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Allen’s Antiques in Lenoir City is closing.  Owner, 88 year old Edelphia “PeeWee” Allen is reluctantly closing the doors after 65 years in business.  Her store has been a staple of the city for years and helps make it what it is today but for her it is time to close, even though sometimes she says, she wants to change her mind and take down the “going out of business “ sign.

Allen’s Antiques owner, Edelphia “PeeWee” Allen, said she’s been unlocking the store’s doors for 65 years, but she now has a “Going Out of Business” banner draped across the store’s front and two “For Rent” signs in the store’s windows.

Allen said jokingly, “Sometimes I feel like taking that sign down and put up another one saying I’ve changed my mind, I ‘m not going to do it. You reckon I can get away with that?”

The 88-year-old widow is a little reluctant to close the shop’s doors for good, especially during a month that’s always been difficult for her. . . Continue Reading

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The opening of “The Great Gatsby” this weekend could inspire a turn to the Art Deco décor of the age.  The era was meant to be a dramatic change from Victorian and it delivered.  There is no comparison between the two styles.  Art Deco has been heating up in fashion and jewelry design which could lead right into home décor and furniture.

When Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” hits theaters this weekend, moviegoers might just get inspired to take a bit of the glitz home in the form of Art Deco accents.

Never known for subtlety, Luhrmann’s sets — especially Jay Gatsby’s mansion — celebrate Jazz Age excess. From the gilded ceilings and monogrammed pool, the Gatsby mansion also celebrates a design style that was meant to be a dramatic departure from the Victorian era.

Furniture and decor design was cleaner and made use of new materials: chrome, glass and lacquered wood. The Chrysler Building in New York is one of the most iconic examples of Art Deco style, which was said to meld architecture and the modern machine age. . .  Continue Reading

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Health Care Costs To Be Released

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced an initiative she is working on that would release how much hospitals are billing for common inpatient services. The report would compare the prices different hospitals charge for the same treatments. It would also compare the typical cost of treatments to what Medicare actually pays hospitals.

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This morning, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is announcing a groundbreaking initiative that will take a lot of the secrecy out of hospital billings.

Acting on the suggestion of her top data crunchers at the department’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Sebelius will release a data file that shows the list — or “chargemaster” — prices by all hospitals across the U.S. for the 100 most common inpatient treatment services in 2011. It then compares those prices with what Medicare actually paid hospitals for the same treatments — which was typically a fraction of the chargemaster prices.

CMS public-affairs director Brian Cook told me that Sebelius’ action today comes in part in response to TIME’s special report on health-care-pricing practices in the March 4 issue, “Bitter Pill.” Continue reading…

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Doctors Debate Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana has become a very popular topic in medicine. But doctors remain divided about its effectiveness. Some say it is an excellent way to deal with pain, while others say there is a pill available that mimics the same effects as smoking pot.

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The phrase “medical marijuana” has a nice clinical ring to it, but doctors and researchers are divided on the data: some are confident that smoking pot can help a wide range of pains and other symptoms. Others remain skeptical and say patients can get similar relief from a prescription pill that mimics marijuana.

Meanwhile, regardless of what scientists say, 18 states — including New Jersey – have decided to let patients legally puff the narcotic smoke.

Each of those states has its own list of conditions for which patients are eligible for “medicinal cannabis.” California, for instance, has a dozen syndromes on the list, many of them very broad – including cancer, arthritis and chronic pain. New Jersey, coincidentally, has the exact same number of bullet points, but most of them are narrowly defined – including terminal cancer, multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy – and there are no large catch-all categories. Continue reading…

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A mother could not figure out what was wrong with her son, and neither could the doctors. He was constantly complaining of a stomachache. She started giving him probiotics, and his stomach pains have stopped.

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“The doctors couldn’t tell me what was wrong with him. It was extremely frustrating, because he’s coming to me and asking me, ‘Mom what can I eat that won’t make my stomach hurt,’” Dunn said.

Then she heard about probiotics, live organisms that promote good gut health that can be naturally found or added to some foods.

“Justin did you take your Yakult?” his mother asked.

Justin now downs Yakult, a probiotic milk-like product, once a day.

“We’re also finding them in cereals, bars, and candies, what you want to make sure of it mentions the type of probiotics and the amount of probiotics in the product,” Monica Bearden, a registered dietitian, said.

Whether it’s a probiotic drink, yogurt, or a supplement, make sure that it has at least a billion colony forming units. That is how the good bacteria are measured.

New research finds keeping it in balance could impact your overall health.

“We’re finding it might impact weight loss, as well as brain health,” Bearden said.

