Month: December 2016

Halifax utility takes extra water precautions ahead of annual polar bear dip

A Halifax utility has taken special precautions to keep harbour bacteria levels within swimming guidelines ahead of the annual New Year’s Day plunge – although water-quality issues don’t seem to faze the brave souls willing to leap into the icy ocean. Halifax Water shut off its ultra-violet lights – the final component in the sewage and wastewater treatment process – in November at four of its plants to lower energy bills over the winter.

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Plymouth boss Derek Adams has no fresh injury worries as they prepare to welcome Crawley in Sky Bet League Two on Saturday. Defender Gary Sawyer is edging closer to a return to the first-team squad after recovering from a stomach injury which has kept him out for over four months.

Aetna Fight for Humana Awaits Court Ruling in U.S. Merger Case

Aetna Inc.’s fight to complete it purchase of Humana Inc. is now with a federal judge who must decide whether the combination of the two health insurers should be blocked because it risks raising costs for consumers. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington heard final arguments Friday from the companies and the Justice Department about the $37 billion deal, which the government says should be stopped.

New rules to limit Medi-Cal ‘death fees’

… estate recovery program collected close to $70 million, says Tony Cava, spokesman for the state Department of Health Care Services, which administers Medi-Cal. That’s up from roughly $53 million in 2011-2012. Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, points …

Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Reported in Venice

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health today was investigating reports of multiple cases of antibiotic-resistant infections in Venice. The action comes as a community group known as the Venice Stakeholders Association , long critical of the area’s homeless situation, announced that six cases of “apparent MRSA” have been reported.

Woman with disability cooks for a bigger purpose

Kim Webber adds a dash of experience, a pinch of passion and a heaping helping of love when making her favorite dishes, but what her YouTube subscribers won’t find in any of her recipes is the special reason she loves to cook. “I was kind of sick and spent a lot of time watching YouTube on the big screen, and I thought, ‘Well, I see something,'” said Webber.

Obama, Democrats to Consider Ways to Save Affordable Care Act

President Barack Obama will meet with Democrats in Congress on Wednesday to discuss ways to protect his signature health care law, which Republicans have threatened to repeal. The president and Democratic lawmakers hope to devise a strategy to delay the Republican-controlled House and Senate from repealing much of the Affordable Care Act without providing a replacement plan.

Ireland confirms bird flu case, carrying out tests

Ireland has found the H5N8 bird flu strain in a wild duck in the south eastern town of Wexford, the agriculture department said on Friday. Several European countries have found cases of H5N8 bird flu in recent weeks and Ireland ordered poultry flocks be kept indoors last week after an outbreak was confirmed in Britain.

Can you really die of a broken heart?

… in women – by people with a history of neurologic problems, such as seizures, and by people with a history of mental health problems. Though a stress-based theory is probably correct, the precise cause of the syndrome remains unknown, according to …

Ghosts of Winters Past

My mother died in late September of 2009 after a long illness, and I thought I was coping well with her death until a few days before Thanksgiving that year. I was sitting in my office trying to suppress a sudden wave of grief mixed with anxiety about the approaching holiday when a twenty-something colleague dropped by unexpectedly and noticed my woeful countenance.

John Bolton slams Obama sanctions on Russia as inadequate

Former Bush administration U.N. ambassador John Bolton said Friday morning that President Obama’s sanctions on Russia was an inadequate response to that government’s pervasive hacking of U.S. computer systems during the 2016 presidential campaign. “I don’t think they will have much impact at all,” Mr. Bolton said Friday on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” of Mr. Obama’s sanctions, The Hill newspaper reported .

Apollo Endosurgery Shares Up 20% After Going Public With Reverse Merger

Austin, Texas-based Apollo focuses on less-invasive therapies for the treatment of obesity and gastrointestinal disorders. Its investors include affiliates of PTV Healthcare Capital, H.I.G. BioHealth Partners, Remeditex Ventures, Novo A/S and CPMG Inc. Apollo’s deal to merge with San Diego, Calif.-based Lpath, which develops lipidomic-based therapeutic antibodies, was first announced Sept.

The long, strange odyssey of bringing Oscar fave ‘Toni Erdmann’ to the screen

But the upstart German filmmaker Maren Ade employed an especially unconventional technique in greeting the stars of her new picture “Toni Erdmann” for the Romanian portion of production. Ade showed up at the down-on-its-heels Bucharest airport as an over-the-top character – tricked out as a goofball mogul, pouring Champagne wearing bathroom slippers in the back of a white stretch limo.

Keeping your eyes healthy in 2017

It’s that time of year again and New Year resolutions are coming at you from every health corner. Here in RNIB Cymru we support people with sight loss, but our work also includes campaigns to help with preventing sight loss.

Bird flu case confirmed in Republic of Ireland

The wild duck, a wigeon, was found alive, but unable to fly in Wexford Town on Wednesday, Irish state broadcaster RTE reports. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said the H5N8 subtype can cause serious disease in poultry and other birds, but no human infections with this virus have been reported.

The Best Powder Supplements for Your Diet

… of scientific affairs and a staff nutritionist for the Vitamin Shoppe. Potentially, they’re the newest weapon in your health arsenal-the trick is to figure out which powders actually work. While some of them have proven benefits, a number are …

Department confirms case of bird flu in Wexford

The Department said the finding is not unexpected given the detection of highly contagious H5N8 in wild birds in Britain in the last two weeks The Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of bird flu in Ireland after a wild duck was discovered with the disease in Co Wexford on Wednesday. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has confirmed that although the H5N8 subtype can cause serious disease in poultry and other birds, no human infections with this virus have been reported worldwide.

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… and Opko’s longer-lasting candidate might have performed even better with a more convenient dosing schedule. Opko Health isn’t throwing in the towel just yet. Although hGH-CTP failed to significantly reduce trunk fat mass compared to a placebo after …

How Risky Is Altria Group, Inc.?

… and have limited borrowing capacity. As a result, taxing tobacco is a fertile source of revenue. Moreover, with health advocates calling for measures to reduce smoking and encourage smokers to quit, tobacco taxes are often politically attractive as …

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The collision of two black holes — a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO — is shown in this still image from a computer simulation. After reading last week’s story about the supervolcano below Italy that might be close to waking up, a co-worker joked that Speaking of Science should start a spin-off blog titled, “Whoa, science is scary.”

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The collision of two black holes — a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO — is shown in this still image from a computer simulation. After reading last week’s story about the supervolcano below Italy that might be close to waking up, a co-worker joked that Speaking of Science should start a spin-off blog titled, “Whoa, science is scary.”