Day: January 17, 2017

Egg prices starting to stabilize after imports arrive

Egg prices that have been jumping for over a month from the avian influenza epidemic in the country are showing signs of calming down after imports started arriving, officials said Wednesday. The price for a set of 30 eggs fell for the first time in 37 days Friday, and again Tuesday.

Snyder highlights aging infrastructure, Medicaid expansion

Gov. Rick Snyder called Tuesday for addressing Michigan’s aging infrastructure over the next several decades, citing the Flint water crisis that has roiled his administration and a football field-sized sinkhole that formed recently in suburban Detroit. In his seventh annual State of the State address to lawmakers, the Republican also touted the state’s Medicaid expansion, which has provided health insurance to 600,000 low-income adults but which is in jeopardy as the GOP-led Congress seeks to repeal the federal health care law.

COLUMN: Anti-LGBTQ Catholic bishop retires

Henry made headlines over the years regarding his intolerant views on LGBTQ rights and equality. His adamant opposition to LGBTQ rights has been well documented and he may count himself as one of the most vocal, intolerant critics in this country.

1 in 3 misdiagnosed with asthma: study

… is. “Apart from the side effects the individual might be experiencing there’s also the costs to both themself and the health care system,” Ms Goldman said. The study looked at 613 randomly selected patients from 10 Canadian cities diagnosed with …

Time for a Wake Up Call? 10 Sleep Myths Debunked

The new year should serve as a “wake up” call for America, giving us the opportunity to reflect on one of the most overlooked health priorities in our lives: sleep! The masses of the sleep-deprived have a higher risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, obesity and depression. So, let’s end this vicious cycle of misinformation and begin to feel better – by revealing the truth behind common sleep myths.

Enough of being politically correct

Enough of being politically correct OK, let’s be politically incorrect for a bit! Check out this story on eveningsun.com: http://evesun.co/2k2iCll Today people must be hyper-aware of what they say, do, how they act, display or even what they wear! If someone doesn’t like or agree with you, all they need to do is say they are “offended,” then turn and attack that “offensive” person and label them with any number of correctness labels such as racist, or homophobe or Islamophobe or sexist, hater and on and on it goes! If you don’t like or agree, cry that you’re offended.

New NMRMC dermatology clinic opens

Dermatologist P. Christy Parham-Vetter, MD, said the day started a little slowly, but she has a great staff and patients were understanding. Vetter said there are not enough dermatologists to go around anywhere, particularly in rural areas.

Employment

Now hiring full time store manager Must be willing to work weekends and holidays. Apply at Ryan’s Marketplace Foods, Hayfield.

Cancer fight ends tragically for 7-year-old boy

Joshua’s mother, Lia Weekes, donated bone marrow to her son, but doctors said his chances would have been better with an external donor who was a closer match in ethnic makeup. Joshua Weekes’ life was cut early, but family and friends say his kindness, laughter and smarts will be remembered forever.

Asthma Diagnosis Later Reversed in About 1 in 3 Adults, Study Finds

Although asthma is considered a chronic disease, doctors have been puzzled by its often changing nature that can makes prescribing medicine, or stopping them, tricky. A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that about one-third of adults tested for the study, who had been diagnosed with asthma in the previous five years, showed no evidence of the condition during later follow-up examinations and testing.

CBO: Repealing ACA could mean 32 million would lose insurance

A Republican-sponsored repeal of Obamacare without a replacement plan would leave 32 million people uninsured by 2026, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted in an estimate released Tuesday. CBO evaluated what would happen if Congress enacts a reconciliation bill similar to one from 2015 that would eliminate Obamacare’s mandate penalties and subsidies while leaving the insurance market reforms in place.

University of California’s Napolitano in hospital for cancer

University of California President Janet Napolitano, a former U.S. Homeland Security secretary, has been undergoing cancer treatment for five months and has been hospitalized after suffering complications, the school system said Tuesday. The UC Office of the President said Napolitano, 59, was diagnosed last August but did not say what type of cancer she has or respond to inquiries seeking further details.

Buffs add several newcomers to football roster

Five of the newcomers are early high school graduates: receiver Jaylon Jackson, defensive back Isaiah Lewis, quarterback Tyler Lytle, offensive lineman Jake Moretti and defensive end Dante Sparaco. Jackson, from Cedar Hills High School, dealt with injuries during his junior and senior seasons, but is a highly rated prospect.

A Warning to Trump From Friedrich Hayek

If American conservatives have an intellectual hero, it might well be Friedrich Hayek — and rightly so. More clearly than anyone else, Hayek elaborated the case against government planning and collectivism, and mounted a vigorous argument for free markets.

Hansen makes presentation on wagon trains at SUP meeting

On Thursday, Jan. 5, Robert Hansen told a fascinating and little-known piece of LDS immigration history that has been largely lost, even by those who are descendants of those immigrants involved.After The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established in Utah, the Perpetual Immigration Fund was established to help converts, especially … (more)

Lena Dunham, Wilson Cruz to speak at Planned Parenthood rally

The Tuesday rally in Sacramento, just three days before President Barack Obama leaves office, reflects mounting concerns over national politics and the future of the reproductive health organization, which has 115 affiliated centers in California alone, serving 800,000 patients. Women’s health groups are concerned that a Trump presidency could enable a Republican-controlled Congress to make good on its threats to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding by making it ineligible for Medicaid reimbursement.

Mildred Harrell Carmack

Mrs. Carmack was born in LaVergne, TN to the late Lonnie Gilbert and Florence Walkup Harrell. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, John Douglas Carmack, and a step-brother, Truman E. Brown.

Sam Moore to sing at Trump inaugural event

Sam Moore of the soul duo Sam and Dave has been added to the list of performers for President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural events. Moore told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he felt that the criticism leveled at singer Jennifer Holliday, which led to her to back out of the event, was unfair.

Steep Bills Surprise Patients Who Go ‘Out-of-Network’

Patients using specialists outside their health-plan network often receive surprise bills for services that cost far more than what Medicare considers a fair rate, a new study suggests. Most insurers use rates set by Medicare — the publicly funded insurance program for the elderly — as the benchmark for what they’ll pay health care providers.

GAO Marshalls Its Data to Warn Leaders of Fiscal Crisis

Set apart with an atypically colorful cover designed around a compass, the first-ever annual report on fiscal health from the Government Accountability Office warns the incoming president and congressional leaders that federal finances remain on an “unsustainable long-term fiscal path.” The 47-page compilation done in cooperation with the Congressional Budget Office combines the latest alarming macro-numbers with calls for action by Congress as well as specific remedies that can be undertaken by agency managers.

Flood of News Presents Buying Opportunity

… 5 million and 6 million patients. Beyond the FDA, word just came in from the Paul Ehrlich Institute, Germany’s health regulator, that the same trial could begin enrollment there. Though the trial will be enrolling 250 patients globally, approval is …