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Special needs sports program brings fun and fitness back to community

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. (WPVI) — “I think, sometimes, they don’t get as much credit as they deserve,” said Daniel Minko, surrounded by his personal favorite athletes.

They’re not the typical stars you may see on the big screen. Instead, they are a group of teens with special needs.

“Even before COVID, you know, there’s not a whole lot of fitness and sports that are out there for people with special needs,” Minko said.

That’s why he created Spectrum Sports alongside James Paoletti. Both are special needs teachers in South Jersey.

“This population really needs it. After school, we found out that they really didn’t have anything like this,” Paoletti said. “Dan and I wanted to fill that need.”

The program started four years ago, but was reimagined due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Minko and Paoletti now hold classes three days per week in public spaces such as Knight Park in Collingswood.

Medicine

Cancel Culture Comes to Medicine

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

Cancel culture has come to medicine. Dr. Scott Atlas, who was chairman of neuroradiology at Stanford’s medical school until 2012 and more recently a senior fellow at the university’s Hoover Institution, has been singled out for professional erasure by 98 of his former Stanford medical, epidemiological, and health-policy colleagues because he had the temerity to join President Trump’s coronavirus task force and advocate rational measures for safely reopening the economy. Their criticisms are unfair, yet typical of today’s political and academic climate.

Atlas’s one-time colleagues published an open letter to other medical-school faculty accusing him of “falsehoods and misrepresentations of science” that “run counter to established science.” The letter — written on Stanford Medicine letterhead that falsely suggests the imprimatur of the medical school — does not cite any publications or specific statements by Dr. Atlas and does not specify exactly what “falsehoods and misrepresentations of science” he allegedly

Fitness

Dentist Who Removed Tooth While on a Hoverboard Sentenced to 12 Years Behind Bars

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

A dentist in Alaska has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars after he was found guilty of operating on a patient while on a hoverboard.

a young man sitting at a desk: Today Seth Lookhart

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Seth Lookhart, 35, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday, nine months after he was convicted of dozens of charges that included Medicaid fraud, reckless endangerment and unlawful dental acts, Anchorage Daily News reported.

Additionally, Lookhart will not be allowed to practice medicine during his 10-year probation following his eventual release from prison.

During the sentencing, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton said that Lookhart’s actions including sedating patients for exteded periods of time “darn near killed some people,” the outlet reported.

Lookhart will begin serving his sentence on December 7, the Fairfield Citizen reported.

RELATED: Wisc. Doctor and Husband Allegedly Killed by 2 Teens: ‘They Both Gave So Much’

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Hospital

Penalty king Panenka in serious condition at Czech hospital: club statement

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech footballer Antonin Panenka, whose cheeky winning penalty technique against Germany in the 1976 European Championship has been copied by some of the game’s greatest players, is in intensive care at a hospital, his former club said on Wednesday.

Antonin Panenka wearing a suit and tie: Euro 2016 draw

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Euro 2016 draw

Panenka, 71, led the Czechoslovak national team to their only international title after he lofted the decisive penalty past a surprised and sprawling German goalkeeper Sepp Maier in the shoot-out of the final.

The shot — now called a Panenka — is a simple technique in which the player gently chips the ball down the centre of the goal assuming the keeper will dive to the right or left.

“Antonin Panenka was taken to an intensive care unit today, in a serious condition. We will not comment more on his state. Tonda, let’s go!” Bohemians 1905 club said on Twitter.

The club

Health

Trump Sure Wants to Keep What Happens at Walter Reed Under Wraps

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

One imagines that Donald Trump carries a stack of nondisclosure agreements around with him like business cards, ready to hand one out whenever needed. Trump Organization employees, campaign and White House staff, women with whom he’s been intimate — he’s tried to silence them all with NDAs. With some notable exceptions, this has generally worked out for him in the past. So given the way NDAs have helped him obscure his shady business practices, corrupt politicking, and sordid personal life, perhaps it makes sense that he’d try to use confidentiality agreements to conceal another sensitive matter: his health.

NBC News on Thursday reported that Trump demanded that the doctors who cared for him during his mysterious Walter Reed visit last November sign NDAs before treating him — an unusual requirement that underscores the president’s caginess about his unannounced 2019 hospital visit and his health more broadly. Sources familiar with the

Fitness

What to know about your next visit to the dentist

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

Going to the dentist during the pandemic is going to be different, so here’s what to expect.

