Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The following is issued on behalf of the Community Care Fund Secretariat:
The Community Care Fund (CCF) will start receiving new applications from one-person households starting from tomorrow (January 2) for the “One-off Living Subsidy for Low-income Households…
CCF to accept new applications for "One-off Living Subsidy for Low-income Households Not Living in Public Housing and Not Receiving CSSA"
Are you a parent, family member, or caregiver of a loved one with a severe or untreated mental health condition? How are you coping? If I were to quiz you on the top 5 complications you have encountered so far, what would you say? For many parents, families, and caregivers, the top 5 issues…
A Failed Mental Health System: The Top 5 Failures
1 January 2014
Last updated at 00:04 ET
The letter said staff were busy providing “high-quality healthcare to millions”
The leaders of 10 NHS groups have called for a “new page to be turned” in 2014 after the “failures of the…
NHS groups look to new start in 2014
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup diced chard stems
1 garlic clove, minced
1 cup coarsely chopped blanched or steamed chard leaves (about 1/2 pound uncooked) (see note)
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
2 cups cooked farro
1…
Recipes for Health: Farro and Swiss Chard Salad With Grapefruit Vinaigrette
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617-573-4170Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Findings published in Jan. issue of Ophthalmology
BOSTON (Jan. 1, 2014) Ocular trauma causing open globe injury, or a breach in the wall of the eye, remains an important cause of…
Insight into likelihood of retinal detachment following open globe injury
By Lewis Krauskopf and Julie Steenhuysen
(Reuters) – Hospitals and medical practices across the United States are bracing for confusion and administrative hassles as new insurance plans under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law take effect on Wednesday.
More than 2…
Doctors, hospitals expect some confusion as Obamacare plans start
Compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and caregiver burnout are common among helping professionals, including psychotherapists. Psychologist Herbert Freudenberger, who coined the word burnout, defines it as ‘‘the extinction of motivation or incentive, especially where one’s devotion to a…
Source:10 Self-Care Strategies For Private Practice Shrinks
Ocular trauma causing open globe injury, or a breach in the wall of the eye, remains an important cause of vision loss, with more than 200,000 open globe injuries occurring worldwide each year. In many cases, retinal detachment follows the traumatic injury, causing significant vision loss or…
Source:Insight into likelihood of retinal detachment following open globe injury
Ocular trauma causing open globe injury, or a breach in the wall of the eye, remains an important cause of vision loss, with more than 200,000 open globe injuries occurring worldwide each year. In many cases, retinal detachment follows the traumatic…
Source: Insight into likelihood of retinal detachment following open globe injury
By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A gay Los Angeles couple plans to exchange wedding vows on a flower-covered float trundling through Pasadena during the nationally televised Tournament of Roses Parade on Wednesday, capping a momentous year for same-sex marriage in the…
Source:Gay couple to exchange vows on Rose Parade float
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Roman Catholic Church-affiliated organizations on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to block implementation of a part of the Obamacare healthcare law that requires employers to provide insurance policies that cover contraception. Catholic…
Source:U.S. justice grants exemption in contraception mandate challenge
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Hong Kong Space Museum’s latest 3D full-dome show, “We are Aliens 3D”, was launched today (January 1). The show explores planets and stars in the universe and the search for life in other worlds. Human civilisation has spread across our planet and…
Source:Space Museum 3D full-dome show to present search for alien life
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Department of Health (DH) is today (January 1) closely monitoring six additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (five cases) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (one…
Source:Six additional overseas cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome closely monitored by DH
Ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree that one of the keys to happiness is strong relationships with other people. We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we belong; we need to be able to get support, and just as important…
Source:4 Types of Friends: Must Friends, Trust Friends, Rust…
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — The fact that Michael Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he sustained a life-threatening head injury while skiing in France on Sunday probably did not come as a surprise to experts who have charted the increasing presence of helmets on slopes and halfpipes in recent…
