Renee Grubb, co-founder of Village Properties, has been named chair of the Board of Directors for the American Heart Association Central Coast Division. She will be responsible for guiding the board to achieve the American Heart Association’s mission of building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
Day: January 30, 2017
Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brain
In this April 10, 2014, file photo, a card player studies her hand during a bridge game at a restaurant in St. Paul, Minn. Research published on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, shows that even in one’s 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline.
Open Minds Launches Stats For Strategy Series With Top Medicaid…
More managed care, new financing models, changing service delivery and care management requirements — these factors are all shaping the health and human service market and require executives of payer and provider organizations to build a new strategy for success. To help organizations build strategies and position to compete in the market, OPEN MINDS has released a new market intelligence series on the data health and human services organizations need to make strategic decisions for success in today’s changing market.
Siemens HealthineersVoice: Breaking Down Silos: Partnerships May Foster Better Healthcare Pathways
Health spending in the United States exceeds that in other countries by a wide margin. For that reason, many are surprised to learn that the life expectancy of Americans is lower, partly due to the To reverse this trend, health reform initiatives are undergoing a shift that incentivizes “value-based care,” or strengthened patient outcomes at a reduced cost.
3 Benefits Of Getting Naked In Public: Taking Off Your Clothes Boosts Happiness, Body Image
… to the problem of body dissatisfaction. Several studies have found being naked can have benefits when it comes to our health, including better sleep, vitamin D, and a healthier brain. The National Sleep Foundation advises in order to have a normal …
Misdiagnosis of Common Foot and Ankle Injuries May Result in Arthritis, Chronic Pain and Disability
… literature that incorporates an integrative, comprehensive, patient-centered approach to clinical care and improving health.
Adult swaddling therapy fad hits Tokyo
Wrapped up from head to toe in a white bag and gently rocking from side to side, five Japanese mothers are hopeful Tokyo’s latest health trend can cure their post-pregnancy aches and pains. According to its exponents, Otonamaki, which translates as “adult wrapping”, was devised by a Kyoto midwife who thought replicating how children are swaddled at birth could help mothers overcome post labor shoulder and hip pain.
Donna Dunn (left) at the Phoenix Theatre in London
THE mother of an inspirational teenager from Cwmbran honoured the wish of her daughter by attending a preview performance of a new musical. Aged only 18, Emily Clark passed away in March of last year from breathing difficulties, having previously beaten cancer on two occasions.
World Influenza Vaccines Market Trends and Forecasts Analysis
The influenza vaccine is one of the most lucrative segment of the global vaccines market. Influenza is a highly communicable disease and typically has the most severe impact on children and the elderly.
Hugo Chavez returns to life in TV show criticized by allies
The life of Hugo Chavez, who mesmerized Venezuela’s impoverished masses before dying of cancer in 2013, is being dramatized in a Spanish-language TV series that is generating a backlash even before it airs. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, “El Comandante” premieres this week throughout Latin America and in the spring will be broadcast in the U.S. by the Telemundo network.
Living at high altitudes linked to lower risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome
Could something as simple as the geographic area in which you live contribute to your risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, or suffering a stroke? A new study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology , has revealed that the incidence of Metabolic Syndrome could be linked to the altitude of where a person lives. Metabolic syndrome is the medical term for the combination of high blood pressure, sugar and cholesterol levels, as well as excess body fat around the waist, and contributes to serious health problems.
Research findings could lead to effective repair therapies for peripheral nerve damage
Research published today, 30th January 2017 online in the Journal of Cell Biology , has for the first time identified how a bodily protein allows nerves of the peripheral nervous system to repair following injury. The findings, discovered by research neuroscientists at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and funded by the Medical Research Council, could lead to effective repair therapies for those who have suffered peripheral nerve damage in trauma cases or perhaps via battlefield injuries.
