SoutheastHEALTH and the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced a collaboration Thursday that SoutheastHEALTH president and CEO Ken Bateman said will improve health-care options for residents of Southeast Missouri.

Under the agreement, Washington Universitys Cardiothoracic Surgery Division will partner with SoutheastHEALTH to provide education, quality assurance, access to clinical trials and more for at least the next five years.

Bateman said in an interview Wednesday the agreement would help expand the range of treatment options available to area patients.

The collaboration, he said, has been designed over the past year to help streamline the process by which patients receive treatment.

He said most of the patients from the Cape Girardeau area who go elsewhere for more advanced care go to St. Louis, so the collaboration with Washington University made sense because theyre one of the top leading medical schools in the nation.

The arrangement, he said, will include Washington University doctors conducting on-site quarterly reviews of each cardiac surgery performed at SoutheastHEALTH.

That constant feedback from Wash U. docs in terms of quality assurance and peer review is certainly going to elevate the quality of the physicians here, Bateman said.

Leading the collaboration will be Ralph J. Damiano Jr., chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Paul D. Robison, Southeast Medical Groups medical director of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery.

By design, this collaboration will enhance the level of interventional heart care by bringing evidence-based innovations in surgical techniques and treatment options for our critically ill heart patients, Robison said in a news release. Dr. Damiano has been a valued collaborator of mine for years, and Im pleased to bring this relationship and collaboration together for the benefit of SoutheastHEALTH and those we serve.

Damiano said during a news conference Thursday he admires Robison and his staff at SoutheastHEALTH and views them as kindred spirits.

We hope it to be a very close collaboration, Damiano said, adding when it comes to delivering care efficiently, Big networks, I think, have an advantage.

Bateman said the partnership will allow SoutheastHEALTH physicians to tap into the knowledge base of Wash U. ... [regarding] new procedures, latest protocols, emerging technologies.

Washington Universitys cardiothoracic surgery program, established in the 1930s, was one of the first such programs and is recognized as a leader in the field.

This collaboration is about putting the patient first, Bateman said. Collaborating with physicians from Washington University on complex cases will help ensure the patient is seen at the right time and in the right setting.

The collaboration, he said, will provide a more streamlined care strategy for patients whose needs require them to be treated in Washington Universitys academic setting in St. Louis.

This relationship kind of becomes a navigator for care, Bateman said. Even if they need to see other specialists or other follow-up care, we can help them navigate that rather than the patient working through that themselves.

Bateman also cited the more than 1,000 clinical trials being undertaken at Washington University, to which SoutheastHEALTH patients will have access if appropriate.

The working relationship, Bateman said, also helps lay the foundation for future physician recruitment.

Theyre a major medical school, Bateman said. Obviously we want to recruit high-quailty physicians into SoutheastHEALTH. Theyre going to help us recruit physicians both from within their residency as well as help us on a national basis.

SoutheastHEALTH director of marketing and business development Shauna Hoffmann said Washington University has fewer than half a dozen comparable partnerships, and the collaboration speaks to the strength of SoutheastHEALTHs reputation.

Were connected, she said. What it means for the community here is your access to the best medical care with Southeast connects you to [Washington University].

Bateman said SoutheastHEALTH and Washington University are seeking to develop the relationship further by possibly adding local clinics staffed by Washington University physicians.

We believe that within a year, well have at least one or two clinics on site with Wash U. docs staffing it, Bateman said. I really think that this is going to be the biggest impact into this community in probably decades, bringing academic medicine directly into this market.

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By Daniel Griffin By Daniel Griffin February 23 at 6:00 AM

Steve and Michelle were desperate. Their 6-year-old son, Sam, was diagnosed with ADHD soon after entering first grade. Sams behavior seemed outright defiant: He ignored adults when his name was called and was in constant motion. Sam let out bloodcurdling screams when forced to stop playing a game on the iPad. His teacher had struggled to manage similar behaviors in class, and his guidance counselor said Sam needed to be on medicine. Steve and Michelle werent so sure, but they wondered if they were being negligent by not putting him on Ritalin or something similar.

But despite the relentless advertising for meds, and the occasional coercion by school personnel, your young ADHD child may not need Ritalin. At least not yet.

In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released results from its first national study to look at therapy, medication and dietary supplements to treat kids with ADHD ages 4-17. Because behavioral therapy is the safest ADHD treatment for children under the age of 6, it should be used first, before ADHD medication for those children, principal investigator Ileana Arias wrote.

But the CDC study revealed that of the children diagnosed with ADHD, 4 in 10 were treated with medication alone, only 1 in 10 received behavior therapy alone. This study reflects how the medical model pervades the way we think today about most developmental and mental health issues that psychological and behavioral problems are diseases with underlying biological cause within a person and require a medical solution, most often medicine.

The medical model is appealing because it is logical and is assumed to employ the scientific method of objective and measurable observation. It reflects our implicit theory of humans: That peoples actions are functions of their personalities. While helpful in many instances, it can be woefully inadequate with complex issues such as ADHD, because many of the symptoms of ADHD are problematic only in certain contexts but have the potential for dire social and academic consequences.

ADHD provides an unyielding challenge for parents who people assume should be able to control their kids behavior. And so although individuals are diagnosed as having ADHD, after 30 years of clinical work, I believe it is more constructive to think of the family as having ADHD, with most of it concentrated in one person. Concentrating all efforts on the attempt to help or fix the child usually falls short.

Most beleaguered families relentlessly strive to solve unrelenting problems, and they often get stuck. That is, the attempts to fix the problem become a problem. While all family members hated Sams meltdowns, his howls were most disturbing to Sams maternal grandmother, Gail. Gail often reminded Michelle of how good she and her brother were at Sams age. Her mother tirelessly pointed out how she never allowed her daughter to engage in the behaviors that formed Sams default repertoire. Some fortunate parents, like Gail, have the task of raising a kid who came into the world with an easy temperament. And their parents often attribute this to their own excellent parenting. But paraphrasing from baseball, their kid was born on third base, and these lucky parents think they hit a triple.

Other parents, like Steve and Michelle, are drafted into raising a kid with ADHD. This experience is similar to a scrappy baseball game that goes into extra innings. Unlike those born on third base, these parents are often anxious and stressed. And if a close relative blames them, these parents wind up feeling incompetent. Other problems can also occur. For example, when Steve tried to support Michelle by standing up to Gail, Michelle reflexively felt compelled to defend her mother.

Family therapy is a behavioral therapy based on scientific understanding of family systems. The model doesnt deny the existence of medical conditions but looks more closely at human connections and the potential they hold to cause and maintain problems or alternately be harnessed to improve things, even mental disorders and diseases. Family therapists look for frames novel ways of looking at the situation that evoke new behaviors to help get things unstuck.

Despite the perception of an American Diaspora, the median distance [nytimes.com]adult Americans live from Mom is 18 miles. In Michelle and Steves case, Grandma was about a block away.

Sam came into the world a handful, labeled a fussy baby by developmental specialists. Fussy babies are infants who have sleep and eating problems or cry excessively. While a transient phase for most infants or responsive to gastrointestinal tweaking, there are babies that stay inconsolable. Michelle was worried and desperate. While Gail did not raise a fussy baby herself, she maintained a sense of calm and confidence that astonished Michelle, who was grateful that her mother was close.

Fussy babies dont always grow up to have ADHD, but it happens, and it did with Sam. As he grew from toddler to school age, his impulsive behavior and emotional reactivity became more problematic. As is often the case with such frustrating behavior, parents lose their patience. In this family, the situation was worsened by Gails criticism that Steve was scaring Sam, while also indulging her grandson. And Michelle was torn as her mother helped her survive the early days, and Gail still seemed as calm and confident as she did back then.

