-98. The women filled out questionnaires yearly from …
Growing number of Americans are retiring outside the US
… Council at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. “I think that many people retire when they are in good health and they are interested in stretching their dollars and seeing the world,” Mitchell said. McCowen’s rent in Ajijic, a community …
Skin cancer drop in Northeast bucks rising rates elsewhere
This photo provided by the American Academy of Dermatology shows a typical presentation of a suspicious mole that eventually was diagnosed as melanoma. A study released Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, suggests a decline in melanoma cases and deaths in Northeast states buck a national trend for the deadliest skin cancer and may reflect the benefits of strong prevention programs.
Nicolas Cage ‘is worried that playing Ronald Reagan in a flattering …
The actor is said to be worried that it might damage his career if he plays Reagan in a flattering light Nicolas Cage has been offered the role of Ronald Reagan in an upcoming film, but is reportedly voicing his concerns about how the former president will be portrayed in the picture. The Oscar-winning actor is said to be worried that it might damage his career if he plays Reagan in a flattering light reports Page Six .