Types of Congenital Heart Defects

After years of doctors telling her she was morbidly obese despite a healthy diet, an unexpected diagnosis lifted the shame from Carla Daly's shoulders.     Key points: Lipoedema is an abnormal build up of fat that can impact various parts of the body Carla Daly was diagnosed 10 years ago, when she was 55, after being told by doctors for years that she was simply morbidly obese She is now on a mission to help people get an early diagnosis of lipoedema "Doctors classed me as obese and morbidly obese — most were pretty aggressive fat-shamers," Ms Daly said. "It was a continual life of yo-yo dieting. I tried every diet in the book. "I was ashamed of my body and believed I could do better, and one day I would finally find the magical diet, I would lose my weight and have a normal body. "I dieted so hard, I become malnourished and couldn't pick up my coffee cup without using two hands."  Finally, at 55 years of age, Carla was diagnosed ...

Susanna Hayward / Getty Images Shelley, an abortion-clinic defender at Clinics for Abortion and Reproductive Excellence (CARE) in Bellevue, Nebraska, had a bad feeling on the morning of September 25, 2020. One of those gut bad feelings. It had been a volatile summer. Warmer months typically bring more anti-abortion-rights protesters to clinics, and the groups had been even larger than usual in 2020, likely due to high unemployment rates. By September, the crowds had begun to thin back down to the clinic's 12 to 14 "regulars." That morning, one of the regulars was camped out in his usual spot at the base of the clinic's driveway. For months, the man had spent Saturdays standing there, wearing a vest made to look identical to the ones that CARE clinic volunteers wear (rainbow colored). Sometimes, he'd bring an assistant dressed in scrubs. "He would say, 'I'm Dr. So-and-so and I work here. What time is your appointment?'" recall...

CLOSE Even though Father's day is a bit away, it doesn't hurt to keep this in mind if you need a simple gift for your dad as in one you can make in a day! Buzz60's Mercer Morrison has the story. Buzz60 As the sedative wore off, I found myself on a hospital bed tethered to an oxygen tank in the intensive care section of the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. "Get him a private nurse at least for the next 24 hours," I heard the doctor urge Dorothy, my wife. "When a patient this young has a heart attack sometimes the blockage reoccurs within 24 hours. … And, please, no visitors other than immediate family." The date: June 21, 1964 — Father's Day, and I was 39 years old. The pain in my left arm and shoulder that had awakened me shortly after 2 a.m. on that hellish day had dissipated. I could move my fingers again without straining. But the physician's words weren't very comforting. Now pain free ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Some people who contract COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms. Now, The University of Kansas Health System has created a new virtual clinic that is giving "long haulers" hope. "It's so hard to get anyone to take you seriously and to listen," Amanda Finley, a COVID-19 longer hauler, said. "I've lost friends over this. Where they say, 'You are not still sick with COVID.' Well, except here I am." Long after she initially got the virus, Finley is still dealing with symptoms. "I am actually wearing a heart monitor right now," she said. "I have it for a couple of weeks. I have had some tachycardia, like an increased heart rate, shortness of breath, chest pain." Finley said she began to feel hopeless, but KU Health System's new clinic is specifically designed for patients like her. The University of Kansas Hospital is bringing specialists from several areas to serve as a team for each pat...

John McGowan, general secretary, Social Workers Union (photo: Simon Hadley) "Our inbox was constant about PPE…The initial stages were a shock to everyone, we had members dying, we had members who were in crisis, we had members who were taking hot water bottles and flasks so they could wash their own hands and that was unacceptable. But we couldn't do anything about that." So recalls John McGowan, recently re-elected general secretary of the Social Workers Union (SWU), of the early days of the pandemic. The number of referrals to the union went "right through the roof" as members were placed under different terms of employment due to changing working practices. McGowan continues: "We provided enhanced 1-1 consultations through our duty service to support members and raise issues with employers. This led to significant changes from employers with some employers challenged formally to change guidance on safety." Among the measures taken by SWU to he...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Bessemer couple was sentenced today for possessing pill presses used to make fake prescription drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations, Miami Field Office Special Agent in Charge Justin C. Fielder. U.S. District Court Judge Annemarie Axon sentenced Earnest Lee Coleman , 44, and Tashana Lynn Sims , 38, husband and wife.  Coleman was sentenced to 78 months in prison and Sims was sentenced to 36 months' probation for their roles in the offenses.  Coleman pleaded guilty to possessing punches, dies, and plates with the intent to defraud or mislead,  being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute them, holding for sale and dispensing a counterfeit drug, and adulteration of a drug.  Sims pleaded guilty to illegally possessing punches, dies, and plates. The couple pleaded guilty in February. "The defendants used dang...

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Arkansas ranks 47th among U.S. states for active physicians per 100,000. Of the physicians that are actively practicing here, over a third are over the age of 60. We have a physician shortage, and it could worsen as those doctors retire in the coming years. New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University graduated its second class in May. That's 117 more physicians that can now go on to specialty training – also called residency training. Ideally, they choose to practice in our state. I vividly remember the conversations and debates that were sparked when we started discussing of the creation of NYITCOM at A-State. One of the "obstacles" thrown at us was the limited opportunities for medical school graduates in Arkansas in terms of residency training. In fact, we were told "you can't create new residency programs in this state." As we have ...

{{featured_button_text}} Employees with Franklin County's Department of Social Services, Cannon Morris (left) and Vennaisa Veney, squeeze past each other in a cramped hallway of one of the three buildings in which social service employees work. Deborah Powell, director of Franklin County's Department of Social Services, speaks in her office. Franklin County's Department of Social Services wants to get all of its employees under one roof. They hope to relocate to an empty space in the Schewels Franklin Plaza shopping center in Rocky Mount. Employees of Franklin County's Dept. of Social Services have been feeling sick while in the offices at 5 East Court St. Casey Fabris The Franklin County Department of Social Services will make a plea to county supervisors...

The European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) courses on "Refugee and Migrant Children", "Child Friendly Justice" and "Asylum and ECHR" were launched online on 9 June in cooperation with the Ministry of Family and Social Services of Turkey (Ministry), under the Action on "Strengthening the human rights protection of migrants and victims of human trafficking in Turkey". The online event brought together 176 participants from different professions such as lawyers, teachers, social workers and psychologists with the representatives of Council of Europe Programme Office in Ankara, the Ministry, the trainers of the course and the Action team. In their opening speeches, both the Director General of Child Services at the Ministry, Ms Zeliha SAĞLAM and the Head of Ankara Programme Office of the Council of Europe, Mr Cristian URSE highlighted the importance of these courses for participants, having in mind the high n...