Tyler’s FRESH 15 Road Race announces 2017 charity partners
… great pride in the fact that every single penny from registration goes directly back into our community,” Bethesda Health Clinic: A Christ-centered clinic that provides affordable health and dental care to hardworking low-income adults who are …
The Norwegian dietary guidelines and colorectal cancer survival…
… diet increases risk of CRC (e.g. see the latest update from World Cancer Research Fund, 2011 [ ]. In paucity of data, health authorities in most countries recommend the same diet to CRC survivors (i.e. patients living with a CRC diagnosis, including …
Scientists have mapped methylome in insulin-producing islets
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have mapped the whole methylome of pancreatic islets, which are responsible for insulin production. Only about 1.5 percent of the methylome, which is vital for the activation or inactivation of genes in cells, had been mapped out in recent years.
Codi to prove she’s a cut above the rest by losing locks for children’s charity
AN eight-year-old girl will prove she’s a cut above the rest when she gets a haircut as part of a fundraising day she has organised. Codi Halliday will get 24 inches of her 30 inch-long ponytail cut off in aid of the Little Princess Trust, a charity which makes wigs for children who have lost their hair through cancer treatment or other illnesses.
Top 5 germiest place to avoid this flu season
It looks like Flu Season is far worse than it was this time last year. New numbers from the CDC show flu activity is now widespread in 37 states, and eight children have died from the flu this season.
Drugs firms profiteer from NHS by hiking cancer drugs prices
Drug companies are profiteering from the NHS to the tune of 1 billion because they have unjustifiably hiked prices of cancer medicine, experts warn. Cancer patients are let down by greedy drug companies who delay availability of well-established treatments and raise the prices beyond what the NHS can afford, academics said.
Mumps Outbreak Worsens in Washington State, with Nearly 300 Reported Cases
Cases of mumps in an ongoing outbreak in Washington state have continued to rise, with at least 298 likely or confirmed mumps cases, according to the state health department and the Spokane Regional Health District. There are at least 166 likely cases in King County, where Seattle is located, and 94 cases in Spokane, where at least 300 students were told to stay home due to concerns they were not up to date on their vaccinations, the health departments in those counties said Thursday.
Seasonal Flu Reaches Epidemic Levels in US
Cases of the seasonal flu have reached epidemic levels, according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC also reported that eight pediatric deaths have been reported due to seasonal influenza and that 10 states have experienced high amounts of people with flu-like symptoms.
BioCryst Announces the Acceptance of Peramivir MAA Filing by the European Medicines Agency
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of treatments for rare diseases, announced today that the European Medicines Agency has accepted the filing of its peramivir Marketing Authorization Application for treatment of symptoms typical of influenza in adults 18 years and older. The acceptance of the MAA begins the review process by the EMA under the centralized licensing procedure for all 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Iceland.
CytoDyn Strengthens Executive Management With Appointment of Anthony…
CytoDyn Inc. , a biotechnology company focused on the development of new antibody therapies for combating human immunodeficiency virus infection, announces the appointment of Anthony D. Caracciolo as Executive Chairman of CytoDyn effective immediately. In this new capacity, Mr. Caracciolo will assume an active leadership role in the Company’s strategic planning, business development and operations.
Lake Barrington teen eager to start 3,300-mile bike ride for charity
One might assume that the question on the mind of someone facing a 3,300-mile, cross-country cycling trip would be “will my body hold up?” But for Jan Gierlach, the Lake Barrington teen set to begin his “Ride for 3 Reasons” next week, the question circling his brain most may be “where will I sleep?” Jan has spent a lot of time plotting his course from San Diego to St. Augustine, Florida, in great detail so he knows where all of the resources are along the way down to granular detail. “I’m compiling a spreadsheet right now — there’s this gas station, there’s this Motel 6, all these kind of places that I would need,” Jan said.
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Obamacare enrollment deadline Tuesday
… boost in enrollment this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports. In mid-December, enrollment in health exchange plans was up 3 percent from the same time period the previous year. U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, proposed a …
Documents from King George III to go online
An enormous cache of historical documents from Britain’s royal archives detailing the reign of King George III is going online as part of the royal family’s effort to rehabilitate the legacy of the monarch widely regarded as having been insane. The monarch — America’s last king — is often referred to as “mad King George.”
Old Cancer Drug Gets 1,000%-Plus Price Hike in Frugal U.K.
