This is what the page of the local newspaper & health welfare should be?

I get excited when I see a newspaper – as my local Star Tribune-add a science page, which they did recently.  And I don't get too upset that none of the entries on this page of science were produced locally. Better than nothing, I thought.  No damage.  Maybe it will improve science literacy and interest in science, a little on some readers.

Then Sunday Star Tribune yesterday splashes this health + wellbeing page on me.  And 80% of the page is dedicated to a story lifted from the book of Hackensack, NJ, the registry.   Nothing against Hackensack or the registry.  But this story was about heart artery catheterization done through pulse – "a European doctors approach have used for years."

Interesting.

And now it is being done in New Jersey.  And the story ends with a NJ NJ doc predicting: "I think, eventually, 90 percent of patients will be able to have it".

But I don't live in New Jersey.  I live in Minnesota.  And the Star Tribune is a part of Minnesota.

And THERE Is Not A Word HERE ABOUT WHETHER SOMEONE Is DOING THIS In MINNESOTA1

This is what we call shovelware.  Nothing in the shovel to create the appearance of a health/medicine specialized page .... Heck, even call it a page of "wellness", because what's hot.

As a new sign that an entity orphaned this page little excuse of not-so-special was, was the variety section (!), hidden among the characteristics the GIRL POWER! .... making us laugh in MINNESOTA ... something called the junk drawer ... and a review of the film "The Dark Knight Rises".

Now, that's where I think it look for a health/well-being page, with a story about interventional cardiology!

 

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"Take what you need and leave the rest, but never should have taken better"

"Take what you need and leave the rest, but never should have taken better" is a refrain from "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down", one of the best-known songs of The Band.

Levon Helm, the revered drummer and singer of the band the Band has retained the core band for more than three decades, "peacefully" died on 19 April.

From CNN:

Born in Elaine, Arkansas, in 1940, the son of a cotton farmer, Helm rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s as a member of The Band, a folk rock band.

His voice, Soul, drawling highlighted many successful recordings, such as "The Weight", "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Up on Cripple Creek".

Helm, 71, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998. He fell on hard times as the cancer took his voice and medical expenses threatened his home.

"You got to choose one-pay medical bills or pay the mortgage. Most people cannot do both, and I am no different, "said CNN in 2010.

So The Barn, as the residence is known around Christmas foster helm of Woodstock, New York, became the setting that calls a "last celebration". Not at all. Instead, The Barn became the Centre of an unlikely and unrivaled rock 'n roll revival.

It was there that Helm regularly hosted the midnight ramble, weekly concerts, which attracted sell-out crowds and media all-star. The result not only paid the Bills but also led to a recrudescence creative helm, with his collaborations with Grammy winning album produced back to back: "Dirt farmer" and "the 2007 Electric Dirt" of 2009.

"If I had my way about it, we probably would do it every night," said helm. "I'm not tired of it."

From Wikipedia:

Helm remained with The Band until their 1976 farewell performance, The Last Waltz, which was recorded in a documentary film director Martin Scorsese (an excerpt is embedded above). Many music fans know Helm through his appearance in the concert film, a performance notable for the fact that Helm's vocal tracks appear substantially as they sang during a grueling concert.

In the 1990s, the helm was diagnosed with throat cancer suffering hoarseness. Advised to undergo laryngectomy, helm instead underwent an arduous regimen of radiation therapy at Memorial with Cancer Center in New York City. Although the tumor was successfully removed, the rudder's vocal cords were damaged, and his powerful tenor voice and has been replaced by a quiet RASP. Initially Helm only played drums and relied on guest vocalists at the Rambles, but Helm's singing voice became louder. The January 10, 2004, she sang once again of his ramble sessions. In 2007, during production of dirt farmer, Helm estimated that his singing voice was 80% recovered.

The midnight ramble was an outgrowth of an idea Helm explained to Martin Scorsese in The Last Waltz. Earlier in the 20th century Helm explained, traveling medicine shows and music shows which Assassinators of F.S. Walcott rabbit, featuring African-American blues singers and dancers, would put futile performances in rural areas. This was turned into a song by the band, "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show," with the name altered so the lyric was easier to sing.

"After the finale, which would have the midnight ramble," Helm told Scorsese. With young children off the premises, picked up the show: "the songs would get a bit more juicy. Jokes would get a little more fun and the best dancer would really get down and shake it a few times. A lot of rock and roll duck walks and moves came from that. "

Helm refused to play "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" by 1976, though he continued to perform "Midnight rambles" several times a month in his private residence in Woodstock, New York.

References:

Fans remember Levon Helm as he tackles the final stages of cancer. CNN.
Levon Helm, co-founder of The Band, died at 71. CNN.
Levon Helm, an icon of American music, is in the final stages of cancer ". Guardian.
Fauquier ENT Blog: Levon Helm, singer/drummer for The Band, dies of throat cancer http://goo.gl/tDgxL
Levon Helm. Wikipedia.