There is an old song that goes one is the loneliest number and two can be as bad as one. But three can really muck things up. A family therapist often thinks in threes as a way of understanding twos when helping with a stubborn problem within a family. These triangles thrive as emotional triggering bands of energy that take on a life of their own. The Michelle, Steve & Co. predicament is an example of such a dynamic, aptly called triangulation.

The troublesome troikas in this tangle were Michelle-Gail-Steve, Michelle-Sam-Gail and Michelle-Sam-Steve. But the Michelle-Gail-Steve trio (mom, her mom, dad) was the most out of tune. Confusing feelings prevented Michelle and Steve from relying on each other in stressful moments with Sam. Michelle had the awful feeling she was betraying her mother if she did not convey her mothers concern that Steve was scaring Sam. If she defended Steve, Michelle also feared that she might lose her mothers support, something Michelle believed she still critically needed. Michelle wanted a full partner, but defending Steve felt too risky.

This situation improved slowly when Steve was able to grasp how difficult a spot his wife was in. In the heat of battle, Michelle was soothed by a glance or touch from Steve that conveyed I get it. I am on your side. You dont have to take care of me this second. Michelle helped Steve navigate this by expressing gratitude for the ways he adeptly handled Sam with goofy humor she could not.

When Gail jumped in to protect Sam from his fathers fearsome, not-very-raised voice, Steve restrained the urge to defend himself, reminding himself that it was not so much an act of submitting to his mother-in-law as much as a little gift to his wife.

It takes a number of behavioral tweaks to change the negative charge of a triangle to positive. These tweaks are the many small (but not easy) changes that accumulate. The bias toward resolution and growth in families is strong once the most significant obstacles are removed, but it is never perfect.

Triangles do not yield gently; the negative emotion can rear its head in a flash. A kid with ADHD will trigger the most Zen parent in the trek of getting through the day. Parenting, like baseball, has a very long season. The players can endure a lot of failures and ultimately succeed. A slugger could have a pretty remarkable career, perhaps even make it into the Hall of Fame with a .333 batting average. That means the Hall-of-Famer struck out two thirds of the time they were at the plate. Family members, too, can bring about big changes even if they get only the small, difficult stuff right even just a third of the time.

Daniel Griffin is a psychologist, senior teacher and trainer of clinicians, based in Washington D.C.

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Bored with dumbbells and bodyweight exercises? Add a medicine ball to the mix. This addition isnt just a fun way to shake up your workouts; its also a powerful tool for improving core stability, coordination, and total-body strength. In fact, Jen Widerstrom, fitness trainer on The Biggest Loser and author of Diet Right for Your Personality Type, uses them in her own workouts all the time. In this video, Widerstrom takes you through a total-body medicine ball circuit designed to fast-track your fitness success.

Women who are new to exercise should use a 4- to 6-pound ball, and men should use an 8-pound ball. If youre more advanced, you can use up to a 10-pound ball. Widerstrom prefers Dynamax brand balls because at 14 inches wide, theyre the same width of the average persons shoulders, helping you maintain upright posture.

Do each exercise for 30 seconds, and then rest 10 second rest before launching into the next exercise. Too easy? Bump your work up to 40 to 60 seconds. Watch the video for demonstrations of the exercises:

Alternating jump lunge with med-ball slam Med ball heel taps Squat + med ball toss + triceps extension Squat thrust + med ball slam Alternating dead bug with med ball

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Welcome to this week's Chutes and Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please send the good wordor the badfrom your shop to Eric Sagonowsky (email) or Angus Liu (email), and we will feature it here at the end of each week.

Grail Elizabeth Mansfield became head of regulatory strategy.

Elizabeth Mansfield, Ph.D., the deputy director in charge of personalized medicine at FDAs Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health, has left the agency and joined liquid biopsy startup Grail. She joined the agency in 2006 and played a major role in advancing regulations for precision medicine and next-generation sequencing. She is now head of regulatory strategy at Grail, an Illumina spinoff, which secured over $100 million in Series Aand is looking to raise $1 billion in Series B. Jeffrey Huber, who formerly ran Googles Geo division including Google Maps and Google Earth, is currently the companys CEO. Genomeweb story | Read more on FierceMedicalDevices

PureTech Atul Pande was named CMO.

After recruiting Modernas Joseph Bolen, Ph.D., as its CSO last October, PureTech Healthjust added Atul Pande, M.D., as its CMO. Formerly SVP and head of neurosciences at GlaxoSmithKline, Pande brings with him more than two decades of experience in drug R&D. In this new role, Dr. Pande will oversee all clinical operations across PureTech Healths pipeline, which include several treatments for neurological disorders like ADHD, Alzheimers and schizophrenia. Other areas the companys been focusing on include immune and gastrointestinal systems. The company boasts its approach to R&D as addressing the underlying pathophysiology of disease from a systems perspective rather than through a single receptor or pathway. Release

Veterinary company Zomedica creates new EVP position

Zomedica Robert DiMarzo was appointed EVP of global strategy.

Robert DiMarzo has joined Zomedica in the companys newly created role of EVP of global strategy, responsible for expanding the animal health experts business outside of North America. DiMarzo has more than 25 years of experience in the animal health industry, having held several leadership roles, including Henry Scheins VP of commercial development and product category management with the global animal health group, and several director-level and executive positions at Pfizers animal health businesses (now Zoetis). Release

>Symbiomix Therapeutics hired David Stern as CEO, hard on the heels of the company's NDA submission to the FDA for antibioticcandidate Solosec. Release

>Catabasis Pharmaceuticals promoted Ted Hibben, previously SVP of corporate development, to CBO. Release

>CRO Celerion appointedMarc Hoffman, M.D., as CMO. Release

>Intercept, with its 2016 financial report, announced the appointment of 23-year Sanofi vet Jerry Durso as COO. Release

>BioAmber CEO Jean-Francois Huc resigned for personal reasons, and Fabrice Orecchioni, the company's COO, has succeeded him.Release

>Endocyte, which focuses ondeveloping targeted small-molecule drug conjugates and companion imaging agents, put 16-year Eli Lilly vet Michael T. Andriole in the role of CFO. Release

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February 23, 2017By Katy Vine

Ever since Kevin Russells band Shinyribs debuted its first release, Well After Awhile, in 2010, his shows have emanated the energy of a rowdy tent revival. People dontattend a Shinyribs concert to stare at the spectaclethey come to get sucked onto a cyclone ride. Incorporating dance steps, colorful suits, a brass section called the Tijuana Train Wreck Horns, and backup singing by the Shiny Soul Sisters, the show innovates and improvises, even while it remains, in many ways, an old-fashioned show working a region the way bands have done for decades. Shinyribs fourth release, I Got Your Medicine,out February 24, presents a band that is at the height of its powers: tight, fun, and pushing its sweet spots. We caught up with Russell in his living room in January,a yellow notepad and guitar at the ready, to talk about how he got here.

