David Lindy

Robert David Lindy, 68, of Long Beach, Calif., died Thursday, June 9, 2016, at Keck Hospital of USC in Los Angeles. The cause of death was esophageal cancer.

About Town: 1-4-17

… My Healthy Body, Mind and Spirit Day will offer massage, weight loss assessments, effective communication coaching, health assessments, essential oils demonstrations, rolfing, acupuncture and nontoxic home products. The free event is planned from 10 …

Senate OKs first step to repeal Obamacare despite some GOP misgivings

The Senate early Thursday passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and President-elect Trump grapple with what the replace it with. The nearly party-line 51-48 vote came on a nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure that eases the way for action on subsequent repeal legislation as soon as next month.

The myth of pre-existing conditions

Democrats are warning that once Obamacare is repealed, people with serious illnesses won’t get health insurance. President Obama says repeal will mean going The truth is, every Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act protects people with pre-existing conditions.

Concern over key health rebate

… when GP clinics are open. “If home visits weren’t available, more families would go to emergency departments for health problems that are not emergencies but cannot wait for treatment until business hours. “For regional communities like many in the …

The press box is a strange place to watch a game

A press box is a sterile environment where no cheering is allowed – making it a strange way to watch a ballgame. The inevitable questions that come from working in the Star Tribune sports department are these two: 1) Do you know Sid Hartman? 2) Does being a sportswriter mean you get to go to all the games? The answers: yes, everyone knows Sid.

Speaker Cruz (re)introduces insurance bill

… 395-33 . In a release, Cruz says he introduced the bill last year as a response to the Administration “choosing a health insurance contract costing millions more than its alternative” a decision he says “ultimately jeopardized Retirees’ Medical, …

Livingston Central sneaks past Carlisle

… 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 …

Hepatitis C Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2

PUNE, INDIA, January 4, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — GET SAMPLE REPORT @ Summary Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral infection characterized by chronic inflammation of the liver. Although patients may be asymptomatic for a number of years or decades, chronic HCV infection can lead to liver fibrosis and ultimately liver cirrhosis, in which permanent fibrotic scar tissue replaces healthy liver cells.

Says time is now to protect Medicaid

… coverage.” Gov. Branstad has taken up the national Republican campaign against Medicaid. A campaign that could deny health benefits to millions of children, seniors, working families and people with disabilities. According to the Center on Budget …

Bolton teacher shares cancer experience for new campaign

Katy Sharkey is reflecting on her personal experience over the past year in support of Cancer Research UK’s ‘Right Now’ campaign. The 37-year-old, who is head of art at Harper Green School, found a lump on her left breast in the shower in March – the same day her baby boy Rowan celebrated his first birthday.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Study provides hope for troops

A type of talk therapy has shown strong, if initial, results in helping active-duty soldiers manage post-traumatic stress disorder, which has been associated with suicide. The federal government should accelerate secondary research to ensure the treatment’s efficacy, then double-time the therapy to hospitals and deployment zones.

Soup for the soul, and the waistline

… less and have smaller waists than people who don’t eat soup. More than 20,000 Americans were surveyed by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys between 2003 and 2008. Turns out that soup consumers also had better overall eating habits …

Flu season in full swing in Tri-Cities

Flu season is in full swing in the Tri-Cities, and the area’s top public health official said it’s more important than ever to take steps to protect yourself and others from exposure. That includes washing your hands properly and often, covering your cough, staying home when you’re sick and getting a flu vaccine, said Dr. Amy Person, health officer for the Benton-Franklin Health District.

Young folks make New Yeara s Eve party tiring

It seems I’ve finally gotten to the age that New Year’s Eve sounds a little more daunting than exciting. Sure, I get to smash to death one of the weirdest years with a sledgehammer at midnight, and I get to wash the slate clean for 2017 with a new list of resolutions I’ll never achieve, much less get starting upon.

Could the bugs inside us boost weight loss?

There’s is a pressing need to tackle diabetes, which has now reached epidemic proportions, with a reported prevalence at seven per cent of Kiwi adults. Photo / File Kiwi scientists are exploring the mysterious role the bugs inside us play in regulating our diet and metabolism, in a new study revealing bacterial changes in diabetes patients who have undergone weight loss surgery.

Stent profit cap plea

New Delhi, Jan. 3: A doctors’ network today asked the government’s medical price control agency to cap the profit margins for coronary stents at 20 per cent, expressing concerns about what the network says are “huge profits” in the device industry’s supply chain. The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Care has also told the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority to calculate the actual cost of manufacture of stents – devices used to treat patients with heart disease – in regulating their prices.

HRMC limits hospital visitation due to flu-like illnesses

Effective immediately, Haywood Regional Medical Center will begin “limited visitation” at the hospital due to the increased number of positive flu cases in our area and increased number of admissions. The rates of influenza-like illness have risen above the two percent mark in our region and the flu has been responsible for the deaths of four people in the state already.

Ending the opioid epidemic

… 500,000 persons in the United States died from drug overdoses. These casualty figures not only reflect a national health emergency, but are emblematic of a war on the American people. By comparison, approximately the same number of Americans lost …

Box office top 20: ‘Rogue One,’ ‘Sing’ lead holiday frame

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” remained the number 1 film at the box office for the third straight week, as the “Star Wars” spinoff maintained its holiday-season dominance into the new year. The Disney blockbuster sold $65.5 million in tickets in North America over the four-day weekend, according to final box-office figures Tuesday.