 

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"Take what you need and leave the rest, but never should have taken better"

"Take what you need and leave the rest, but never should have taken better" is a refrain from "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down", one of the best-known songs of The Band.

Levon Helm, the revered drummer and singer of the band the Band has retained the core band for more than three decades, "peacefully" died on 19 April.

From CNN:

Born in Elaine, Arkansas, in 1940, the son of a cotton farmer, Helm rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s as a member of The Band, a folk rock band.

His voice, Soul, drawling highlighted many successful recordings, such as "The Weight", "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Up on Cripple Creek".

Helm, 71, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998. He fell on hard times as the cancer took his voice and medical expenses threatened his home.

"You got to choose one-pay medical bills or pay the mortgage. Most people cannot do both, and I am no different, "said CNN in 2010.

So The Barn, as the residence is known around Christmas foster helm of Woodstock, New York, became the setting that calls a "last celebration". Not at all. Instead, The Barn became the Centre of an unlikely and unrivaled rock 'n roll revival.

It was there that Helm regularly hosted the midnight ramble, weekly concerts, which attracted sell-out crowds and media all-star. The result not only paid the Bills but also led to a recrudescence creative helm, with his collaborations with Grammy winning album produced back to back: "Dirt farmer" and "the 2007 Electric Dirt" of 2009.

"If I had my way about it, we probably would do it every night," said helm. "I'm not tired of it."

From Wikipedia:

Helm remained with The Band until their 1976 farewell performance, The Last Waltz, which was recorded in a documentary film director Martin Scorsese (an excerpt is embedded above). Many music fans know Helm through his appearance in the concert film, a performance notable for the fact that Helm's vocal tracks appear substantially as they sang during a grueling concert.

In the 1990s, the helm was diagnosed with throat cancer suffering hoarseness. Advised to undergo laryngectomy, helm instead underwent an arduous regimen of radiation therapy at Memorial with Cancer Center in New York City. Although the tumor was successfully removed, the rudder's vocal cords were damaged, and his powerful tenor voice and has been replaced by a quiet RASP. Initially Helm only played drums and relied on guest vocalists at the Rambles, but Helm's singing voice became louder. The January 10, 2004, she sang once again of his ramble sessions. In 2007, during production of dirt farmer, Helm estimated that his singing voice was 80% recovered.

The midnight ramble was an outgrowth of an idea Helm explained to Martin Scorsese in The Last Waltz. Earlier in the 20th century Helm explained, traveling medicine shows and music shows which Assassinators of F.S. Walcott rabbit, featuring African-American blues singers and dancers, would put futile performances in rural areas. This was turned into a song by the band, "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show," with the name altered so the lyric was easier to sing.

"After the finale, which would have the midnight ramble," Helm told Scorsese. With young children off the premises, picked up the show: "the songs would get a bit more juicy. Jokes would get a little more fun and the best dancer would really get down and shake it a few times. A lot of rock and roll duck walks and moves came from that. "

Helm refused to play "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" by 1976, though he continued to perform "Midnight rambles" several times a month in his private residence in Woodstock, New York.

References:

Fans remember Levon Helm as he tackles the final stages of cancer. CNN.
Levon Helm, co-founder of The Band, died at 71. CNN.
Levon Helm, an icon of American music, is in the final stages of cancer ". Guardian.
Fauquier ENT Blog: Levon Helm, singer/drummer for The Band, dies of throat cancer http://goo.gl/tDgxL
Levon Helm. Wikipedia.

 

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"Take what you need and leave the rest, but never should have taken better"

"Take what you need and leave the rest, but never should have taken better" is a refrain from "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down", one of the best-known songs of The Band.

Levon Helm, the revered drummer and singer of the band the Band has retained the core band for more than three decades, "peacefully" died on 19 April.

From CNN:

Born in Elaine, Arkansas, in 1940, the son of a cotton farmer, Helm rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s as a member of The Band, a folk rock band.

His voice, Soul, drawling highlighted many successful recordings, such as "The Weight", "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Up on Cripple Creek".

Helm, 71, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998. He fell on hard times as the cancer took his voice and medical expenses threatened his home.

"You got to choose one-pay medical bills or pay the mortgage. Most people cannot do both, and I am no different, "said CNN in 2010.

So The Barn, as the residence is known around Christmas foster helm of Woodstock, New York, became the setting that calls a "last celebration". Not at all. Instead, The Barn became the Centre of an unlikely and unrivaled rock 'n roll revival.

It was there that Helm regularly hosted the midnight ramble, weekly concerts, which attracted sell-out crowds and media all-star. The result not only paid the Bills but also led to a recrudescence creative helm, with his collaborations with Grammy winning album produced back to back: "Dirt farmer" and "the 2007 Electric Dirt" of 2009.

"If I had my way about it, we probably would do it every night," said helm. "I'm not tired of it."

From Wikipedia:

Helm remained with The Band until their 1976 farewell performance, The Last Waltz, which was recorded in a documentary film director Martin Scorsese (an excerpt is embedded above). Many music fans know Helm through his appearance in the concert film, a performance notable for the fact that Helm's vocal tracks appear substantially as they sang during a grueling concert.

