November 07, 2009
Erin Wisdom - Lifestyles Reporter
Making modern-day slavery a thing of the past
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What to do with Halloween?
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Another source to turn to
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A ‘perfect’ age for pregnancy
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H1N1 vaccine arrives for most vulnerable
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
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Counting the cost of contraceptives
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Weighing in on exercise
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Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Two centuries ago, British abolitionists showed what slavery looked like with a sketch of a ship carrying Africans crammed inside shoulder-to-shoulder.
This image sparked the abolition movement, and in most of the world today, such inhumane treatment of humans is deemed undeniably wrong — which may be why it comes as a shock to so many that it’s still happening, and in more than a few isolated incidents.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Religion in brief for Nov. 7, 2009
Healthcare notes for Nov. 3, 2009Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
Healthcare notes for Nov. 3, 2009
Celebrate without overspendingSunday, Nov. 1, 2009
During a recession, the normally festive holiday season could become just another source of unbearable expenses and stress.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
What to do with Halloween?
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009
Today is a day with many associations.
Jack-o’-lanterns. Costumes and candy. Maybe even the occult. And because of this, for many Christians, it’s also a day that comes with questions — specifically, whether or not Halloween is something to celebrate or simply avoid.
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009
We recommend for Oct. 31, 2009
Actor to share his diabetes storySaturday, Oct. 31, 2009
Fans of the 1978 flick “National Lampoon’s Animal House” have a chance to meet one of its stars today — and maybe take a step toward improving their health as well.
County gets more H1N1 vaccinesThursday, Oct. 29, 2009
More H1N1 vaccine arrived in Buchanan County, and the number of groups eligible to receive it also increased.
Cancer survivors to get gussied upThursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Diana Marlowe remembers last year’s holiday season well, for all the wrong reasons.
Presence or privacyWednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
Growing up comes with a host of changes, and one that can be a challenge for parents is knowing when to transition out of being ever-present during children’s doctor’s appointments.
Although there’s no clear-cut age at which a child should be able to be in the exam room by himself, Dr. Tim Murphy, pediatrician and past medical director of Lakeside Pediatrics in St. Joseph, has some pointers.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Karen Etzler knows what it means to be in the minority. But she’s never minded it. The St. Joseph woman and Vietnam veteran served only with men at Lackland Air Force Base, where she worked on aircraft hydraulics despite the fact her mechanical skills were undeniably lacking.
Healthcare notes for Oct. 27, 2009Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Healthcare notes for Oct. 27, 2009
Another source to turn to
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Diane Francis knows children with autism can learn; they just do it differently.
And, often, much more expensively. Shortly after her son, Tony, 13, was diagnosed with autism as a toddler, she and her husband began paying board-certified behavior analysts to work with Tony and with them, showing them how to lead lessons on their own. Because the number of children with autism is on the rise and these professionals are in short supply, this sometimes required flying them in — for a while, from as far away as Dallas at $1,000 per trip.
Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009
It’s bad enough that it’s caused sickness and, in some cases, death.
But in the midst of all the hype surrounding H1N1 — also known as swine flu — the virus has come close to taking another casualty, as well: the swine industry. The National Pork Producers Council reports that the industry, which already was suffering economically, has lost more than a billion dollars since last spring, when the use of the term “swine flu” became widespread.
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009
It didn’t start like you’d think a pastor’s life might.
Jim Morgan was 6 when his parents divorced. Then he was 14, smoking pot every day. By 17, he’d moved on to cocaine, crystal meth and LSD. He was kicked out of one high school after another and spent his early 20s living in a friend’s garage in southern California.
But when he was 22, someone gave him a bag of Bible studies on cassette tapes — and eventually, that changed everything.
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009
Religion in brief for Oct. 24, 2009
Urgent Care hit hard by flu casesMonday, Oct. 19, 2009
With H1N1 cases in the news, the Heartland Urgent Care Clinic has been hit hard.
This comes in the wake of doctor’s offices and clinics across the country being flooded with patients with flu symptoms.
“Every day, we hit new records from the day before,” said Dr. Adam Wineinger, Urgent Care’s medical director.
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
Brother Michael Marcotte knows that in a world awash in computer fonts, the art of calligraphy might seem outdated.
But having practiced calligraphy for close to 40 years — despite having easy access today to a Mac — the Benedictine monk is convinced it still has something to offer and continues to teach it at Conception Seminary College in Conception, Mo. He also works in The Printery House at Conception Abbey, creating greeting cards by hand that are then mass-produced on a printing press.
