| Businesses are donating money to help a friend
Concerned about their friend, Walter C. "Carl" Clark, Benton businessmen Billie Jamerson and Jason Johns are committed to helping him with his medical bills.Diagnosed in mid-August with Crohn's disease, Clark said he has lost wages and his medical bills are mounting."I take up to 16 pills a day and I need help with my medical bills," he said. .
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Caregiver Support Group meeting, 1 to 2:30 p.m. today, at South Central Public Health District's conference room on the College of Southern Idaho campus in Twin Falls.The topic will be holiday survival tips. Information: Shawna, CSI Office on Aging, 736-2122.Bariatric supportBariatric Support Group meeting for patients who have undergone bariatric surgery, 7 p.m. today, at St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center's Education Center, 588 Addison Ave. W. in Twin Falls.Information: 280-1337.Parenting classes"Active Parenting Now" classes, 7 to 9 p.m., Mondays, this week through Dec. 10, in Room 134 at the College of Southern Idaho's Aspen Building.Parents will learn to cope with topics including drugs, violence and sex, and to defuse power struggles with their children, stimulate healthy independence as their children grow, and encourage children to be their best without imposing unrealistic expectations, class organizers say.
Annual Collier ‘Heart Walk’ is Saturday
Barbara Cabrera managed to get off the dance floor without blacking out. “Don't let me be the fat lady passing out on the dance floor," she thought to herself one evening three years ago. Her family doctor made her face reality. At the age of 39, she had suffered a “silent" heart attack. “Something has got to change," her doctor told her. “You are not going to be here in five years." She hit the scale at 350 pounds, she was diabetic, suffering from high blood pressure and high cholesterol. She was constantly tired but had developed sleep apnea. “It was a vicious cycle, health-wise," Cabrera, of Naples, said. She took her battle one day at a time. More than 200 pounds lighter today and free of diabetes, she is inspiration for anyone grappling with heart disease and bad lifestyle choices.
New York able to fend off previous demons in Giant win
History shows that November and December haven't been kind months for the New York Giants during the Tom Coughlin era. So it came as no surprise that when the team built a 6-2 record at this season's midway point, many were wondering at what point the other shoe would drop. The theory of another second-half collapse by Big Blue got some added weight when the Dallas Cowboys handed the Giants a discouraging 31-20 loss at home last week. And when Detroit Lions rookie sensation Calvin Johnson made a spectacular leaping grab for a 35-yard touchdown catch with less than five minutes remaining in this past Sunday's battle with New York, that eerie scenario began to present itself once again.
Johnson's catch pulled the Lions within 16-10 in a game the Giants repeatedly failed on opportunities to put away, and Detroit gained further momentum after forcing its opponent to go three-and-out on the ensuing possession.
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 9, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (NasdaqCM:ASTM - News), a leading regenerative medicine company, today reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007. The Company also reported clinical and operational achievements since the beginning of fiscal year 2008, including: .
Suicide survivors fight the silence
Sarah Gagnon Curtain organized the recent Out of the Darkness Community Walk against suicide in order to share a gift she gained maybe the hardest way. The Portsmouth wife and Madbury teacher could have kept her brother's suicide a secret. She went public to save the next person like him and the next one like her. Her message is brave. Break the silence. Suicide is largely preventable. A caring neighborhood or school can ease the stigma around a person who has clinical depression. Some simple training can help colleagues and bowling league teammates ask how you and I are doing and be ready for the answer. Experts say most people who try to kill themselves hint about it first. They give away keepsakes or dye their blonde hair black. Some even spell it out. If the worst comes anyway, the survivors of a son's or a coach's suicide face a wall of once-unimaginable questions.
ORLive Presents: Minimally Invasive Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass -- the Gold Standard of Weight-Loss Surgery
Weight-loss surgery is the first surgery PinnacleHealth is scheduled to host on the Internet over the next year. On Wednesday, November 7 at 6 pm, Luciano DiMarco, DO, FACOS, medical director of bariatric surgery at PinnacleHealth, will perform the gold standard of weight-loss surgery, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, at the PinnacleHealth Community Campus, on www.OR-Live.com. Since 1998, Luciano DiMarco, DO, FACOS, and his partners, Doctors Scot A. Currie and Matthew Davidson, have performed this surgery laparoscopically, reducing chance of infection, shortening hospital stay and improving recovery time. .
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