Date archive forFebruary, 2023
By News Widelink On Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
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Ohio train derailment: Gov. DeWine says Norfolk Southern “needs to pay” for related health care costs

[ad_1] Concerns about the East Palestine train derailment’s impact on local residents’ health remain widespread, despite officials saying that municipal water and air testing shows the area is safe.  But More...

By News Widelink On Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
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Spinal cord stimulation can improve arm and hand motion after a stroke, study finds

[ad_1] A study published in the medical journal Nature on Monday found that targeted electrical pulses delivered to the spinal cord can help improve arm and hand movement after a stroke. Two patients were able More...

By On Monday, February 20th, 2023
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‘Horrendous for my family’: Author Michael Rosen slams government’s Covid response | Books | Entertainment

[ad_1] GMB: Michael Rosen looks back on his battle with coronavirus Michael Rosen is pondering his feelings towards health secretary turned I’m A Celebrity insect-muncher Matt Hancock and our elected leaders More...

By On Sunday, February 19th, 2023
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Out Of Darkness – selected poems by Barrie Singleton reviewed | Books | Entertainment

[ad_1] The Headmaster – “terrified that one free mind would bring the edifice to nought” – forces him to eat his congealed semolina, which he does, “unblinking, jam-eyed, quizzical.” More...

By On Saturday, February 18th, 2023
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John Sweeney – the journalist believes he owes his life to an orange woolly hat | Books | Entertainment

[ad_1] John Sweeney in his lucky orange hat (Image: ) It’s a typical Sweeney anecdote, managing to convey both the former Panorama and Newsnight broadcaster’s swashbuckling approach to war reporting and More...

By News Widelink On Friday, February 17th, 2023
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Ohio train derailment: Thousands of pounds of Vinyl chloride released every year in U.S. as part of “poison plastic” manufacturing

[ad_1] Vinyl chloride entered the spotlight after the Feb. 3 Ohio train derailment. But the hazardous substance has been around for decades and is everywhere – from buildings and vehicle upholstery to children’s More...

By News Widelink On Friday, February 17th, 2023
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Biden’s physician says he remains “fit for duty” after routine physical

[ad_1] Washington — President Biden’s physician said Thursday the 80-year-old remains “fit for duty,” after a routine physical that yielded results largely unchanged from his last comprehensive More...

By News Widelink On Friday, February 17th, 2023
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Black cardiologists are rare, but vital for Black patients

[ad_1] Olympia Fields, Illinois — Heart patient Jerrilyn Young said it makes a big difference that her cardiologist is Black.  “He talks to me,” said Young. “A lot of Black people won’t More...

By News Widelink On Thursday, February 16th, 2023
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Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, family says

[ad_1] Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, “a cruel disease,” his family said in a statement posted on Thursday to the website of the Association for Frontotemporal More...

By News Widelink On Thursday, February 16th, 2023
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FDA panel backs allowing a naloxone spray to be sold over-the-counter

[ad_1] A naloxone nasal spray should be sold over-the-counter, a panel of the Food and Drug Administration’s outside advisers unanimously voted Wednesday, clearing the way for the regulator to broaden access More...