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Brian Giles
Fri Mar 5, 2010 9:24 am Brian Giles is being slowed by a sore right knee in Dodgers camp.
Fantasy Source Spin: Giles entered camp as a longshot to crack the Dodgers' Opening Day roster and has not improved his stock. "I'm confident that if I am healthy, I can make this team,'' said the 39-year-old outfielder. "But I have to be healthy. I need to have confidence in how I'm feeling.'' He batted .191/.277/.271 in 225 at-bats for the Padres last season and carries zero fantasy potential.
Source: ESPN Los Angeles
Tue Feb 2, 2010 8:06 pm According to Brian Giles' agent, between 8-10 teams have interest in his client and he expects to have a deal by the end of the week.
Fantasy Source Spin: Giles, 38, hit .191/.277/.271 with two home runs and 23 RBI in 225 at-bats this past season and was limited to 61 games because of a knee contusion. His days as a productive major league player are over.
Source: Dan Hayes on Twitter
Tue Dec 8, 2009 11:31 am According to Alex Speier of WEEI.com, between four and five teams have checked in on free agent outfielder Brian Giles.
Fantasy Source Spin: The Red Sox, Speier says, are unsurprisingly not among them. Giles, 38, hit .191/.277/.271 with two home runs and 23 RBI in 225 at-bats this past season. He was limited to 61 games because of a knee contusion.
Source: Alex Speier on Twitter
Tue Dec 1, 2009 1:30 pm The Padres will not offer arbitration to outfielder Brian Giles or catcher Henry Blanco.
Fantasy Source Spin: Pretty easy decisions here. Giles, a Type B free agent, was limited to just 61 games in 2009 (knee contusion), batting .191/.277/.271 with two home runs and 23 RBI in 225 at-bats. Blanco, who does not have a free agent ranking, has drawn interest from a few teams, including the Mets and White Sox. The 38-year-old backstop threw out 40 percent of potential basestealers in 2009. Neither will cost their prospective new teams a draft pick.
Source: MLB.com
Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:39 pm According to MLB.com's Corey Brock, the Padres have fired first-year hitting coach Jim Lefebvre.
Fantasy Source Spin: The Padres rank dead last among major league teams in both runs scored and batting average. Lefebvre has coached in the Brewers, Giants, Dodgers and Reds organizations. He's now on the hunt for another gig. Randy Ready will fill in as the Padres hitting coach for the rest of the season.
Source: Corey Brock on Twitter
Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:32 pm Padres GM Kevin Towers indicated Thursday that Brian Giles will be stuck behind the club's young outfielders upon his return from the disabled list.
Fantasy Source Spin: The Padres want Chase Headley, Tony Gwynn Jr., Will Venable and Kyle Blanks getting the outfield at-bats, which leaves Giles as the odd-man out. "I don't see Giles taking playing time away from those four," Towers said. Giles has been shelved since June 19 with a right knee contusion and there is no time table for his return. He's batting just .191/.277/.271 in 225 at-bats this season. One option: Eat the remainder of his $9 million contract.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:02 pm Padres placed outfielder Brian Giles on the 15-day disabled list with a right knee contusion.
Fantasy Source Spin: That's one way to solve the logjam in the outfield. The team has been unable to find a taker for Giles, who is hitting just .191/.277/.271 in 225 at-bats this season. With Scott Hairston returning and Tony Gwynn Jr. still streaking out of the leadoff spot, the team will be in no hurry to rush Giles back into the lineup.
Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:59 am Brian Giles issued a statement Tuesday denying "each and every allegation" made in the $10 million lawsuit filed by ex-girlfriend Cheri Olvera.
Fantasy Source Spin: Giles is accused of causing a miscarriage by battering Olvera while she was pregnant, but said Tuesday that "this is all about money" and asked "that everyone withhold judgment until I have a chance to tell my side of the story."
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Fri Nov 7, 2008 5:24 pm Padres exercised outfielder Brian Giles' $9 million option for 2009.
Fantasy Source Spin: If not for the $3 million buyout, there's a good chance the Padres would have let him go, though Giles is pretty clearly worth the $9 million for 2009. They would have appeared ridiculously cheap had they cut him to save just $6 million. A trade remains a possibility. Giles can block any deal, but he may choose to leave San Diego with the team apparently in the rebuilding phase.
Source: Padres.mlb.com
Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:51 pm MLB.com reports that the Padres are "leaning toward" picking up their $9 million option on Brian Giles for 2009.
Fantasy Source Spin: San Diego has 10 days to make a decision and could choose to buy Giles out for $3 million, but general manager Kevin Towers has hinted that he'll be back after the 37-year-old hit .306/.398/.456 in 147 games this season.
Source: MLB.com
Sat Sep 6, 2008 12:10 am Brian Giles went 4-for-6 with a game-tying homer in the eighth inning Saturday against the Brewers.
Fantasy Source Spin: With 11 homers, 54 RBI and 66 runs scored, Giles hasn't been much of a fantasy outfielder. Still, he's reclaimed his place as one of the game's most underrated players with a very impressive season at age 37. He's hit .312/.404/.472 away from Petro Park.
Fri Aug 8, 2008 1:12 pm Buster Olney of ESPN.com reports that Brian Giles will use his no-trade clause to block a potential deal to the Red Sox.
