| ORLive Presents: A Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for ...
A laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure for obesity will be performed live over the Internet from Tampa General Hospital on March 6, 2007 at 4 PM EST on www.OR-Live.com. The LAP-BAND(R) System procedure involves placing an adjustable band around the connection between the food pipe and stomach to restrict the amount of food an individual can consume at one time. Since it is adjustable, the band can gradually be tightened by the physician during office visits, allowing individuals to use it as a tool to change their eating behaviors and lose weight. The procedure is intended to help patients reach a healthier weight in order to lead more mobile and active lives. Obesity is a chronic disease that affects more than 60 million Americans over the age of 20. It affects every organ system in the body and can cause major illnesses including diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, acid reflux disease and degenerative joint disease.
Cold medicine risky for babies, toddlers
ATLANTA, Ga. -- More than 1,500 toddlers and babies wound up in emergency rooms over a two-year period and three died because of bad reactions to cold or cough medicine, federal health officials reported Thursday.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned parents not to give common over-the-counter cold remedies to children under 2 years old without consulting a doctor.The deaths of three infants 6 months or younger in 2005 led to an investigation that showed the children all had high levels of the nasal decongestant pseudoephedrine, up to 14 times the amount recommended for children ages 2 to 12. The study found 1,519 ER cases from 2004 and 2005 involving young children and cold medicine.The CDC said it's not known how much cold or cough medicine can cause illness or death in children under 2 years old, but there are no approved dosing recommendations by the U.S.
City mulling crosswalk safety
SANDPOINT -- The City Council is taking up a diverse array of recommendations today aimed at making it safer for pedestrians to cross Fifth Avenue at Poplar Street, the scene of a fatal collision on Christmas Day. The council will discuss the recommendations during its regular business meeting at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall.The seven recommendations were forwarded to the council by the city's Pedestrian Advisory Committee, which is hunting for safety solutions for the crosswalks at Fifth and Poplar."We don't want any foolish or panic solutions. We want our city to respond quickly and judiciously for the safety of pedestrians," said Larry Blakey, the advisory committee's chairman.
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Jade's New Show - Supermarket Sweeper
Volte-faces and TV comebacks are two-a-penny of course, but the return of the Goodies is something else! After the tear-stained (onion-flavoured glycerine) outpouring of remorse and despair over her spoilt lifestyle, Jade has vowed to work in her local supermarket in a move reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn taking the veil in The Nun's Story (only Audrey was taking the convent route rather than Quik-Save).In a newly-commissioned show for Chav TV (proprietors Jadiey and Jackiey Goodiey), Jade is going to run a small Essex supermarket (proprietors Jadiey and Jackiey Goodiey) with a staff that will be horribly familiar to all her fans (sic). Specialising in fatty meats is weight-watching sensation Rik Waller, 44; while on the returned DVD and strait-jacket counter, Ken Russell, 96, will preside with avuncular slippers.Other key members of the Jade's team are Danni Sherri-Lloyd, 8, and Jo O'Minger, 57, who are in charge of Indigestion Medicines, Cigarettes and, of course, Race Relations.In a shock move designed by programme makers (all recently 'let go' by Endemol, incidentally) to grab viewers tightly by the gonads, the visiting health, safety and etiquette inspector is none other than Shilpa Superstar!Viewers are warned to expect scenes of prolonged violence, fury, vilification, feigned remorse, crocodile tears and finally well deserved obscurity.
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