TAMPA, Fla — Health officials are advising people not to ignore their normal health checkups during the pandemic, and that includes dental appointments.

Dr. Christopher Bulnes, a practicing Florida Dental Association member in South Tampa, told us what you can expect at your next dental visit.

Dr. Bulnes says you’re probably not going to see waiting rooms where people are gathering, instead, you might be asked to call, or text a number to say you’ve arrived for your appointment. The state dental association also says waiting rooms won’t have magazines or other communal items.

Patients may be screened for signs and symptoms of the coronavirus before their appointment, and again when they get to the office. Once there, you might also be asked to wash or sanitize your hands. Dental staff may be

Hospital

683 COVID-19 cases, 3 new known deaths

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

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Arizona reported 683 new COVID-19 cases and three new known deaths Friday, as hospital metrics for the disease remain relatively stable from the day prior.

Identified cases rose to 224,084 and known deaths are at 5,746, according to the daily report from the Arizona Department of Health Services.

The number of patients hospitalized statewide for known or suspected COVID-19 was at 706 on Thursday, down from 728 on Wednesday, which was the most inpatients since Sept. 3. Inpatient numbers look to be plateauing and possibly increasing, but more time is needed to determine a trend. At the peak of Arizona’s surge in July, the number of hospitalized patients suspected or confirmed to have the virus exceeded 3,000.

The number of patients with suspected or known COVID-19 in intensive care units across Arizona was at 155 Thursday. The number has hovered between

Health

How Dangerous is Coronavirus for Heart Patients?

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

Within this unthinkable time, the whole world, medical centers stretched to the hilt and frontline employees (medical and non medical) are placing their lives on the line every day, they move out to combat the frequent enemy: Coronavirus (Covid-19).

The world these days, obviously, is accepted in and has taken up one common job; breaking and removing the point of coronavirus transmission in societies accords the planet and healthcare companies and professionals across several nations are allegedly not able to present considerable attention and care to all those patients that aren’t suffering because of coronavirus.

This guide will try to offer some points on which you ought to be aware of, in case you or anybody else has preexisting cardiovascular problems and how coronavirus introduces specific, increased risks due to exactly the same.

The very first question anyone with any cardiovascular problems will ask”Are you likely to deal with the … Read More

Health

Rise of coronavirus in nursing homes has Muskegon County probing possible reinfections

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – A concerning uptick in coronavirus cases among nursing homes is under investigation by Muskegon County health officials, who are exploring whether there may be some reinfections.

That’s according to Kathy Moore, director of Public Health-Muskegon County, who said she’s concerned about the continuing growth in new COVID-19 cases.

There is one known case of COVID-19 reinfection in the county, in which the two episodes of illness were about four months apart, Moore said.

Muskegon County statistics show a surge of 14 cases among individuals age 80 and older in the past week. There are another six new cases among people in their 70s.

Overall, the county recorded 74 additional cases since Sept. 30, bringing the cumulative total to 1,566. Deaths increased by two in the last eight days – both of whom were elderly patients from congregate living facilities, Moore said.

Muskegon County public health employees

Fitness

Garmin introduces pocket-friendly fitness watch

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

a person in a blue shirt: Actor Alif Satar as Garmin Venu sq ambassador.

GARMIN has introduced the Venu Sq, its latest health monitoring smartwatch, featuring over 20 built-in sports apps and GPS.

The watch, which comes in two version in non-music and music editions.

The Venu Sq combines Garmin’s health monitoring and fitness features with daily style and music. The Music edition offers music playback features such as on-device music storage and Spotify compatibility.

According to Garmin, the watch’s battery can last up to 6 days in smartwatch mode, and up to 14 hours in GPS mode.

It features a 1.3-inch rectangular Corning Gorilla Glass touchscreen display with a lightweight aluminum bezel and a comfortable silicone band.

Among its many fitness functions include pilates, yoga, strength training, running, pool swimming, cycling and golf.

Besides that, the watch also offers heart rate monitoring, sleep with Pulse Ox2, respiration tracking, abnormal