Month: March 2017

Those with blurry close-up vision get some new help

Squinting while texting? Always losing your reading glasses? An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surgical repairs for the blurry close-up vision that is a bane of middle age. But who’s really a good candidate to toss their specs? “It’s not bringing anybody back to being 20 again,” cautioned Dr. Shilpa Rose, a Washington ophthalmologist who tests whether patients’ eyes are healthy enough to qualify.

Democrats in speech rebuttal say Trump will ‘rip’ away care

In this Dec. 1, 2015 file photo, then-Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear speaks in Louisville, Ky. Beshear took a populist tenor in Democrats’ formal response to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, accusing him of planning to “rip affordable health insurance” from Americans and being “Wall Street’s champion.”

Timing girlsa training with growth spurts a smart move

Development of female athletes is unique and cannot be equated to male athlete development without careful consideration. To optimally train female athletes, prevent injuries and promote female retention in sport long term, knowledge of female developmental stages is critical.

IDEA Animal Care Center officially begins to operate in Baku

News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector IDEA Animal Care Center officially begins to operate on March 1, as preparatory work for creating the main conditions to ensure the welfare of animals in the Center has been completed. The facilities of the Center include a well-equipped veterinary clinic, kennel blocks for dogs and a cattery, separate isolations blocks for the quarantined animals, adoptions section, pet hotel, grooming parlour, playgrounds, hostel, conference hall, cafe and shop.

Masterpiece on track for fall opening

… centre and north wing totalling 151,000 square feet and 120 units. One-hundred units will be subsidized by Alberta Health Services for long-term care and dementia residents. There will be another 40 independent living spaces and a further 60 to be …

Two migration proteins increase predictive ability of biomarker for pancreatic cancer

Adding two blood-borne proteins associated with cancer cell migration increases the predictive ability of the current biomarker for pancreatic cancer to detect early stage disease, a research team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . The trio of biomarkers, tested in three separate cohorts, including two blinded validation studies, improved the detection of patients with early stage disease compared to healthy or benign disease controls.

New report expresses ethical concerns about use of non-invasive prenatal testing

A new report on non-invasive prenatal testing by the UK’s Nuffield Council on Bioethics expresses concerns about the way the test is being sold by private providers. In addition, the Council calls for better information and support; calls for a moratorium on the use of NIPT in sequencing the whole genome of fetuses; and calls for a ban on its use in finding out the sex of the fetus.

FORCED-FLUORIDATION

… there are so many fluoride products, at very reasonable prices, is the enormous love fluoridationist dentists, public health officials, politicians, and phosphate fertiliser companies have for strangers’ teeth. It has absolutely nothing to do with …

Judge will retry Baby Ryker death case without jury

When the pair charged with the death of 18-month old Baby Ryker return to court this spring, a judge will oversee the trial alone. Amanda Dumont and Scott Bakker each face a charge of criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessaries of life.

Ruth Law Team Wins $5.8 Million Verdict Against Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds

St. Petersburg attorney Eric Roslansky of The Ruth Law Team and Tampa attorney Brent Bigger of Knopf Bigger win substantial case against tobacco companies Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds and $5.8 million in damages for the family of a woman who died of lung cancer. This case was all about the conscious decisions of these cigarette companies and their efforts to addict children and teenagers to a lifetime of smoking.

Euromed’s Milk Thistle Extract Shown in New Study to Helping to…

Good News to Fight Chronic Inflammation: Just-published in PLOS ONE, study on silymarin from Euromed’s high quality milk thistle extract shows it helps regulate inflammation in both normal and altered states of health. We here at Euromed, the world’s leading manufacturer of milk thistle extract, are very excited that this new study opens the door to an emerging health benefit, that of counteracting pro-inflammatory conditions.

Kids can get migraines too

IT is easy to characterise migraines as an adult problem, but while there is limited data to support paediatric migraines, many children struggle daily to cope with headaches and their associated symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and other discomforts. Dr Anona Griffith, paediatrician at Gateway Plaza, Old Harbour, said that proper diagnosis and management of the condition would bring relief to children who suffer from migraines.