Fantasy Source Spin: Boston claimed Giles off waivers and had 48 hours to work out a deal with San Diego, but he has the right to block a trade to eight teams and the Red Sox are one of them.
Source: ESPN.com
Wed Aug 6, 2008 7:20 pm Brian Giles has been claimed off revocable waivers, according to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.
Fantasy Source Spin: Giles and dozens of other players, but this one qualifies as news for some reason. It's highly unlikely that Giles will be traded. The Padres intend to pick up his option and keep him for 2009.
Source: FOXSports.com
Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:09 am The San Diego Union Tribune reports that Brian Giles (hamstring) is expected to rejoin the Padres' lineup immediately after the All-Star break.
Fantasy Source Spin: Giles has missed six straight starts with a strained hamstring. "There has been noticeable improvement," Giles said. "Getting off it for a couple of days was the right decision."
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:43 am Brian Giles will be out until Tuesday, at the earliest, with a sore right hamstring and a sore left shoulder.
Fantasy Source Spin: "Hopefully, the leg will be better with Monday off. It's a few days," Giles said. "I think we caught it in time and it settled down. I don't think it is going to be a week, just a few days."
Source: Pirates.mlb.com
Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:01 am Brian Giles is getting Saturday off and won't play Sunday after straining a rib muscle.
Fantasy Source Spin: Manager Bud Black said that Giles "tweaked his side" either last week diving back to first base on a pickoff attempt or on a check swing Friday. Paul McAnulty took over in right field tonight.
Source: Padres.mlb.com
Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:38 pm Brian Giles went 2-for-3 and hit a long homer off Vicente Padilla in Wednesday's loss to the Rangers.
Fantasy Source Spin: Giles is 7-for-18 since returning from knee surgery. He might get a couple of more days off than usual in April, but he should be ready to play pretty regularly right from the start of the season.


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Category Archives: Mental Health
Public Health News Roundup: November 19
BSR: More and More, Private Sector Being Asked to Improve Population Health
Traditionally, health efforts fall under the purview of human resources—not corporate social responsibility (CSR)—in the business world. However, companies are playing an increasingly important role in not only health improvement efforts for their own employees, but also in population health for their larger communities. Increasingly, consumers are demanding this from companies to support their CSR work, as reported by Fast Company. That's also the subject of a BSR report, A New CSR Frontier: Business and Population Health. The report looked at the role of businesses in overall public health for more than 350 major companies, including Coca-Cola, Walmart, Microsoft, Chevron, and General Mills. The report found three major trends:
- Society expects companies to play a bigger role in population health
- Companies are responding to those expectations, but primarily with employees and customers
- Health and wellness are still largely the domain of human resources, even though departments such as philanthropy, marketing and research & development should be involved
"The pullback of government as an influence for population health has created gaps and stakeholders are expecting more from the private sector," said Mark Little, director of health care advisory services at BSR. "The overarching single headline is that business now has new responsibilities that are recognized by stakeholders. We do believe there is a new frontier for CSR."
Support for this report was provided by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read more on business.
AAP Offers New Guidelines to Reduce Risk of Antibiotic Resistance
This week is "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week," and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released new guidance that would limit the over-prescription of antibiotics that is contributing to the growing public health issue of antibiotic resistance. The guidance, formulated in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), focuses on the three common upper respiratory tract infections in children that are unlikely to be helped by antibiotics: ear infections, sinus infections and sore throats. The report includes clinical criteria to help physicians determine whether an upper respiratory tract infection is viral or bacterial, which will improve care while limiting opportunities for bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics. "Our medicine cabinet is nearly empty of antibiotics to treat some infections," said CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH. "If doctors prescribe antibiotics carefully and patients take them as prescribed we can preserve these lifesaving drugs and avoid entering a post-antibiotic era." Read more on prescription drugs.
Study: Half of Teens with Mental Disorders Receive No Treatment
Despite ever-increasing knowledge about psychiatric conditions and their links to other health issues, more than half of American teenagers with psychiatric disorders do not receive treatment, according to a new study in the journal Psychiatric Services. The study found that treatment rates varied by disorder. For example, adolescents with ADHD received care more than 70 percent of the time, while adolescents with phobias or anxiety disorders were the least likely to receive mental health care. The analysis also found racial disparities, with white youths far more likely to receive care than black youths. The lack of qualified child mental health professionals also hinders access to care, with pediatricians, school counselors and probation officers being asked to provide care for which they are not actually trained, according to E. Jane Costello, a Duke University professor of psychology and epidemiology and associate director of the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy. "We need to train more child psychiatrists in this country," she said. "And those individuals need to be used strategically, as consultants to the school counselors and others who do the lion's share of the work." The study included data from the National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement, as well as a survey of more than 10,000 U.S. teenagers. Read more on mental health.
