Month: March 2017

What to do now to retire better

… care insurance coverage (generally not appropriate before or after mid-50s). Premiums get much larger as you age, and health issues may disqualify you. Update your will and estate planning documents. Watch out for high mutual fund and management …

Inia’s magic touch

Inia Vukialau, right, with Flying Fijians coach John McKee and Bill Gadolo after a Vodafone Fiji 7s team training session. Picture: JOVESA NAISUA He may not be known by many rugby fans but he loves doing his work.

Nfl-Draft 2 hour ago 3:34 p.m.Washington’s John Ross sets 40-yard dash record at NFL Scouting Combine

Despite suffering a calf injury during the drill, former University of Washington wide receiver John Ross broke the NFL Scouting Combine record in the 40-yard dash with a 4.22-second sprint at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ross ran fluidly through his first pass in the 40-yard dash, but pulled up after crossing the finish line and reached for his lower leg.

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Yoga Helps Reduce Symptoms of Depression, Study Finds

Major Depressive Disorder is one of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. According to statistics from the National Institute of Mental Health , in 2015, an estimated 16.1 million adults aged 18 or older in the U.S. had experienced at least one major depressive episode in the past year.

This common food likely just caused a big E. coli outbreak

Authorities are scrambling after a popular health food caused a big E. coli outbreak in multiple states across the nation. A dozen people, including children, have come down with E. coli in five states, and authorities think they have narrowed it down to a likely suspect: I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter, a substitute for peanut butter.

State on hand-holding mission

Ranchi, March 4: Several companies of Calcutta that have signed MoUs with the Jharkhand government are expected to start laying the ground work for their projects within a month or so, mines, geology and IT secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal has said. Barnwal, who was in Calcutta yesterday, along with chief secretary Rajbala Verma, held a series of meetings with prospective investors as a follow-up to the February 16-17 Global Investors’ Summit in Ranchi where MoUs pledging investments to the tune of Rs 311,000 crore were signed.

Planned Parenthood supporters hold rally in Boston

Supporters of Planned Parenthood are urging Congress not to cut off Medicaid funding for women’s health clinics in Massachusetts and around the country. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and members of the state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation held a rally Saturday on Boston Common in bitter cold temperatures.

110 people die in 48 hours in drought-stricken Somalia

Somalia’s Prime Minister said 110 people had died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region – the first death toll announced in a severe drought threatening millions of people across the country. The United Nations estimates 5 million people in this Horn of Africa nation need aid, amid warnings of a full-blown famine.

Diabetes prevention help offered

Alamance Regional Medical Center has partnered with the county health department to teach a class directed toward diabetes prevention in nine area counties. In North Carolina, it’s about 1,075,855, roughly 13.1 percent of the adult population.

#DesignIndaba2017: Fashion and tech empowering people with diversabilities

If we’re going to be designing for the future, shouldn’t we maybe challenge ourselves to design beyond human augmentation? How do we design inclusively? A graduate speaker on day two at Design Indaba 2017, Grace Jun has a master degree in design and technology and she focusses mainly on accessible clothing. Jun became friends with a breast cancer survivor whose quality of life was consistently challenged by continual pain – even long after her double mastectomy.

Salesforce Boosts Healthcare Service

The new releases build on the capabilities of the company’s Health Cloud offering, launched early last year. Unveiled at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference that wrapped up in Orlando earlier this week, the latest Salesforce healthcare tools include cloud-based applications for lead-to-patient conversion, risk stratification and advanced segmentation.

Single Payer Now Possible in California

David Lazarus: Could California have its own single-payer health insurance system providing coverage for all residents? A bill has been introduced in the state Legislature that would do just that — and its chances of success could be vastly improved by President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. Thanks, guys! First, a little history lesson.

Hassan Ali Khaire: Hunger, disease kill 110 in two days

Prime minister calls on citizens to help as hunger resulting from drought leads to rise in deaths in the Bay region. Somalia’s prime minister has announced the deaths of at least 110 people due to hunger and diarrhoea in the country over the past 48 hours amid a drought in the Bay region.

John Ross Breaks NFL Combine 40-Yard Dash Record With 4.22 Seconds

Former University of Washington wide receiver John Ross broke Chris Johnson’s NFL Combine 40-year dash record today with a lightning fast time of 4.22 seconds, beating out CJ2K’s 2008 run by two-hundredths of a second. The 2016 AP Pac-12 Player of the Year said of his record-breaking run: I’m just thankful beyond measure, blessed, and just really happy to be in this situation.

New budget chief tackles Rubik’s cube of spending

The dyspeptic Henry Adams was not nice but not wrong when he described what now is named the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House, as an “architectural infant asylum.” The granite pile, which once housed the State, War and Navy departments, was, Harry Truman said, “the greatest monstrosity in America.”

Gladys Knight starts fundraising effort for community center

Gladys Knight says being married to a western North Carolina native has turned her into a country girl at heart, and she’s hoping to turn that new affection into possibly the best thing that’s ever happened to Canton. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports Knight and William “Billy” McDowell, a Canton native, have launched a fundraising campaign for the Reynolds Community Center at the site of Reynolds High School.

New glasses help the legally blind see

… the glasses are safe and effective for the legally blind. While eSight’s headsets don’t require the approval of health regulators – they fall into the same low-risk category as dental floss – there’s not yet firm evidence of their benefits. The …

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Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought

Somalia’s prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region as a severe drought threatens millions of people across the country. It was the first death toll announced by Somalia’s government since it declared the drought a national disaster on Tuesday.

Why disrupting health care can be tricky

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