WASHINGTON : The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said obesity costs the US more than US$145 billion annually.
Local governments shoulder much of the costs, including investments in special equipment to care for overweight patients during emergency medical situations.
When a call for help comes into the Anne Arundel Fire Department, emergency personnel do not know what type of patient they will deal with until they arrive on the scene.
“People are bigger today than they used to be 20 to 30 years ago. And we did identify a need for this type of equipment three to four years ago, and went ahead and implemented it and put it in place here in the county,” said Cox.
US health officials said one out of three American adults is obese. A Rand Corporation study from 2007 said the number of severely obese adults is growing twice as fast as the moderately overweight.
To care for the larger Americans, emergency service providers are investing in new equipment - such as the stretcher, and the ramp and winch system, which can load a patient weighing up to 680 kilogrammes into an ambulance.
“The bariatric stretchers are typically two to three times more expensive than the normal stretchers or standard stretchers that are used in medical units,” explained Cox.
In the US, sales of emergency equipment that can handle very heavy humans has more than doubled in the last 10 years.
Michael McAdams of neighboring Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said the patients are not just big, they can be fragile.
“Some of these patients, due to their size, due to the strain they’ve put on their body, they are more susceptible even to simple stress. I need you to move, I need you to walk - these can cause them respiratory distress and can put their cardiac system at stress. And so those are issues I need to be aware of,” said McAdams.
Helping an obese patient also requires investment in training to address their unique medical needs. And it can require a lot of people - as many as 10 rescuers for a single emergency.
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Bruises are also known as contusions. Bruises mostly happened when the blood vessels under the skin damaged or hurt by injury. It generally red, dark black or purplish red spot on the skin. Mostly we face a bruise after bumping into office table, door, and counters. But if you get bruise more easily than others, then you may have some other factors like diabetes, pale skin, sunburn, age, and blood disorder. Bruise normally disappear after 8 to 10 days. But if you want to know, how to get rid of bruises within few hours. Then you are at right platform. There are several natural home remedies of bruises.
It has vitamin K and C which are the great remedy of a bruise. Cabbage leaves also full of phytonutrients which force anti-inflammatory properties.
Absorb the cabbage leaves in hot water to make them softer. Now move the leaves with a rolling pin to make a paste. Apply the paste on the affected area and secure with clothing. Leave it for 25 minutes.
Pineapple and papaya both contain large amounts of bromelain, a chemical that helps separate blood clusters and lessens swelling. Make a smoothie utilizing pineapple, papaya, and ginger. Include cayenne pepper for extra benefits.
Ice is another very simple and easy home remedy of a bruise. You just need an ice pack or ice cubes. You just need to move ice around the affected area for 15 minutes. It will also reduce the swelling.
Hot water in a bottle is a very effective home remedy for a bruised skin. It effectively reduces the blood clot on the skin. But if you have to swell, then first use an ice pack on the injured area.
Essential oils are good if you are looking that how to get rid of bruises easily at home. Tea tree oil and lavender oil has healing properties. Tea tree oil sinks into the last layer of the skin and increases the healing speed. Mix essential oils and massage on bruise area gently. Do this two to three times daily.
Vinegar is a very effective home treatment for bruise. It works well for blood flow and increases the healing process. Mix vinegar with lukewarm water and gently massage it on the affected area.
Spaghetti alla norma is a quick pasta meal that uses eggplants to make a quick sauce for the pasta. One can use any pasta or even boiled pearl barley or buckwheat to make this dish and it will always be as tasty. The sauce has a rich creaminess due to eggplants and tomatoes and a rich bouquet of herbs if you use them fresh.
Pasta can be a great way to eat a lot of vegetables in a meal if you wish. I am not kidding. I cook pasta with almost any kind of vegetables but the classic Italian combinations are oft repeated recipes in my kitchen. This one with Eggplants and tomatoes is a Sicilian classic and works well with Indian palate as well. Don't we all like our squishy Eggplant mash, the Baingan ka bharta in it's various avatars? Just dress it up with some basil, Oregano and some cheese of your choice and see how it becomes the new Eggplant favorite of yours'.
If you like pasta and want to make something healthy once in a while, experiment with adding more vegetables, some meat or just soy nuggets as I do sometimes. Use pasta in minimal amounts and add some protein and loads of vegetables, it will be a nice filling meal that doesn't cause an insulin spike if you are concerned about that. Some 50-60 gm pasta per serving and around 300 gm or even more vegetable I use for myself. When using eggplants and tomatoes, you would not feel like a lot of vegetables as they sauce up very well to give you a creamy consistency.
Normally the eggplants are cut in cubes, salted and rested, and then they are deep fried and drained on a kitchen tissue. Added in the pasta when everything is done. I do a quick pasta and skip the deep frying part.
Blanch the tomatoes a bit in boiling water and peel off the skin. Then chop them into small cubes. Keep aside.
Heat the Olive oil in a wide pan and tip in the finely chopped garlic in it. Let the garlic fry and turn pink and then add the cubed eggplants. Add salt to taste and toss to cook. Once the edges start getting pinkish brown, add the chopped tomatoes, red chilly flakes and chopped stem part of the basil leaves. A good handful of basil at this step will taste great.
This is the time to add the extra virgin olive oil too. Or you can add it while stir frying the eggplants as it quickens the process.
Cover and cook till the vegetables become squishy and saucy. Add the oregano springs and mix well. Adjust seasoning.
Check if the spaghetti is cooked by this time, it normally does. Strain the spaghetti and add to the cooked sauce and mix well.
Serve immediately with grated cheese on top. It can be Parmesan, Cheddar or a processed cheese of your choice.
If you just keep some chopped garlic in an airtight container, everything else would come together in just 20-25 minutes. Would be earlier if you are not using whole wheat pasta. That takes time to cook.
I have tried this recipe of pasta all norma with boiled pearl barley as well and that tastes great warm or cold. Could be a nice lunch box option for those need it.
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I do this too - cook pasta with ton of veggies. My kids love it. I've never tried it with eggplant but this recipe sounds delicious - must try it soon.
I love eggplant. I make so many things on eggplant, including eating it on a toast. Have you eaten eggplant with mirin - the Jap way? is awesome
I love eggplants any which way too. Have posted a Japanese grille eggplant recipe earlier, just with fresh ginger and Soy sauce. Mirin I have to try.
I actually dislike eggplant and its strange texture :s But this spaghetti makes me want to change my mind! Looks absolutely delicious :)
Try it once at least Sapna. I am sure you'd love it. My husband was reluctant earlier, now he can have it anytime when asked :-)
I want, I want it now :) Am hungry, and this looks lovely and love the eggplant, tomatoes and cheese combo.... :( -P
This is so easy, at least you make it sound so easy! I am going to try it with barley though. I like that grain a lot :)
Stressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the mental illness or individuals at high risk for developing psychosis, a new study shows. The relationship between two chemicals released when people experienced stress — one released in the brain and the other in saliva — differs in people with schizophrenia. The discovery may provide clues into how to act early to prevent schizophrenia.
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Official sponsors of The Patron’s Lunch PG tips Green Tea has collaborated with former royal chef Carolyn Robb to create a selection of updated, iconic afternoon tea recipes - all with a green tea twist! Carolyn has combined the nation’s two great loves – tea and cake – to offer Heart Home readers a fresh take on traditional recipes using PG tips Green Tea.
“Soaking the dried fruit in a cup of PG tips Green Tea, before adding it to the mixture, makes a wonderfully moist loaf with the subtle flavour of the tea coming through. It is worth shopping around for dried fruit that is extra plump and juicy - I like to use jumbo flame raisins and Orange River sultanas, of South African origin. The mixture can also be divided between mini loaf cases, to make 8 - 10 little individual sized loaves. Sticky fruit loaf is served daily for 'royal' afternoon tea!”
5. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding in 2 tablespoons of flour with the last egg. Sift in the remaining flour and spice and mix well.
6. Wash and dry the glacè cherries, cut them in half and dust them lightly with flour (to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cake). Lastly, drain the excess tea off the sultanas and apricots and mix in the fruit.
7. Pour into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 50 – 60 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out perfectly clean.
8. While the cake is baking make the syrup: Combine all the ingredients in a small heavy - based saucepan, stir while heating to dissolve the sugar and then simmer for 4 minutes.
9. Leave to cake to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes, then remove and place on a wire cooling rack. G laze it all over with the sugar syrup; paint it on using a pastry brush.
10. When completely cool, store in an airtight container. Keeps for up to two weeks. This cake gets better with age!
The H10 Hotels group has entrusted the designer Jaime Beriestain to design their first five star hotel, under The One Hotels brand, that has just opened its doors in the heart of Barcelona’s Example district.
Jaime Beriestain has prioritized the use of natural light, fine materials and excellent finishes for this project. The objective is for guests to feel at home, with all the comfort and well-being of a private residence.
The hotel has 89 spacious room, 25 of which are suites, and each one has a special character thanks to the original artwork of Fernando Prats.
