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Review: Anatomy of Ferguson, From a Shooting to Activism – New York Times

Posted: Published on August 14th, 2017

Photo Brittany Ferrells activism in Ferguson, Mo., is a focal point of the documentary Whose Streets? Credit Autumn Lin/Magnolia Pictures Whose Streets?, a documentary about the unrest and activism in Ferguson, Mo., in the wake of the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, is choppy, sometimes unfocused, and in every respect the opposite of slick. Its directors, Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis, are novice filmmakers, true; but I also suspect this movies form is deliberate, part of its message. This is direct and frequently powerful filmmaking that doesnt much care about meeting my aesthetic standards. A preview of the film. Whose Streets? takes off from the night Mr. Brown was shot. One of the movies subjects is David Whitt, a resident of the apartment complex on the street where the shooting took place, who is moved to take his video camera onto the streets to record police action as rioting started. Another thread follows Brittany Ferrell and Alexis Templeton, a couple navigating parenthood and school, and putting themselves at considerable risk as they lead and participate in demonstrations like one in which they formed a human chain to block traffic on a highway. The movie is … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a murder: the brutal killing of Jason Corbett – Independent.ie

Posted: Published on August 14th, 2017

Molly Martens-Corbett and her father, Thomas Michael Martens, are now 72 hours into 20-year jail terms for the second-degree murder of Irish businessman Jason Corbett (39). Their convictions were as much underpinned by what wasn't said in a North Carolina courthouse over the past four weeks as for what was revealed in evidence. The father and daughter, if they contemplate the dramatic and emotion-charged events of last Wednesday morning in Courtroom C of the Davidson County courts complex in Lexington, will probably wonder precisely where the murder trial hinged? When did the jury of nine women and three men swing towards a second-degree murder conviction rather than believing the story of self-defence? Was it the dramatic forensic evidence of blood spatter expert Dr Stuart James? The Florida-based expert, one of the world's leading authorities on blood spatter analysis, effectively recreated the last moments of the Limerick father-of-two's life in the early hours of August 2, 2015 in the bedroom of his luxury home. He determined that Mr Corbett may very well have suffered the first of at least 12 horrific blows to his head while in or by his bed. He also determined that Mr Corbett's head was repeatedly struck … Continue reading →

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Biz Buzz: Health and wellness medical spa opens in Short Pump – Richmond.com

Posted: Published on August 14th, 2017

Erasing facial wrinkles and lines with Botox and plumping up lips and cheeks with products such as Juvederm and Radiesse is big business. Spending on facial injectables topped more than $2 billion in the U.S. in 2015, according to one report. Betting on that trend, Dominion Womens Health & Wellness Med Spa moved into larger quarters in June. Formerly located in a 500-square-foot space in Mechanicsville, the medical spa moved to a 2,600-square-foot space at 11739 W. Broad St. in The Shoppes at Westgate in Short Pump. The space was previously occupied by Jingles Bridal Salon, which closed in 2015 when the owner retired. The medical spa is a division of Dominion Womens Health Inc., an obstetrics and womens health practice with medical offices in Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico counties and Tappahannock. We offer a pretty progressive menu of treatments, said Badeha Hamze, spa director and a master esthetician. We do all sorts of facials and waxing like a normal spa would. In addition, spa staff procedures include facial chemical peels, microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, microneedling, permanent hair reduction, laser resurfacing for scars, and laser liposis body contouring. Our vision has always been the integration of beauty and medicine, and now with … Continue reading →

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Family hopes to crowd-fund medical trial of cerebral palsy therapy with Kokoda Track mission – ABC Online

Posted: Published on August 14th, 2017

Updated August 14, 2017 17:31:02 How far could you carry a six-year-old? To the park? To the shops? What about along the entire Kokoda Track? Michael Shearman is going to do just that. His son Max weighs 27 kilograms. The Kokoda Track stretches 96 exhausting kilometres. So why would Michael carry Max that far? Max was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was an infant. It's a brain disorder that affects about 34,000 Australians. Symptoms range from physical weakness in one limb through to an almost complete lack of voluntary movement. The diagnosis was devastating for Max's parents, Michael and Claire. "I remember just that breathlessness of going, 'What does this mean?' first," Claire tells 7.30. "They were talking wheelchairs. They didn't know if he'd be able to talk, how his brain was going to be functioning and what the outcomes were going to be." The Shearmans explored therapies and treatments to try to improve Max's mobility and muscle development, ranging from botox and bobath therapy to physiotherapy and yoga. They say there were breakthroughs from time to time, but nothing seemed to provide a lasting improvement. Then they came across the TheraSuit. "There was a program on one of … Continue reading →

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Stem cell therapy for heart failure gets a gold-standard trial – Salon

Posted: Published on August 13th, 2017

In the days after a heart attack, surviving patients and their loved ones can breathe a sigh of relief that the immediate danger is over but the scar tissue that forms during the long healing process can inflict lasting damage. Too often it restricts the hearts ability to fill properly between beats, disrupting rhythm and ultimately leading to heart failure. Yet a new possible treatment may help to revitalize an injured ticker. A cadre of scientists and companies is now trying to prevent or reverse cardiac damage by infusing a cocktail of stem cells into weakened hearts. One company, Melbourne, Australiabased Mesoblast, is already in late-stage clinical trials, treating hundreds of chronic heart failure patients with stem cell precursors drawn from healthy donors hip bones. A randomized trial that includes a placebo group is scheduled to complete enrollment next year. Mesoblasts earlier-stage trials, published in 2015 inCirculation Research, found that patients who received injections of its cell mixture had no further problems related to heart failure. Promising results from the new trial would be a major step forward for a field that has long been criticized for studies that are poorly designed, incomplete or lack control-group comparisons, as well as … Continue reading →

