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How telemedicine is impacting hospitals in Indiana

Telemedicine has now become a mainstream delivery system in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. Also known as telehealth, telemedicine allows patients to access healthcare safely, and from anywhere with a steady internet connection. Telemedicine technology has become so ubiquitous that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a report on telehealth’s “meteoric rise” in the wake of COVID-19.  On a national scale, Indiana stands out as an unlikely leader in the realm of telemedicine; the […]

todayNovember 23, 2020 34

East Central Illinois Region

Sources: Illinois Region 3 shutdown coming Sunday

CHICAGO (The Center Square) – Region 3 of Illinois under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 reopening plan will be joining most of the state with increased restrictions on bars and restaurants. Several sources confirm the mitigation measures prohibiting bars and restaurants from having indoor service would start Sunday morning at 12:01 a.m. Region 3 includes Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, and Scott counties. West-central Illinois lawmakers and mayors gave Ezike […]

todayOctober 29, 2020 22

Life & Style

If your body suddenly jerks while trying to sleep, this is what it means

Our bodies are often very interesting things. They can inform us when something isn't quite right. One of these signals our body gives out is the occasional twitching. After a long day at work, you're ready for bed and would like to fall asleep. However, you have this sudden twitching interruption. You're likely wondering if there's something wrong. Fortunately, it's nothing to panic about. What is this and why does it happen when trying to sleep? Scientists call this twitching […]

todayOctober 29, 2020 48

World

Study: Future pandemics will be quicker, deadlier without change in strategy

BONN, Germany (UPI) -- International experts in a new scientific study warned on Thursday that pandemics like COVID-19 will emerge more often in the future unless more targeted efforts are made to control them. The 62-page assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) says future pandemics will spread quicker, kill more people and cause greater economic damage than COVID-19 unless there's a "seismic shift" from reaction to prevention. Experts said while pandemics typically originate in diverse […]

todayOctober 29, 2020 73

In Your Home

Dad refuses to give up newborn son with Down syndrome to foster care after wife leaves both

The mother wanted to give the son to foster care, so the father decided to raise the baby with Down Syndrome on his own. The month of October is Down syndrome Awareness Month. People with Down syndrome face many challenges and many prejudices during their lives. If these children grow up in a happy and healthy family, they have every chance to live a normal life. