… pillows and blankets to get comfortable. Animal Birth Control Clinic, 3238 Clay Ave., will conduct a pet preventive health and microchip clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Services to be offered will include microchips; distempter and parvo …
Day: January 7, 2017
TEENS: America’s health care system is sickly
Surely, adults know this by now and are all agreeing with me. I’m compelled to write about this specific topic because I feel like my age group should be aware on how badly we are getting overcharged by the American health care system.
RememberToSuggestAHead
… 11th. This program is offered in partnership by the Alzheimer’s Association, UK Sanders Brown Center on Aging, and UK Health Care. The Season of Honor: Caring for the Caregiver Support Group will meet on Monday, January 2, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at First …
Vera Ruth (Lignitz) Spatig
Vera Ruth Spatig, 89, of Morristown, formerly of Oaklandon, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017. She was born on February 12, 1927, in Haddam, Ks., as the daughter of John R. and Nellie I. Lignitz.
Let’s rise above political consequences
As my Senate term comes to an end, I want to thank all Hoosiers for the incredible opportunity to represent you in Washington. Through it all, the ups and downs, the highs and the lows, the successes and the failures, I have felt nothing but gratitude for the honor of representing you in the U.S. Senate.
Diet diary: This new year, some fresh ideas to get fitter
… complaints like bloating, acidity, gastritis, constipation or irritable bowel syndrome may lead to more serious health problems if they remain untreated. Maintain good digestive health by cultivating good gut flora through pro and pre-biotics, …
Black Forest News
… small-town atmosphere. I like it when I know all my neighbors and they all know me. NFH: Since this is the NFH annual health care issue, what do you think is the most pressing health care issue facing our country today? Descar: Being able to afford …
Golden Globes Party Diary 2017: Inside the A-List Events
Jimmy Fallon strikes a pose with the Stallone sisters, Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet, at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards preview day at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 4, 2017. The first big party of 2017 is here.
Eagle wrestling picks up 2 wins
New Ulm Area downed both BOLD 47-30 and St. Clair/Mankato Loyola 63-14 in a wrestling triangular on Friday at New Ulm High School. The triangular was designated as the TakeDown Cancer night, during which four local businesses donated $5 for every takedown or pin to the Randy Shaver Cancer Foundation for cancer research.
Centrist triad: Mods, Dems and deals
… pending imposition of concealed-carry is wildly unpopular. a Creating “lockboxes” to protect the highway, children’s health, and other trust funds from any further diversion from their original purposes. a Demanding long-term solutions to the …
Abuse of transgender Indians begins in early childhood
… Sharmila. Four of 10 transgender people face sexual abuse before completing 18 years, according to a survey by Swasti Health Resource Centre — a Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation — among 2,169 respondents across three states: Maharashtra, …
Is there a doctor in the House? There are two in the Senate
This week, two came aboard – one Democrat and one Republican – and their real-world experience could come in handy with health care shaping up as a dominant issue before the Legislature. Republican Scott Jensen, 62, comes from a conservative district in Chaska and is a family practice doctor with his own clinic.
As flu cases surge, vaccinations stall
… peaks in Minnesota. There’s still time to get a flu shot, but federal data show most people haven’t bothered. Public health officials are publicizing the increase in flu cases with hopes the information will spur people to rush out for a flu shot. …
My Turn: We must rediscover trust in government
… w again – to R&D, to infrastructure, to education, to a minimum wage with dignity, to small businesses, to affordable health insurance, to good jobs for all.
Obituary: Otto Harry Gruner III / Machinery firm’s co-founder would rather be fishing
Otto Harry Gruner III only answered his telephone because he hoped someone was calling to invite him to go fishing. One day in 1987, a friend called and invited Mr. Gruner and his wife, Nancy, to travel to Scotland for a week to fish for Atlantic salmon in the River Tweed.
Eighties plus
… change is clear, people live a lot longer today than they did fifty years ago. At this age the necessity of having a Health Care Power of Attorney, a Living Will and a Business Power of Attorney is paramount. Someone needs to be listed to provide …
Children abandoned in rubbish bins, toilet pits and even forests: My …
Nothing can prepare you for the first time you meet the children at Beautiful Gate, an orphanage in Lesotho, South Africa. No matter how much research you do, no matter how many people you talk to beforehand, it is one of those moments that changes something inside you forever.