Katy Vine: You grewup in Beaumont and Shreveport. Can you describe what music you heard as yourtaste was forming? Kevin Russell:That time I heard a lot of different things in Beaumont, great music. I lived in a neighborhood full of boys. One of those older guys was Malcolm Gaskin and he had long hair and he walked around with a boombox and played the greatest music. Thats where I heard Waylon Jennings, Michael Jacksons Off the Wall, Willie and Family Livewe listened to that all the time. I mean, mostly we were out playing basketball till the sun went down, and sometimes wed put speakers in the house windows and crank it. Then I moved at a tender age of about fourteen. My dad was a computer programmer for an oil supply company, so we moved to Atascocita right outside of Humble; it was a development on Lake Houston and that was upper-middle class at that point. It was culture shock for me, and I got really introverted and thats when I started writing songs and focusing on music. I was an angry young man, and I got myself a boombox.

KV: Youre the new Malcolm. KR: Yeah. Im taking it with me. The Malcolm diaspora. So I walked around this neighborhood with a boombox. I made one ingenious modification. I was like: its stupid walking around with this handle. So I got a guitar strap and I had it made a leather strap, bolted in.

KV: When you get up on stage these days, you seem to be giving more of a showmans show. Youve got a tailored suit, you dance, you have backup performers. What influenced that? KR: The only real show I saw back then was Elvis Presley. My mom took us to see Elvis Presley. It was incredible. That blew my mind. I was eight years old. Yeah, so to me thats the greatest show I ever saw.

KV: When did you start wanting a big show like that? KR:Much later. I had no fashion sense and no concept of how important image was. I was clueless for a long time about it. I just wanted to be good. I moved to Shreveport and started playing shows in Shreveport becausethe drinking age was 18. So I was paying biker bar when I was 17 called the Caf Directoire. Wed got to New Orleans and see a lot of jazz shows. Saw Wynton Marsalis back then. Good jazz players in Shreveport, too. The Blade brothers. So I learned a lot about music there. And I didnt understand at the time because I was more into the punk rock thing. I wanted to be Bob Mould or Paul Westerberg. Loud, roots-rock thing was going on. And then I thought we could make Shreveport like Minneapolis or Athens. All these regional places have their scenes and I thought: Shreveport, why not? Well, Theres a reason why not. Nobody wants it to be that. We made a lot off great friends there, but we left there and we moved to Dallas and we were very focused on Austin. Our band at that time, the Coyotes, were looking for a bass player. Jimmy Smith had seen our shows so he got a hold of one of us and next thing you know he was our bass player. And thats where the Gourds started: with me and Jimmy. So that band, the Coyotes, played Dallas through those dark white funk days.

KV: And they were dark. KR: It lasted. I dont forget! I remember who they are! I wont name names here. You know who you are. We were basically sloppy Husker Du. Country Husker Du at that point. Limping through in total obscurity through a plague of white funk. And we met kindred spirits along the way: Donny Ray Ford, Mark Rubin and Danny Barnes , Craig Niteman Taylor, all those Killbilly guyswe were friends with them. Some other punk rockers along with way. Rhett Miller when he was just a pretty-faced long hair boy baring his soul. So yeah, that was a great time but we kinda knewevery time we played a band from Austin like the Wild Seeds or the True Believers, theyd say, You need to come to Austin. So eventually we moved to Austin.

KV: Does anyone still say come to Austin? KR: Ive never told anyone that. Use your money wisely. Its too expensive; you cant pursue your art. I dont know where to tell them to go. Temple? Temple is pretty cool. Some people are moving to Lockhart. I dont know what prices are like. It may be cheap out there. I couldnt live there because I would die from eating barbecue every day.

KV: What performers have informed elements you wanted to include into the Shinyribs act? KR:I started doing more dance near the end of the Gourds, and I was trying to be a better showman. I felt like our shows needed to be better and I wanted to do my part. I dont know that it was the right thing for the Gourds, exactly. They never gave me a hard time about it, though I dont think they were crazy about it. They had different vision for the band. Ultimately thats what happened. We grew up. Me and Jimmy had been playing together 25 years from the Coyote days through the Gourds and I think our friendship suffered and is still suffering because we did it too long. We should have stopped earlier. And I think what I learned is to listen to gut instinct.

KV: Were you self-conscious the first time you got up and started really milking the dance part of your show? KR: No, no, no. I felt like I was free to do what I want. I spent many years thinking of great ideas for things to do on a show. I was writing a ton of songs, and stylistically the Gourds were moving a different way and I was exploring a lot of older music that I was interested in and stealing it.

KV:When you started performing as Shinyribs in Houston, it was just you. KR:Yeah I started doing the solo gig in Houston at Under the Volcano for extra money. This is around 2008 when things were getting rough. The economy was in bad shape and that hit us pretty hard toothat, combined with digital sharing of music. YouTube, to be honest. Sales went way down. The music industry completely started to change. And ticket sales went down because nobody had money. People were freaking out. And gas went really high and that was killing us touring.So we needed money and I got this gig to make extra money for the family. That was a hard night, once a month. I started falling asleep at the wheel on the way back. I was like okay, I cant do this anymore. So I started bring people with me to the gig and it just progressed from there. And those shows gave me confidence and a place to experiment with songs styles and ideas.

KV:Then you came to a fork in the road, I guess. KR:I started adding people, and I had a great band and all these great songs wed worked out and great arrangements. So I thought, Well, time to make a record. We started making records and the offers kept getting bigger along with the crowds until I saw it was going to surpass the Gourds. I tried to do both and because I didnt want to just quit the Gourds. I had been playing with them so long. I was loyal to them. Whole families have been on that income; I didnt want to be mean about it and put anybody in bad financial situation. So I tried to be in both for awhile till I had to devote more time to Shinyribs and thats what started the whole argument about what led to the demise of that band. I started making more with Shinyribs quick because I could devote all my time to it creatively, musically, ticket saleseverything.

KV: Part of that shift to Shinyribs includes becoming the band leader, right? KR:I make the decisions. So its where youre eating that day. Or if youre going to come home after a gig or stay. Its easy. I just make the decision. I mean, they can do their own thing too. They are grown-ups with motor vehicles and money and credit cards. And Shinyribs band are all grown-ups. Self-motivated, smart, talented people.

KV: What is your process? KR:I sit at this couch with this little nylon guitar most of the time or a uke. I go through phases of how I write. I change instruments sometimes. Sometimes I write on piano. I write on envelopes, like today I wrote on scrap paper. Thats my process. If I have an instrument in my hand Im going to learn a song or write a song. Most of the time.

KV:So is this like eight hours? KR:If I get a good idea Ill follow it through, and that can take half an hour or two hours. I wont work on it much longer. If it doesnt write itself or fall into place lyrically then Ill record the musical idea on a phone.I have a lot of those ideas, and then sometimes, like today, I picked up a riff and the first thing I played is the riff. I took my son to school and that riff is still in my head, and I keep singing it. And I come back and my wifes about to go to work and then shes gone, and I sat down and the riff is there. Id figure out a chord thing and the words start coming of me and I take a break. I put out the trash or take dog out. And then Im talking to my dog sometimes or Im talking to myself and I remember that song and put some new words in. The song stays in my head for a little while. Im not obsessive about it.

KV: Then you record it and take it to the band? KR:Then I take it out to my shed where I have a studio. I have a drum machine, and Ill get it in time and play a drum idea, get the feel of it. I have a good sense of rhythm and I try to make a unique rhythmic thing because Im into that. The feel of itit has to do with the guitar or the instrument and the drums. And Ill add bass or another instrument just to add some harmony ideas or get some horn ideas with keyboards or my voice and ideas for what the Shiny Soul Sisters might sing. I think about that with the band in mind. Its an arrangement sketch. Eventually, Ill send those demos to the band, and theyll listen and know them in their heads and well have a rehearsal live here over a period of weeks. Lately, weve been re-learning some of the songs on the new record that we havent been playing live. There are a few we havent played since we recorded so weve been working on those three or four songs. Some we have been playing live going way back, likeTrouble, Trouble. Or Tub Gut Stump, Ive had that since the Gourds days. But they fit in this group of songs. You think a song is gone, youve been playing it forever and youre tired of it. And then you make a record, and it works for that old song. And its kinda neat how they find new life.