Why US flags at pro-Park rallies?

Since the parliament voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye in early December, Park’s staunch supporters have relentlessly taken to the streets with Korean flags in their hands to oppose her removal from office. While the Korean flag has become a symbol of their movement to defend the president, a seemingly unrelated flag has also been carried by many of the — mostly elderly — participants at the rallies: the US flag.

Dan offers library talks for Wellbeing Month

… an author and wellbeing trainer with autism spectrum disorder from Chichester. I have written Guided Meditations for Health & Wellbeing (a collection of therapeutic guided meditation scripts), Look Into My Eyes (about my personal and professional …

Former AP correspondent Sam Summerlin dies at 89

In this July 4, 1958 file photo, AP Chief of Bureau Sam Summerlin is pictured in his Buenos Aires office. Associated Press foreign correspondent Summerlin, who flashed the news to the world that the Korean War had ended and who reported on everything from Latin American revolutions to U.S. race riots during a long and distinguished career, has died at age 89. He died Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at a care home in Carlsbad, Calif., from complications of Parkinson’s disease, according to his daughter, Claire Slattery of Encinitas, Calif.

Jewelry designer aims to raise awareness of bladder cancer

As a committee member of the inaugural Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Lecture & Luncheon on March 8, Kay is determined to help raise awareness for about fifth most common cancer. One in 42 people will be diagnosed with bladder cancer and the Palm Beach event was created to raise awareness and funds to help find a cure for the disease, which has some promising new treatment options and medical breakthroughs.

Feeling Queasy? Help is Easy

… gastrointestinal symptoms for several days to a week,” Dion Richetti, medical director of Chicago’s AIDS Alternative Health Project, says. And then there’s the “evil weed.” Dr. Donald Abrams, assistant director of the AIDS Clinic at San Francisco …

Sanders vows to ‘continue to fight’ after Trump’s Congress speech

Sen. Bernie Sanders ripped President Trump’s first speech before Congress in a point-by-point takedown that culminated in a call for continued resistance against the new administration. “Those of you who attended rallies or town hall meetings: Keep showing up, keep calling Congress, and continue to fight,” the Vermont senator said in a live stream uploaded to Facebook minutes after Trump concluded his Tuesday night speech.

The Joy of Lent

Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others.

Free fitness classes for over 55s

… Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and certain cancers. “The YMCA’s PrYme program is a community-focused and inclusive health and fitness program specifically designed for those aged 55 with an added focus on falls prevention through improvements in …

President Donald Trump’s First Address to Congress A Grand Slam Home Run

Tonight in President Donald Trump’s first Address to Congress, he called for a “restart the engine of the American economy” through tax cuts, better trade deals, immigration enforcement and a $1 trillion infrastructure program, the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, historic tax reform for business and the middle class, an increase in military spending by $54 billion, while cutting other agency budgets by the same amount and leave entitlements like Medicare untouched.

Trump speech highlights divide on Obamacare replacement

President Trump highlighted a growing divide among congressional Republicans over how to repeal and replace Obamacare when he backed health insurance tax credits Tuesday night. Republican leaders said Trump’s call to replace the healthcare law partially with tax credits allowing people to buy a wider range of health plans proves that they’re making progress on repeal and replace, even though conservatives are starting to publicly oppose such credits since they would be a new federal entitlement.

Bernie Sanders rails against Trump after speech

… on working with Republicans in Congress who want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, throw 20 million Americans off of health insurance, privatize Medicare, make massive cuts in Medicaid, raise the cost of prescription drugs to seniors, eliminate …

Recovery worth the work

Fresh outlook: Warrnambool’s Darren Dorey turned his life around changing careers to work in mental health after a suicide attempt ten years ago. He attended the Fight for Your Life forum on Tuesday.

Yoga for Arthritis

Yoga can help arthritis symptoms by getting your body moving. Moving your body relieves stiffness and can build strength that can then alleviate the strain on your joints.