Probiotics may also help alleviate stress, anxiety and even depression. Continue reading…

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Medical Records Going Digital

Many medical systems are switching from paper to electronic files. This allows for such new practices as scanning a patient’s palm in order to access their medical records. Digitalizing records is a process that many have started years ago, but it takes time to fully transition.

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Scanning the palms of patients and patient inmates would be mostly useless if the medical records kept by their healthcare provider still were on paper. That was the case until fairly recently at the Harris Health System and the Harris County jail, which is still in the process of converting to an electronic medical record database.

The health system, the county’s tax-supported safety net for the medically uninsured, began digitizing records in its ambulatory clinics in 2006 and completed the process at its hospitals in 2010. It has records for more than 3.4 million people in its master patient index.

Nearly all medical operations at the jail, which has 90,000 active patient records, will be keeping records electronically by the end of summer, said Medical Director Dr. Michael Seale. The last big push, he said, will be in June when records kept by doctors will be digitized. Continue reading…

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Medical Device Makers Impacted By New Tax

Medical device making companies range from small to medium-sized businesses and employ over 400,000 people in the U.S. A new tax that is being implemented, however, will negatively affect these businesses and their employees. Those who will benefit from the new tax will not typically need devices, which will hurt the medical device industry.

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Medical-device makers represent a high-tech, manufacturing-based industry that largely consists of small and mid-size businesses. It provides high-paying jobs for 400,000 Americans and is one of the few U.S. manufacturing industries successfully exporting its products around the world. Protecting jobs and innovation for patients in this important sector has been a bipartisan issue.

While the editorial suggested that device manufacturers will reap a windfall of new business from the expansion of health coverage, that has not proved to be the case in Massachusetts, where there is near-universal coverage. Many of the newly insured will be relatively young and unlikely to need device-intensive procedures.

The U.S. workforce is competing in an increasingly global economy, and it is crucial that we enhance our strengths and export American ingenuity. Repealing the medical-device tax will allow today’s entrepreneurs — whether working in a university lab or their bedrooms — to become tomorrow’s visionaries. Continue reading…

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The work environment has changed dramatically over the passed few years and will continue to do so.  Work is no longer 9am-5pm due to globalization and the necessity for employees to work across time zones.  Employee are also required to travel and to work from different locations creating differences in how employees communicate with each other and with clients.  Due to technology, working from home is also a valued option often times by both employees and employers.

The changing role of the office environment, the different factors impacting staff motivation and developments in technology are all driving the future of work, according to doctor Nicola Millard, customer experience futurologist at BT Group.

During the closing keynote presentation at Employee Benefits Connect, Millard (pictured) said: “Choice and control are two major themes we are looking at into the future.”

Work is no longer constrained to the hours of nine to five because of globalisation and the need for staff to work across different time zones, she said. There are also more opportunities for staff to work flexibly or away from the office. . . Continue Reading

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The first bill fighting against radon in the state of Utah was passed and will soon be put into action.  The bill is not a law but a resolution that requests homeowners to test for radon and for homeowners and realtors to share radon information with potential buyers.   The hope is the resolution will inspire action but if not a law could be in the works in the future.

A bill inspired by a KSL investigation made it through the Senate Thursday evening, the last night of the legislative session, and will soon be put into action.

SCR11 is a resolution taking aim at Utah’s radon gas problem. It the first action Utah has taken on the issue, despite over two decades of warnings.

However, the resolution is not a law; it’s a request asking homeowners to test for radon, realtors to educate and government agencies to give time and money to the cause. It also designates January 2014 as Utah State Radon Action Month. In short, the resolution is more about education than mandates. . . Continue Reading

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A late winter storm brought almost a foot of snow and a storm surge during high tide that brought the ocean 10 feet higher than normal to the Boston area.  The area of Plum Island was hit the worst where the storm surge caused the collapse of a previously compromised home.  Other areas expected to experience major flooding.   The snow fall was heavier than expected and snow crews were working hard to clean roads from commuters.

New England bore the brunt of a stronger-than-expected winter storm on Friday, which brought a damaging storm surge to coastal Massachusetts and dropped more than a foot of snow on Boston and its surroundings.

The greatest damage came to Plum Island, a coastal community about 40 miles north of Boston, where a high tide and heavy storm surge pushed the sea about 10 feet higher than normal, causing one two-story beach front home to collapse on its side.