KV: This is a great record. It feels like youre listening to a classic record. KR:We felt great the whole time. We still talk about that week. It was it was a love fest. It was the right time right place, all the right personnel. Dream job. It went by so fast. Within three days it was all done. It was all live. We rehearsed everything and had Jimbo Mathus produce it and directing us, and hes a super colorful guy from Mississippi. Awesome character and brilliant musical guy. Real instinctive. He feels it.

KV: But the first time youll play it all is at Gruene Hall on February 24? KR: Yup, atthe Gruene Hall show. There are three or four we havent done live. We did them when we recorded and said, Well wait till the record comes out. I dont know whytheres so much material. Thats the problem I have now: how to make a set. Ive been working up medleys like Willie does. I love that. I dont know how the audience is going to react to it. Its an old school thing: To do a medley of hitspopular songs people always ask for.

KV: What is different about this new record? Anything different in the way you recorded it, or in the intention? KR:I was really into swamp pop music. Thats another offshoot of playing Houstonthe Volcano specifically. The guys who I met there were swamp pop geeks. Roger Wood, who is a professor at Rice, has written great books about Houston blues, and Clinton Broussard from Port Arthur is a DJ and does a podcast called A Day in the Life. He made me CD comps of swamp pop. Its an obscure genre. Its regional, and Ive really gotten into the idea of being regional. I think of Shinyribs as a regional band. Its a romantic notion, but its a good business model. Its easy. Im making money around the region and I dont have to tour. You work long weekends, but thats what I would have to do like if I worked an antique show. Thats what Im doing: running a musical antique show.

KV: Do you see regionalism as the future for more bands? KR: Essentially thats what all the red dirt bands are. Its already a model. There have always been regional bands. You know, Bob Schneider is a regional guy; the model does really well for him. Its a smart model. The way the music industry is, you can promote yourself cheaply and easily now and the internet is great for that. It is a good tool.

KV: Do you have any kind of schedule binding you to come out with new stuff or do you get to take however long you want making new stuff?KR: I mean a lot of that based for meIm my own record label. And Im like Prince in that I want to record a song one day and put it out the next. But there are reasons to wait and release it at the right time and get publicity set up. I understand that now. The best way to figure out it is to do it yourself. You pay out of pocket. You see the expenses. It has been an education for me.

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A Boiling Springs medical practice has closed its doors after the doctors license was temporarily suspended by the state medical board.

It is with great sadness that I want to notify you that our practice has closed until further notice, reads a note from Dr. Gordon Early taped to the door of Wellness Family Medicine at 1241 Boiling Springs Road.

The duration of closure is uncertain but I anticipate at least three months, he wrote in the note, dated Feb. 20. I know that this is an inconvenience to you and I want to apologize for this. We have contacted various providers to see if they can see our patients.

Attempts to reach Early were unsuccessful. An office phone message states the office is closed.

The State Board of Medical Examiners on Feb. 6 ordered Earlys license to practice medicine be temporarily suspended, effective immediately. The license was issued Oct. 24, 1996, and expires June 30, 2017.

No reason was given.

According to Early's website, nurse practitioner Betty Abernathy is also with Wellness Family Medicine.

Attempts to reach her were unsuccessful.

However, a note to patients from Abernathy, dated Feb. 9, is also posted on the front door of the medical office.

Please accept my apology for the recent temporary closing of our office, she wrote. This was an unforeseen event for our practice. I intend to continue practicing in this area hopefully within the next few months.

I wish I could speak with each of you personally it has been a rewarding experience to provide care to all of you since starting practice in 2000, the note continues. I feel a strong commitment to continue to provide that care.

Both Early and Abernathy provided patients with a list of other health care providers. Patients needing their medical records were given a fax number to send their request.

It could not be determined how many patients are affected.

If your medicine is running out shortly, it may be prudent to see an urgent care, Early wrote.

There is a possibility that the office will be open in the next few weeks in my absence. We will keep you notified on this subject.

According to his website, Early has practiced medicine since 1988 and in the Spartanburg area since 1996. He trained in occupational and environmental medicine at Duke University and family practice at the University of Colorado, the website states.

He holds a medical doctorate from the University of North Carolina, andis board certified in occupational and environmental medicine, preventive medicine and medical toxicology, according to the website.

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When most people hear the word drone they either think of uncrewed military aircraft or those multi-rotor mini-copters that could one daydeliver packages to your doorstep. But what if the package is the plane? Thats the idea behind the Aerial Platform Supporting Autonomous Resupply Actions drone, a cardboard glider that carries about two pounds of cargo.

It looks like a pizza box thats been shaped into a wing, says Star Simpson, an engineer at San Francisco robotics company Otherlab. Herteam designed and built Apsara with funding from Darpa, which challenged them to developa single-use delivery vehiclefor emergency scenarios. But, Darpa being Darpa, there was a twist: The drones had to not only carry a small payload and land where you told them toonce they were on the ground, they had to disappear.

Cardboard was an obvious choice. Its cheap, lightweight, and can decompose in a matter of months. Plus, the material has a proven track record among drone hobbyists. The Apsara advances cardboard-drone design with something Simpson calls origami thinking; her teams three-foot-wide drone is made of scored and laser-cut cardboard sheets that take about an hour to fold and tape together. Simpson calls it the worlds most functional paper airplane.

Thats important. The Apsara is designed to be deployed by the hundreds or thousands, to deliver supplies during a humanitarian crisis, or in a battles aftermath. For security and ecological reasons alike, the last thing anyone wants is a landscape covered in drone bits.

Now an Otherlab spin-off company called Everfly is hoping to refine the prototype for use by humanitarian groups like the Red Cross or MSF.Simpson thinks Everfly can scale the design tocarry a 22-pound payload (thats about 120 Clif bars). While it may not be as sexy as a whirring drone carrying your UPS package, we bet anyone in dire straits would be more than happy to see a mushroom wing full of energy bars gently floating in for a landing.

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In BriefThe future of surgery offers an amazing cooperation betweenhumans and technology, which could elevate the level of precisionand efficiency of surgeries higher than we have ever seen before.

Will we have Matrix-like small surgical robots? Will they pull in and out organs from patients bodies?

The scene is not impossible. It looks like we have come a long way from ancient Egypt, where doctors performed invasive surgeries as far back as 3,500 years ago. Only two years ago, NASA teamed up with American medical company Virtual Incision to develop a robot that can be placed inside a patients body and then controlled remotely by a surgeon.

Thats the reason why I strongly believe surgeons have to reconsider their stance towards technology and the future of their profession.

Surgeons are at the top of the medical food chain. At least thats the impression the general audience gets from popular medical drama series and their own experiences. No surprise there. Surgeons bear huge responsibilities: they might cause irreparable damages and medical miracles with one incision on the patients body. No wonder that with the rise of digital technologies, the Operating Rooms and surgeons are inundated with new devices aiming at making the least cuts possible.

We need to deal with these new surgical technologies in order to make everyone understood that they extend the capabilities of surgeons instead of replacing them.

Surgeons also tend to alienate themselves from patients. The human touch is not necessarily the quintessence of their work. However, as technological solutions find their way into their practice taking over part of their repetitive tasks, I would advise them to rethink their stance. Treating patients with empathy before and after surgery would ensure their services are irreplaceable also in the age of robotics and artificial intelligence.

