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PLYMOUTH — OhioHealth Physician Group Primary Care hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to celebrate the opening at 25 Spring St. in Plymouth. The celebration was livestreamed by the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development on Facebook. Providers Narcis Papadopol, MD, and Maria Zappa, PA-C, care for patients at the Plymouth office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, respectively. The providers also practice at the OhioHealth Physician Group Primary Care practice on the second floor of Shelby Hospital, 199 W. Main St., Shelby. New or current patients can select which practice location — Plymouth or Shelby — is most convenient for them. Appointments can be made through OhioHealth MyChart app or by calling 567-309-3000. Adblock test (Why?)

If the cold, cough, and runny nose linger, there are some other reasons that you need to dwell upon New Delhi: If you have had a cold and the symptoms would not subside even after two weeks, you need to be worried. Colds are highly contagious infections of the nose and throat and bring along congestion, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, coughing, mild fever, and headache. According to experts, a common cold is experienced twice or thrice every year but can be recovered within a week or a maximum of ten days. However, if the cold, cough, and runny nose linger, there are some other reasons that you need to dwell upon. Is it more than just cold? Related News Health experts say that if your cold does not subside or keeps coming back, it can be due to allergies, sinusitis, or some other secondary infections and needs to be thoroughly checked. Some of the symptoms are: High fever which lasts more than three days Symptoms that last more than 10 days Breathlessness, and wheezing Bluish ski...

Cambodian officials placed posters in Prey Veng village to warn against the dangers of bird flu. Cambodia Ministry of Health, via Associated Press Cambodia has reported two cases of bird flu infection in people, a father and daughter in a village in Prey Veng Province. The 11-year-old girl died earlier this week. The cases, the first reported in Cambodia since 2014, raised fears that the virus had acquired the ability to spread among people and may trigger another pandemic. But the World Health Organization said on Friday that 11 contacts of the girl, four of whom have flulike symptoms, had tested negative for infection with the H5N1 flu virus. Cambodian authorities said on Saturday that the father was infected with a viral variant that is endemic in the country and unrelated to the outbreaks in birds in the United States and Europe. The 49-year-old was not showing any symptoms, according to the Health Ministry. The W.H.O. is working closely with the Cambodian government to determine w...

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH - Get Rating) has earned an average recommendation of "Hold" from the nine research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $6.14. Several brokerages have recently commented on CYH. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Community Health Systems from $4.75 to $8.00 in a research report on Friday, February 17th. Credit Suisse Group upped their price objective on shares of Community Health Systems from $3.30 to $8.50 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, February 17th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Community Health Systems from $3.00 to $4.50 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research n...

A new study that measured the effectiveness of a clinical education program for Valley fever shows improvement in the recognition and diagnosis of the illness and the need for more testing within the urgent care setting. The findings will be used to improve patient care at Banner Health Urgent Care Centers by identifying the illness closer to onset, preventing or decreasing the spread of infection, and reducing treatment cost. The clinical education program for Valley fever was developed by Banner - University Medicine and the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and implemented within Banner Urgent Care Centers. The study was conducted among urgent care patients 18 years old or older, who received care at Banner Urgent Care Services in Tucson and Phoenix metropolitan areas. Researchers from Banner Urgent Care Services and the Valley Fever Center for Excellence measured the eff...

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Cannabinoids may improve sleep quality, pain intensity, and patient global impression of change (PGIC) among patients with chronic neuropathic pain, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine . A team of Canadian investigators searched publication databases for studies evaluating cannabinoid use among patients with neuropathic pain published between 1995 and 2021. A cutoff of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) 100 mg was used to identify high- and low-dose treatments. Their search yielded 8 studies conducted in Canada and Europe that included data from 1051 patients. The mean age of the study population was 51.1 years, and interventions included THC-cannabidiol (CBD) preparations with a THC dosage ranging from 1 to 130 mg/d and a CBD dosage ranging from 2.5 to 120 mg/d. Most studies allowed for concomitant use of other medications for managing neuropathic pain. Opioids were used most f...

Leaked audio of poker player Jeffrey Farnes saying he wished he had never gotten the COVID-19 vaccine has resurfaced. People are sharing the video clip of Farnes complaining about chest pains after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. In a video of the July 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, he can be heard saying he had been having chest pains since receiving the vaccine. Speculation on side effects have been rampant since the vaccines were released, but conspiracy theories about their safety have renewed with vigor after Buffalo Bills professional football player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after making a tackle. Now the conspiracy theories are shifting to Farnes. A video of an American poker player complaining of chest pains after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine has resurfaced among conspiracy theorists. The vaccine is pictured in the inset. GETTY "Poker player Jeffrey Farnes caught on hot mic telling Canadian player Aaron Duczak about how he regrets getting th...

