(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration believes there is a reasonable probability that use of lots of Medtronic Inc’s medical guidewires that were recalled in October could be fatal, the medical device maker said on Friday. Medtronic spokesperson Joseph McGrath said the company started recalling 14,896 guidewires, or 181 lots, in the week of October 21, after receiving four complaints, including one patient injury, of the coating on the surface of the guidewires detaching. A guidewire is inserted into an artery to guide a catheter to a particular location...
Philippine typhoon survivors begin to rebuild [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Aubrey Belford TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Survivors began rebuilding homes destroyed by one of the world’s most powerful typhoons and emergency supplies flowed into ravaged Philippine islands, as the United Nations more than doubled its estimate of people made homeless to nearly two million. But the aid effort was still so patchy that bodies lay uncollected as rescuers tried to evacuate stricken communities on Saturday, more than a week after Typhoon Haiyan killed thousands with tree-snapping winds and tsunami-like waves. After long delays, hundreds of international...
Herbal Treatments Beneficial to Alzheimer’s Disease? – Guardian Express [ BeritaTerkini ]
Herbal Treatments Beneficial to Alzheimer’s Disease? Added by Nancy Schimelpfening on November 15, 2013. Saved under Alzheimer’s disease, Health, Nancy Schimelpfering Tags: alzheimer s disease, top Could it be that herbal treatments such as spearmint and rosemary may have beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease? Preliminary evidence says maybe. According to Dr. Susan Farr, a research professor in geriatrics at the Saint Louis University of Medicine. she has found that certain proprietary compounds formulated with antioxidants coming from these plants appear to improve...
State insurance regulators hesitate to embrace Obamacare fix [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Caroline Humer and Curtis Skinner (Reuters) – Many U.S. states are hesitant to embrace President Barack Obama’s fix to keep Americans from losing health insurance plans that do not comply with his healthcare reform, saying they need to figure out how to resurrect canceled policies and whether to allow insurers to raise prices. California, Colorado, Florida, South Carolina, Ohio and Oregon said they would act on Obama’s offer, announced on Thursday, to give a one-year extension to existing policies. Washington, Vermont and Rhode Island – all of which are running their...
Stolen custom neon green wheelchair returned to Ohio boy [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A custom neon green wheelchair stolen from a 9-year-old Cleveland boy was returned anonymously to a police station on Thursday but with serious damage. The wheelchair with wheels that lit up is owned by Stephen Gibson, who suffers from cerebral palsy and scoliosis. On Sunday, Stephen and his family realized thieves had broken into their garage and taken it along with $ 200 worth of holiday groceries from a freezer. When Stephen and his mother, Barbara Gibson, told their story to local media a citywide hunt for the wheelchair ensued....
Angel On A Leash: Bringing Dog Therapy to Those Who Need it Most [ BeritaTerkini ]
If you're a dog parent then you know already that a dog can be the most amazing, lovable, precious friend a person can have. They are animals that can love you back and care for you as much as you care for them. Angel On A Leash is a New York based organization that has taken this one step further and leverages the outstanding caring and healing capacity of dogs. Through their research and work, they have proven that "therapy dogs help people physically, emotionally and socially. It's known as the therapeutic touch." David Frei, known to millions of fans and viewers as the longtime co-host...
Try Herbs To Quit Smoking – BoldSky [ BeritaTerkini ]
One of the toughest addictions to quit is smoking cigarettes. Tobacco and nicotine addiction is a hard combination to stay away from for smoking community. You might have started smoking as a teenager trying something new, lured into it by friends for its exhilarating experience or influenced by its stylish and cool portrayal. Whatever may be the reason for entering into the habit of smoking, after a period of time, you do feel like quitting at some point. Though the easiest part of it deciding, the actual will to quit takes a lot out of you.There are lots of de-addiction centres that help you...
Watch: Spicy Snacks Send California Boy to the Doctor [ BeritaTerkini ]
Emergency room doctors report seeing kids with gastritis due to eating spicy chips. //...
Libyan militiamen, Tripoli residents battle, six dead [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Six people were killed and dozens more wounded in clashes between militiamen and armed residents in the capital Tripoli on Friday, state television said, in a further challenge to Libya’s weak government. The third outbreak of street fighting within 10 days underscored Libya’s struggle to contain regional militias that helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi two years ago but kept their guns. Armed disorder has blocked most oil exports for months. Friday’s bloodshed began when militiamen opened fire into hundreds of protesters...