Public Health News Roundup: November 12
Construction Workers Frequently Impacted by Pain and Stress
Construction workers are frequently stressed about work-related injuries and pain, but often fail to get help for either, putting themselves at risk for additional injuries and mental health issues, according to a new study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The researchers, based at the Harvard School of Public Health, reviewed data compiled by the School's Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing and found that the construction industry has one of the highest rates of work-related injuries and suicides in the U.S. workplace, as well as a high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among its workers. The researchers also conducted a mental health survey of 172 New England construction workers at four construction sites. Sixteen percent of the workers reported being distressed, 75 percent had experienced musculoskeletal pain over the previous three months and 42 percent reported one or more work injuries in the preceding month. A follow-up survey found that more than half of those who previously said they felt distressed had not sought professional help—likely, say the researchers, because of fear of stigmatization or job loss. Read more on injury prevention and mental health.
USPSTF: Cannot Recommend For, or Against, Vitamin Supplements to Help Prevent Cancer, Heart Disease
Citing the fact that there is simply too little evidence to make a conclusion either way, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has concluded at this time that it can't recommend for or against taking vitamin and mineral supplements to help prevent cancer and heart problems. In a draft statement, the panel also ruled that neither beta-carotene nor vitamin E should be taken to prevent heart disease or cancer; beta-carotene was previously found to exacerbate the risk of lung cancer for people who were already at high risk. The researchers analyzed data from 26 studies between January 2005 and January 2013, which included people across an array of demographics, finding no difference between those who took the supplements and those who took placebos. Vitamin supplements are a $12 billion per year industry in the United States. Read more on prevention.
Study: Simple Urine Test Could Identify Young Type 1 Diabetes Patients with Highest Risk of Heart, Kidney Disease
A basic urine test could help doctors prevent heart and kidney disease in kids who are at higher risk due to their type 1 diabetes, according to a new study in the journal Diabetes Care. As many as 40 percent of youth with type 1 diabetes may be at increased risk for the health problems. Researchers at the University of Cambridge, in England, analyzed data on more than 3,300 diabetes patients between the ages of 10 and 16; an estimated 490,000 kids worldwide have type 1 diabetes. "Managing type 1 diabetes is difficult enough without having to deal with other health problems," study lead author David Dunger. "By using early screening, we can now identify young people at risk of heart and kidney disease. The next step will be to see if drugs used to treat heart and kidney disease—such as statins and blood-pressure-lowering drugs—can help prevent kidney and heart complications in this young, potentially vulnerable population." Read more on pediatrics.
Public Health News Roundup: November 7
FDA Takes Another Step to Reduce Consumption of Trans Fats
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has taken another step to reduce American's consumption of trans fats with a preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are not "generally recognized as safe" for use in food. PHOs are the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods. Up next is a 60-day comment period to collect more information and input on exactly what it would take for food manufacturers to reformulate products so that they do not include PHOs. "While consumption of potentially harmful artificial trans fat has declined over the last two decades in the United States, current intake remains a significant public health concern," said FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. "The FDA's action today is an important step toward protecting more Americans from the potential dangers of trans fat. Further reduction in the amount of trans fat in the American diet could prevent an additional 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths from heart disease each year—a critical step in the protection of Americans' health." Read more on food safety.
Lack of Light Disrupts Sleep Cycles During Hospital Stays, Increases Patient Discomfort
Hospital stays may be even more uncomfortable for most patients than necessary because of an overall lack of adequate light, according to a new study in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. The small study found that lower levels of daytime light exposure were connected to worse mood, as well as more fatigue and pain, in patients. The poor light interfered with their bodies' ability to adopt a normal sleep-wake cycle. Researchers found the lowest levels of daytime light exposure were tied to worse mood and more fatigue and pain among patients, compared to those whose rooms were better-lit during the day. "Until now, no one has looked at the associations among light and outcomes such as sleep, mood and pain experienced in the hospital," said Esther Bernhofer, lead author of the study and a nurse researcher at the Cleveland Clinic's Nursing Institute. "This study forms a basis for testing future lighting interventions to improve sleep-wake patterns, mood and pain in hospitalized adults." Read more on mental health.
Study: No Link Between IVF, Increased Risk of Cancer in Kids
Despite years of concerns, a new study on in vitro fertilization (IVF) found no link between the conception technique and an increased risk of cancer in children. The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers analyzed data on more than 106,000 children born through assisted reproduction between 1992 and 2008, finding the risk of them developing cancer was "the same as naturally conceived children," according to lead researcher Alastair Sutcliffe, MD, a specialist in general pediatrics at the University College London. More than 5 million children have been born through IVF since the first successful birth in 1978. "This study is extremely reassuring and should relieve anybody's anxiety about IVF," concluded Lawrence Grunfeld, MD, an associate clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive science at the Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, in New York City. Read more on cancer.
Public Health News Roundup: October 30
HPV Vaccines Less Effective in African-American Women than in White Women
Perhaps because of their lower participation rates in clinical trials, African-American women are less likely to benefit from available human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines that guard against cervical cancer, according to new findings presented at the 12th annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research. The two most popular vaccines in use protect against infection by HPV 16 and HPV 18, which are responsible for about 70 percent of cervical cancers. However, these two subtypes are half as likely to be found in black women as they are in white women. Researchers found that the most common infections for white women are from subtypes 16, 18, 56, 39 and 66; the most common for black women are 33, 35, 58 and 68. "Since African-American women don't seem to be getting the same subtypes of HPV with the same frequency, the vaccines aren't helping all women equally," said study author Adriana Vidal, Ph.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University School of Medicine. Read more on health disparities.