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Ask the Doctors: Stem cell therapy may help worn-out knees – Berkshire Eagle (subscription)

Posted: Published on August 13th, 2017

By Robert Ashley, M.D. A: "Worn out" is a good way to term what happens to the knee joint with prolonged use. Let's look at how this happens, starting with cartilage. The lower portion of the knee joint (at the tibia) contains shock absorbers called menisci made of cartilage. You have one on the inner portion and another on the outer portion of each knee. The upper portion of the knee joint (at the femur) is lined with cartilage as well. All of this cartilage helps protect the bones at the joint but it doesn't heal or regenerate well due to limited blood supply. When severe, worn cartilage leads to arthritis of the knee. In knee X-rays of people over the age of 60, 37 percent have shown evidence of arthritis of the knees. The intriguing thing about stem cells is that they have the ability to become any type of cell that the body needs. The cells used for stem cell injections in the knees are called mesenchymal stem cells, and they can differentiate into bone, fat or cartilage cells. These stem cells can come from the fat cells of your body, from your bone marrow or from the … Continue reading →

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Google Manifesto: Does Biology Explain Gender Disparities in Tech? – Live Science

Posted: Published on August 13th, 2017

A Google employee recently published an anti-diversity manifesto on an internal discussion board that has gone viral and stirred furious debate both inside and outside the company. In the essay, James Damore claimed that differences in the number of women and men in tech companies such as Google can be largely explained by biological differences, rather than sexism. As a result, some diversity efforts aimed at increasing the representation of women and other minorities are discriminatory against men, he argued. (After the memo went public, Google fired Damore for perpetuating gender stereotypes, Reuters reported.) But what does science have to say about the biological differences between men and women, and how do they affect the gender gap in tech? "It would be foolish to say there are no biological differences between men and women," said Margaret McCarthy, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland who studies gender differences in the brain. "Sex is the most potent of all biological variables." [Men vs. Women: Our Key Physical Differences Explained] However, pinning the lack of women in tech to biological differences is on much shakier ground, when socialization or sexism are much likelier explanations, several experts told Live Science. In Damore's manifesto, … Continue reading →

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Sleep biology discovery could lead to new insomnia treatments that … – UCLA Newsroom

Posted: Published on August 13th, 2017

UCLA scientists report the first evidence that a gene outside the brain controls the ability to rebound from sleep deprivation a surprising discovery that could eventually lead to greatly improved treatments for insomnia and other sleep disorders that do not involve getting a drug into the brain. The scientists report that increasing the level of Bmal1 a critical master gene that regulates sleep patterns in skeletal muscle makes mice resistant to sleep deprivation. When we first saw the importance of the muscle, we were surprised, said senior author Ketema Paul, UCLA associate professor of integrative biology and physiology. At first we didnt believe it, so we repeated the experiment several times. We finally realized this is not a mistake; this is real. The research,published in the journal eLife, is the first evidence that a biological clock in the muscle can communicate with the brain, and is potentially good news for people who lose sleep because of factors including a crying newborn or a job that does not allow for normal sleep cycles, such as active military service. Chronic sleep deprivation increases the risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, infectious diseases and other illnesses, said Paul, a neurobiologist and member of … Continue reading →

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Md. Medicaid should cover trans-specific care – Baltimore Sun

Posted: Published on August 12th, 2017

The 45th presidents recent tweets banning transgender people from serving in the military because of their potential medical costs underscores the difficulties the transgender community faces in accessing quality health care. They often face stigma and discrimination by health professionals, and even if they have insurance, they may not have coverage for gender affirming procedures like hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or sex affirming surgery (SAS). On some insurance plans, including Maryland Medicaid, prior authorization is required for someone who is transgender to receive HRT or SAS. Prior authorization is typically used to confirm that extraordinary requests are medically necessary, like transplants or cosmetic surgery. The transgender community shouldnt have to ask permission and submit claims before receiving life-affirming care. According to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, the standards of care for the transgender community include psychotherapy, HRT, changes in gender expression and SAS. Individuals may choose to use all, some or none of these in their health management of gender expression. These are particular therapeutic needs for this population. Although there may be some overlap with cisgender people (those whose personal gender identity corresponds with their birth sex) like psychotherapy, prostate exams and mammograms it is unethical to … Continue reading →

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What’s the Cultural Impact of Transgender Characters on TV? – Newsweek

Posted: Published on August 12th, 2017

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. In 2014, Time magazine declared American culture had reached a transgender tipping point, with transgender people achieving unprecedented media visibility. However, in light of recent policy shifts such as the White Housesrollback of federal guidelines that supported transgender studentsand Trumps July 26Twitter pronouncementthat the U.S. military will no longer allow transgender service members some have questioned whether this visibility has actually meant greater acceptance of trans people. Daily Emails and Alerts - Get the best of Newsweek delivered to your inbox The cast of 'Transparent,' the acclaimed Amazon original series. Transparent/Amazon Prime Studies have shown thatentertainment has the powerto shape attitudes on health and social issues, fromorgan donationto thedeath penalty. But little research has explored the impact of portrayals of transgender people. For this reason, we wanted to see how transgender TV characters might influence the attitudes of viewers. Specifically,we testedwhether political ideology plays a role in how audiences respond to these potentially polarizing depictions. Transgender Media Visibility Times transgender tipping point from a few years ago was attributed to fictional trans characters in shows like Transparentand Orange Is the New Blackandnews coverageof controversial policy issues, such asdiscrimination lawsuitsabout school bathrooms. In April … Continue reading →

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