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INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- (Marketwire) -- 02/04/13 -- Healthx releases a new infographic ( http://bit.ly/ViXWk3 ) exploring just how deep chronic disease healthcare costs impact Payers and the state of healthcare in the US.
With increasing infections, injuries, and other conditions, chronic diseases are on the rise. Nearly half the people in the US have chronic conditions leading to $1 Trillion paid in chronic disease healthcare costs annually, according to the Almanac of Chronic Diseases. These staggering statistics are an example of why Payers and healthcare providers need to work together and aide their patients in managing their healthcare.
Mobile devices, like smartphones and tablets, have proven to be of considerable value in managing healthcare, helping to lower costs for chronic diseases. In fact, just last year, 75 million people used mobile phones to access health information, according to the Cyber Citizen's 2012 Health Survey.
The survey further cites that mobile healthcare devices can help reduce costs and directly impact Payer's bottom-line by:
- Saving costs by eliminating regular doctor office visits to track blood sugar levels.
- Shortening hospital stays by using remote monitoring devices -- allowing patients to recuperate from home.
- Lessening treatment required using real-time monitoring -- resulting in early detection.
Currently, Healthx provides several mobile applications for Payers ( http://bit.ly/VMpZIp ) delivering instant access to healthcare and benefit information. Healthx also recently launched a new mobile healthcare product, mHealth Manager ( http://bit.ly/VvJxEy ), which integrates biometric data from healthcare mobile apps and wireless devices and displays it on dashboards, so care managers can track, monitor, and manage individual members and high-risk populations. Mobile healthcare is an important component to the management of chronic diseases.
Check out this new infographic ( http://bit.ly/ViXWk3 ) for more information on trends in mobile healthcare and chronic disease costs.
About Healthx
Healthx was formed in 1998 to meet the healthcare industry's need for better outcomes by helping Payers deliver benefits faster, more effectively and at a lower cost. Healthx has rapidly grown to be the healthcare industry's leading developer of digital solutions that are best delivered through communication and data integration portals serving more than 130 payers and 39,000 groups, representing over 13 million individual lives. Using an open technology platform, Healthx delivers cost-saving solutions to Payers, plan administrators, providers, employers, and individual members. For more information please visit http://www.healthx.com or call 877-492-3633.
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|Epigenetic histone modification is emerging as a critical player in the cellular actions of ethanol. In this study we have examined the effect of ethanol on histone H3 phosphorylation in vivo using an acute model. Twelve week old male Sprague Dawley rats were intraperitoneally administered either ethanol in a 32% solution, or water as a control, to determine the effect of ethanol on histone H3 phosphorylation at 1h using 1.75g, 3.5g or 5g of ethanol/ kg body weight. Significant increases in the histone H3 phosphorylation at serine-10 and serine-28 occurred at 1.75 and 3.5 grams of ethanol; with negligible change at the higher 5 gram dose. Thus, histone phosphorylation occurred at lower blood alcohol levels but not at higher levels in vivo. There was induction of immediate early genes, c-Fos, c-Jun and MKP-1 that accompanied the changes in histone phosphorylation. Taken together, it is concluded that acute ethanol causes site specific serine phosphorylation in histone H3 at patho-physiological concentrations and modulates expression of genes. These data are relevant to the identification of "early" molecular processes involved in the binge induced liver injury. Supported by NIAAA grant AA16347.
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This column came out of a conversation that I overheard between a former Indian army man and someone from Canadian military. They were debating whether the irregular British (and Indian) pronunciation of lieutenant as 'lef-ten'unt' was preferable to its regular and more logical pronunciation 'lOO-ten'unt' that is common in the US and in Canada although the latter was once a British dominion.