San Francisco Proposes Tax on Soda, Other Sugary Beverages
In an effort to curb the growing rate of obesity and obesity-related health issues, a San Francisco, California city supervisor has proposed a ballot measure that would impose a 2-cents-per-ounce tax on soda and other sugary beverages with at least 25 calories per ounce. This would be the first and strongest such city measure in the country, amounting to an additional 24 cents for a normal 12-ounce can of soda. Supervisor Scott Wiener said the tax proceeds, which he estimates would be $30 million annually, would go toward physical education and healthy lunch programs in city schools, as well as city parks, recreation programs and community health organizations. The California cities of Richmond and El Monte last year failed to enact similar taxes. A ballot measure requires a two-thirds majority to pass. "We know that this will be a long road," said Wiener. "This type of proposal has occurred in other cities and the beverage industry always comes out full guns blaring, so we're going to need to pull together to make sure that this wins." Read more on obesity.
Study: Young Cancer Patients at Increased Risk for Suicide
The stress of a cancer diagnosis means that teens and young adults who are diagnosed should be carefully monitored for behavior changes and other issues that could be a sign of suicidal thoughts, according to a new study in the Annals of Oncology. While there is an elevated risk of suicide for cancer patients of all ages, "because adolescents and young adults are still developing their coping strategies for stress, they may be more affected than adults when facing major adversity such as a cancer diagnosis," said lead researcher Donghao Lu, from the department of medical epidemiology and biostatistics at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Lu and his team found that Swedes ages 15-30 with a cancer diagnosis were at a 60 percent greater risk of suicide or attempted suicide, compared to people in the same age group but without cancer; in the first year after the diagnosis the risk was 150 percent higher. Lu said the findings indicate the need for greater communication and cooperation among medical professionals, psychological professionals, family members and social workers. Read more on cancer.
Public Health News Roundup: October 25
FDA Recommends Tighter Regulations for Hydrocodone
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending that products that contain hydrocodone be reclassified more restrictively, possibly putting them in the Schedule II category that already includes other opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and morphine. Products that contain less than 15 milligrams of hydrocodone, such as Vicodin, are currently classified as Schedule III controlled substances. The change would mean patients would need to present a written prescription at a pharmacy and could not get as many refills before returning to their doctors for a new prescription. While this would help limit access by addicts, these greater restrictions would also affect people with legitimate chronic pain, potentially placing undue hardship on their already painful conditions. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is pushing for the restrictions in an effort to combat the increasing problem of prescription drug abuse;
the change must be approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the DEA, which will make a final scheduling decision. This Saturday is also National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, sponsored by the DEA, when people can anonymously and safely dispose of expired or unused prescription medicines. Read more on prescription drugs.
ONC Releases New Online Security Tool for Disaster Preparedness
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has released a new online security training tool to help health care providers and staff with contingency planning in the case of power outages, floods, fires, hurricanes or other events. Such events can damage important patient information, or even make it unavailable. "We know from recent experiences such as Hurricane Sandy, that these events can very adversely impact the delivery of health care," said ONC Chief Privacy Officer Joy Pritts. "We hope that this video game will raise awareness of contingency planning and help practices begin to develop their own disaster plans, backup and recovery processes and other vital activities." The "CyberSecure: Your Medical Practice" tool is available here. Read more on disasters.
Study: Kids with Concussion at Higher Risk for Depression
Children with concussions or other head injuries are at increased risk of later being diagnosed with depression, according to new findings to be presented today at the American Academy of Pediatrics national conference in Orlando, Fla. Researchers found that about 15 percent of children and teenagers who ever suffered a brain injury were later diagnosed with depression, compared to the national average of 4 percent. While the findings did not determine causation, they do suggest that doctors should make assessments or mood and behavior problems part of and follow-up treatment for head injuries. Read more on mental health.
Public Health News Roundup: October 15
American Heart Association: Doctors Should Routinely Ask About Physical Activity
A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association says that doctors should evaluate their patients' physical activity habits as routinely as checking blood pressure and other risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The statement was published in the journal Circulation.
The statement says that an exercise checkup should cover types, frequency, duration and intensity of physical activity at work, home and during leisure time.
The American Heart Association recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity five days a week or more, or at least 20 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity three days a week or more and moderate- to high-intensity muscle strengthening at least two days a week. Read more on heart health.
People with Mental Health Problems More Likely to be Uninsured
A new University of Minnesota study published in Health Affairs finds that people with mental health problems are more likely to be uninsured and rely on public insurance than people without mental health problems. The study reviewed national insurance coverage rates from 1999 to 2010. The study authors say the implementation of the Affordable Care Act will give many more people with mental health problems access to health insurance – particularly in states such as Minnesota that have that have opted to expand their Medicaid programs. The researchers also say that people with mental health problems on public insurance have better access to care and lower cost barriers than the uninsured or those with private health insurance coverage.
Kathleen Rowan, the lead author of the study and a doctoral student in health services research, policy, and administration at the University of Minnesota School of Public, says, "unfortunately, most persons with mental illness do not receive needed care due in part to a lack of health insurance coverage and the cost of treatment." Read more on mental health.
