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Buffered by a signature Obama administration goal to fight childhood obesity, the final piece of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was implemented on January 25th.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the final set of nutrition standards enacted include:
Ensuring students are offered both fruits and vegetables every day of the week; Substantially increasing offerings of whole grain-rich foods; Offering only fat-free or low-fat milk varieties; Limiting calories based on the age of children being served to ensure proper portion size; and Increasing the focus on reducing the amounts of saturated fat, trans fats and sodium.
While these changes are a substantial improvement, there are still some items that were not excised from the menu. Although Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, described the menu as the “best ever”, she is still disappointed that Congress did not allow for the removal of french fries from school menus, nor the designation of pizza as a vegetable.
Bettina Elias Siegel points out “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” of the new food standards. On the “Good” side, the new guidelines is that it brings caloric requirements more in line with acceptable levels for children and eschews the “nutrient standard” system for determining school lunch offerings, which included foods that did not necessarily draw nutrients from the right foods. In the “Bad” category, she highlights how Congress will have a difficult time funding the program. For the “Ugly” dimension of the new rules, Elias Siegel points to the continued role of the food lobby in keeping foods like french fries and pizza on menus.
Writing in the Atlantic, Marion Nestle applauds the new standards, but observes that the work to improve child nutrition is not done. “Good work. Now let’s get busy on the next challenges:
Set nutrition standards for competitive foods in schools — those sold outside of the lunch program as snacks and meal replacements. Teach kids where food comes from. Teach kids to cook.”
While these new measures take aim at identifiable problems with child nutrition, other factors may continue to influence strategies for keeping kids healthy. A recent study from Penn State suggests that there is “no correlation at all between obesity and attending a school where sweets and salty snacks were available.” There is also the possibility that the lack of choice in food will create a backlash from children who may not eat as much healthy food if they feel restricted from their own food choices.
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Last fall, when Joe Ruhl, a Jefferson High School biology teacher, learned he was one of 30 educators in North America up for a prestigious award, he was surprised.
Now that he is one of three finalists for the Shell National Science Teaching Award, given annually by the National Science Teaching Association to honor innovations in science teaching, he doesn't know how to feel.
"I've been told we may find out next week who the one science teacher is who is going to represent the country and parts of Canada," Ruhl said, "and I'm thinking, 'Come on. You've got to be kidding.' This has kind of blown me away."
Ruhl was nominated last August, which began a process he called "grueling." First came the paperwork -- an assortment of personal information, including his r?sum? and a summary of his teaching philosophy. Then he had to create a DVD of himself.
The process concluded Thursday when Ruhl spent the day being shadowed by a group of judges who observed and conducted interviews with students, parents and colleagues.
Ruhl didn't tell his students about the honor until it came down to the final 10 candidates late last year. Ruhl said the students were almost as ecstatic as he was.
"What warmed my heart the most is how excited the kids have gotten," Ruhl said.
Freshman Joe Ensign said Ruhl's energy and adaptability are what he likes best.
"He's very energetic, no matter what the situation is," Ensign said. "He just goes with the flow."
Ruhl first developed a love of science as a fourth-grader watching the television show "Lost in Space."
"I soon realized science fact is a lot more interesting than science fiction," Ruhl said.
His classroom is a testament to that belief. From the aquariums lining the shelves to the 300-gallon fish tank filled with largemouth bass, his classroom is a biologist's playground.
Principal Jeff Studebaker, whose children had Ruhl as a teacher, said Ruhl "is exactly what we want our teachers to be: Innovative, dedicated and compassionate.
"His strength is in his ability to not only create an amazing learning experience for his students but to get near universal buy-in from his students," Studebaker said. "His students learn and succeed because they want to for him."
As a finalist, Ruhl will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the National Science Teaching Association conference, which this year takes place in Indianapolis.
"They offered to pay for my airfare," Ruhl said with a laugh.
The award comes with $10,000, but Ruhl said he hasn't thought much about that. It's enough, he said, just to be nominated.
"They can't go into every classroom in the country and examine every teacher. We have to keep things in perspective."
