• Asheville named a top-10 yoga-friendly city in August 2011 issue of Yoga Journal:
“The news hasn’t been added to Yoga Journal’s online site, but folks online are talking about it […] Here’s an image of the August issue’s cover, with reference near the bottom to ‘50 fantastically yoga-friendly cities.’” – [MX Blogwire]
• Red Cross hosts annual drive in Asheville during summer blood shortage:
“The American Red Cross released a national appeal Tuesday to donors after type O negative blood supplies dropped to critically low levels across the country. The regional Red Cross will host Operation Blood Drive today [6/22] — its largest annual one-day drive — in hopes of exceeding 500 donation units to replenish the dwindling supply.” – [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Hendersonville author claims breast cancer cured through ‘Cellular Level Healing’:
“Alice McCall offers hard data, medical reports and proof that no evidence of breast cancer remains. She credits a process she terms “Cellular Level Healing” for this astounding outcome. The story is detailed in her book, ‘Wellness Wisdom.’” – [pr.com]
• Counties to pick nominees for ‘Family Caregiver of Year’:
“Three local winners will be selected from Buncombe, Henderson and Transylvania counties. Each local winner will receive eight hours of free respite care, a variety of cash and gift awards and a one-year scholarship to Homewatch CareGivers University, a fully accredited online university in health care. The top local winner will be entered into the national evaluation and will be eligible for the $10,000 cash grand prize.” – [BlueRidgeNow]
“A popular substance abuse program in the Henderson County school system designed to keep kids from smoking has fallen victim to budget cuts.” – [BlueRidgeNow]
“A yet unidentified component of coffee interacts with the beverage’s caffeine, which could be a surprising reason why daily coffee intake protects against Alzheimer’s disease. A new Alzheimer’s mouse study by researchers at the University of South Florida found that this interaction boosts blood levels of a critical growth factor that seems to fight off the Alzheimer’s disease process.” – [University of Southern Florida]
“A father says his 15-year-old daughter, who was not sexually active, died of pulmonary embolisms from taking Yasmin and Ocella, contraceptives that a doctor prescribed for acne. The father claims Bayer ‘aggressively’ promoted the contraceptives for off-label uses, and ‘ignored’ the ‘serious risks associated with the drug.’” – [Courthouse News Service]
“A new Northwestern Medicine study shows the attending physician in the intensive care unit could use a copilot, too. The mortality rate plummeted 50 percent when the attending physician in the intensive care unit had a checklist – a fairly new concept in medicine—and a trusted person prompting him to address issues on the checklist if they were being overlooked. Simply using a checklist alone did not produce an improvement in mortality. ” – [Northwestern University]
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