Study: Research to Delay Aging is a Better Investment Than Cancer, Heart Disease Research
A new study in current issue of Health Affairs finds that research to delay aging and the infirmities of old age would produce better health and economic returns than advances in some fatal diseases such as cancer or heart disease.
The study found that even modest gains in the scientific understanding of how to slow the aging process would result in an additional 5 percent of adults over the age of 65 remaining healthy rather than disabled every year from 2030 to 2060, or 11.7 million more healthy adults over age 65 remaining healthy by 2060.
The analysis was conducted by scientists from a consortium of research centers. "Even a marginal success in slowing aging is going to have a huge impact on health and quality of life. This is a fundamentally new approach to public health that would attack the underlying risk factors for all fatal and disabling diseases," said S. Jay Olshansky, professor of epidemiology at the UIC School of Public Health and one of the study's authors. "We need to begin the research now. We don't know which mechanisms are going to work to actually delay aging, and there are probably a variety of ways this could be accomplished, but we need to decide now that this is worth pursuing." Read more on aging.
Public Health News Roundup: October 11
Study: Majority of U.S. Medical Schools Still Lack Proper Clinical Conflict of Interest Policies
Despite recent efforts to improve policies, most U.S. medical schools still do not meet national standards regarding clinical conflicts of interest (CCOI), according to a new study from the Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP). The study looked at changes in a dozen areas from 2008 to 2011, finding that by 2011 about two-thirds of the schools did not have policies to limit industry ties in at least one of the areas, such as drug samples, travel payments and speaking. No school was perfect across the board. "There has been a broad and rapid transformation in how academic medicine manages industry relationships since we looked at this in 2008, but much room for improvement remains," says co-author David Rothman, PhD, president of IMAP. To facilitate continued improvements, IMAP last launched a Conflict of Interest Policy Database that enables anyone to search a school's CCOI policies and compare them to other schools. "Our hope is that the database will encourage deans, compliance officers, faculty and students to compare their school with others and take steps to meet national recommendations," said IMAP investigator Susan Chimonas, PhD. Read more on education.
Online Tools Can Help Diagnose Mental Health Disorders
While it can't replace in-person observations, an online diagnostic tool has proven to be effective at screening adults for mental health disorders and giving preliminary diagnoses, according to a new study in the journal Family Practice. The TelePsy eDiagnostics system is used in primary care practices in The Netherlands. Patients completed a questionnaire, which was then analyzed by a psychologist who would perform a phone consultation with the patient. The result would be a report submitted to a primary care provider, which would include a preliminary diagnosis and recommendations on whether the patient should be referred to mental health care, as well as the extent of the care. "The great advantage of an electronic system is that patients can complete diagnostic tests at home," said lead author Ies Dijksman, according to Reuters. "This could lead to a more accurate information collection process compared to conventional clinical interviews." However, experts were careful to note that in-person diagnostics meant physicians could also account for things such as visual cues, which could help improve diagnoses. Read more on mental health.
Study: No Reason for Healthy Adults to Take Vitamin D Supplements to Prevent Osteoporosis
Regular vitamin D supplements do not prevent osteoporosis in healthy adults who do not already suffer from a vitamin D deficiency, according to a new review publish in The Lancet. Researchers reviewed data from 23 studies covering more than 4,000 healthy adults with an average age of 59, finding no evidence that two years of supplements had an effect on bone mineral density at the hip, spine, forearm or the body as a whole. "The review supports previous studies that found that vitamin D alone is not preventative in healthy adults," said Victoria Richards, an assistant professor of medical sciences at the Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. "From this study, consumers may no longer feel the need to continue purchasing vitamin D supplements for the prevention of osteoporosis." Read more on aging.
Public Health News Roundup: September 27
Even Healthy Weight Adults with High Body Fat at Increased Risk of Heart Disease
Even older adults with healthy body weights can be at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases if they have high percentages of body fat, according to a new study The American Journal of Cardiology. "Just because someone has a normal BMI does not necessarily mean they are metabolically normal," said lead researcher Dr. John Batsis, a geriatrician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The study found that women with excess body fat (above 35 percent) were 57 percent more likely to die from heart-related causes within 11 years than were women with healthy body fat levels. Javier Salvador, MD, an endocrinologist at the University Clinic of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, who was not involved in the study, said the findings demonstrate the limits of body mass index (BMI), which measures weight in relation to height. Read more on heart health.
'Image Discrepancies' of Job Roles Can Hurt Job Satisfaction, Performance and Pay
The lack of client understanding of the actual job roles of nurse practitioners and other professionals can negatively impact job satisfaction, performance and pay, according to a recent study in the Academy of Management Journal. "If people don't understand what you do, they tend to devalue what you do," study co-author Michael Pratt, a professor of management and organization at Boston College. "They don't understand why you're making all this money—'Why should I pay you all this money?' is a common question these professionals keep hearing." The study looked at "image discrepancies" in four professions—nurse practitioners, architects, litigation attorneys and certified public accountants—finding a noticeable and negative lack of understanding by clients for each. For example, many patients don't realize that nurse practitioners can examine patients and prescribe medicine, and instead insist on seeing a doctor. "I assumed professionals would actually get over it, that there would be frustration, it would be an interpersonal problem, and that would be the extent of it," Pratt said. "I didn't think it would have such a big impact on how they did their job, how it affected their pay and how they performed. I was surprised at the depth of how this affected job performance. It's not simply annoying -- it has real impact." Read more on mental health.
