Editors Note: Our occasional writer, and the editor of
Northern Arizonas Mountain Living Magazine,
tells the holiday-time tale of how he came to be vegetarian, and what the no-meat life is like at Thanksgiving.
The story is mostly true, though the details change. Sometimes, I wonder if I remember it right. Still, I tell the story eight to 10 times a year, if not more. It starts with a simple question.
Why did you decide to become Read the rest of this entry »
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Graffiti is a problem that exists on
each of Staten Island’s shores.
In last week’s West Shore edition, the Advance
reported on the Health Trail in Bloomfield, which has become
a target of vandals.
When the state-of-the-art, two-mile fitness course — which
begins on Glen Street, in back of the Hilton Garden Inn, and
ends at the hotel’s South Avenue entrance — opened for
public use in October 2001, its 11 sidewalk exercise
stations Read the rest of this entry »
increase the risk of life-threatening irregular heartbeats, according to new research that adds to previous warnings about the medicines.
Some 2.5 to 3 percent of people who took the drugs Fosomax and Reclast experienced an abnormal heart rhythm called
, and 1 to 2 percent were hospitalized or died from the irregular heartbeats, according to an analysis of three studies involving more than 16,000 patients. The latter rate was as much as two times Read the rest of this entry »
MARION – Law enforcement officers executing a search warrant on suspicion of finding drugs found an alleged drug trafficker attempting to flush evidence.
That resulted in her arrest and the seizure of the drugs, suspected drug money and the toilet from her north-east Marion residence.
Chia Brownridge, 23, 653 Bartram Ave., was arrested on charges of tampering with evidence, possession of drugs and trafficking in drugs after nine officers, MARMET Read the rest of this entry »
JERUSALEM (RNS) Regularly attending religious services may significantly reduce the risk of death, according to a comprehensive study by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Findings of the study were published in Psychology and Health, the official journal of the European Health Psychology Society.
In the study, researchers evaluated the religious practices of 92,395 post-menopausal Read the rest of this entry »
Cook Medical, the established world leader in developing advanced technologies to treat diseases of the aorta, announced the first-in-man placement of its innovative Zenith AAA Iliac Flex Legs and Z-Trak Introduction System. The groundbreaking procedure was performed by Mr David Ratliff, consultant vascular surgeon, and Dr Davis Thomas, a radiologist specialising in vascular and non-vascular interventional radiology at Northampton General Hospital. Read the rest of this entry »
Classes, workshops, seminars
Joan O’Keefe presents “Diet for Healthy Eyes.” 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, Durrie Vision, 5520 College Blvd, Overland Park. Call to register. (913-491-3330)
WHERE’S THE DEFIBRILLATOR? SURVIVING CARDIAC ARREST:
Learn more about SCA and how access to defibrillators within minutes can save lives. Sponsored by University of Kansas Hospital. 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 10, Jewish Community Center, 5801 W. 115th, Read the rest of this entry »
Banner Health Foundation received a $10 million gift from the Cardon family to pay for children’s health care throughout the system.
The donation, a record for Banner Health for a private donation, will result in a new name for Banner Children’s Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa. That name will be revealed in January.
“Wilford Cardon has been a leader of our nonprofit organization through his services on various Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Coffman, House Call
Published Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Why do some cases of autism spectrum disorders have a favorable response to eliminating gluten and casein proteins? Well, first let’s identify the offenders, then we’ll look at what happens to them in the body and then the brain.
Gluten is a protein that is found in wheat, oats, rye and barley. Including malt, soy sauce, flavorings and artificial colors. Casein is a protein Read the rest of this entry »
has received a $2 million donation from the family that runs the Coborn’s Inc. grocery chain.
The money will be used to expand the hospital and improve service at the cancer center named after the family, according to the hospital’s parent, CentraCare Health System.
The Coborn Cancer Center is meant to provide cancer treatment close to home for central Minnesotans.
A broader $225 million expansion at St. Cloud Hospital, slated for Read the rest of this entry »