… isn’t the only medicine whose price has unexpectedly surged in one of the world’s most tightly-controlled markets for health spending. Melphalan, a chemotherapy in use for ovarian cancer since the 1950s, had a 315 percent cost increase in the same …
148P: Concordance between detection of EGFR mutations on tissue and…
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Nierman Practice Management Hosts 2 CE Seminars for Dental Sleep…
The practice management company held their ABC: Airway, Bruxism, and Craniofacial Pain and CrossCoding: Unlocking the Code to Medical Billing in Dentistry courses for dentists and team members Nierman Practice Mgmt hosted the ABC: Airway, Bruxism, and Craniofacial Pain seminar and CrossCoding: Unlocking the Code to Medical Billing in Dentistry seminar in Jupiter, FL. Nierman Practice Management hosted the ABC: Airway, Bruxism, and Craniofacial Pain seminar and CrossCoding: Unlocking the Code to Medical Billing in Dentistry seminar in Jupiter, FL.
Does cough medicine really work?
For many people, cough syrup is their go-to remedy when they’re plagued with an annoying cough. But believe it or not, cough syrup might not actually be doing anything to help with your symptoms.
Living without lungs for six days saves a mom’s life
Melissa Benoit, with her husband Chris and their daughter Olivia, celebrates her 33rd birthday last November seven months after surgeons removed her severely infected lungs, replacing them with healthy donor lungs six days later. Credit: Melissa Benoit In a bold and very challenging move, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital removed severely infected lungs from a dying mom, keeping her alive without them for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive a life-saving lung transplant.
House passes MNsure premium relief bill
On a bipartisan vote of 73-54, the Minnesota House approved the 2017 Health Care Emergency Aid and Access bill which provides direct premium relief and preserves access to life-saving and end-of-life care. While lawmakers work toward long-term state and federal health insurance reforms, this legislation institutes immediate consumer- driven improvements that stand alone and will not be impacted by those future changes.
Support cancer boffin in walking challenge
AN OLDHAM scientist has urged residents to support World Cancer Day this Saturday. Cell biologist Habiba Begum is part of a team of scientists who are developing new drugs to treat cancer.
Healthcare Center Gets the PENETRON Treatment
… says Claudio Neves Ourives, General Manager of PENETRON Brazil. UniMed, a Brazilian medical service cooperative and health insurance operator is the largest of its kind in the world, with 367 local member cooperatives. To expand its Belo Horizonte …
Starbucks CEO Schultz plans to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump ban
… that if the Affordable Care Act is repealed and employees lose healthcare coverage, they would be able to return to health insurance through Starbucks. Trump and a Republican-controlled legislature are seeking to undo much of the Affordable Care …
Global Breast Health & Wellness Center Expands Use of Cryoablation…
Dr. April L. Speed, first in Georgia to provide cryoablation for early stage breast cancer with the Visica 2 Treatment System Global Breast Health & Wellness Center, founded by Dr. April Speed, announced it has expanded its cryoablation treatment of fibroadenoma to include early stage breast cancer with the Visica 2 Treatment System. Developed by Sanarus Technologies, the Visica 2 Treatment System is a cryoablation device that uses extreme cold liquid nitrogen to destroy tissue .
The Voice’s Liza Baker opens up about her health struggles on ITV’s Lorraine
Pontypridd singer Liza Baker, who made it through to the next round of The Voice on Saturday night, has opened up to Lorraine about her health struggles. On this morning’s show, the singer, who stunned The Voice coaches on the weekend, spoke of how she had to undergo two kidney transplants as a young adult.
Mary Tyler Moore’s Life Offers Hope for People with Type 1 Diabetes
Mary Tyler Moore’s death on Wednesday at age 80 may highlight the long-term effects that type 1 diabetes can have on the body. Moore died Jan. 25 after going into cardiopulmonary arrest , which means her heart stopped beating, several news outlets reported, citing Moore’s publicist Mara Buxbaum.
President Trump’s executive actions: The complete list so far
… to start a presidency in modern history. They cover subjects as wide-ranging as national security, immigration, health care, manufacturing, energy and regulation. While the White House often uses the term “executive orders,” the documents that Trump …
Norovirus: Highly contagious, Prevent the spread
A recent CDC report finds there have been more than 31,000 confirmed cases of influenza this season. According to the Cascade City County Health Department, Great Falls isn’t immune to this illness either.