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June LaValleur, a gynecologist and women's health specialist at the University of Minnesota, remembers walking across campus one day and running into one of the mammogram technicians who gently scolded, You know, you need a mammogram. You're behind. It's tough getting busted when you're one of the pros, but a voluntary screening lurks somewhere near the bottom of the weekly to-do list for anyone who works long hours and still tries to have a life. "It's a big issue for women who work full time when mammogram machines are on an 8-to-5 schedule," LaValleur said. Yet evening office hours aren't necessarily the answer. "People don't want to take time away from being around family." And that goes for both patients and providers. "When you try to make it easy for one person, you're making it difficult for another." Which test when? Just keeping track of which tests we need when can seem daunting.
Business column: Reverse mortgage puts cash in owner's hands
A reverse mortgage has the potential to make retirement more pleasant and financially secure than it otherwise might be. An increasing number of seniors find themselves "house rich, cash poor." While seniors have enjoyed rapidly appreciating home values, their incomes may have failed to keep pace with healthcare costs and general living expenses. A reverse mortgage may solve this problem and also provide many other benefits. So, what is a reverse mortgage? A reverse mortgage enables homeowners, age 62 and over, to convert the equity in their homes to cash, without selling the property. The homeowners retain title and all the responsibilities of home ownership, such as taxes, insurance and maintenance. Of course, the homeowners or their heirs do have to repay the loan, plus interest and fees, but that usually doesn't happen until death, sale of the home or if they stop living there permanently (perhaps to live in a nursing home).
Folks, steroids in sports really is news
Turn back the calendar three decades. East Germany was setting the world on its ear, turning out top athletes at an astonishing rate. At first we marveled at the rigorous training that began at early childhood and the vast sports centers that provided would-be Olympians with the finest equipment, facilities, coaching and doctors. But there were signs that training and equipment alone couldn't account for the extraordinary muscle development and amazing performances. By the mid-1970s, when East German swimmers came to compete with Americans in Concord, experts were wondering publicly whether steroids were at play. The doubts grew louder, the headlines grew bigger. By the time the Berlin Wall fell, it was evident that East Germany had conducted a national program of doping athletes, a way to succeed in sport and demonstrate the superiority of the socialist system.
Series Of Overnight Shootings Plague The City
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OraSure Technologies Pledges Support For National Black HIV/AIDS ...
OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR), the market leader in oral fluid diagnostics, today announced its support of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), through the distribution of complimentary OraQuick ADVANCE® Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test kits and educational materials to more than 25 HIV testing sites across the country, including state and city public health departments and community-based organizations.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even though blacks account for approximately 13% of the U.S. population, they account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS continues to be a leading cause of death among African Americans in the United States according to the CDC.
"OraSure is committed to combating HIV/AIDS in the African American community and we are proud to support National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day," said Douglas A.
Bad hair day brings break-in at wrong salon, ends with arrest
A woman's bad hair day got worse Wednesday after deputies say she broke into an East Naples beauty salon to get a refund for an alleged botched hairdo, according to Collier County Sheriff's deputies. But Joann R. Olivio broke into the wrong salon, according to reports. Olivio, 72, of 2305 Hidden Lake Drive, Apt. 1, was charged with burglary and petty theft. Reports say deputies responded to an alarm at Studio 3 Hair Salon, 4025 Santa Barbara Blvd., around 3:30 a.m. The glass in the front door had been broken. Deputies searched the salon and found Olivio crouched behind the cash register, wearing a housecoat, pajamas, slippers, and yellow dishwashing gloves. A jacket she wore over her housecoat had shards of glass on it. She was holding a hammer, squeegee and small flashlight.
Landscape news: Mayhaws attractive addition to garden
You will occasionally see some yellow berried mayhaw trees, although they are more common in the wild than in commercial plantings. Mayhaws have a low chilling hour requirement, so white flowers appear anytime from late January through early March. This early flowering sometimes leads to a loss of flowers and fruit due to frost and freeze events.A member of the hawthorn family, mayhaws are native to the southeastern United States. Mayhaws usually reach 20-30 feet tall at maturity and are native to habitats that have low, wet, slightly acid soil areas. Trees perform best in full sun to partial shade. The mature canopy is ball shaped and is highly desirable as a small ornamental landscape tree. The mounded form and exfoliating bark also are desirable landscape characteristics. .
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TIME LISTS '25 MOST IMPORTANT FILMS ON RACE': Works span nearly 100 years; shows transformation through eras. *Time Magazine, in partnership with CNN, has marked Black History Month with the selection of 25 movies it believes honors the artistry, appeal and determination of African Americans on and behind the big screen. "The 25 Most Important Films on Race," spanning nine decades, includes such works as "Hallelujah!" (1929), "Imitation of Life" (1934), "Gone With the Wind" (1939), "Carmen Jones" (1954), "Killer of Sheep"
(1977), "Boyz N the Hood" (1991) and Will Smith's latest film "I Am Legend."
The list "reveals a legacy that was tragic before it was triumphant,"
writes Time magazine's Richard Corliss.
SNP criticises Alexander’s month of ‘self-imposed silence’
Labour's Holyrood leader Wendy Alexander was accused yesterday of going on a month-long "self-imposed silence" since the Electoral Commission began investigating an illegal donation to her leadership campaign. The SNP's Roseanna Cunningham said that by Friday a full month would have passed without the Labour leader giving any interviews or answering any questions. .
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