Source:Ski Helmet Use Isn’t Reducing Brain Injuries
Starting Wednesday, health insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and cannot charge higher premiums to women than to men for the same coverage. In most cases, insurers must provide a standard set of benefits prescribed by federal law and…
Source:Millions Gaining Health Coverage Under Law
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday it will provide a month’s supply of certain prescriptions at no upfront cost to participants of U.S. President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law who have not yet received a plan identification number. The move by…
Source:Wal-Mart offers 30 days of prescriptions to backlogged Obamacare enrollees
By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) – An unprecedented wintertime outbreak of West Nile virus has killed more than two dozen bald eagles in Utah and thousands of water birds around the Great Salt Lake, state wildlife officials said on Tuesday. At least 27 bald eagles have died this…
Source:West Nile virus blamed for death of bald eagles in Utah
(Reuters) – Former first lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for treatment of early signs of a “respiratory-related issue,” her husband’s office said on Tuesday. Bush, 88, one of only two women to be both the wife and mother of U.S. presidents,…
Source:Former first lady Barbara Bush hospitalized in Houston
Compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and caregiver burnout are common among helping professionals, including psychotherapists. Psychologist Herbert Freudenberger, who coined the word burnout, defines it as ‘‘the extinction of motivation or incentive, especially where one’s devotion to a…
10 Self-Care Strategies For Private Practice Shrinks
Ocular trauma causing open globe injury, or a breach in the wall of the eye, remains an important cause of vision loss, with more than 200,000 open globe injuries occurring worldwide each year. In many cases, retinal detachment follows the traumatic injury, causing significant vision loss or…
Insight into likelihood of retinal detachment following open globe injury
By Dana Feldman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A gay Los Angeles couple plans to exchange wedding vows on a flower-covered float trundling through Pasadena during the nationally televised Tournament of Roses Parade on Wednesday, capping a momentous year for same-sex marriage in the…
Gay couple to exchange vows on Rose Parade float
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Roman Catholic Church-affiliated organizations on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to block implementation of a part of the Obamacare healthcare law that requires employers to provide insurance policies that cover contraception.
Catholic…
U.S. justice grants exemption in contraception mandate challenge
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Information Services Department (ISD) has today (December 31) launched iOS and Android applications for the online Government Bookstore. The apps can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store or Google Play by searching for “Government Bookstore”…
Source:Government Bookstore apps launched
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The following is issued on behalf of the Major Sports Events Committee: To mark the 10th anniversary of the “M” Mark System, the Major Sports Events Committee (MSEC) will launch the “M” Mark Sports Events Awards to recognise the achievements of…
Source:"M" Mark Sports Events Awards to recognise achievements in holding major sports events
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The following five reports presenting the key statistics on the business performance and operating characteristics of various major economic sectors in 2012 have been published by the Census and Statistics Department (CSD): (i) Key Statistics on Business Performance…
Source:Reports releasing key statistics on various major economic sectors in 2012 published
31 December 2013 Last updated at 02:03 ET Centres say they see mostly alcohol-related cases More people are expected to seek help from drug and alcohol charities over the new year. Three of the biggest services in Wales – Cais in north Wales, Sands Cymru in Swansea and…
Source:Charities expect alcohol abuse rise
Experts are urging Brits to boost their Vitamin D levels during the bleak winter months of January to March, when more of us are at risk of deficiency due to an insufficient level of UVB sun rays required by our bodies to produce the vital vitamin. Fish is being highlighted as an excellent…
Source:Fish Can Help Boost Levels Of Vitamin D During The Dark Winter Months
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery will remain on life support for at least another week after a state judge on Monday extended a deadline. Jahi McMath’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, hailed the decision as an answer to her prayers and…
Source:Calif. girl to remain on ventilator until Jan. 7