In the 1990s, the helm was diagnosed with throat cancer suffering hoarseness. Advised to undergo laryngectomy, helm instead underwent an arduous regimen of radiation therapy at Memorial with Cancer Center in New York City. Although the tumor was successfully removed, the rudder's vocal cords were damaged, and his powerful tenor voice and has been replaced by a quiet RASP. Initially Helm only played drums and relied on guest vocalists at the Rambles, but Helm's singing voice became louder. The January 10, 2004, she sang once again of his ramble sessions. In 2007, during production of dirt farmer, Helm estimated that his singing voice was 80% recovered.

The midnight ramble was an outgrowth of an idea Helm explained to Martin Scorsese in The Last Waltz. Earlier in the 20th century Helm explained, traveling medicine shows and music shows which Assassinators of F.S. Walcott rabbit, featuring African-American blues singers and dancers, would put futile performances in rural areas. This was turned into a song by the band, "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show," with the name altered so the lyric was easier to sing.

"After the finale, which would have the midnight ramble," Helm told Scorsese. With young children off the premises, picked up the show: "the songs would get a bit more juicy. Jokes would get a little more fun and the best dancer would really get down and shake it a few times. A lot of rock and roll duck walks and moves came from that. "

Helm refused to play "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" by 1976, though he continued to perform "Midnight rambles" several times a month in his private residence in Woodstock, New York.

References:

Fans remember Levon Helm as he tackles the final stages of cancer. CNN.
Levon Helm, co-founder of The Band, died at 71. CNN.
Levon Helm, an icon of American music, is in the final stages of cancer ". Guardian.
Fauquier ENT Blog: Levon Helm, singer/drummer for The Band, dies of throat cancer http://goo.gl/tDgxL
Levon Helm. Wikipedia.

 

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Medical Tourism Tips - What a Medical Tourist Should Know and Do

 to your surgical destination. But before you do so, there are a number of things you should know and do to make your medical tourism trip safe and successful. Here is a list that will assist you in planning...

DO PROPER RESEARCH

Research is the first step to successful medical travel. Make sure that you do your research on the following:

1. The procedure: Find out about the procedure and compare your expectations with what's achievable by the surgery. Also inquire about follow-up care needed, time required for recovery, physical therapy, etc.

2. The hospital: When selecting the hospital that's right for your needs, you should consider the hospital's accreditation, awards and recognitions, facility and equipments, statistics like success rates, etc.

3. The surgeon: Check the certifications, training and repute of the surgeon who will be treating you.

4. The destination country: You should base your selection on: quality, distance and cost.

KEEP YOUR LOCAL DOCTOR INFORMED

Always work with your local doctor and inform him about your decision to travel overseas for treatment. You may need his assistance prior to the surgery for furnishing the health records required by the international hospital and post surgery for any follow-up checks that may be required.

HAVE ALL YOUR IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN ORDER

Bring the following documents with you. For each document, make copies and leave one set of copies at a safe place at home.

1. Medical records: Medical records like X-Rays, MRI's, health histories, photographs, immunization records, prescriptions, and any other health records relevant to the surgery. Remember to carry all these medical reports and any medicines in your carry-on luggage.

2. Passport and visa: You will need a passport for yourself and your travel companion (if any). Depending upon the country you are traveling to, you may or may not need a visa. Check with your destination country's embassy for the same.

3. Credit cards, debit cards and travelers checks: Bring some local currency, travelers checks and one or two major credit cards and debit cards.

4. Driver's license: Carry your driver's license and make sure it will remain valid while you're traveling.

KEEP IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION HANDY

Keep the following contact information handy:

1. Emergency contacts like relatives and friends

2. Destination embassy

3. Hospital

4. Hotel

5. Local surgeon / doctor

6. Employer

BE PREPARED TO STAY LONGER/SHORTER THAN EXPECTED

You should allow ample time for recovery after your surgery before you travel back home. So be prepared to stay longer as advised by your doctor. In some other cases you may not need to stay for as long as was expected.

WORK WITH A MEDICAL TOURISM COMPANY

Last but not the least, work with a medical tourism provider. They are specialized facilitators that connect you with the hospital of your choice while providing all or some other valuable services like detailed information about various procedures, detailed hospital profiles and surgeon profiles, medical records transfer, free surgery quote, pre- and post-consultation with the overseas hospital, feedback and testimonials from previous patients, medical and dental loan financing, passport and visa, airport pick-up and drop-off, hospital escort, tickets, travel insurance, hotel booking, tourism services in the destination country, etc.

Due research and planning are vital to happy, safe and successful medical travel. Therefore, you must follow the above medical travel tips and do your homework before boarding the plane.

You can learn more about the growing trend of medical tourism, international healthcare facilities and surgeons and the details of the medical tourism process by logging on to http://www.healthbase.com. Healthbase.com is a medical tourism facilitator committed to providing low-cost high quality medical travel services to the global medical consumer.

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