CDC Emphasizing Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Improve Public Health's Response to Disease Outbreaks
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) emphasis on the widespread adoption of electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) has helped improve public health's response to dangerous infections, according to data from CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). ELRs enable labs to report disease outbreak information quickly and in a usable format. The number of labs that utilize ELRs has more than doubled since 2005, and CDC has helped fund their increased use since 2010 in 57 state, local and territorial health departments. Current estimates are that about 62 percent of lab reports were received electronically. "Electronic laboratory reporting can give health officials better, more timely and complete information on emerging infections and outbreaks than they have ever received before," said Robert Pinner, MD, associate director for surveillance, programs and informatics in CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases. "Implementing these systems is a complex task that requires substantial investment, but ELR will provide health departments the tools they need to quickly identify and respond to disease threats and monitor disease trends now and in the future." Read more on technology.
Public Health News Roundup: September 18
Report: U.S. Poverty, Uninsured Rates Remain Stagnant
Despite an improving economy that included the creation of more than 2 million jobs last year, the U.S. poverty rate in 2012 remained relatively equal to the previous year, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012. About 46.5 million people lived at or below the poverty line in 2012, or about 15 percent of the nation. That's about 2.5 percentage points higher than 2007, right before the economic recession. About 48 million people were without health insurance in 2012, only slightly lower than the 48.6 million in 2011. While the recession seems to have leveled out, the fact that poverty rates have yet to truly rebound has many experts concerned. "We're supposed to be in recovery," said Austin Nichols, a researcher at the Urban Institute. "Poverty rates should be falling because long-term unemployment is falling. And they're not." Read more on poverty.
Economic, Mental Toll of Economic Crisis Likely Responsible for Global Jump in Men's Suicide Rates
The economic and mental toll of the 2008 global economic crisis was likely a major contributor to the surprising increase in the U.S. and global male suicide rates in 2009, according to a new study in the journal BMJ. There were about 5,000 more suicides than expected that year. The male suicide rate in the United States climbed almost 9 percent in the United States in 2009; the overall global rate climbed 3.3 percent, with the largest increases seen in the European Union and North and South American countries. Depression and stress can lead to increased alcohol and drug abuse, which are also suicide risk factors. The study concluded that immediate action, such as job-creation programs, may help prevent a continued increase in suicides. "Unemployment appears to lead to an increase in anxiety and depression -- two psychiatric symptoms that might be intermediate steps toward suicide," said Robert Dicker, MD, associate director of the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at North Shore-LIJ, in New Hyde Park, N.Y., who was not a part of the study. "More unemployment, more family distress, more losses [of status and friends] also most likely are involved." Read more on mental health.
Study: Two Simple Questions on Mobility Can Help Assess, Treat Older Adults' Physical Declines
Two simple questions about mobility could help doctors more accurately assess and treat an older adult's physical decline, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association:
- For health or physical reasons, do you have difficulty climbing up 10 steps or walking a quarter of a mile?
- Because of underlying health or physical reasons, have you modified the way you climb 10 steps or walk a quarter of a mile?
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Q&A with Gregory Kallenberg, director and producer of 'Haynesville: A Nation's Hunt for an Energy Future and the new Rational Middle Energy Series.'
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What sparked the Haynesville doc and eventually this new project?:
I was actually back in Shreveport, Louisiana, which is my hometown, and I was actually working on a different documentary project and then started working on a film about the discovery of the Haynesville. At the time it really was just basically a story of three people's lives. But we wanted to put context there. And once we found that the reserves were proven and the Haynesville was real, we wanted to put these stories together that kind of told what all this could mean. It sort of led to this bigger idea that our energy future means taking coal out of our diet and replacing it with natural gas when we can, and working renewables into what we have and to bolster what we have with more of it — all that stuff, which is really looking at what a clean energy future could be. One of the things that was kind of interesting was that as we traveled around we found that people really are under-informed as far as energy's concerned. People don't think of energy that much.
What do you mean under-informed? What main questions are being missed in the discussion over natural gas production and fracking?
For example, I don't think that our audiences knew we use so much coal. In Texas, there's so much coal that's used here. In Louisiana, there's a lot of coal used. There are facts like that out there. Or the fact that people really don't think a lot about that a light is actually powered somewhere by some source. I think one of the issues is we as Americans have been gifted with unlimited affordable power. And one of the things I've always wanted to do, and hopefully did through Haynesville, is try to think deeper about energy sources and how much we use. That's what the project became. We want to come up with a sustainable, affordable, and environmentally sound idea policy and initiative that would take us to a clean energy future down the road.
You got a lot of recognition for the Haynesville film, but there was also some criticism about your background, your family connections to the oil and gas industry.
Again, we have talked about it since the beginning of Haynesville. Basically my family is involved with oil and gas. I'm not, is basically what it is. I've said it so many times. Again, I have highlighted how I've worked for my dad. I've helped him with a website, I've helped with rehabilitating a building in downtown Shreveport. My connection is — I'm not connected to oil and gas. And again, what I'd say beyond people taking me at my word: go look at my films. They're not nice to the oil and gas industry. It's not mean, but it's something where I'm trying to strike balance, which is something that's not out there today. The polarization is such that there aren't a lot of places that people can get balanced information about energy.