As a first step, though, the society of surgeons has to familiarize with the current state of technology affecting the OR and their job. I talked about these future technologies with Dr. Rafael Grossmann, a Venezuelan surgeon who was part of the team performing the first live operation using medical VRand he was alsothe first doctor ever to use Google Glass live in surgery.

So, I collected the technologies that will have a huge impact on the future of surgery.

For the first time in the history of medicine, in April 2016 Shafi Ahmed cancer surgeon performed an operation using a virtual reality camera at the Royal London hospital. It is a mind-blowingly huge step for surgery. Everyone could participate in the operation in real time through the Medical Realities website and the VR in OR app. No matter whether a promising medical student from Cape Town, an interested journalist from Seattle or a worried relative, everyone could follow through two 360 degree cameras how the surgeon removed a cancerous tissue from the bowel of the patient.

This opens new horizons for medical education as well as for the training of surgeons. VR could elevate the teaching and learning experience in medicine to a whole new level. Today, only a few students can peek over the shoulder of the surgeon during an operation. This way, it is challenging to learn the tricks of the trade. By using VR, surgeons can stream operations globally and allow medical students to actually be there in the OR using their VR goggles. The team of The Body VR is creating educational VR content as well as simulations aiding the process of traditional medical education for radiologists, surgeons, and physicians. I believe there will be more initiatives like that very soon!

As there is a lot of confusion around VR and AR, let me make it clear: AR differs in two very important features from VR. The users of AR do not lose touch with reality, while AR puts information into eyesight as fast as possible. With these distinctive features, it has a huge potential in helping surgeons become more efficient at surgeries. Whether they are conducting a minimally invasive procedure or locating a tumor in liver, AR healthcare apps can help save lives and treat patients seamlessly.

As it could be expected, the AR market is buzzing. More and more players emerge in the field. Promising start-up,Atheer develops the Android-compatible wearable and complementary AiR cloud-based application to boost productivity, collaboration, and output. TheMedsights Techcompany developed a software to test the feasibility of using augmented reality to create accurate 3-dimensional reconstructions of tumors. The complex image reconstructing technology basically empowers surgeons with X-ray views without any radiation exposure, in real time. TheTrue 3D medical visualization system of EchoPixelallows doctors to interact with patient-specific organs and tissue in an open 3D space. It enables doctors to immediately identify, evaluate, and dissect clinically significant structures.

Grossmann also told me that HoloAnatomy, which is using HoloLens to display real data-anatomical models, is a wonderful and rather intuitive use of AR having obvious advantages over traditional methods.

Surgical robots are the prodigies of surgery. According to market analysis, the industry is about to boom. By 2020,surgical robotics sales are expected to almost double to $6.4 billion.

The most commonly known surgical robot is the da Vinci Surgical System;and believe it or not, it was introduced already 15 years ago! It features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human hand. With the da Vinci Surgical System, surgeons operate through just a few small incisions. The surgeon is 100% in control of the robotic system at all times; and he or she is able to carry out more precise operations than previously thought possible.

Recently, Google has announced that it started working with the pharma giant Johnson&Johnson in creating a new surgical robot system. Im excited to see the outcome of the cooperation soon. They are not the only competitors, though. With their AXSIS robot, Cambridge Consultants aim to overcome the limitations of the da Vinci, such as its large size and inability to work with highly detailed and fragile tissues. Their robot rather relies on flexible components and tiny, worm-like arms. The developers believe it can be used later in ophthalmology, e.g. in cataract surgery.

Throughout the history of surgery, the ultimate goal of medical professionals was to peak into the workings of the human body and to improve it with as small incisions and excisions as possible. By the end of the 18th century,after Edison produced his lightbulb, a Glasgow physician built a tiny bulb into a tube to be able to look around inside the body.

But it wasnt until the second half of the 20th century when fiber-optic threads brought brighter light into the caverns of the body. And later, tiny computer chip cameras started sending images back out. At last, doctors could not only clearly see inside a persons body without making a long incision but could use tiny tools to perform surgery inside. One of the techniques revolutionizing surgery was the introduction of laparoscopes.

The medical device start-up,Levita aims to refine such procedures with its Magnetic Surgical System. It is an innovative technological platform utilizingmagnetic retraction designed to grasp and retract the gallbladder during a laparoscopic surgery.

TheFlexDexcompany introduced a new control mechanism for minimally invasive tools. It transmits movement from the wrist of the surgeon to the joint of the instrument entirely mechanically, and it costs significantly less than surgical robots.

Complicated and risky surgeries lasting hours need a lot of careful planning. Existing technologies such as 3D printing or various simulation techniques help a lot in reforming medical practice and learning methods as well as modeling and planning successfully complex surgical procedures.

In March 2016 in China, a team of experienced doctors decided to build a full-sized model of the heart of a small baby born with a heart defect. Their aim was to pre-plan an extremely complicated surgery on the tiny heart. This was the first time someone used this method in China. The team ofmedical professionals successfully completed the surgery.The little boy survived with little to no lasting ill-effects.

InDecember 2016, in the United Arab Emirates doctors have used 3D printing technology for the first time to help safely remove a cancerous tumor from a 42-year-old womans kidney. With the help of the personalized, 3D printed aid the team was able to carefully plan the operation as well as to reduce the procedure by an entire hour!

The technology started to get a foothold also in medical education. To provide surgeons and students with an alternative to a living human being to work on, a pair of physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have developed a way to use 3D printing to create artificial organs. They look, feel, and even bleed like the real thing. Truly amazing!

To widen the platform of available methods for effectively learning the tricks of the trade, Touch Surgerydeveloped a simulation system. It is basically an app for practicing procedures ranging from heart surgery to carpal tunnel operations.

The intelligent surgical knife (iKnife) was developed by Zoltan Takats of Imperial College London. It works by using an old technology where an electrical current heats tissue to make incisions with minimal blood loss. With the iKnife, a mass spectrometer analyzes the vaporized smoke todetect the chemicals in the biological sample. This means it can identify whether the tissue is malignant real-time.

The technology is especially useful in detecting cancer in its early stages and thus shifting cancer treatment towards prevention.

Catherine Mohr, vice president of strategy at Intuitive Surgical and expert in the field of surgical robotics believes surgery will take to the next level with the combination of surgical robotics and artificial intelligence. She is thrilledto see IBM Watson, Google Deepminds Alpha Go or machine learning algorithms to have a role in surgical procedures. She envisioned a tight partnership between humans and machines, with one making up for the weaknesses of the other.

In my view,AI such as the deep learning system, Enlitic, will soon be able to diagnose diseases and abnormalities. It will also give surgeons guidance over their sometimes extremely difficult surgical decisions.

I agree with Dr. Mohr in as much as I truly believe the future of surgery, just as the future of medicine means a close cooperation between humans and medical technology. I also cannot stress enough times that robots and other products of the rapid technological development will not replace humans. The two will complement each others work in such a successful way that we had never seen nor dreamed about before. But only if we learn how.

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When she graduates in May, she will be amongst the newest generation of doctors who practice medicine while also pushing for improved policies on national public health issues such as gun violence.

"As leaders in our communities, physicians should be knowledgeable when issues come up that involve our communities and [we should be] willing to be advocates in and for the communities that we serve," said Johnson, who is enrolled at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University. "Our goal is working to ensure that we have culturally competent, socially conscious and clinically excellent physicians for years to come."