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
Religion in brief for Oct. 17, 2009
Heartland CEO speaks at chairman’s breakfastSaturday, Oct. 17, 2009
Heartland Health President and CEO Dr. Mark Laney gave some of St. Joseph a chance to get to know him Friday morning, at the St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Fall Chairman’s Breakfast.
Breast center has impact on patientsFriday, Oct. 16, 2009
When Heartland Regional Medical Center’s breast center was completed a year ago, Sharon Gray sang with the St. Joseph Community Chorus at its grand opening.
A few months later, she discovered a lump in her breast.
Her primary care provider referred her to Heartland’s breast center, where Kristen Thatcher, the center’s nurse navigator, walked her through more than six months of tests and treatments — holding her hand and crying with her during some of the most painful.
A ‘perfect’ age for pregnancy
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
Visit a message board discussing the most appropriate age for pregnancy, and you’ll likely witness a level of controversy rivaling that generated by hot-button political issues.
Healthcare notes for Oct. 13, 2009Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
Healthcare notes for Oct. 13, 2009
Parents worried about safety of H1N1 vaccineTuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
First the H1N1 influenza caused alarm — and now, so has the vaccine against it.
A whopping 72 percent of American parents are concerned about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine, according to results from an Associated Press-GfK poll, and 38 percent have said they will refuse to have their children vaccinated because they feel the vaccine against H1N1, also known as swine flu, is too new and untested.
Other concerns parents expressed were that flu vaccines could cause Guillain-Barre syndrome, a paralyzing nerve condition; and that more than half of the vaccine doses contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that some are concerned can cause conditions such as autism. Some also commented that the hype surrounding the H1N1 flu is an overreaction, considering that most cases so far have been mild.
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009
For the past three years, St. Joe Serve has made one Sunday a year a little bit out of the ordinary.
Instead of adhering to their normal schedules, more than a dozen churches throughout the city have moved or canceled their morning services the second Sunday in October in order to serve the community through projects such as home restorations and city clean-up projects. And this year will be no different — other than that St. Joe Serve has now expanded to include Saturday, as well.
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009
Religion in brief for Oct. 10, 2009
H1N1 vaccine arrives for most vulnerable
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
The City of St. Joseph Health Department has announced it will make its first shipment of 2009 H1N1 vaccine available to the public this week. The first shipment will consist of 400 doses of the intranasal LAIV (live attenuated influenza vaccine) spray. The intranasal spray will be targeted to healthy 2- to 4-year-olds and will be administered by participating pediatric providers. “The Health Department is anticipating early shipments from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be small,” Debra Bradley, the city’s health director, said in a release. “These shipments will be targeted to those most at risk for serious illness, hospitalization and even death, including pregnant women and children.”
Heartland outsources some tech servicesWednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
Heartland Health has announced its intent to outsource some of its technology services to the Cerner Corp. in Kansas City, Mo.
Healthcare notes for Oct. 6, 2009Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009
Healthcare notes for Oct. 6, 2009
Finding A Better Way Than FearSunday, Oct. 4, 2009
Children can bring out the best or the worst in their parents, and Ken Thom has seen both.
To help parents show their best more often, Mr. Thom, a Christian counselor based in Maryville, Mo., has created a parent-training course. The course combines the Bryan Post stress model, which was designed to explain the root cause of problematic behavior, and principles from a book — “Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control” by Heather Forbes — that teaches parents to connect with their children by forming relationships based on love rather than fear.
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009
Laura Blevins was a 14-year-old at church camp when she first felt called to be a pastor.
For years, she responded by deciding she’d be anything else. A lawyer, a journalist, a carhop at Sonic. But not a pastor, because until college, she didn’t even know any other women who were pastors.
But today, not only is Laura a pastor — she’s also married to one.
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009
Religion in brief for Oct. 3, 2009
What would Jesus drive?Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
Faith and fast cars don’t usually go together, but an event today at Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church will be an exception. The church, located at Frederick Boulevard and Riverside Road, will host its fourth annual motorsports car show from 5 to 8 p.m. In past years, the event has drawn almost 2,000 people and featured more than 150 classic cars, as well as NASCAR vehicles and drivers.
Counting the cost of contraceptives
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009
It seemed like something of a miracle pill.
Not only would Yaz prevent pregnancy, it would treat symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder — a dramatic form of premenstrual syndrome — according to its commercials. The oral contraceptive manufactured by Bayer quickly became popular.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009
Judy Barbosa loves her job.