Another criticism about calling this the "rational middle" is the worry that discussions over oil and gas exploration need to have the stamp of approval by Shell, who's funded this project, to be balanced. What about those concerns, that this is the industry-approved way we should talk about oil and gas?
I'm not sure the discussion is all about oil and gas. Just looking at the first three pieces of the Rational Middle that are out there, you can see I'm trying to at least give people a general understanding about energy. At the end of the day, Shell sponsored us. Shell gave us money. But they don't approve the final product. And if you see the films, I think it's pretty clear that we address some issues that make Shell pretty nervous.
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When: 7:05 p.m. (MT) Thursday, Feb. 23
Where: Greeley, Colorado -- Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,992)
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Coaches: UNC's B.J. Hill (30-28 overall; second season) faces Randy Rahe (117-65 overall; sixth season)
All-time series: Weber State leads 8-3 in a series that started with Big Sky play in 2006-07. The Bears have won two straight at home.
- Northern Colorado will play its final regular-season home game of the 2011-12 season Thursday night when it welcomes in Big Sky-leading Weber State for a 7:05 p.m. MT game at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
- The Bears have qualified for the Big Sky Conference Championship in each of the last three seasons, and they face a near must-win situation Thursday against the Wildcats to qualify for the fourth straight year.
- The Bears likely need to defeat Weber State and then win on the road next Tuesday at Portland State, and get some help from Eastern Washington and Montana State, to qualify for the Championship and defend their title.
- Northern Colorado would be eliminated from 2012 postseason play with a loss in either game and wins by Montana State and Eastern Washington.
- A win Thursday against Weber State (tied with Montana for the Big Sky lead) would help in a tiebreaker situation with the Bobcats or the Eagles. The Big Sky Conference utilizes head-to-head records as its first tiebreaker in postseason qualification but record against conference teams (in descending order) is the second tiebreaker.
- The Bears and their fans figure to be an emotional group Thursday as Northern Colorado Athletics is set to host "Senior Night" and honor Mike Proctor in his final home game for the Bears.
- Proctor has quietly put together one of the most well-rounded careers in Northern Colorado Basketball history. He enters Thursday's game with more than 800 career points (803), more than 600 career rebounds (639), and he has started 69 times in his career and led the Bears in rebounds 41 times. "Procchops," as his teammates and fans have sometimes called him, will definitely be missed.
- The Bears and the Wildcats have played 11 times in their history, with Weber State owning an 8-3 advantage since the series started with Big Sky play during the 2006-07 season.
- Northern Colorado is 3-2 all-time against Weber State in Greeley and has won the last two times the teams have played in Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion, including earning a 19-point win (65-46) last season.
- The Bears have lost eight home games this season (5-8) and have one game remaining at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Northern Colorado has lost nine or more games at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion just twice in the 38 years it's played in the building (It lost 10 times in 1990-91; nine times during the 2006-07 season).
- Senior Mike Proctor enters his "Senior Night" on a climb up the Bears' career rebounds list. He enters Thursday's game with 639 rebounds in his four-year career, putting him in sixth place in school history and leaving him just nine rebounds shy of fifth place (see chart on page 8).
- His 17-rebound performance Monday night, Jan. 30, at Northern Arizona helped with his climb.
- That effort tied him with Weber State's Frank Otis for the most single-game rebounds by a Big Sky player this season and tied him with former Bear Reggie York (2000-01) for the most single-game rebounds by a Northern Colorado player since 2000. York's performance came against Morningside College on Jan. 6, 2001.
- The program's previous NCAA Division I single-game rebound record was held by Kirk Archibeque (2003-08), who grabbed 15 in a game against Utah Valley State on Jan. 15, 2005.
- Redshirt-freshman Tevin Svihovec earned his first career start against Johnson & Wales on Dec. 3, and he's been going gangbusters ever since. He hasn't not started a game since (19 games) and is averaging a team-best 13.1 points per game as a starter with 48.8 percent shooting from the field and 82.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.
- Svihovec has twice scored 30 or more points in his first collegiate season, putting in 30 points in a double-overtime road win at Idaho State earlier this season and then surpassing that with 34 points last Saturday against Cal Poly.
- His 30-point effort against the Begnals was the sixth-highest individual scoring game in the Bears' NCAA Division I history and tied Kirk Archibeque (30 points vs. Texas State, Dec. 2004) for the highest scoring game by a Northern Colorado freshman at the Division I level.
- He rewrote the record book against Cal Poly, setting the new standard in Northern Colorado Basketball single-game scoring.
- Svihovec scored 11 points in his first start against J&W but then put in just two points apiece in the Bears' subsequent games against Denver and Marquette. Since then, however, he has scored fewer than 10 a game just once (at Eastern Washington) and gotten to double figures in 15 of 16 games.
- None of it comes as a surprise to Northern Colorado coach B.J. Hill or his assistants. They had designs on utilizing Svihovec a lot last year as a true freshman -- when they won the Big Sky Conference -- but a preseason foot injury to Svihovec derailed those plans.