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FAVORITE SONG TO PLAY AT FULL VOLUME I really love Lindsey Stirling. She has one song called "Shatter Me" which I think is really interesting because she talks about feeling like you're in a glass and breaking free.

MY SELF-CARE RITUAL INVOLVES Praying, journaling and trips to the spa when needed.

ONE THINK I WISH I KNEW ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY WHEN I FIRST STARTED It is a lot of hard work and I guess you always hear that becoming a doctor is very difficult, and everyone comes into medical school with the blinders on. We're all very intelligent in order to get accepted. But it's not necessarily being smart that gets you through medical school. You get through medically on hard work.

WHAT IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR DAY? Jill Scott's "Blessed," techno and classical music, John Legend and then Top 40 hits

WHAT DOES BLACK EXCELLENCE LOOK LIKE TO YOU? It's challenging the status quo. It is living up to the dreams and the hopes of those who came before us. You hear the quote many times, "I am the hopes and the dreams of the slaves." And it always gives me chills when I say that, because a slave somewhere dreamt about me. We are rising to our potential. We are rising to show people that our community is not just showing people that we're just as good, but we're exceeding them, and excelling and being the top in our fields, and the top in the game.

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An outbreak of the mumps in the Medicine Hat area has benched several Western Hockey Leagueplayers, and Alberta Health Services says it's likely just the beginning.

According to AHS, there are nine lab-confirmed cases of mumps the south zone. Seven of those cases are players and coaches with thelocal WHL team, the Tigers. Theother two have had direct contact with the team.

VivienSuttorp,lead medical officer of health for southern Alberta, steps have been taken to contain the spread, which could be province-wide.

"Atthis point, a lot of that strategy is there's targeted messaging to, for example, hockey teams that might have been exposed," said Suttorp.

Alberta Health Services has also notified schools and post-secondary institutions across the province and alerted physicians and public health nurses to be on the lookout for symptoms.

Hockey teams have been told to ensure locker rooms and equipment is cleaned and to avoid sharing saliva through things like water bottles and towels.

Those showing symptoms which include low-level fever, headache and swollen facial glands should be isolated for five days.

The first player to be diagnosed with the mumps plays for the Brandon Wheat Kings. His case was confirmed on Feb. 7, 2017. The Tigers' John Dahlstrmwas diagnosed just last Tuesday.

Dahlstrm's roommate at his billet family's home had to move out as Dahlstrom was quarantined with the illness. He returned to the ice last night, and even scored a goal.

Tigers' player John Dahlstrom says he was very sick for two days with a fever and swollen and sore throat. (Sarah Lawrynuik/CBC)

"From what I heard from the other guys it's been a little bit worse for them than me, so I was a little bit lucky there," he said.

Coach Shawn Clouston said he hopes the worst is over, but as mumps has a 25-day incubation period, they will have to wait and see.

"I think the challenging part is that it does have that long incubation period.I've done so much reading in the past week to try to understand what is going on we're hopeful that we're at the end of it."

In a statement, the WHL said they have been working closely with medical staff and health authorities to minimize the spread of the virus.

"With the assistance of the health authorities, WHL Clubs' experienced medical and training staff are continuing to ensure sanitization, early detection and quarantine protocols are being followed diligently," the statement read.

Suttorp said the Medicine Hat area has high vaccination rates,but the rates vary in southern Alberta. CBC News recently reported on vast differences between the communities of Pincher Creek and Fort Macleod.

Rates for the mumps, measles and rubella vaccine in Medicine Hat is 89.4 per cent.

"Of course, there's always worry with mumps, when we see further spread, that it ends up in some of our lower immunized communities and lower immunized schools," she said.

Those who contract mumps can experience complications including meningitis, inflammation of the testicles and pancreatitis.

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Winter Park is getting an 80,000-square-foot facility thats more than just a fitness center, officials announced on Wednesday.

The Center for Health & Wellbeing, expected to open late next year, will provide wellness, fitness and medical services. Its the result of a partnership between Florida Hospital and Winter Park Health Foundation. The fitness center is operated by Central Florida YMCA.

Every part of the facility, from top to bottom, is designed to help people become and stay healthy, said Patty Maddox, president and CEO of the Winter Park Health Foundation, in a news release.

Maddox said that with more than 30,000 seniors living within five miles of the new center, the facility will give them a one-stop shop.

The new building replaces the 27-year-old Crosby YMCA on Mizell Avenue near Winter Park Memorial Hospital, which was torn down in late 2015.

Back then, officials estimated that the project would be finished by end of 2017, but the openingdate is pushed back a year. The previously-estimated cost of the project was$35 million to $40 million, paid for mostly by the foundation.

The Center for Health & Wellbeing will feature educational classes, an indoor farmers market and programs like cooking demonstrations; two pools, one of which is designed for warm-water therapy and aquatic exercises; and a 15,000-square-foot clinical space, staffed by Florida Hospital specialists and programs like Florida Hospital Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.

The City of Winter Park has dedicated a new road the Crosby Way whichleads into the facility.

For more information, visit wphf.org/chwb.

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MEDICINE HAT The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) have arrested three people after a pair of investigations resulted in a shotgun and more than $30,000 worth of drugs and proceeds of crime being seized.

ALERTs organized crime team in Medicine Hat, along with members of the Medicine Hat Police Service and RCMP, found $17,600 in drugs and cash in a search of a hotel room in the citys northwest on Feb. 17.

Police seized 86 fentanyl pills, 29 Oxycodone pills, 2.5 litres of GHB, 16 grams of cocaine, 1.5 grams of methamphetamine, one gram of heroin and $5,120 cash proceeds of crime during the search.

Aaron Bodnaruk, a 31-year-old man from Red Deer, is charged with drug trafficking, five counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of proceeds of crime, and five counts of breach of recognizance.

Bodnaruks breach charges stem from a previous Medicine Hat Police investigation that occurred in December 2016, and drug charges from Blackfalds RCMP in January 2017.

On Feb. 18, police arrested two people in an apartment building in the citys northeast, seizing $15,000 worth of drugs and cash, alongside a shotgun with 30 rounds of ammunition.

Police also seized 61 grams of methamphetamine, 68 grams of cocaine, 13 grams of cannabis resin and $1,600 cash proceeds of crime.

Staff Sergeant Cory Both said these seizures are more significant than other busts based on the variety and amounts that were found.

"We generally don't see one dealer being so diverse in the drugs they sell," he said. "Usually it's one particular one or a couple different things, but in this particular case there was quite a number of different controlled substances."

Taylor Weiss-Linder, 20, is charged with three counts of trafficking, two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a controlled substance, possession of proceeds of crime, possession of a loaded restricted weapon, unauthorized possession of a firearm, careless storage of a firearm, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, and nine counts of breach of recognizance.

Mackenzie Osgood, 19, is charged with drug trafficking. Both Osgood and Weiss-Linder are from Medicine Hat.

In a news release, ALERT stated its investigation was aimed at disrupting street-level dealers operating in the region.

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Imagine your doctor told you at the end of an exam, Im going to prescribe you an artistic experience. Would you be thinking, Time to get a new doctor?

Well, you might want to stick with the one you have. Taking part in art probably wont cure you, but, depending on your particular illness, it really could help. People with Parkinsons disease, for instance, benefit physically and psychologically from taking dance classes.

The winter issue of Stanford Medicine, produced in collaboration with Stanfords Medicine and the Muse program, features articles on the role of the arts and humanities in medicine, among them an article on Dance for PD, a program that offers dance classes to people with Parkinsons disease.

