| Signs of scoliosis in adolescents are clear if parents keep an eye out
It didnt take Pamala and Dwayne Bader of Mesa long to realize something wasnt right with their 11-year-old daughter, Cheyene. http://eastvalleytribune.com/images/photos/e8vhgh6o.jpg" class="content-link">View scoliosis graphic At-home screening tips This January, when a towel-clad Cheyene passed her father on the way from the shower to her bedroom, he noticed the left side of her back protruded more than the right. Concerned, he asked his wife to take a closer look. Her back looked almost swollen and the left side of her chest was sticking out a little further than the right side, says Pamala Bader. She asked her daughter to touch her toes, then ran her fingers down Cheyenes spine. I said, I think you have scoliosis. The Baders scheduled an appointment with the family pediatrician, where an X-ray confirmed the fifth-graders condition, which causes the spine to curve 10 degrees or more while the vertebrae rotate within the curve.
HealthShares(TM) Announces Change to the HealthShares(TM) Patient ...
NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HealthShares(TM) Inc., an investment company with a series of 20 underlying fund portfolios, today announced it has been informed by Standard & Poor's, the calculating agent for the HealthShares(TM) Indices, that effective at the opening of trading on Monday April 23, 2007, Genesis HealthCare (NASDAQ: GHCI) will replace United Surgical Partners International, Inc. (NASDAQ: USPI) in the HealthShares(TM) Patient Care Services Index. Companies included in the HealthShares(TM) Patient Care Services Index are engaged in providing direct treatment of patients in hospitals, outpatient clinics, nursing homes, assisted living centers, treatment facilities or home health providers. About HealthShares(TM) XShares Advisors LLC, a financial services company based in New York, is the creator of the HealthShares(TM) family of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
Ghana: Eight Undergo Tissue Transplant Surgery At Kath
EIGHT PEOPLE out of 250 booked to undertake corneal transplant surgery and other surgeries like Cataract Glaucoma, Trabectomy, Paediatric, Squint, and Cosmetic have successfully undergone operations at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi last Saturday. The exercise forms part of an on-going eye care programme and services by the Eye Department of KATH in collaboration with an eight-member team from the Moran Eye Centre of the University of Utah in the United States of America (USA). Prof. Alan Crandall of the Moran Eye Centre leads the team of the eye specialists. .
In this time of renewal, pastor looks forward to new beginning
In this season of renewal, Eagle Lake Lutheran Church welcomes a new full time pastor to the fold, the Rev. Tom Peterson. “I want to say a word of appreciation for the hospitably and the welcoming spirit that (my wife and I have) been received with," he said. “I am really excited about being here, and doing ministry together in the years ahead." He replaces the combined efforts of interim pastor Don Peterson and parish worker Gloria Flatten, both now retired. He officially started Feb. 15. The church had put out word that they were going to be transitioning to a full time pastor. It had been a number of years since they had one." The selection process, aimed at making good long-term matches, is very thorough. “It's a very in-depth process," he said. “The church put together a congregation profile, defining their vision and their needs.
Not quite, Mr. McCain
Lose those rose-colored glasses, John McCain, at least if you're serious about impressing the American public with your credentials to be president. Myopia is profoundly disappointing on the part of someone who once built a national reputation on brutal honesty. Here's Mr. McCain, back from a trip to a Baghdad market on Sunday that required precautions fit for, well, war. Bulletproof vests for Mr. McCain and his delegation, helicopter cover above and Humvees on the ground. Mr. McCain's message? We're apparently not getting the full picture, or the whole truth, about the Iraq war and the progress that's being made -- thanks to a media that won't function the way the Republican senator from Arizona would prefer. Sounds like the White House line, only from a once-heralded figure in that very same media seven years ago -- when he was the only thing between George W.
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