Arizona is expected to announce the addition of receivers coach Theron Aych any day not, but Rodriguez couldn’t comment on that because the hiring is not official yet. * Rodriguez said tailbacks J.J. Taylor and Nick Wilson took some “quality reps” today after being held back in previous practices.
Day: February 24, 2017
Kennedy: ACA repeal would have ‘huge consequences’
With the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, under fire by President Donald Trump and some members of the Republican party, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III is working to maintain access to affordable health insurance for the area’s neediest residents.  Kennedy said the ACA, while “not perfect” is a necessity for the many people who need it to stay healthy.  Kennedy and State Rep. Patricia A. Haddad, D-Somerset, held a roundtable discussion at Charlton Memorial Hospital on Friday morning to talk with physicians, legislators, and agencies about the successes of the program, and the impact a repeal would have for local women, families, and senior citizens.  Kennedy said he left Washington 10 days ago and it was “unfortunate” that “very much is still unknown.
Another attempt at an outdoor smoking ban?
The Sioux Falls health department continues working to snuff out the smoke in town. Last year the department spent months working on an ordinance that would have banned tobacco use on all city owned property, indoors and out.
Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings
… Thursday, March 2 at 8:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2016 f… )–After 24 years, Public Health Solutions (PHS), one of the largest public health service nonprofits in NYC, will close its Early Intervention Service …
Asylum-seeker returned to detention centre from hospital where she was diagnosed with brain tumour
… is keeping her under observation,” Danielle Bennett, an ICE spokeswoman wrote in an email. A spokesman for Texas Health Huguley Hospital outside of Fort Worth, where Beltran Hernandez was taken after collapsing at the detention centre on Feb. 11, …
Democrats slam leaked draft of ObamaCare replacement
… with pre-existing conditions, would come from a system similar to ObamaCare’s “Cadillac tax” on employers with lavish health plans. “This isn’t a replacement, it’s a recipe for disaster,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate Democratic leader, said …
Palmer, Bryan lead at PGA National
With things looking up on the home front, where his wife is rebounding from cancer, Ryan Palmer is eyeing a reversal of fortunes at PGA National as well. The 40-year-old US PGA Tour veteran produced seven birdies in a five-under par 65 on Friday to seize a share of the halfway lead at the Honda Classic alongside rookie Wesley Bryan.
“I tell him it’s a nasty habit,” Smoking in vehicles with…
… to happen,” he said. “Why should you say it’s your right to smoke near your child when it’s just detrimental to their health?”
York councillor quits, prompting by-election
Julie Gunnell, who represents the Micklegate ward and served as Lord Mayor in 2013/14, is standing down at the end of March, triggering a by-election. She said changes in her personal life meant she no longer had the time to carry out her council duties properly.
What a Pain in the… Ear
I’ve been experiencing hearing loss in my right ear since December 20, 2016. It has been 2 months and some change since my hearing has been normal.
Mardi Gras: A lot of hard work results in fun for you and your family
If you’ve been downtown in the past couple of days, you have no doubt seen some colorful activity at Front Street Plaza. Food trucks and other attractions have been brought in.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; don’t blame your pains on weather
Q: I’m pretty sure my sister didn’t drink during her pregnancy, but my 6-month-old niece looks like she may have fetal alcohol syndrome. Is it possible that something else is the case? – Emma W., Los Angeles A: Yes, it’s possible; although we don’t know what symptoms have made you suspect fetal alcohol syndrome.
10 ways you can benefit from a therapeutic massage
Edward Chang is a trained Registered Massage Therapist at Sense Massage in Richmond; he works closely with clients every day to help relieve their stress and chronic pain. “When the muscle becomes tight,” Edward explains, “blood vessels are squeezed leading to an insufficient blood supply to the area.
Childhood immunization rates rising in Colorado as fight over funding looms
… but the state ranked only 36th in the nation. Dr. Edwin Asturias, the associate director of the Center for Global Health at the Colorado School of Public Health and one of the study’s authors, said the state’s current rate also represents a major …
Good students are more into booze, smoking pots: Study
New York [USA], Feb. 25 : It’s not only the peer pressure that makes kids try alcohol or smoke pot! A new study reveals that students with higher marks are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke pot compared with teens with lower scores. According to a study published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal Open, students with higher marks tend more into pot than cigarettes.
Lucille Conlin Horn, a 1920s ‘incubator baby,’ dies at 96 – Fri, 24 Feb 2017 PST
Lucille Horn stands on the boardwalk outside her home in Long Beach, N.Y., on July 22, 2015, Horn who weighed less than two pounds at birth, and wasn’t expected to survive, lived nearly a century after her parents put their faith in a sideshow doctor at Coney Island who put babies on display in incubators to fund his research to keep them alive. She died in New York at age 96 on Feb. 11, 2017.
Picard: Mumps outbreaks underscore need for vaccinations
… e hockey players and university/college students, they spend a lot of time in communal settings. Increasingly, public health officials are coming to the realization that a second mumps booster shot is probably needed as well.
Christians begin Lenten season Wednesday
Lent begins Wednesday, and many Christians will participate in an Ash Wednesday service signifying the start of the religious season, which lasts until Easter. During this time, many will observe a period of fasting and repentance while also practicing self-denial and spiritual discipline.
Secretary-General asks Member States to express intention on…
… the new approach, the UN is intensifying support to the Haitian government in building sound water, sanitation and health systems – the best long-term defence against cholera and other water-borne diseases – and also developing a support package to …
Draft GOP health care bill revamps Obama’s health care law
A draft Republican bill replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners.