Robert Pattinson’s New Goatee: Love it or Loathe it? [ BeritaTerkini ]
von Cinya Burton| Übersetzt von Cinya Burton 15. November 2013 – 10:15 Fact: Robert Pattinson has amazing hair. The color, the texture, the way it can look sexy even when it’s super greasy. Most of us have been swooning over his tresses since Twilight (and probably some of us since Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). But while nearly everyone agrees the mane on top his head looks great, here is where folks start get a little divided: his facial hair. For years the actor has been playing with his scruff. Experimenting with all of the various levels of chin fuzz. From clean-shaven...
European Commission approves 3G and 4G data use on flights [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Rik Henderson | Pocket-lint – As soon as the European Aviation Safety Agency announced that there is no opposition to allowing flight passengers to use smartphones, eBook readers, tablets and the like during take-off and landing in European countries, another decision was made that will affect technology on flights, this time by the European Commission. It has said that airlines will be allowed to deploy 3G and 4G networks on their flights in Europe, including the UK. That doesn’t mean that you will be able to use your smartphone to check for emails when up in the clouds, but...
The Yoga of Fullness [ BeritaTerkini ]
by Holly Walck, devoted Iyengar yoga student and teacher Do you know that saying, “Don’t tempt the fates”? Well, in my last blog I asserted that a dedicated yoga practice had seated me in gratitude, which leads to contentment. I’d already planned my next assignment, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, to explore the concept of thankfulness. And the fates were about to hold my grateful, contented feet to the fire. On Friday November 1, 2013, I was in Terminal 3 of the Los Angeles International Airport when a 23-year-old man, armed with an semi-automatic assault rifle, allegedly...
China to ease decades-old one-child policy nationwide [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Sui-Lee Wee and Li Hui BEIJING (Reuters) – China will ease family planning restrictions nationwide, the government said on Friday, allowing millions of families to have two children in the country’s most significant liberalization of its strict one-child policy in about three decades. Couples in which one parent is an only child will now be able to have a second child, one of the highlights of a sweeping raft of reforms announced three days after the ruling Communist Party ended a meeting that mapped out policy for the next decade. The plan to ease the policy was envisioned...
Tomorrow! Celebrate A Philadelphia Veteran With PTSD – Help Us Rescue A Service Dog! [ BeritaTerkini ]
Every 65 minutes a veteran commits suicide according to the Department of Veterans Affairs; most suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). This horrible epidemic is among the 2.4 million veterans and active duty members returning home – 184 new cases are diagnosed every single day! K9s For Warriors rescues dogs prior to being euthanized and trains them to be service dogs for Veterans with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury. This program is 100% proven, transparent and successful! 94% of every dollar donated to K9s For Warriors goes directly to the Veteran &...
Woman arrested after bomb found at Washington state hospital [ BeritaTerkini ]
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 43-year-old Washington state woman was arrested after a bomb was found in a vehicle parked in front of a hospital roughly 30 miles outside of Seattle, the Bremerton Police Department said on Thursday. Police said in a statement that officers were sent to the Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton at roughly 7:30 a.m. local time and found an “object that looked like an improvised explosive device” in a vehicle parked in front of the emergency room entrance. The Washington State Patrol bomb squad removed the device. Police arrested the woman, who...
Take Your Body With You [ BeritaTerkini ]
When I was 33 years old, I became celibate. I had always been extremely open to sex, the senses and my body. The more I studied meditation, however, and the more I learned about karma, purity and withdrawal of the senses, the more it seemed as if the only way to go truly deeply into spiritual practice was to give up on sex and give up on the senses. That meant to stop any drinking, stop going out, stop partaking of any negative movies or music and to stop doing a lot of “impure” things that I really liked. As a former punk rock iconoclast atheist, that was a hard step to take, and it...
US gamers snap up PlayStation 4 [ BeritaTerkini ]
Press Association – The PlayStation 4 has gone on sale in the US, with eager gamers queuing for hours to get their hands on the highly- anticipated console. Long queues formed outside stores across the country throughout Thursday, and many shops opened at midnight to cope with demand. Sony’s latest release comes just at the right time ahead of Christmas, and crucially one week before Microsoft’s Xbox One hits the shelves. Gamers in Britain have a while longer to wait for the PS4, with its release here planned on November 29. The console is Sony’s first new home system in seven...
Czechs in quandary over legal medical marijuana [ BeritaTerkini ]
TYN NAD VLTAVOU, Czech Republic (AP) — Just three years ago, the only thing that Zdenek Majzlik knew about cannabis was that it’s good stuff for making rope. Today, the 67-year-old retired nuclear power plant employee is an experienced grower who cultivates pot for his multiple sclerosis-stricken daughter. Majzlik faces a thorny dilemma: The Czech Republic legalized medical marijuana use this year, but maintained strict restrictions on growing, selling and importing it. For Majzlik, the solution is breaking the law to grow pot for his daughter. “She’s my child and it is...