She loves it so much, in fact, she finds it kind of hard to believe she gets paid for it. Never mind that many people wouldn’t take on her line of work for any amount of money.
“It’s been an answer to prayer, a blessing, for me,” said Ms. Barbosa, a licensed cosmetologist. And not just any cosmetologist — but one at Meierhoffer Funeral Home.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009
Healthcare notes for Sept. 29, 2009
A small, strong survivorSunday, Sept. 27, 2009
In two days, it will be two years since the afternoon Beverly Murphy wishes she could wipe from her memory.
She knows she never will. She’ll always remember the garage sale gone wrong — the car that backed from the driveway of her St. Joseph home and ran over her grandson, dragging him 10 feet before the driver stopped. By that time, 2-year-old Drennan Gwinn had blood all over, broken bones in his back and a skull fracture that left fragments in his brain. He was rushed to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, where doctors gave his parents little hope he’d survive.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009
Ken Ham can see a probable future for America in Europe’s churches, standing grand but vacant.
The Christian speaker and author, in his book “Already Gone,” compares the “spiritual black plague” that has wiped out much of the Christian Church in Europe to a phenomenon he sees playing out in American churches, as well — one that’s resulted in nearly two-thirds of young adults who have grown up in a church leaving it by the time they reach college, according to Barna Research Group.
Statistics like these aren’t lost on Danny Gach, a member of Central Christian Church in St. Joseph.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009
Religion in brief for Sept. 26, 2009
Big parties without a big price tagFriday, Sept. 25, 2009
Pat McNaughton knows there’s more to a great birthday party than a gigantic budget. The owner of The Gothic House Tea and Eatery in St. Joseph found that for the 4-to 9-year-old girls at a fairy-princess party she hosted, the simple act of dressing extravagantly for an afternoon tea was entertaining.
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
You’ve heard of green vaccines. But maybe you’ve never gotten past the hype and the headlines to understand what makes a vaccine “green” — or whether there actually are benefits to going this route. If that’s the case, let these basic facts serve as a crash course for you:
Healthcare notes for Sept. 22, 2009Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
Healthcare notes for Sept. 22, 2009
Lighting a beaconSunday, Sept. 20, 2009
The pastor of Riverside Church knows God doesn’t live there.
Not in the physical structure of the church, anyway. God lives in people’s hearts, the Rev. Tim Doyle points out, but that doesn’t mean a church building can’t reflect the heart its congregation has for God. In this spirit, Riverside’s approximately 30-year-old building has been undergoing renovations recently — including one that wasn’t originally on the list.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
An elderly man, blind and partially deaf, approached Dr. David Mason after church one Sunday and told him he didn’t say enough about hell.
Dr. Mason isn’t sure how the man — who he knew from his time at a church in St. Louis — even made the walk to church every week. But he saw in him a sort of sage wisdom.
“He said, 'People have to know,’” Dr. Mason, now the senior pastor of Green Valley Church in St. Joseph, remembers.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
Religion in brief for Sept. 19, 2009
Heartland switching to mannequins for PALS trainingFriday, Sept. 18, 2009
After more than 25 years using live cats in its pediatric advanced life support (PALS) course, Heartland Regional Medical Center is making the switch to state-of-the-art mannequins.
The intent behind using cats always has been to provide as lifelike a situation as possible in training medical professionals to intubate the small airways of infants and other young children, Heartland has said in the past, and cats’ airways are similar to those of children. The hospital drew criticism from PETA in June for its use of cats, but maintained that the cats were treated humanely and that they were its best training option — until recently.
Weighing in on exercise
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
There’s no question exercise does a body good.
But how effective is it, really, in leading to weight loss? According to a recent Time magazine article, possibly not as effective as it’s generally touted to be.
“The basic problem is that while it’s true that exercise burns calories and that you must burn calories to lose weight, exercise has another effect: it can stimulate hunger,” author John Cloud writes in “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin,” published Aug. 9. “That causes us to eat more, which in turn can negate the weight-loss benefits we just accrued. Exercise, in other words, isn’t necessarily helping us lose weight. It may even be making it harder.”
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
Healthcare notes for Sept. 15, 2009
Fall fashion 101Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009
The calendar says it’s still summer, but it sure feels like fall.
Fortunately, clothing retailers are ready to outfit you for the season — and we asked a couple of them what’s in for women this autumn.
Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009
The pastor of Riverside Church knows God doesn’t live there.
Not in the physical structure of the church, anyway. God lives in people’s hearts, the Rev. Tim Doyle points out, but that doesn’t mean a church building can’t reflect the heart its congregation has for God.
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