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02-01-2012 12:15 Introduction to Human Physiology by Professor Fink. This lecture presents a brief review of the principle functions of the Cardiovascular (Circulatory) System, Respiratory System, Gastro-Intestinal (GI, Digestive) System, Renal (Urinary, Excretory) System, Immune (Lymphatic) System, Integument (Skin) System, Skeletal System, Muscular System, Reproductive System, Nervous System, and Endocrine System. Reference is also made to pathophysiology, digestion, absorption, chemical composition of the body, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and minerals (inorganic ions, electrolytes).
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Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Using a liquid laser, researchers have devised a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might make a person more vulnerable to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.
This work by University of Michigan researchers could advance understanding of the genetic basis of diseases.
It also has applications in personalized medicine, which aims to target drugs and other therapies to individual patients based on a thorough knowledge of their genetic information.
The researchers say their technique works much better than the current approach, which uses fluorescent dye and other biological molecules to find and bind to mutated DNA strands.
When a patrol molecule catches one of these rogues, it emits a fluorescent beacon. This might sound like a solid system, but it's not perfect. The patrol molecules tend to bind to healthy DNA as well, giving off a background glow that is only slightly dimmer than a positive signal.
"Sometimes, we can fail to see the difference," said Xudong Fan, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and principal investigator on the project.
"If you cannot see the difference in signals, you could misdiagnose. The patient may have the mutated gene, but you wouldn't detect it."
In the conventional fluorescence technique, the signal from mutated DNA might be only a few tenths of a percent higher than the background noise. With Fan's new approach it's hundreds of times brighter.
"We found a clever way to amplify the intrinsic difference in the signals," Fan said.
He did it with a bit of backtracking.
Liquid lasers, discovered in the late '60s, amplify light by passing it through a dye, rather than a crystal, as solid-state lasers do. Fan, who works at the intersection of biomedical engineering and photonics, has been developing them for the past five years.
In his unique set-up, the signal is amplified in a glass capillary called a "ring resonator cavity."
Last year, Fan and his research group found that they could employ DNA (the blueprints for life that reside in all cells) to modulate a liquid laser, or turn it on and off.
His group is one of just a few in the world to accomplish this, Fan said. At the time, they didn't have a practical application in mind. Then they had an epiphany.
"We thought, 'Let's look at the laser output. Can we see what's causing the different outputs and use it to detect differences in the DNA?'" Fan said.
"I had an intuition, and it turns out the output difference was huge," Fan added.
The journal editors named this a "hot paper" that "advances knowledge in a rapidly evolving field of high current interest."
The study has been published in German journal Angewandte Chemie. (ANI)
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30-01-2012 12:31 For the Inpatient Hospital Setting: "2011 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology for ICD-10-CM/PCS" Just what you need and just when you need it: The new "2011 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology for ICD-10-CM/PCS" clarifies the new anatomical and physiological code capture in ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-CM-PCS. And that is why the latest book on the subject is a "must read" for hospitals: The "2011 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology for ICD-10-CM/PCS" takes you through all body systems that ICD-10 uses and gives specific details about how ICD-10-CM and PCS is used to identify the appropriate diagnosis/condition. A quiz is available at the end of each section to test your knowledge of ICD-10. NEW! More questions for ICD-10 coding -- quiz yourself on chapter information on information within each body system EXPANDED! PCS Chapters -- More detailed information added to each of the PCS chapters to increase your knowledge on ICD-10-PCS Detailed review of each body system -- with in-depth information on cells, tissues, and organs that comprise each body system Extensive Table of Contents -- An exhaustive listing of every chapter, section, table and illustration so you can locate important information quickly Quizzes at the end of every chapter -- Test your knowledge on what you have just learned Detailed, full-page anatomy illustrations plus code-specific illustrations that have been integrated into the book -- allows better interpretation of clinical notes to help code with more specificity Extra ...
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Results from DNA testing on samples collected from the car of Zinah Jennings are in, but Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott says he will not comment until the first of the week when he expects to be briefed by State Law Enforcement Division agents.
“I have not seen the report,” Scott said Saturday. “SLED is finished with one portion of the preliminary results, and I will be briefed on those findings on Monday.”
Jennings, 22, is the mother of Amir Jennings, last seen Nov. 29, when he was 18-months-old.
Samples were taken from Jennings’ car in December after investigators found “stains consistent with bloodstains” on clothing and blankets. Investigators also searched a two-story house in the Waverly neighborhood where Jennings lived with her mother and Amir. They also took a swab of fluid or tissue from Zinah Jennings for DNA identification purposes.
Scott said multiple submissions were made and sent for testing in SLED’s crime lab, and only a portion of those results have come back.
In addition, he said he would not know until Monday whether the report included DNA testing from a shovel found at the home.
Amir was reported missing by his grandparents in December after Zinah Jennings wrecked her Dodge Neon in a one-car accident near her house and gave police conflicting reports of where her son might be.
Jennings has remained in jail since Dec. 29, when she was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child. Police say she has since refused to cooperate in their search for the toddler.
A request for a bond lower than the $150,000 set was recently denied. In asking a judge for a lower bond, Jennings’ attorney, Hemphill Pride II, said his client is mentally ill and pregnant.
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The state took action against Dr. Zannos Grekos because of the death of a 69-year-old breast cancer patient April 4, 2010, after undergoing the treatment at his Bonita Springs practice, at 9500 Bonita Beach Road, Suite 310.
BONITA SPRINGS — Dr. Zannos Grekos may not have an attorney representing him at a hearing next month against a state complaint that he performed an unauthorized stem cell procedure on a patient who later died.
Or maybe the Bonita Springs cardiologist will have new counsel for the three-day administrative hearing scheduled to begin March 20.
His original attorney, Greg Chaires of Orlando, withdrew from the case Jan. 24, less than two months before the hearing. He's been Grekos' attorney since the state filed an administrative complaint against the doctor a year ago.
Grekos couldn't be reached for comment at his practice, Regenocyte Therapeutic, 9500 Bonita Beach Road, Suite 310.
Chaires stated in his withdrawal notice to the judge that he had good cause to stop representing him, but didn't elaborate.
Florida health department spokeswoman Jennifer Hirst said this past week that Grekos has two weeks to hire a new attorney "and regardless of whether he does or not, the trial date will not change."
The case, which stems from events in early 2010, culminated a year later on Feb. 22, 2011, when the health department imposed an emergency restriction against his license. The restriction prohibits him from doing any procedures with bone marrow or stem cells in his practice.
If the administrative law judge sides with the state, Grekos could face sanctions or permanent restriction or revocation of his license.
At issue was Grekos' treatment of a 69-year-old woman who went to him for a consult on Feb. 25, 2010, for numbness and tingling in her arms and legs after chemotherapy.
Grekos ordered imaging of her carotid arteries and her brain and later injected her own aspirated bone marrow into her cerebral circulatory system.
At home that evening, she fell and was hospitalized. She had suffered a severe brain stem injury and was taken off life support on April 2, 2010.
Licensed in Florida since 1992, Grekos' cardiology practice in recent years has focused more on stem cell therapy to repair damaged heart muscle, lungs and other tissue.
He sends a sample of a patient's lung to Israel to cultivate new stem cells and the blood gets sent to a clinic or hospital in the Dominican Republic. The patient travels to the Dominican Republic, where the stem cells are injected into the damaged tissue.
Grekos has established a relationship with doctors and clinicians in the Dominican Republic who do the injections on his behalf; he isn't licensed to practice medicine there.
The case has captured widespread attention among Grekos' supporters who swear their once-chronic illnesses have undergone dramatic improvement since having the therapy through him. Detractors say he is taking advantage of a vulnerable population with congestive heart failure, lung failure and other illnesses for which conventional treatments no longer are effective.
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26-09-2011 06:49 So with each of these classes of drugs, try to link them to a single familiar drug -- in this case caffeine. Stimulants elevated blood pressure, heart rate, dilate pupils as a physiological response. I would avoid increased alertness and elevated mood -- these are arguably psychological NOT physiological. Dr Atkinson's beverage of choice is a bromo-fluoro-mocha-chino --available at Black Mesa Starbucks.
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