News Archive (6192)
If you’re a Kaiser Permanente member and over the age
of 18 you can expect a survey in the mail, a survey asking for personal
information including lifestyle, diet, exposure to smoking, physical
activities, and medical history. Kaiser has announced that it is
starting a large-scale effort to study how genetic and environmental factors
put people at risk for disease and disorders such as cancer, heart disease,
diabetes, high blood pressure and Alzheimer's. Kaiser officials hope to
involve about 500,000 of its 2 million, or so, adult members in research that
it says could lead to treatments and drug therapies tailored to individual
patients. "Our research
could help us identify not only what diseases a person may be at risk for, but
also identify how to reduce that risk, or how best to treat the disease,"
said Cathy Schaefer, director of Kaiser's Research Program on Genes,
Environment and Health, who spoke at a news conference yesterday in Oakland.
In observance of National
Child Passenger Safety Week, SAFE
KIDS Amador/Calaveras will partner with Kennedy Meadow Apartments to offer a
car seat check and bicycle safety event on Thursday, February 15th from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. The Amador
unit of the California Highway Patrol will also be giving away free Children’s
ID Kits. The public is welcome
to attend this community event held at the Ione Community
Methodist Church
located at 150 West Marlette in Ione. The event offers the community free car seat checks
performed by certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians who will determine if
the car seats you are using have been recalled, are the wrong size for your
child or improperly installed.
Blood donations from Amador County
donors are estimated to have saved 300 lives over the past year, according to
Veterans Blood Drive Chair Robert Saracino. Six Veterans Blood Drives in 2007 collected 396 units of
blood. Stephanie Kresse of Blood Source, the firm that performs the blood
collection, says the Amador County Veteran’s blood drive is “phenomenal”
in the way it has grown. Blood collected by Blood Source is used at Sutter Amador
Hospital, Mark TwainHospital and other hospitals in the
region. Blood collected at the Veterans Blood Drives also benefits veterans who
need blood and don’t have insurance coverage.
The next Veteran’s Blood Drive will be held Feb.4 at the American Legion Hall in Sutter Hill. Along with the usual whole blood collection process, Blood Source will also collect “Double Red Blood Cells.” According to Kresse, Double Red Blood Cell Collection collects 2 units of red blood cells from one donor I one sitting. At this time, only men are being asked to donate with the new process and it takes a little longer. According to the American Red Cross, only a fraction of those who can give blood do. Yet sooner or later, virtually all of us will face a time in which we will need blood. For more information about the Amador County Veterans Blood Drive, call Robert Saracino, 223-4389.
Could there be a link between the increasing numbers of children diagnosed
with autism and some pesticides used to control insects? According to
The California Department of Public Health a new study suggests there is a
possible link between some pesticide exposures and autism.
A new report allows Californians needing a coronary bypass to see which
surgeons have the best and worst mortality rates for that operation. The
report, released late last week, names and rates 302 surgeons who performed
heart bypass operations at 121 California hospitals during 2003 and 2004. It
was prepared by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
Every year the bicyclists of Push America,
members of Pi Kappa Phi, ride from the west coast to the east coast making an
annual stop here in Amador county. Yesterday the cyclists were welcomed to town
for a luncheon at the St. Sava Mission and this morning the headed east on
their coast to coast trek. Push America
was established in 1976 by Durward Owen, the then Executive Director of Pi
Kappa Phi. The idea was to mobilize Pi Kappa Phi members in an effort to create
a work force that was the fraternity's undergraduate members. In 1977 Push America was
established as a non-profit organization by Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Ingenuity has allowed for Push America to
develop into a collection of nationally recognized programs that promote a
greater understanding of people with disabilities.
Jackson Creek Dental Serves Local Kids With Smiles For Kids Program
Written by
Jackson Creek Dental Group
opened its doors on Saturday, February 3, 2007 to provide dental care to
children, at no cost, who would not otherwise be able to receive this type of
care. They treated 53 children and provided services totaling over
$11,000.Twenty-six of these children were referred to local dentists for
further treatment as part of the Smiles For Kids program, and five were
sent to specialists in Sacramento as part of the Sacramento District Dental
Society’s Adopt-a-Child, Orthodontic, and Specialty Referral Care Programs.