The worlds of dance and medicine have been far apart for a long time. That is why this is so exciting, professor of neurology Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD, said in the article.

As physicians, we stress the importance of physical activity, social interaction and mental stimulation to our patients with Parkinsons disease, Bronte-Stewart said. Dance for PD gives them all three. But it is much more than a possible therapy or treatment; the PD dancers have told us this type of dance restores their self-image and brings them joy.

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In May 2016, Old Crow Medicine Show paid tribute to Bob Dylan's 1966 masterpiece Blonde on Blonde with a live re-creation of the album at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. The Grammy-winning roots-music group, known for transforming a Dylan song sketch into the ubiquitous hit "Wagon Wheel," recorded the performance and will release 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde on April 28th.

The project doubles as Old Crow Medicine Show's first release for Columbia Nashville. After a career as a primarily independent act, the group is now signed to Sony Music Nashville and announced their addition to the major label's roster with an impromptu performance of Blonde on Blonde's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35." (Watch the video above.) Blonde on Blonde was itself released on Columbia.

"Fifty years is a long time for a place like Nashville, Tennessee. Time rolls on slowly around here like flotsam and jetsam in the muddy Cumberland River," wrote Old Crow's singer and fiddle player Ketch Secor in an essay on their upcoming Dylan tribute. "But certain things have accelerated the pace of our city. And certain people have sent the hands of the clock spinning. Bob Dylan is the greatest of these time-bending, paradigm-shifting Nashville cats."

Old Crow Medicine Show were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2013 and remain staples of the country-music institution, performing regularly. They'll launch a tour in support of 50 Year of Blonde on Blonde on May 4th in Santa Barbara, California.

Here are Old Crow Medicine Show's upcoming tour dates: May 4 - Santa Barbara, CA @ The Granada Theatre May 5 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern May 6 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater May 8 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall May 10 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre May 12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Hall at Eccles Theater May 13 - Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen May 14 - Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre May 20 - Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre May 22 -Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre May 24 - New York, NY @ The Town Hall May 25 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre May 28 - Cooperstown, NY @ Brewery Ommegang May 30 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE May 31 - Columbus, OH @ EXPRESS LIVE! June 1 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre June 2 - Louisville, KY @ Iroquois Amphitheater June 8 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre June 9 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater June 10 - St. Paul, MN @ The Palace Theatre June 11 - Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater June 12 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant June 24 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz June 25 - Glasgow, UK @ O2ABC June 28 - London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire June 30 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso

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Dr. Lisa K. Nolan, a veteran educator, administrator and scholar of diseases that affect animal and human health, has been named dean of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

Nolan is professor and Dr. Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean of the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and her appointment at UGA is effective July 1.

Dr. Nolan is one of the nations most respected veterinary educators and administrators, and Im delighted that she has joined the University of Georgias leadership team, said Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela Whitten. She comes to our College of Veterinary Medicine at a time of growth in the scope and impact of its instruction, research and service, and I am confident that the best is yet to come under her leadership.

Nolan has led the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University since 2011. She co-chaired a campus-wide One Health-One Medicine initiative that brought faculty members from across campus together to foster new collaborations that span animal, human and ecosystem health. The initiative has resulted in several faculty hires across campus and a significant enhancement of Iowa States research capacity.

To improve student learning outcomes, she oversaw a comprehensive curricular review, enhanced the assessment of teaching, and upgraded teaching labs and study spaces. The college met or exceeded all of its fundraising goals under her leadership, and it is now in the public phase of an ambitious campaign to increase scholarship support, enhance facilities and create additional endowed faculty chairs.

Dr. Nolan has built an extraordinary career as a researcher, professor and administrator, said President Jere W. Morehead. We are fortunate to have such an outstanding alumna of the University of Georgia return to campus to lead the College of Veterinary Medicine to new heights of excellence.

Prior to becoming dean of the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Nolan was founding director of the Great Plains Institute of Food Safety at North Dakota State University and chair of the department of veterinary microbiology and preventive medicine at Iowa State. Her additional administrative experience includes service as associate dean of academic and student affairs, and associate dean of research and graduate studies.

Her research focuses on bacterial diseases that impact animal health, human health and food safety. She is the author or co-author of nearly 130 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and her research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, as well as private foundations. Her patents include a vaccine and a biomarker to assess avian E. coli virulence.

Nolan has received several honors over the course of her career, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and an honorary diplomat of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society. She has received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Blue Key National Honor Society, the Philbro Animal Health Excellence in Poultry Research Award and the Academic Alumnus of the Year Award from the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine, among other honors.

Nolan earned her doctor of veterinary medicine degree from UGA and also earned her masters degree and Ph.D. in medical microbiology from UGA. She earned her bachelors degree in biology from Valdosta State College, now Valdosta State University.

As a proud alumna, it has been thrilling to follow the College of Veterinary Medicines impressive growth and continuing excellence, Nolan said. I am honored to be able to partner with the colleges faculty, staff, students and alumni to further enhance the colleges impact on animal and human health.

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LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) - During Family Medicine Week in Michigan, all residents are encouraged to have a relationship with a family physician or build one to maintain the health and wellness of themselves and their families.

Governor Rick Snyder has declared this week, February 19-25, 2017, as Family Medicine Week in Michigan in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, and Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians. The week-long observance highlights family physicians dedication to providing high quality, patient-centered primary care to residents across the state. Research shows that adults and children with a family physician as their regular source of care have lower annual costs of care, visit the doctor less, are prescribed fewer medications and report less difficulty accessing care.

A healthcare system based on a foundation of primary care holds the answers to many of the health and wellness challenges that we currently face, said Dr. Eden Wells, chief medical executive with the MDHHS. Having a family doctor is good for the health of individuals, families and communities which is why were encouraging all residents to establish and maintain a relationship with a family physician.

Tuesday, February 21, the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians and Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians are hosting Michigan Family Medicine Advocacy Day in Lansing to provide an opportunity for family medicine advocates from across the state to discuss policy issues impacting the delivery of and access to healthcare for Michiganders. Together, the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians and Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians collectively represent more than 5,000 family physicians, family medicine residents and medical students statewide.

Visiting a family physician for regular check-ups can help families stay healthy and prevent illness, said Debra N. McGuire, MBA, IOM, CAE, chief executive officer with the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians. If you do get sick, your family doctor can help you get healthy or provide the best referrals when another specialists care is needed, and they can also be your partner in managing a chronic, long-term illness, such as diabetes, heart disease, or asthma. Plus, family physicians are integrated into their communities, making them a valuable conduit for connecting individuals with local health and social services.

To learn more about the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, visit http://www.mafp.com. To learn more about the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians, visit http://www.maofp.org.

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Jeffrey V. Ravetch, Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Professor and head of the Leonard Wagner Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, has won the 2017 Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine. The award, given by The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and its journal Molecular Medicine, honors scientists who have made a significant impact on the understanding of human disease pathogenesis and the development of innovative treatments. Ravetch will receive a $50,000 honorarium and present a lecture at The New York Academy of Sciences on June 5.

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Ravetch studies how a functioning immune system protects against invaders, and how a dysfunctional immune system attacks the bodys own tissues in autoimmune disease. He is widely known for his work on Fc receptors, proteins on the surface of immune cells that interact with antibodies. By binding to Fc receptors, antibodies are able to change immune cells protective activity. This interaction is critical to the immune systems ability to defend against toxins, bacteria, and viruses. Ravetchs work on the Fc receptor pathwayan essential part of the immune responsehas led to new approaches to treating autoimmune disease as well as cancer and infectious disease.