Lieutenant and other military ranks have fascinating etymological histories. It might be helpful to understand lieutenant's etymology by looking at the cognates, which are 'lieu' and 'tenant'. Combining lieu meaning place (as in the phrase 'in lieu of'= in place of) with tenant meaning a person who rents land or property from a landlord became (c. 1375) lieutenant, literally, a person who holds the property in place of the owner. Gradually it came to convey the notion of 'one who takes the place of another' and then of a substitute or representative for higher authority, a deputy or aide with power to act when his superior is absent.
Who sees God's face, that is self life, must die;/What a death were it then to see God die!/It made his own lieutenant, Nature, shrink;/It made his footstool crack, and the sun wink. John Donne (1572–1631)
Lieutenant's specific military sense of 'officer next in rank to a captain' is from 1578. Let some scholar decide if Shakespeare (1564-1616) used it in a literary or a military sense when Iago said "What, are you hurt, lieutenant?" (Othello); "The murderer who has come for Clarence treats the Lieutenant of the Tower with scant respect." (Richard III); and Antony, in Antony and Cleopatra, rebuked "his lieutenant Enobarbus."
In contemporary usage, a lieutenant can also be an associate or friend ("He was Jack's trusted lieutenant."), or a junior employee ("If he can't attend, he will send his lieutenant.") In some police forces in the United States, a lieutenant's rank is roughly equivalent to an Indian police inspector.
Why the word is pronounced with lef- is mired in mystery. The fact that it was sometimes spelled with an f as far back as the 14th century shows that the British pronunciation is quite old. In the 19th century some British writers complained that this word was an imposition on the English language as well as difficult for common soldiers and sailors, and campaigned for it to be replaced by "steadholder". They obviously failed. The triumph of the regular pronunciation in the United States is owed to lexicographer Noah Webster's insistence on the congruence of pronunciation and orthography (the art of writing words with the proper letters). Consider, for example, the American English spelling of 'colour' as 'color'.
The use of the word for somebody who holds a position in the absence of his or her superior or is "second in command" is clear again in Lieutenant-Colonel. Interestingly, this rank is spelled the same in French as in English, but loses lieu- as Teniente Coronel (in Spanish speaking countries), as Tenente-Coronel in Brazil and Portugal, and Tenente Colonnello in Italian. In several Slavic languages, it becomes Leytenant. Why English speakers pronounce 'colonel' as 'kernel' might be the subject of another column.
There are phonological hypotheses that explain why the syllable in question might have been retained in English, but the folk-etymological interpretations are far more interesting. Some wit tried to connect 'left' with the verb 'to leave' to imply that a lieutenant (left-tenant) could carry out his duties once his superior had 'left'. Another explanation is based on the tradition of lieutenants standing to the rear-left of the commanding officer in military parades. At official civil ceremonies and diplomatic functions, the protocol has those directly second to a dignitary standing at the rear-left of him or her.
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In the suburbs of Chicago, a stark reminder of the toll of heroin and prescription-pill addiction is making the rounds as a lawn exhibit. One hundred fake tombstones and banners are set up at a new location every week as a precursor to International Overdose Awareness Day.
In Medinah, a suburb northwest of Chicago, the houses are swanky and the lots are large. The country club has long been home to headline golf tournaments. On a recent day, across the street from a neighborhood park, Felicia Micelli stands next to a long line of painted mock tombstones that she and others have placed on her expansive lawn.
"What we have out here are a visual of how many people die in America a day from overdose," Micelli says.
Felicia and her husband, Lou Micelli, started a foundation named for their son after his death two years ago. Louis Theodore Micelli was popular and an athlete who got hooked on painkillers and later heroin. He was 24 years old when he died. Micelli says people need to pay attention to what she calls an overdose epidemic.
"It just angers me and it makes me want to cry," she says, "because maybe my son would still be here if people were talking about it and doing something about it."
The heroin trade on Chicago's West Side is strong. It is especially booming after Mexican drug cartels made the city a Midwestern hub, and it's been a silent scourge for many suburban areas. Kathie Kane-Willis, the director of Roosevelt University's Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, says the traveling tombstone idea was inspired by the Names Quilt Project that activists started long ago to fight AIDS.
