Monday, January 30, 2017

Red Hot Chili Peppers deliver red-hot show in wake of icy postponement and other top stories.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers deliver red-hot show in wake of icy postponement

    Red Hot Chili Peppers deliver red-hot show in wake of icy postponement
    About an hour into the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ set at Intrust Bank Arena on Monday night, guitarist Josh Klinghoffer surprised the crowd with a short rendition of “Wichita Lineman.”The nod to Wichita was not the only surprise at the concert – a show that drew heavily on the Chili Peppers’ three decades of back catalogue while mixing in a few from “The Getaway,” their 2016 album.The Chili Peppers played to a raucous crowd on Monday – after warnings of an impending ice storm over the weekend cause..
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  • To your health: There is still time to get your flu shot this season - Wilkes Barre Times

    To your health: There is still time to get your flu shot this season - Wilkes Barre Times
    OK, maybe not everyone, but a lot of us. I'm not talking about the psychological “sick” that comes with cold, dreary, dark winter days, or the distress from political turmoil or international conflicts. There are at least three kinds of physical ...
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  • Eating disorders can strike in mid-life

    Eating disorders can strike in mid-life
    Image copyright Julie Spinks Eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia, affect a small but substantial number of women in their 40s and 50s, UK research suggests.The study, involving more than 5,000 women, found just over 3% reported having an eating disorder. Some said they had experienced it since their teens, others developed it for the first time in their middle age. Julie Spinks, from Beaconsfield, is 48. She was not involved in the study, but can relate first-hand to its findin..
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  • Parents report mold in Sophie the Giraffe baby toy - KTRK

    Parents report mold in Sophie the Giraffe baby toy - KTRK
    A popular baby toy used for teething infants has parents on high alert.Some are saying they found mold inside their Sophie the Giraffe dolls. Pediatric dentist Dana Chianese told GoldHouseKeeping.com when cleaning her child's Sophie, she smelled a musty odor. She says she decided to cut open the doll and "discovered a science experiment living inside."Chianese told Gold Housekeeping she always cleaned the toy according to instructions, which say to use hot, soapy water with a damp sponge and ne..
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  • How Did Spain Get So Many Organ Donors?

    How Did Spain Get So Many Organ Donors?
    If you need an organ in the U.S., there’s a much better chance you’ll get one than if you lived somewhere else. In 2016 there were more than 33,000 organ transplants; a 2015 survey from the World Health Organization estimated that the U.S. ranked third in the world, though there are still 119,000 people waiting for a transplant. The country that ranks number one, however, is Spain, with 101 transplants per million (compared to 93 in the U.S.). It’s taken decades of concerted, continued effort fo..
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  • Google and Uber alums have created a doctor's office that's like an Apple Store meets 'Westworld'

    Google and Uber alums have created a doctor's office that's like an Apple Store meets 'Westworld'
    Forward Somewhere between stepping into a full-body scanner that measures the elasticity of my veins and watching a cup used for urine samples disappear into the bathroom wall, I realize Forward is not your average doctor's office. It's like an Apple Store meets "Westworld." Staring down a massive touchscreen monitor in the exam room, I tell Adrian Aoun, founder and CEO of Forward, that I feel like I'm inside HBO's sci-fi thriller. "Yeah, but the good, not-creepy version, I hope," Aoun says. F..
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  • Dispelling fears: Dispensaries aim to 'normalize' Florida medical marijuana

    Dispelling fears: Dispensaries aim to 'normalize' Florida medical marijuana
    Published: Jan 16, 2017, 7:37 am • Updated: Jan 16, 2017, 7:37 am By Frank Gluck, The News-Press TAMPA, Fla. — Vials of cannabis-laced sprays, lotions and tinctures line display shelves a few steps from handbags specially designed to tote marijuana products. A stylish kitchenette and table is on the opposite side of this Surterra Wellness Center medical marijuana showroom, space used to host educational sessions on the merits of the drug — something legal only under very strict circumstances ..
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  • Trump Health Secretary Pick's Longtime Foes: Big Government and Insurance Companies

    Trump Health Secretary Pick's Longtime Foes: Big Government and Insurance Companies
    Many who knew Mr. Price as a doctor here in Atlanta’s affluent northern suburbs praise his commitment to his patients. But his legislative record shows that over eight years in the Georgia Senate and 12 years in Congress, he has advocated at least as much for physician groups and health care companies — seeking to limit damages in malpractice cases, for instance, and voting against legislation that would have required the government to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries. Mr...
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  • Drug-resistant superbug may be more widespread than previously known

    Drug-resistant superbug may be more widespread than previously known
    In fact, transmission of these bacteria person-to-person may be occurring without symptoms, say the researchers, from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute."We often talk about the rising tide of antibiotic resistance in apocalyptic terms," said William Hanage, senior author of the study and an associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School. "But we should always remember that the people who are most at risk of these things would be at risk for an..
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  • Blue Monday: Is today the most depressing day of the year?

    Blue Monday: Is today the most depressing day of the year?
    Blue Monday: Is today the most depressing day of the year? Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY Network , WVEC 9:56 AM. MST January 16, 2017 Yup, it's Blue Monday.The third Monday in January is supposedly the gloomiest day of the year as people come down from holiday-highs and look towards the distant light of summer.But why is this day so much more depressing than all the others? Apparently, it’s not.Years ago, a researcher, who worked as a tutor at Cardiff University, came up with a mathematical..
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'It almost brought me to tears': Teens surprise special-needs student with new shoes .Boston dogs make Puppy Bowl roster .
Nintendo's mobile Mario game sets download record but pricing proves sticking point .Samsung's new curved monitor coming to CES is somewhat tailored for gamers .

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