Month: January 2017

No cost for cervical cancer screening for uninsured

During January, Cervical Health Awareness Month, the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services is spreading the word that cervical cancer is preventable and highly treatable if found early. Being screened for cervical cancer with a Pap test is the key to prevention and survival.

James Edgar Davis, East Troy, WI

James Edgar Davis, age 86 of East Troy, passed away after a brief fight with cancer on January 11, 2017, at Agrace Hospice in Janesville. He was born on September 20, 1930, in Edgerton, WI, the only son to Stanley Davis and Katherine Davis Buske.

Back pain: A common problem with serious challenges

This subject was discussed in this column in the Independent in the May 14, 2016, issue titled a multispecialty approach to educated and evidence-based medical treatment as pertinent to pain therapy. A recently discussed condition and treatment in a non-medical magazine presents the Primary Care evaluation and treatment and documents the opioid problem even before it was widely appreciated.

Scarlett Johansson helps Wisconsin Rapids girl fight cancer

“I’m thinking of you and sending you lots of love and support from New York, and wishing you a speedy recovery,” Johansson , a film actress who starred in the “Avengers” series among other movies, said in a video she sent to the Wisconsin Rapids girl’s family. “Everybody in New York City is thinking of you, including me.”

Conscription conflicts in WWI well detailed in new book

The Conscription Conflict & the Great War Edited by Robin Archer, Joy Damousi, Murray Goot & Sean Scalmer Monash University Publishing, 2016 Paperback, $29.95. The First World War was to take the lives of eleven million soldiers on both sides, seven million civilians, and, as a further consequence, the loss of some 50-100 million lives worldwide from the Spanish Flu pandemic which began in the troop staging camps and hospitals in A A war on such a scale was not conducted without much anguish, debate, and conflict on conscription issues within the affected democracies.

Please save Medicare benefits

… benefits the way we know them. Currently, Medicare is a “defined benefit” program that guarantees a certain level of health coverage for all beneficiaries. It pays for about 80 percent of doctor and hospital visits. Many in the U.S. House and Senate …

Battle over Medicaid intensifies

… Cooper, a Democrat, is a native of Nash County, which would benefit greatly from the expansion, according to local health and hospital officials. Nash UNC Health Care is loosing $2 million annually in the Emergency Room alone, hospital CEO Larry …

Nigeria: Bird Flu – Kano to Disinfect Markets, Poultry Farms

The Kano State government said it would soon begin disinfection of all poultry farms and markets as part of measures to curb the spread of the recent outbreak of bird flu in the state. The Director, Veterinary services of the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Shehu Bawa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Kano.

Personalized IRS letters nudge uninsured to get coverage

If you haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may soon be getting a not-too-subtle nudge from the taxman. The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of taxpayers who might be uninsured, reminding them that they could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines under the federal health care law if they don’t sign up soon through HealthCare.gov.

Mumps outbreak

A health crisis is affecting our state. 36 people in Spokane now have the mumps and, some kids who haven’t been immunized against the disease won’t be allowed in school for weeks at a time.

US Congress approves first step for repealing Obamacare

The US House of Representatives on Friday joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step toward repealing outgoing President Barack Obama’s landmark but controversial health care reforms. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan arrives for his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC.

IRS letters nudge uninsured to get coverage

WASHINGTON  - If you haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may soon be getting a not-too-subtle nudge from the taxman. The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of taxpayers who might be uninsured, reminding them that they could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines under the federal health care law if they don’t sign up soon through HealthCare.gov.

Former addicts warn of heroin comeback

Heroin and synthetic opioids like K-2 are taking an alarming number of lives each year in this country, and a recent raid revealed heroin trafficking here in East Texas. A task force raid on Kilgore and Gilmer locations net guns, cash, assorted drugs, and the disturbing find of heroin.

Jojoba/Aloe Vera Moisturizing Cream

… others any way she can. One way she chooses to help is by offering information on the benefits and uses of natural health and healing methods for the well-being of both people and pets. Dee also teaches Aromatherapy, Reflexology and Color/Crystal …

Blood drive, shoes, bikes a ” Chargers departure affects more than football

The San Diego Blood Bank, Rady Children’s Hospital, local schools and other organizations across the county on Friday were adjusting to life in the year 2017 A.C. “It’s going to leave a tremendous void in the community,” said Debbie Pollakov, co-founder of Bikes for Kids, which has worked with the team and its players for more than a decade. “I don’t think the folks of San Diego realize the extent of the generosity of the Spanos family and the Chargers.

Emerging Horizons ribbon cutting

A ribbon cutting was held Friday, to welcome Emerging Horizons-Empowered Mind, Body and Soul, a new business promoting spiritual, mental and physical well being, to Blackfoot. Kebbie Wheeler and Tauna Butler opened the business to help people find peace and serenity in there lives using Aura and Chakra imaging, as well as massage and Bowen therapy and providing Time Laboratory essential oils.

Mumps outbreak in Washington worst in years

… and county totals released this week . It is the worst outbreak in Washington in 26 years, a state Department of Health spokesman told the Spokesman-Review in Spokane. But the virus has turned up throughout the region, including four cases in Fife …

Pregnant hypertensive women more likely to give birth to boys

Pregnant women with high blood pressure are more likely to have a boy as scientists say those who have hypertension – caused by a diet high in salt, smoking or drinking too much – are more likely to have a boy, according to new research, while the reverse is also true. Researchers from the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto examined whether blood pressure had a role in determining sex ratio of babies.

Ikpeazu comes to ailing Prince James Uche’s rescue

Help has finally come the way of ailing Nollywood actor, Prince James Uche, as Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has donated N3 million as well as approved N10 million as the state’s contribution to save the actor from from dying. Uche is due to travel abroad for further treatment.