More than 100 participants took part in Trinity Health’s 28th annual Perinatal Medicine and Women’s Health Symposium on Thursday in Minot at the Grand International Inn.
The symposium continues today, with the purpose of updating professionals on significant advances in the field of perinatal health care and women’s health.
“Every year we have something a little bit different. This year, we’re going to be talking about caring for the late pre-term Read the rest of this entry »
1. Go to WBAY.com and click on the “Jump Start Your New Years’ Resolutions” link for your chance to win a 12-month membership to Anytime Fitness. Participating clubs: Green Bay East, Green Bay West, Howard, Appleton East, Appleton West, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marinette, Neenah, and New London locations.
2. Contestants must be at least 18 years of age. Employees of WBAY-TV, Young Broadcasting Inc., participating sponsors, Read the rest of this entry »
HARARE,
(AP) — International aid agencies warned Saturday that Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis was deepening, with a sharp rise in acute child malnutrition and a worsening cholera epidemic.
Acute child malnutrition has increased by almost two-thirds compared with last year, the aid agency Save the Children said in a new report on Saturday.
“Some children are wasting away from lack of food,” said Lynn Walker, the agency’s Read the rest of this entry »
The findings are based on a study of 3,303 people and were presented last week at the American Society of Nephrology’s annual meeting in Philadelphia.
Half of the people who took part in the study were African American, a group known to consume the lowest amounts of potassium in their diet.
After analysing urine samples, the researchers found that the level of potassium in the urine was strongly associated with BP. The effect of potassium on BP Read the rest of this entry »
Susan Lark, MD Says “Volunteer” Your Way to Good Health this Holiday Season
Susan Lark, MD, noted medical researcher, clinical nutritionist and women's health practitioner has examined the health benefits of love and appreciation and encourages everyone to do something this holiday season–volunteer, contribute to a charity, or simply spend special time with loved ones–to realize these benefits.
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Product recalls: cleaner, baby togs and diet pills
_ About 20,000 bottles of DuPont Heavy Duty Acidic Cleaner. Pressure can build in full and nearly full bottles when they are stored in high temperatures for a long time, causing the cleaner to leak from the cap. There have been two reports of leaking bottles. One consumer reported a skin irritation and another peeling skin. The cleaner was sold at Lowe’s stores between March and October 2008. Details: Read the rest of this entry »
We've asked the YMCA's fitness guru Cindy Boggs to revamp her twice-a-month column into a weekly tutorial on fitness. In Cindy Says Fitness Tips, she'll feature exercises to strengthen and to shape specific body parts.Today, she begins by focusing on cardiovascular activities that build heart and lung capacity. A strong heart and lungs are prerequisites for strength training, Boggs points out.In future Fitness Tips in January, Boggs will Read the rest of this entry »
Diet Coke is launching a unique Internet activity based on widget technology. A widget is a kind of mini-window that is becoming increasingly popular worldwide for inserting video content on websites. The ad campaign will use the Coca-Cola slogan, “Take full advantage of each day, do what feels good.” The idea is to remind surfers of what make them feels good.
The widget can be installed the surfer’s computer. It presents video clips aimed at reminding Read the rest of this entry »
will meet from 4:30 to 6 p. m. today in Roswell Park Cancer Institute. For information, call Amy Sumbrum at 845-4947.
Weinberg Campus in Amherst will offer free, confidential memory screenings today. Screenings, administered by health care professionals, consist of a series of questions and tasks. They take between five and 10 minutes and are not a diagnosis. Information on Alzheimer’s and related diseases will be available. No appointment Read the rest of this entry »
Ray Morehead and Jason Townsend rolled the dice on health care. Both self-employed, they chose to go without health insurance to have extra money in their pockets. “I’m in good health in general, so I just didn’t think it was worth the money,” said Townsend, 25.
Neither did Morehead, 43.
Then a red spot on his abdomen proved to be a staph infection. He landed in the hospital, where he found out he had diabetes.
Now he’s paying off an $11,000 Read the rest of this entry »