"During the 1980s and 1990s, there was so much shame associated with it, people didn't want to initially own that," Kane-Willis says. "[And] that was this community; that was happening to these people. And the idea about this was to say, 'No, this is happening all around you. You just might not see it.' "
So advocacy groups, like the one led by Chelsea Laliberte, have worked to bring the display to different neighborhoods. Laliberte says when her younger brother, Alex, died from an overdose at age 20, it devastated her family.
"Of course there are areas where other drugs are more prominent than heroin, but here in Chicagoland, heroin is our issue right now and so are prescription pills," Laliberte says. "Because it's happening. It's taking lives all the time."
The tombstones, she says, are meant to shock people. Marian Huhman, a University of Illinois professor who specializes in public health social marketing campaigns, says it can be difficult to measure the effectiveness of such programs.
"But I want to emphasize that [it] doesn't detract from the importance of these kinds of grass-roots efforts that are a very inexpensive way to get an important public health message out there," Huhman says.
Back at Felicia Micelli's, cars do slow down as drivers take a look at the lawn exhibit.
"Well, sorry that you find yourself having to display this, but good to create awareness [because] problems are everywhere," says Mike Gilley, a neighbor walking by who stopped to talk.
The last stop for the traveling tombstones will come at the end of the month, at a park where activists and families will give out resources and commemorate those who have died from an overdose.
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This progrm really touched me. I have a son that has struggled with a heroin addiction for five years. He started when he was twenty- one. When I asked him why he even tried it, he told me he was curious. Years ago when I wanted to quit smoking I read a book called Smoking the Artifical Passion, I can remenber when I read it, it stated that trying to quit smoking was as hard as kicking heroin. I still smoke,and quit for awhile many times so I know how hard it must be to kick the habit. But heroin is deadly, it ruins lives. We need to do all we can to get awareness out as much as possible about this awfull drug. It is devastating our young people in every social group, rich and poor. We all need to fight it get it off our streets. But we all know people are making a lot of money. It is ruinning our whole country,if only more people would realize this. Thanks for having this program we need more awareness to this problem. I live in a small town west of Chicago and know all too well where this drug comes from and then travels up to Wisconsin. Stopping this drug in our country should be a number one priority,before we loose more young people.
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Often, when I do go into a poll I tend to only leave a comment and not bother with the actual poll part.
For me, I think part of it is that once a thread rolls on to page two, the number of people that will even anything to write is really low. But with a poll, your vote always matter as much as anyone elses. I'm also much more likely to take the time to respond to a post with very few comments.
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I was just doing this... and found this poll.
I'm not even saying I think polls are amazing. Just that most people don't have the time to examine every thread and try to get engaged. While the effort of hitting a pole and just voting is very low. So seeing which post is a poll will naturally lead to more polls (for better or ill).


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Offered is a sterling sugar shovel by Georg Jensen in the "Acorn" pattern. The mark on the back is from 1945 to the present. It also reads Sterling, Denmark. The piece measures 4 1/8" long and the shovel part is 1 3/4" long x 1 1/4" wide. I have seen this item referred to as a tea caddy spoon but I think the proper name is a sugar shovel. The tea caddy spoon has a more rounded bowl, not squared off like this piece. George Jensen was one of the most influential designers of modern silver. He opened his first tiny shop in Copenhagen in 1904.Twenty five years later he has a staff of 250. There are now Jensen branches all over the world. The "Acorn" pattern was patented in 1915. perfect item for the Jensen collector.
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Vint Cerf: 'The Internet Is For Everyone' 163
Posted by michael
from the pay-as-you-go dept.
from the pay-as-you-go dept.
Joel Rowbottom writes "Vint Cerf has written a damn fine RFC (3271), entitled 'The Internet Is For Everyone'. It's a good, well-balanced document which details the 'Internet Society's ideology' about the growth of the 'Net, where we can go now, and where we might be in some years' time. Worth a read."