“This was a home that, coming into this morning, had its foundation compromised, there was a crack in it. It was not a surprise at this point,” said Peter Judge, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, adding that the state was “watching a number of other houses” along the same coastal road, Annapolis Way. . . Continue Reading

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When you take a breath do you ever consider what is actually in the air you are breathing?  There are some gas that you cannot see, smell, or taste that we breath in and are hazardous to our health.  The most dangerous being carbon monoxide and often comes from improperly ventilated fuel-burning appliances, which is why many homes have detectors.  The second is carbon dioxide which can be dangerous if there is too much in an enclosed space.

Chances are that unless you are hot or cold – or if you smell something funny – you probably never think about indoor air quality. However, scientists know that gases in the air that you cannot see or smell can still affect your health.

Carbon Monoxide
The most dangerous gas most of us will ever face is carbon monoxide (CO). Not normally occurring in nature, this colorless, odorless, tasteless gas is the result of oxygen-starved combustion from improperly ventilated fuel-burning appliances like:

• Oil and gas furnaces
• Gas water heaters or gas ovens
• Gas or kerosene space heaters
• Fire places and wood stoves
• Older autos without catalytic converters

Too much carbon monoxide in an unventilated space is deadly. In fact, carbon monoxide poisoning is the most common type of fatal poisoning worldwide. That is why many new homes are built with CO detectors in addition to smoke detectors.  . . Continue Reading

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Embezzlement Dampens Public Support For Royal Family

The son-in-law of the Spanish king has been charged with tax fraud.  The case involves $7.9 million dollars in embezzlement.  This scandal and other cases involving politicians suspected of taking bribes for millions of dollars have enraged Spanish countrymen.

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Inaki Urdangarin, a former Olympics handball player who is married to the king’s daughter, the Infanta Cristina, is accused of using his powerful connections to win public contracts to put on events on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca and elsewhere in Spain.

His Noos Foundation is suspected of overcharging for organizing conferences about the business of sports and hiding the proceeds abroad.

Dozens of police officials guarded the courthouse in Palma as Urdangarin got out of a car and walked down an access ramp into the building for the closed-door hearing where he will be questioned by Examining Magistrate Jose Castro. Continue reading…

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New Tool In Fight Against Prescription Drug-Related Crimes

A new database has been created which gives police in New York City a new way to fight prescription drug-related crimes.  It is being called the first of its kind in the country.  The database allows law enforcement agencies to track and investigate patterns of prescription drug-related crimes across the state, according to Senator Charles Schumer.

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“The best way we have learned to prevent crime and stop crime is to study it,” he said, likening the database to CompStat, a program used by the New York Police Department to track crime and target resources to where criminals have the highest activity.

He said he hoped the database would spread nationwide. Since its start, more than 100 cases from 2012 have been entered, including 50 burglaries and 32 robberies. Among prescription pills, oxycodone and hydrocodone products were the most targeted.

There have been several high-profile crimes connected to prescription drugs in recent years. In June 2011, four people were killed when a robber walked into a Long Island pharmacy and shot the pharmacist, a teenage store clerk and two customers before leaving with a backpack full of pills containing hydrocodone. David Laffer was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the crimes.  Continue reading…

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British Sex Crime Officer Units Lose Sense Of What Policing Is About

An investigation studying police misconduct is reviewing allegations that Britain’s larges sex crime unit “took no action over attacks and routinely failed to believe victims.”  One failure reportedly allowed a repeated offender to kill his own two children.

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Ms Glass said: “The approach of failing to believe victims in the first instance was wholly inappropriate.

“The pressure to meet targets as a measure of success, rather than focussing on the outcome for the victim, resulted in the police losing sight of what policing is about – protecting the public and deterring and detecting crime.”

The force has previously been criticised for failures over serial sex offenders sports coach Kirk Reid and taxi driver John Worboys.

In another case, Detective Constable Ryan Coleman-Farrow, who was based in Southwark, was jailed for 16 months in October last year for failing to investigate rape and sexual assault claims. Continue reading…

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New Custody Law In Arizona

On January 1, 2013, Arizona Senate Bill 1127 set new precedents for child custody.  The law effects joint parenting and physical custody.  The law moves away from every-other-weekend custody and moms being automatically being named custodial parent.

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“It changes a lot of things,” said Mesa family-law attorney Billie Tarascio. “We are moving away from the every-other-weekend custody arrangements or mom automatically being named the custodial parent.”

The Arizona Supreme Court does not keep data on how judges rule in custody cases. Statistics from outside groups are outdated, showing courts awarded joint custody to parents 5percent of the time in 2002 and 15percent of the time in 2007. Anecdotally, attorneys and researchers say Arizona judges have been awarding more joint-parenting time.

“It seems like in recent years the trend in Maricopa County family court has been for more time, if not equal time, for the non-primary parent,” Phoenix family-law attorney Tom Morton said.  Continue reading

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