WASHINGTON (AP) — Certain current or former heavy smokers should start getting yearly scans for lung cancer to cut their risk of death from the nation’s top cancer killer, government advisers said Monday — even as they stressed that the tests aren’t for everyone. The…
Source:Lung cancer scans urged for some smokers, not all
With the start of the New Year, it seems new health goals and resolutions are just a given. If you’ve got some new health initiatives on the table or are just feeling run down after the holidays, it’s important to pay attention to your lymph to reset your system, boost your…
Source:Why The Secret To Getting Healthy Starts With Your Lymph
Detox can play an extremely important role in everyone’s life. In my life=, detox has been simply transformational. Unfortunately, detox falls prey to many sorts of mythicism and folklore, which ultimately does damage to what people think about detox. One of the biggest detox…
Source:The #1 Detox Myth You’ve Probably Fallen For
The day before Thanksgiving, I had what’s called a Grand Mal seizure. I went into convulsions and stopped breathing. As my brother put it, I then turned blue. I am not epileptic or prone to seizures, but I do have a brain tumor located in my venal draining duct. The doctors are…
Source:What I Learned When I Stopped Breathing
The GRADE study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham had a special visitor in November. Red suit. Black boots. White beard. Belly that shook like a bowl full of jelly. A V.I.E. (Very Important Elf) visited this national clinical trial for Type 2 diabetes. The GRADE study is evaluating…
Source:GRADE study evaluates four new medications for Type 2 diabetes
Recent data shows that more than 500,000 women in the U.S. report drinking during pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the collection of birth defects known as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Along with…
Source:Binge drinking during pregnancy can lead to fetal alcohol syndrome
A study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine shows patients with Medicaid insurance seeking care in an emergency department may be driven by lack of alternatives instead of the severity of their illness. The study is published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine…
Source:Patients with Medicaid insurance seek care in emergency department due to lack of alternatives
As a preeminent expert in the field of obesity surgery, board-certified bariatric surgeon Michael Feiz, M.D., F.A.C.S, has personally seen the physical, emotional and financial toll that obesity takes on his patients. As a matter of fact, his knowledge has been reflected in a brand new study…
Source:Obesity is an expensive problem, says bariatric surgeon
Alex Vaughan told his parents how much he loved them during speech His father asked him to be best man months before cancer was discovered He wrote the speech himself and even bought both of his parents gifts By James Rush PUBLISHED: 10:43 EST, 30 December 2013 | UPDATED: …
Source:Alex Vaughan, 7, beat leukaemia to give best man’s speech at parents’ wedding
Dietary patterns can substantially vary the resource consumption and environmental impact of a given population. Dietary changes such as the increased consumption of vegetables and reduced consumption of animal products reduce the environmental footprint and thus the use of natural resources. …
Source:Environmental footprints of Mediterranean versus Western dietary patterns: beyond the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common chronic neurodevelopmental disorder with a high heritability. Much evidence of hemisphere asymmetry has been found for ADHD probands from behavioral level, electrophysiological level and brain morphology. One previous research has…
Source:BAIAP2 exhibits association to childhood ADHD especially predominantly inattentive subtype in Chinese han subjects
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex psychiatric phenotype with a high heritability and a multifactorial etiology. Multisite collaborative efforts using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified only a portion of DNA sequence-based risk factors in BD. In addition to predisposing DNA…
Source:Quantitative leukocyte BDNF promoter methylation analysis in bipolar disorder
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Attention radio/TV announcers: Please broadcast the following at suitable intervals: In regard to the New Year’s Eve countdown celebrations to be held tonight, the Marine Department (MD) will implement marine traffic control measures in Victoria Harbour. These…
Source:Public reminded to pay attention to marine traffic control measures and marine safety
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Steering Committee on Selection, Quality Assurance and Review of the e-Textbook Market Development Scheme (EMADS) has approved a total of 20 applications for the development of e-textbooks under Phase Two of EMADS. The 20 successful applications cover major…
Source:Phase Two of e-Textbook Market Development Scheme
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Information Services Department (ISD) has today (December 31) launched iOS and Android applications for the online Government Bookstore.