- A senior has led Northern Colorado in scoring average in each of the last three seasons, with Devon Beitzel (2010-11), Will Figures (2009-10) and Jabril Banks (2008-09) all leading the way. And before that two juniors paced the Bears in scoring, with Banks (2007-08) and Sean Taibi (2006-07) carrying the torch in their third years on the floor.
- So current sophomore Tate Unruh and freshman Tevin Svihovec, who lead Northern Colorado in scoring per game this season with 11.0 points and 10.9 points per game, respecitvely, are marching into uncharted territory.
- The last underclassman to finish the as the Bears' season scoring leader was Taibi, who scored 15.3 points per game as a sophomore during the 2005-06 season.
- If Svihovec passes Unruh in the season scoring race he would become just the fifth freshman in school history to lead Northern Colorado in scoring in a season and would be the first since Todd Lane (1990-93) led the Bears during the 1990-91 season at 15.3 points per game.
- And as far as single-game scoring goes, both have accomplished something this season that hadn't been done since Beitzel's sophomore season (2008-09). Unruh put in a career-high 25 points earlier this year at Marquette, and Svihovec scored 30 points in the Bears' double-overtime loss at Idaho State.
- If either's career turns out like Beitzel's -- he was the 2010-11 Big Sky Conference MVP and a 2011 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American -- the Bears and their fans are in for a treat.


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Tara: What inspires you?
Priscilla: I'm inspired by great stories and powerful words. I come across this all the time in the books I read. As a creator, I want to share that; whether it be through video, design, or illustration.
Tara: Tell me a little about yourself.
Priscilla: I'm from Canada, and I'm a graphic designer. I'm a big homebody, so you'll most likely find me marathoning The Lord of the Rings films, working on a video, or reading a book. When I care to venture outside, I enjoy browsing the bookstores and boutiques. I also love desserts of all kinds and caffeinated beverages.
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Priscilla: My MP3 player and headphones, Pride and Prejudice, strawberry shortcake, and fresh laundry. :)
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If the pain is lacking so is the discipline...
"the only 911 call I need is chambering a round" - Mr. Muller, MO car dealer
Been there, done that. Remember things are just that - things, and as much as you have an attachment to one, you can get another one. You and your family are unique and irreplaceable. So as much as it bites, (have several I wish I'd never let go), it's just another step on life's journey. I hope yours turns to a brighter roadway soon!
When my dad was 16, he spent summers picking berries and mowing lawns to save some $. Why? because he wanted to buy a remington 1100 just like his grandpa's. Come the summer he turned 18, he didn't have enough money....His grandmother, dying of cancer, gave him the $ she used to buy fabric to make dresses with so he could buy his gun...he went to the store, got the gun, and when he got home...she was dead...
My dad has been through some rough times after his divorce and being laid off every now and then....He has never sold his grandfather's guns or that 1100...he has gone asking friends for food before he considered selling them...and I am almost 90% sure that he would have sold us kids before those guns....
he told me that because I was first born, I get the 1100 when he dies, BUT IF I SELL IT...he will return from the grave and give me a daily ass whoopin....I aint sellin it. :P
As long as you have positive attitude and willingness to work your way out of this...you will. It may take time and a lot of sacrifices but you will look back in the future and smile over this. (based on real life experience)
Worrying is very bad for you and doesn't help any, move and do something instead. Take care of yourself, getting sick is the last thing you need now.
May you be blessed and find work soon, I will be praying for you.
Maybe this will turn out to be one of those things that workks itself out. After i get another job, i can buy something better than what i had. I was thinking possibly a New England Arms autoloader or a budget AR.
Best of luck to you, brother. Things will start to look up.


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With apologies to James Hansen, this is game over for the climate.
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(Funny coincidence: I had an informational interview about a month ago with a project manager from the organization Friedman discusses, JUCCCE. Very cool NGO.)
Everyone has heard or read about China's big-city air pollution, yet visitors are still shocked the first time they encounter a bad day in Beijing—or Chongqing or Xian or Shenyang or any of the other large cities with chronically grimy skies.
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Absolutely repulsive.
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"It's enabled a species restricted to the tropics to move into temperate waters." Via Discovery
Adaptation is not fast enough. Habitat and food supplies are quickly being destroyed, not to mention ocean currents are shifting, adding additional pressure on marine life. Most importantly, the incredible increases wealth in China and Asia generally has increased demand for shark fin soup, which is considered a delicacy.
Gordan Ramsay, an A-list celebrity chef, was doused with gasoline and held at gun-point while exposing shark finning on his TV show last year. He tried the soup and deemed it unremarkable and bland, comparing the soup to eating salted potatoes.
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There are several ways to stop finning: Pressuring grocery stores and Asian markets, writing congress (it works, I swear), contributing cash and volunteer time to anti-finning campaigns, passing the word around to educate others, and signing petitions.
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Then Mr. Degeorges answered his own question about China's need — or desire — for such a large embassy in Reykjavik: "It gives you the long-term perspective that you can expect in Iceland."
Everyone is jostling for space in the melting Arctic these days, it seems, as my colleague Elisabeth Rosenthal recently reported. That includes China, which has no Arctic territory.
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Via "On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing's Air Quality Tops 'Crazy Bad' at 755" — NYTimes.com
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