Pfizer Subpoenaed in DOJ Investigation of Drugmaker Charity Connections
Pfizer Inc. said that it received two subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Massachusetts related to charities that help Medicare patients afford co-payments for drugs, the latest company to disclose involvement in the probe. The New York-based drugmaker said in a securities filing Thursday that it received subpoenas on December 2015 and on July 2016 requesting documents related to the Patient Access Network Foundation and other organizations that provide financial assistance to Medicare patients.
City council explores whether Regina should ban smoking in public places
There’s no question, smoking is bad for your health. Now, the question is where should people be able to smoke in Regina.
Fasting Diet May Regenerate Pancreas, Reverse Diabetes Effects, Mouse Study Suggests
… is not just limited to individuals with diabetes, and research suggests that eating less has a wide variety of health benefits. For example, according to a study released last December, when flies were deprived of nutrients their brains slowed down. …
Eczema Skin Disorder 2017: Transplanting ‘Good’ Bacteria To Kill Staph
… y and childhood, and affects about 30 percent of people in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health .
Congressional Republicans brush aside Trump’s promise to keep Social Security, Medicare safe
… engineer a government shutdown to cut spending. As House Budget Committee chairman, Tom Price, the new secretary of health and human services , supported converting Medicaid to strictly capped block grants to the states and turning Medicare into a …
Hultgren’s turn to draw heat as constituents seek town hall meeting
… ire has centered on a Republican efforts to repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which allowed more people access to health care insurance. “The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out …
Vaporizer Market: Global Snapshot by 2026
Vaping is an act of inhaling and exhaling the water vapour that is produced by an electric device like a vaporizer or an e-cigarette. The water vapour in the vaporizer is in the form of e-liquid that is in gaseous state which is inhaled and exhaled with the help of vaporizers.
Public urged to update vaccines after mumps, measles cases reported
Public health officials and infectious disease experts are urging Canadians to check that their vaccinations are up to date as clusters of mumps are investigated in Ontario and Alberta, and measles cases are probed in Nova Scotia. The viral infections are both covered by the measles-mumps-rubella or measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccines.
Current developments and future prospects for heart valve replacement therapy
J. Biomed. Mater. Res. , Vol. 88B, No. 1. , pp. 290-303, doi:10.1002/jbm.b.31151 Valve replacement is the most common surgical treatment in patients with advanced valvular heart disease.
A randomized trial of epidural glucocorticoid injections for spinal stenosis.
Epidural glucocorticoid injections are widely used to treat symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis, a common cause of pain and disability in older adults. However, rigorous data are lacking regarding the effectiveness and safety of these injections.
Nonlinear Dynamics Measures for Automated EEG-Based Sleep Stage Detection.
The brain’s continuous neural activity during sleep can be monitored by electroencephalogram signals. The EEG wave pattern and frequency vary during five stages of sleep.
Reliability and validity of arm function assessment with standardized …
Reliability and validity of arm function assessment with standardized guidelines for the Fugl-Meyer Test, Action Research Arm Test and Box and Block Test: a multicentre study. To establish: inter-rater and test-retest reliability of standardized guidelines for the Fugl-Meyer upper limb section, Action Research Arm Test and Box and Block Test in patients with paresis secondary to stroke, multiple sclerosis or traumatic brain injury and correlation between these arm motor scales and more general measures of impairment and activity limitation.
Pediatric psychiatric cases flood emergency rooms
Children’s emergency department visits are spiking in the state, in spite of efforts to curb them. Graphic courtesy of the Connecticut Health I-Team.
When cancer treatments do more harm than good
When my 80-year-old father was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease, he was so weak that he could no longer walk, and his oncologist worried that chemotherapy might do more harm than good. But there was a new drug available, a “targeted therapy” that uses antibodies to destroy cancer cells while apparently leaving the rest of the patient’s cells alone.
Senate gives early OK to barbershop massages after jocular debate
Tribune file photo) Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, is pushing to allow barbers to legally perform neck massages on customers — a practice that violates current massage therapy licensing law. Tribune file photo) Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, is pushing to allow barbers to legally perform neck massages on customers — a practice that violates current massage therapy licensing law.
New humanized model enables better characterization of Alzheimer’s pathology
Cells behave differently when removed from their environments, just as cells that develop in cultures do not behave like cells in living creatures. To study the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in a more natural environment, scientists from the lab of professor Bart De Strooper in collaboration with scientists from ULB successfully circumscribed this challenge by transplanting human neural cells into mouse brains containing amyloid plaques, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease.
Presence of day cares not linked to community risk of whooping cough among kids, study finds
But a new study out of Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health found that while you might think bringing more day care facilities to your block might make you and your neighbors sick more often, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, assistant research professor, led a team that looked into the density of day cares in Philadelphia and compared them to areas where cases of whooping cough occurred in the city.
Long-serving mayor of Markham Donald Cousens dead at 78
Cousens devoted his life to public service serving as mayor on regional council and as MPP for York Centre and Markham. Markham is mourning the loss of former mayor Donald Cousens, praised by his peers for being a kind and dedicated leader.
Sen. Cotton: Never Going to Please All 3 Million Arkansans
… by Obamacare. No doubt some have been helped but many more hurt. We can continue to help those people who need health insurance support without all of the pain and suffering.” President Donald Trump carried Arkansas with 61 percent of the vote, …
Cheaper, Deadly Heroin Behind Spike in Overdoses in Last 5 Years
The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased. There were 12,989 overdose deaths involving heroin in 2015, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, compared with 3,036 such fatalities five years earlier.