The new UC San Diego Shiley EyeMobile for Children has started its engine and is traveling to schools across San Diego County to serve low-income families who need eye exams. The new EyeMobile is a 33-foot-long furnished recreational vehicle with two examination rooms, as well as a waiting room for children and families. There’s even …
STATEN ISLAND, NY — When Michael Cuciniello, 53, graduated from Tottenville High School, his mother asked him what he wanted to do with his life. He said, “I want to open a gym,” which was not a popular idea in the late 1980s. But his mother, who died shortly after graduating, said, “Then do it.” …
PAlmost everyone who has ever walked into a gym has heard how important it is to strengthen your midsection. But there’s another core you should pay attention to (maybe even more): the core of your foot. That’s the argument Christopher MacDougall and Eric Orton make in their new book, Born to Run 2: The Ultimate …
Spending just 5 minutes working on your “foot core” can make you a stronger athlete Read More »
A six-month study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine finds that using portable home air purifiers can improve certain markers of cardiovascular health in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. People with COPD often suffer from shortness of breath, chest tightness and chronic cough. Cardiovascular diseases such as arrhythmias, heart failure, strokes and …
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ROCHESTER — When Zhenya Knyazhanskaya was preparing to attend Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Rochester last year, she repeatedly heard comments about Rochester not being the best place to study if she wanted to work with underserved and disadvantaged populations. “You hear that message just because, you know, Rochester isn’t LA,” she said. …
During a routine visit to the Good Samaritan Clinic in Morganton, North Carolina in 2018, Herbert Buff casually mentioned that he sometimes had trouble breathing. He was 55 and had been smoking for decades. So the doctor recommended Buff schedule time on a 35-foot-long bus operated by the Levine Cancer Institute that would pass through …
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