BEDFORD — Zachary Sotelo can’t run as fast as most 10-year-olds.
And his bones are more fragile than the average child his age.
Sotelo was born with spina bifida, an opening in the spine.
Sotelo’s mother, Staci Sotelo, said the birth defect hasn’t slowed her son.
He plays wheelchair basketball with the Dallas Junior Wheelchair Mavericks Team and baseball with the Miracle League in Arlington.
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BY LISA L. COLANGELO
Thursday, January 15th 2009, 5:28 AM
women who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant are being recruited in a groundbreaking nationwide children’s health study.
This week, volunteers began knocking on doors across a broad swath of the borough to sign up women for an ambitious survey that will start while they are pregnant and continue until their child is 21.
Researchers “wanted a big, urban, highly diverse county Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Actor Patrick Swayze, the
“Dirty Dancing” star who is battling pancreatic cancer, has
been released from a weeklong stay at a hospital where he was
treated for pneumonia, People magazine reported on Friday.
Swayze, 56, was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Jan. 9,
hours before he was scheduled to appear at a gathering of
television critics to promote his new TV crime drama, “The
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fitness centers may not be spacious or flashy. But with modern equipment and low rates, they’re worth a visit, especially between Jan. 2 and 16 when you can work out for free.
“Most [members] haven’t worked out in a long time or have never exercised at all,” said fitness program specialist Colleen Lammel-Harmon, executive director of the Mayor’s Fitness Council. “So there’s no element of feeling like you’re being watched.”
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Whether or not you have been a victim of the “College Freshman 15″, chances are good that your diet could use some improvement. A lot of college students do put on weight because of unhealthy lifestyles. They move away from home and realize how easy it is to make bad choices with there diet. I went to college and was able Read the rest of this entry »
Cardiopulmonary bypass disposables are subject to a voluntary recall.
You might still be asking whether issues involving federal preemption are worth the fifteen minutes it takes to write to your Congressman about. Well consider the following. Are you smart enough to know how this recalled product might affect you?
. They are available to everyone to read. I’ve copied one concerning patients who might undergo certain procedures having to Read the rest of this entry »
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9: The use of synthetic drugs, such as amphetamine, methamphetamine (meth) and ecstasy, are on the rise in developing countries, including parts of East and Southeast Asia and the Middle East, says a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Asia, with its large population and increasing prosperity, is fuelling the demand, says the report. It reveals that the worldwide market for amphetamine-type stimulants Read the rest of this entry »
POCATELLO – An unusual display of underwear was unvieled at Portneuf Medical Center today.
The Pocatello Women’s Health Clinic started the Bra Art Contest as a way to raise breast cancer awareness.
Teams from seven different Ob-Gyn offices spent the last five weeks coming up with ideas and decorating the bras. Barb Borrowman, organizer and breast cancer survivor said, “They were put up on Friday. So today is the first day, and the only comment Read the rest of this entry »
Cigarette clamped between thumb and finger, a louche Barack Obama leans back
with playful eyes and draws smoke deep into his lungs.
When he agreed to model for an aspiring photographer’s portfolio, the prospect
of this image re-emerging 28 years later as he prepared to enter the White
House as president probably never crossed his mind.
Back then he was a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles struggling
with his racial identity and, Read the rest of this entry »
The Santa Cruz Flea Market will continue to operate in its current location through March 2010.
Michael Paul, president of Goodwill Industries of Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, which operates the flea market, made the announcement Monday.
Goodwill notified the Santa Cruz Medical Foundation, now a part of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, that Goodwill would exercise its option to extend the lease for a second year.
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