May 14—Linda Busch has a plaque on the wall of her home. It says, “if you save one life, you’re a hero. If you save 100 lives, you’re a nurse.”
Last week, health care workers celebrated National Nurses Week in honor of the millions of often-unsung heroes of health care.
In recognition of that work, the Tribune interviewed several active and retired nurses from the Quad Cities to talk about their experiences, perspectives and wisdom they’ve gleaned from their years of work.
Linda Bush
Linda Busch, a nurse and instructor at Lewis-Clark State College, started her career in 1981. At…
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Saskatchewan Health Authority announces new online booking system – DiscoverMooseJaw.com
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is excited to announce its new online booking system.
The booking system makes appointments at FH Wigmore Hospital, Crescent View Clinic, and Alliance Health Centre.
Lenore Howey, Executive Director of Laboratory Medicine for SHA, says the system is convenient and easy to navigate.
“We have added this platform to the vaccine booking system. It’s the same system that patients have navigated in the past,” Howey explained. “If you are unsure how to navigate it, it’s really easy to ask a friend or a family member to help and assist on the first use.
The main reason…
The 10 best diets for heart health are ranked
In the confusing world of diet advice, how refreshing would it be if there were a study to end all studies? One that delivers the final word on what’s actually good for us. Well, in the name of clarity, the American Heart Association (AHA) has published a fool-proof assessment of the 10 most popular diet plans. In the first study of its kind, diets are ranked by how well they improve heart health.
“People are rightly confused about what and how to eat,” says nutritionist TC Callis, author of The Building Blocks of Life: A Nutrition Foundation for Healthcare Professionals…
GlyNAC supplementation plays a beneficial role in promoting brain health and cognitive function in aging
As people get older, they aspire to live healthy lives as free as possible from the natural decline of cognitive abilities that occurs with aging. At Baylor College of Medicine, researchers have been studying the biological underpinnings of age-associated cognitive decline and developing nutritional strategies to promote healthy brain aging.
They report today in the journal Antioxidants that supplementing GlyNAC – a combination of glycine and N-acetylcysteine as precursors of the natural antioxidant glutathione – improved or reversed age-associated cognitive decline in old mice and improved multiple associated defects in the aging brain. The findings are consistent with the improvements…
How To Decide Which Bills To Put on Autopay
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Manually paying bills can be a drag, which might prompt you to try autopay. But which bills should you choose to automatically deduct payments from your bank account?
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“Autopay offers both advantages and disadvantages when it comes to managing your expenses,” said Andrew Latham, certified financial planner and director of content for Supermoney. “Pros include timely payments, convenience, easier budgeting and potential interest savings. However, cons, such as insufficient funds, reduced flexibility, limited control and potential errors should…
Pet health insurance provider Barkibu raises $5 million
Galician pet tech firm Barkibu has raised $5 million in a new funding round. Offering both pet insurance and a preventive services app, naturally complete with an AI-powered component, Barkibu intends to use the new funds to further improve and expand its services.
Barkibu’s $5 million round was led by Kfund and saw the participation of existing investor Alma Mundi Ventures. According to co-CEO Pablo Pazos Rey, the company has raised approximately $11 million over the course of its lifespan.
Serving some 20,000 pet parents in both the Spanish and German markets, Barkibu’s insurance policy covers 80% of costs associated…
Health-care tower with new Pan Am clinic part of the radical makeover slated for Portage Place
A 15-storey health-care tower with a primary-care clinic, an after-hours walk-in clinic and a satellite facility for the Pan Am Clinic are part of a roughly $550-million plan to redevelop downtown Winnipeg’s Portage Place mall.
True North Real Estate Development — which has an option to purchase the mall, the parkade below it and rights to build two new high-rise towers above it — is planning a radical makeover for the 36-year-old megaproject that would transform it into a downtown community campus.
“We can drill down to the kinds of programming we think makes sense for this city and for…