| WICOMICO: Educational programs coincide with Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
SALISBURY � Local community education classes about Alzheimer's disease launch next week in recognition of November as Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. Classes start Nov. 14 with a "Maintain Your Brain: How to Live a Brain Healthy Lifestyle" session at the Alzheimer's Association Eastern Shore office, 2090-C Milford St. in Salisbury. The class is interactive, providing research-based information about the positive impact of lifestyle choices and changes on brain health and brain disease throughout life. .
St. Amant firefighters receive FEMA grant
ST. AMANT — The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $110,960 grant to the St. Amant Volunteer Fire Department, Fire Chief James LeBlanc said Tuesday. "It’s the third year in a row we have received a FEMA grant," LeBlanc said. "That’s about $300,000 the parish didn’t have to pay," he said of the three grants. Other fire departments on the east bank of the parish also have received grants, bringing the total received in the past three years to more than $500,000, LeBlanc said. The grant announced Tuesday will be used to buy firefighting protective gear, a thermal imagining camera that locates fires inside walls, complete training lesson plans with laptop computers, a PowerPoint system and training manuals, LeBlanc said.
Luncheon marks 45 years of honoring women
When Sharon Rab learned she had been named one of this year's Ten Top Women, she immediately thought of her friend Betty Dietz Krebs. "She was a lovely woman and, in her own right, a feminist for her time," says Rab, who traveled with Krebs to New York while working as education director for the Muse Machine. .
Crawford Central adopts nutrition program
Some goodies have been longtime favorites for school kids. Crawford Central adopts nutrition program By Jamie Musick 11/19/07 — Some goodies have been longtime favorites for school kids. But many parents will soon be reconsidering the numbers of iced cupcakes and fudge brownies they're bringing to school, and perhaps choosing pre-sliced apples and broccoli florets instead for their children's classroom parties. And elementary and high school administrators will be closely monitoring how many chicken patties and fried foods students are purchasing throughout the week. .
What Thanksgiving means to me
Thanksgiving for the Cortese family of Kinnelon means family, friends and, of course, food. "While we may vary some of the side dishes, we always have two turkeys, one roasted and one fried, mashed potatoes, old fashioned sweet potatoes with marshmallows, stuffing and, of course, gravy," Lynn Cortese wrote to the Daily Record. "We all go around the table and state at least one thing that we are thankful for." The Daily Record asked readers to tell us what Thanksgiving means to you, and you responded. Many of your answers can be found in this special section; more will be published in Thursday's Daily Record, and still more will be posted online at www.dailyrecord.com. Ten-year-old Alexa Hesse looks at the holiday this way: "Thanksgiving means to spend time with your friends and family and a great meal.
Guidelines For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Stable COPD Issued By The ACP, Accompanying Video Included
The ACP (American College of Physicians) has released its latest clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). COPD is a lung disease which progresses slowly - lung function is progressively lost. COPD is more common among smokers.
The guidelines appear in Annals of Internal Medicine, November 6th, 2007 issue.
Over 5% of US adults have COPD. It is the fourth primary cause of death and the twelfth leading cause of illness in the USA. A COPD patient will typically have a chronic cough, wheezing - some patients may also have shortness of breath and considerable activity limitation.
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are both types of COPDs. As patients usually have overlapping symptoms, it has become more common today for doctors to use the broader term COPD.
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