Shift work disorder affects people who work late night shifts, overnight shifts or a rotating, unfixed schedule, including evening hours, according to the National Institutes of Health. Causes Because of this irregular work schedule, you may not be able to get onto a routine sleep-wake cycle and get the quality sleep your body needs to rest and reset, says Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, the director of the Sleep Center of Excellence at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. Signs and Symptoms "The patient experiences excessive sleepiness and has difficulty falling asleep and maintaining sleep when they would like to sleep," Dr. St-Onge says. You may encounter difficulty concentrating, headaches, and overall lethargy, too. About 10 percent to 40 percent of shift workers have SWSD, according to the Mayo Clinic. It has been linked in research to an increased likelihood of workplace accidents and driving accidents. Treatment Treatment for shift ...

We encountered a case of sepsis following acute pyelonephritis caused by T. bernardiae , a commensal bacterium found on the skin and in the upper respiratory tract. Although T. bernardiae is a rare cause of infection, it was detected in two sets of blood cultures and in a urine culture in the present case. Moreover, it was observed to be the causative agent of the infection, which was considered to have occurred because the patient was very old, bedridden with reduced ADL, and used diapers for defecation. In this case, multiple bacteria were initially detected in a urine culture. As ampicillin/sulbactam was effective, Pseudomonas sp. was not considered for treatment. Other detected bacteria were sensitive to ampicillin/sulbactam and cefazolin. Finally, only T. bernardiae was detected in blood cultures and was determined to be the initiating bacterium for sepsis. It seems possible that the urinary tract was also infected with several other bacteria. In general, we do not routinely kee...

Power outage reports spiked after Monroe County went under an Ice Storm Warning A winter storm packed with ice and freezing rain Wednesday has left thousands of Monroe County residents in the dark. Monroe County, which was originally under a winter weather advisory, was added to the ice storm warning area already posted for mid-Michigan for several hours Wednesday evening. Photos: Feb. 22, 2023, ice storm Both DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, the two electric companies that serve Monroe County, have posted outage maps showing customers remaining without power in large parts of the Monroe, Dundee, Maybee, Temperance and Ottawa Lake areas. In many cases, "ice on equipment" is the stated reason. DTE said it expected 95% of its customers to have power restored by Sunday, Feb. 26. As of 3 p.m. Thursday, DTE said there were 21,341 customers in Monroe County without power. Consumers showed 1,686 of its customers in the county were without power Thursday afternoon. Outage map: Consum...

Campus & Community For faculty and staff who had a flexible spending account (FSA) through Syracuse University in 2022, the deadline to submit eligible expenses from the previous calendar year (Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2022) for reimbursement is April 30, 2023 . Additionally, up to $570 in unused funds from 2022 may be rolled over to a health care FSA for use in 2023. No funds may be carried over to the following calendar year for the dependent care FSA. Health care FSAs offer tax savings on eligible health-related expenses for faculty/staff and their eligible dependents, while dependent care FSAs offer employees the opportunity to contribute pre-tax dollars to an account to help pay for day care and related expenses for a dependent child or adult. HealthEquity is the University's flexible spending account vendor. Faculty and staff with questions about eligible expenses or the reimbursement process can contact the HealthEquity customer care team at 877...

Jairia Dela Cruz 22 hours ago Further lowering blood pressure (BP) helps cut the risk of adverse perinatal events for pregnant women with pregestational diabetes mellitus (DM) and mild chronic hypertension, according to the secondary analysis of the Chronic Hypertension and Adverse Pregnancy (CHAP) study presented at SMFM 2023. Compared with an average BP of 130–139/80–89 mm Hg, BP levels below 130/80 mm Hg was associated with a lower frequency of...

CNN  —  More than two weeks after a toxic train wreck unleashed plumes of black smoke, contaminated the soil and fueled anxiety in East Palestine, Ohio, residents have reported a growing number of ailments – from rashes to nausea to trouble breathing. Now, the state will open a health clinic Tuesday for residents who worry their symptoms might be linked to the February 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train and the subsequent release of the toxic chemical vinyl chloride. And medical teams from the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention and the US Department of Health will be on the ground in Ohio this week, at the request of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. The teams will help assess what dangers might remain in the community of about 5,000 people. US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan is headed back to East Palestine Tuesday to me...