Recent work in the Ravetch lab has shed light on why some people are more vulnerable than others to developing life-threatening secondary infections from the dengue virus.

Ravetch received his Ph.D. in 1978 from Rockefeller and his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1979. In 1982, he joined the faculty of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and in 1984 also became a guest investigator in Rockefellers Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology. He was appointed professor at Rockefeller in 1996. Among his many honors are the 2007 Coley Award from the Cancer Research Institute; the Canada Gairdner International Award and the SanofiInstitut Pasteur Award, both in 2012; and the 2015 Wolf Prize in Medicine. Ravetch is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine.

The Feinstein Institute was established in 1995 as the research arm of Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider in New York. Now in its fifth year, the Ross Prize is awarded through the institutes journal Molecular Medicine, which addresses disease pathogenesis at the cellular and molecular levels. The Ross Prize aims to cultivate promising careers in the fields of science and research.

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The patient breathes harder as his workout intensifies. His metabolic fingerprint heart rate, oxygen level and other data streams onto a tablet in the form of a colorized digital bar that shows exactly what his muscles are doing and the fuels hes burning.

In the purple zone hes stressing his anaerobic system, and in the red hes going to burn muscle mass if he stays up there too long, says Nicholas Edwards, MS, director of Exercise-Medicine Integration in the Department of Family Medicine, CU School of Medicine. The blue here represents his prime zone, where he performs best during exercise and creates the most energy, so hes safely burning the most pound for pound right at this second.

Edwards is also co-founder and chief scientific officer of METHOD, a CU spinoff company, that is proving to be a health game-changer by connecting exercise to medicine. The system gives thousands of athletes and patients access to individualized, real-time metabolic information that, when combined with a prescribed fitness regimen, builds strength and stamina, reduces injury, sheds weight and improves their response to treatment.

These metabolic data points help tailor regimens to a specific physiology whether the person be a pro athlete, weekend warrior or couch potato to provide healthy outcomes across the continuum of care. Its literally like a medically based fitness plan, says Edwards, who three years ago launched METHOD with an eye toward college and pro athletes. Among the first users were elite athletes who were patients in the Ascent Program at the Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation (CeDAR). The METHOD system has expanded to thousands of patients and athletes, including the NHLs Colorado Avalanche, NFL teams as well as fitness facilities and centers for orthopedics and physical therapy from coast to coast.

Besides being a breakthrough approach making exercise a prescribed medicine the METHOD app is a testament to the collaborative innovations regularly occurring on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Family Medicine owns a stake in the enterprise, which was assisted in its launch by CU Innovations. We collaboratively worked on a system that covers the spectrum orthopedics through physical therapy to human performance, says Edwards, who has two business partners.

Previously, there was nothing that quantified what a person in the gym, the rehab center or the weight room is doing metabolically in real-time, he says. Anaerobic exercise was a guess. Through METHOD, weve been able to identify somebodys unique metabolic fingerprint to know whats going on physiologically as they exercise.

Dan, a patient at UCHealth, went through the three stages of the METHOD system evaluation, prescription for exercise, and monitoring under Edwards supervision. Dan is a high-level crossfit competitor and works as a paramedic, so he understands the value of physiological data such as heart rate and energy thresholds. Using the METHOD data, Nick built a training program specific to my capabilities that matched my heart rate and everything, Dan says. Its been amazing. Ive gotten stronger, faster and more physically fit in the last month and a half than Ive done on my own, just kind of blind training, over the last year.

This system really dials everything in. METHOD patient

Meanwhile, people on the other end of the spectrum, the sedentary and obese, often tell Edwards they dont know how to workout, feel pain when exercising or are simply intimidated. The great thing about this system is were able to give them specific parameters to know exactly where they should exercise, the exact kind of exercise, and when to start and stop, so they change their body in a healthy and safe way, he says. This system really dials everything in.

Because the app loads onto smartphones and synchs with heart rate monitors, its able to monitor whether a user is staying in a metabolic zone too long. The phone will literally buzz and tell them to speed up or slow down their workout, Edwards says. The app has built-in coaching mechanisms across the board.

And the app acts as massive data repository that allows clinicians to view real-time data from users around the country. I can monitor somebody on an exercise prescription in Maine or in Southern California and compare their outcomes to somebody here in Colorado, says Edwards, who played college football at North Dakota State and is a former mixed martial professional. Our goal is to solidify best practices over time.

Improved outcomes mean athletes get back on the ice or field faster, while patients, either those recovering from surgery or just going through physical therapy, return to their normal lives sooner, Edwards says. The big payoff is that by optimizing patient outcomes were lowering the cost of care, because youre eliminating guesswork and duplication of services.

For example, METHOD renders obsolete the timeworn 220-minus-your-age formula for determining a persons maximum heart rate. Edwards gives the example of a 55-year-old couch potato and a former pro hockey player of the same age. If you do that old formula, they should exercise the exact same way, which is ludicrous, he says. We need to find something different thats happening with that individual every single day, and thats what we do with METHOD.

When not directly coaching athletes and patients through exercise regimens, Edwards speaks about the benefits of METHOD and proper training across the U.S. at the NFL Combine, behavioral health and strength and conditioning conferences and other events. He notes that the system is really starting to catch fire as more people turn to individualized exercise regimens.

Edwards says METHOD will further elevate CU SOMs stature as a global leader in innovation, wellness and health care outcomes. Were developing a lasting change to make medicine and exercise collaborate long term.

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CORRYVILLE - Deep in the sprawling University of Cincinnati Medical Center lies a windowless room that contains half a century of history the surgical amphitheater, wherethe past and present of medicine connect with the future.

So as Greater Cincinnati endured Monday mornings pea-soup fog, about 50 area high schools students, some with giddy parents, walked with reverence into the amphitheater, gazing at the high ceiling and the oil portraits that capture the stern faces of noted Cincinnati surgeons.

The big moment to come: an operation to remove a kidney from a living donor.

She was excited, but I could barely sleep last night, said Erika Gallagher of Sharonville, who took a day off from work to bring her daughter, Princeton High School junior Viktorija Bostogaite.

This month, 47 students from around the region came together for the yearlong TapMD program, run by the nonprofit the Health Collaborative with the hope of"tapping" or enticing at least half of each class to follow the path into the healing sciences. Mondays visit to the surgical amphitheater was the first big field trip for the TapMD class, and not only were there bagels and juice, but each student received a white coat with the first name embroidered over the left pocket.

I have been thinking about medicine, and when I heard about this program and how it can expose you to a medical education, it sounded awesome, said Princeton junior Christina Garvis.

Im exploring right now, so Im glad to have this chance, said Preetham Kastury, a junior at Mason High School.

Arepresentative from Ethicon, the Blue Ash-based Johnson & Johnson division that manufactures surgical equipment, displayed on a table some of the tools that would be used in Mondays procedure.

A brass drain fitting on the tiled floor served as a reminder that 50 years ago, when UC Heaths kidney transplant program began, many surgeries of all kinds took place in the surgical amphitheater, where students and doctors took the steeply raked seats to watch and learn.

Mondays procedure actually took place in an operating room several floors away, with the surgeon at the table using a camera to assist the effort.

In the amphitheater, viewers watched a screen as the surgeon at the table threaded a camera into the patients body. For long stretches, the hissing of a fan was only sound in the amphitheater. The magnification enhanced the doctors every snip fat and tissue with a heated knife. In two hours, the kidney was free, and on its way to its recipient.

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