… cures and remedies to diseases once thought to be incurable. Dr. Sears takes a fresh, novel approach to patient health and wellness. Our environment and food supply has changed for the worse and this is affecting our health. He helps patients return …
Month: February 2017
Son of boxer Muhammad Ali reportedly detained at Florida airport and asked whether he was Muslim
A son of boxing legend Muhammad Ali was held for questioning for two hours at a Florida airport upon returning from Jamaica because of his Arabic-sounding name, US media reported. Muhammad Ali Jr., 44, who was born in Philadelphia and has a US passport, was traveling with his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the late sports icon’s second wife, friend and lawyer Chris Mancini told the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Breast cancer patients transferred outwith Glasgow to speed up waiting times
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said patients were being referred to hospitals in Lanarkshire for treatment to, “relieve pressure on surgical capacity.” Additional clinics were set up last year to reduce the time for a first appointment to see a specialist as a result of one-off government funding.
Home Medicine for a Dental Abscess
… others any way she can. One way she choosesto 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 …
Letter: Lent a good time to avoid animal foods
… d shocked. Lent offers a superb opportunity to honor Christ’s powerful message of compassion, but also to protect the health of our family and our planet Earth by adopting a meat-free diet.
Health act redo in GOP draft
WASHINGTON — A draft Republican bill replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners.
75,000 Arkansans’ Medicaid to expire next week, DHS says
… terminated earlier but wasn’t because of problems with the new system, Webb said. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 942,076 people, including 438,513 children, were enrolled in Arkansas’ Medicaid program as of Nov. 30.
GOP proposal aims to end insurance mandate in ‘Obamacare’
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. Instead, it would create tax credits worth up to $4,000, allow bigger contributions to personal health savings accounts and impose a new levy on expensive health coverage some employees get at work.
New study confirms benefits of Medtronic’s Solitaire stent…
… four of the global randomized clinical trials that helped to transform stroke treatment are applicable in different health systems across the U.S. with the same positive results,” said Curtis Given, M.D., co-director, Neurointerventional Services, …
Push to ban smoking in downtown Pittsfield
… fruition. She suffers from a lung disease and tells me second-hand smoke often triggers asthma attacks. On top of the health benefits, she says it’d be good for the city’s sanitation too. “Look at the streets! They’re covered with cigarette butts. …
‘Are You Muslim?’ Official Asks Boxer Muhammad Ali’s Son at Florida Airport
Washington: A son of boxing legend Muhammad Ali was held for questioning for two hours at a Florida airport upon returning from Jamaica because of his Arabic-sounding name, US media reported late Friday. Muhammad Ali Jr., 44, who was born in Philadelphia and has a US passport, was traveling with his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the late sports icon’s second wife, friend and lawyer Chris Mancini told the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Guterres mulls new plan against cholera in Haiti
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked all the 193 UN member states to inform him by March 6 if they intend to make voluntary financial contributions to the efforts to carry out a new UN plan to tackle cholera in Haiti, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Friday. Under the new approach, the United Nations 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, Dujarric said.
Two more H7N9 human infections reported in China
The 60-year-old died on Thursday, according to a Friday statement by the regional health and family planning commission. A pneumonia patient, 51, tested positive for the virus on Wednesday after exposure to live poultry, and is being treated in hospital.
Brokerages Set Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc (TKAI) Price Target at $1.15
Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc has been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the seven brokerages that are covering the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and six have assigned a hold rating to the company.
Second chance at life
Durban – The heartbreaking story of a baby without a brain becoming an organ donor has touched a Durban family, who have endured 19 long years of hoping and waiting for that call about new life. Matthew Legemaate, 19, from Hillcrest, north-west of Durban, spoke out after the Facebook posts this week of US couple, Royce and Keri Young, who made the courageous decision to donate their unborn child’s organs once she was born.
Professor has taken a selfie every day for the past 30 years
Long before they were called selfies, Karl Baden snapped a simple black and white photo of himself. Then he repeated it every day for the next three decades.
Handful of expensive conditions dominate health care costs
… will have respiratory infections, back strains and similar mundane problems. The diseases dominating our nation’s health care costs are surprisingly few. The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, of the University of Washington, recently …
Every minute counts: Response times drop with new dispatch system
Their response times have been cut by a minute or more with a dispatching system that alerts them of emergency calls sooner after someone calls 911. When the county first began using the system in the fall of 2015, the goal was to cut response times by about 30 seconds.
City Beat News Recognizes Salons, Spas & Skin Care Centers for Outstanding Customer Satisfaction
Among the recent winners of City Beat News’ prestigious Spectrum Award for Excellence in Customer Satisfaction are several salons, spas and skin care centers around the country. In partnership with The Stirling Center for Excellence, CBN recognizes these companies for providing an outstanding customer experience and honors them with the Spectrum Award.
Neurofeedback treatment for insomnia no better than placebo
… not intended as a substitute for informed medical advice and you should not take any action before consulting with a health care professional. For more information, please read our terms of use .
RichRod plans to hire special-teams coach for Arizona Wildcats within two weeks
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.
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.