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FOX Sports Exclusive
Johnson vs. Moraga at UFC on FOX
UFC on FOX 8 has a headliner: UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson vs. John Moraga.
The bout was added to the top of the card at Seattle's KeyArena on July 27, FOXSports.com learned Wednesday night.
A second fight on the card was also scheduled as the losers from the first two UFC women's bantamweight bouts, Liz Carmouche and Miesha Tate, will fight on the main card.
Tate, who lost a third-round stoppage to Cat Zingano at The Ultimate Fighter Finale, is currently under suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Injuries sustained in the Zingano fight will require Tate to obtain ENT clearance on her nose or not fight until October 11. NSAC has also mandated no contact for Tate until May 29.
The Johnson-Moraga fight was originally scheduled for The Ultimate Fighter Finale on April 13 before Johnson was forced to withdraw with due to a shoulder injury.
FOXSports.com has also learned that Matt Mitrione's indefinite suspension will end at UFC on FOX 8.
The UFC heavyweight --- who was fined and banned for comments he made about transgendered fighter Fallon Fox earlier this month ---- will face fellow Ultimate Fighter 10 competitor Brendan Schaub.
Mitrione called Fox, who underwent a gender reassignment surgery in 2006, "a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak" in an interview. The unprovoked statements came on April 8, two days after Mitrione halted a two-fight skid with a victory over Phil De Fries at UFC on FUEL TV 9.
UFC president Dana White told reporters before UFC on FOX 7 last week that Mitrione was apologetic and accepted responsibility for his statements.
Other bouts previously announced to take place in Seattle include:
Jake Ellenberger vs. Rory MacDonald
Reza Madadi vs. Michael Chiesa
Spencer Fisher vs. Yves Edwards
Robbie Lawler vs. Tarec Saffiedine
Mac Danzig vs. Melvin Guillard
Danny Castillo vs. Bobby Green
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Up to $2 million unaccounted for in Hamilton Twp.
As much as $2 million may be unaccounted for in Hamilton Township after the fiscal officer resigned.
Jackie Terwilleger
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Warren County's south central township has questions to answer as it faces $2 million in mismanaged funds, and an open fiscal officer seat.
Long-time Hamilton Township fiscal officer Jackie Terwilleger resigned Friday after she became the center of an investigation into mismanaged funds .
A Warren County prosecutor then began claims of mismanaged money, falsified checks and unauthorized payments.
At a meeting Monday evening, officials addressed a 2004 auditor warning about Terwilleger's books, and why no action or precaution was taken.
"The fiscal officer is separate from the trustees, they're an autonomous person," Trustee Eugene Duvelius said. "We have to base our decisions off the information they provide us. As far as the certifying of funds, and as we have found now through different audits and different checks and balances that were put into place to try to make sure this doesn't happen, we found it did happen."
Hamilton Township officials put a word out about hiring a new fiscal officer to replace Terwilleger, and that interviews are being held. They'd like to fill that spot within a month.
Recent audits of the township's finances cite several questionable financial practices and multiple examples of improper bookkeeping. Officials said Friday that they're assuming the $2 million in question pertains to human error, and that the money could have been well spent.
A public hearing about the township's finances is scheduled for April 5.


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Recollection of Times Past: How the Brain Stores Memories
March 14, 2014
The hippocampus stores memories according to their context in time, UC Davis neuroscientists have found. The discovery helps us understand how we distinguish similar events that took place at different times.
Credit: University of California, Davis
[ Read the Article: How The Brain Stores Memories By Time ]
Topics: Health Medical Pharma, Mind, Anatomy, Brain, Cerebrum, Mental processes, Seahorse, Episodic memory, Recall, Recognition memory, Limbic system, Memory, Hippocampus, University of California, Davis, Technology Internet