The apps can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store or Google Play by searching for “Government Bookstore”…
Government Bookstore apps launched
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The following is issued on behalf of the Major Sports Events Committee:
To mark the 10th anniversary of the “M” Mark System, the Major Sports Events Committee (MSEC) will launch the “M” Mark Sports Events Awards to recognise the achievements of…
"M" Mark Sports Events Awards to recognise achievements in holding major sports events
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The following five reports presenting the key statistics on the business performance and operating characteristics of various major economic sectors in 2012 have been published by the Census and Statistics Department (CSD):
(i) Key Statistics on Business Performance…
Reports releasing key statistics on various major economic sectors in 2012 published
31 December 2013
Last updated at 02:03 ET
Centres say they see mostly alcohol-related cases
More people are expected to seek help from drug and alcohol charities over the new year.
Three of the biggest services in Wales – Cais in north Wales, Sands Cymru in Swansea and…
Charities expect alcohol abuse rise
Experts are urging Brits to boost their Vitamin D levels during the bleak winter months of January to March, when more of us are at risk of deficiency due to an insufficient level of UVB sun rays required by our bodies to produce the vital vitamin.
Fish is being highlighted as an excellent…
Fish Can Help Boost Levels Of Vitamin D During The Dark Winter Months
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery will remain on life support for at least another week after a state judge on Monday extended a deadline.
Jahi McMath’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, hailed the decision as an answer to her prayers and…
Calif. girl to remain on ventilator until Jan. 7
WASHINGTON (AP) — Certain current or former heavy smokers should start getting yearly scans for lung cancer to cut their risk of death from the nation’s top cancer killer, government advisers said Monday — even as they stressed that the tests aren’t for everyone.
The…
Lung cancer scans urged for some smokers, not all
With the start of the New Year, it seems new health goals and resolutions are just a given. If you’ve got some new health initiatives on the table or are just feeling run down after the holidays, it’s important to pay attention to your lymph to reset your system, boost your…
Why The Secret To Getting Healthy Starts With Your Lymph
Detox can play an extremely important role in everyone’s life. In my life=, detox has been simply transformational. Unfortunately, detox falls prey to many sorts of mythicism and folklore, which ultimately does damage to what people think about detox.
One of the biggest detox…
The #1 Detox Myth You’ve Probably Fallen For
The day before Thanksgiving, I had what’s called a Grand Mal seizure. I went into convulsions and stopped breathing. As my brother put it, I then turned blue. I am not epileptic or prone to seizures, but I do have a brain tumor located in my venal draining duct. The doctors are…
What I Learned When I Stopped Breathing
Recent data shows that more than 500,000 women in the U.S. report drinking during pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the collection of birth defects known as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Along with…
Binge drinking during pregnancy can lead to fetal alcohol syndrome
A study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine shows patients with Medicaid insurance seeking care in an emergency department may be driven by lack of alternatives instead of the severity of their illness. The study is published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine…
Patients with Medicaid insurance seek care in emergency department due to lack of alternatives
The GRADE study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham had a special visitor in November. Red suit. Black boots. White beard. Belly that shook like a bowl full of jelly. A V.I.E. (Very Important Elf) visited this national clinical trial for Type 2 diabetes.
The GRADE study is evaluating…
GRADE study evaluates four new medications for Type 2 diabetes
As a preeminent expert in the field of obesity surgery, board-certified bariatric surgeon Michael Feiz, M.D., F.A.C.S, has personally seen the physical, emotional and financial toll that obesity takes on his patients. As a matter of fact, his knowledge has been reflected in a brand new study…
Obesity is an expensive problem, says bariatric surgeon
Alex Vaughan told his parents how much he loved them during speech
His father asked him to be best man months before cancer was discovered
He wrote the speech himself and even bought both of his parents gifts
By
James Rush
PUBLISHED:
10:43 EST, 30 December 2013
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UPDATED:
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Alex Vaughan, 7, beat leukaemia to give best man’s speech at parents’ wedding