The presence of works of art in the rooms, and the communal spaces in the hotel are original canvases of established artists such as Antonio Tàpies, Manolo Valdés, Yago Hortal, Manolo Ballesteros and Chilean artist Fernando Prats. They make up one of the pillars of creativity in the foundation for this project.
The driving force behind Beriestain’s design here, has been to establish a parallel with the artistic effervescence of the City Condal. To this end, it boasts prestigious art galleries such as Miguel Alzueta, Senda and the Gallery Prats.
The One Barcelona Hotel is designed for both foreign visitors and the locals. Therefore, Jaime Beriestain has broken with the traditional hotel codes and opened large windows in the common areas that invite you to discover this beautiful establishment. The hotel has a Sky Bar with an exceptional location and 360º views to the most emblematic buildings of Barcelona, such as the Casa Milà, the towers of the Sagrada Familia, the Cathedral of Barcelona and the Mediterranean Sea. For the Sky Bar, Beriestain has selected glass rails, which allow for total panoramic views. In addition, he has used dark oak wood to absorb the excess of light and maintain the natural color of the rest of the spaces.
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The wood of the walnut tree is important in furniture making as an attractive timber. One that is hard, dense, tight-grained and polishes to a very smooth finish.
The Walnut color ranges from creamy white in the sapwood to a dark chocolate color in the heartwood.
When kiln-dried, walnut wood tends toward a dull brown color, but when air-dried can become a rich purplish-brown. Due to the wood’s color, hardness and grain, it is a highly sought after and prized furniture and carving wood.
Walnut burls (commonly called “burrs” in Europe) are typically used to create bowls and other turned pieces. They are also very commonly used as the main wood in higher end furniture and electric guitars and basses.
Veneer sliced from walnut burl is one of the most valuable and highly prized by cabinet makers and prestige car manufacturers. Walnut wood has been the timber of choice for gun makers for centuries, including the Lee-Enfield rifles of the First World War.
Walnut remains one of the most popular choices for rifle and shotgun stocks, and is generally considered to be the premium – as well as the most traditional – wood for gun stocks, due to its resilience to compression along the grain. Walnut is also used in guitar making and for the body of pipe organs.
The wood of the butternut and related Asian species is of much lower value, softer, coarser, less strong and heavy, and paler in color.
In North America, forestry research has been undertaken mostly on Juglans nigra, (black Walnut) aiming to improve the quality of planting stock and markets.
In some areas of the US, black walnut is the most valuable commercial timber species. The Walnut Council is the key body linking growers with scientists. In Europe, various EU-led scientific programs have recently studied walnut growing for timber.
Anti-war campaigners in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, today created a dramatic representation of the chasm existing between a just peace and George W Bush's policy of war.
An effigy of the US President was symbolically toppled from Stoodley Pike, a famous local hill top landmark and a monument to peace.
The event was designed to express the anger and dismay felt at the forthcoming State Visit of George Bush on 19th ‚21st of November.
Stoodley Pike stands at around 400m on a prominent hill overlooking Todmorden and Hebden Bridge, in the Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire. The Pike is a monument 120 feet high with a viewing platform at 40 feet up. It was originally built in 1815 to celebrate the outbreak of peace at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The fate of the monument seems somehow to have been interlinked with conflict. In 1854, when the Crimean War broke out, the monument collapsed. It was rebuilt in 1856 when peace was declared. It had to be repaired at the start of the 20th century when part of it collapsed the day before the end of the First World War.
Demonstrations will be taking place throughout the country, with a protest & vigil in the centre of Hebden Bridge on Wednesday 19th November, 5-6pm, at the main traffic lights. There will be a national demonstration in London on Thursday 20th November. Transport is being organised from Calderdale. Call Juliet on 01422 340967 for details.
A spokeswoman for Calderdale Against the War said: "We refuse to welcome the man behind an unjust war which has killed, and continues to kill civilians and soldiers of many countries.
Having presided over this violence and destruction, George Bush's administration has now allowed powerful multinationals to move in for the spoils.
Without consent from the people of Iraq, the occupying force is seeking to sell off Iraq's essential services. This privatisation means that foreign firms can make profits which they are then free to siphon out of an already impoverished country. This is in violation of international law governing the behaviour of occupying forces.
The international companies and financiers who supported the Iraqi regime now seek to recover their billions at the expense of the very population Saddam oppressed.
People in Iraq are entitled to the conditions in which they can determine their own future, and can rebuild infrastructure and services like health and education. By opening the way for profiteers, George W Bush is undermining the creation of these conditions and threatening the future of Iraq's people.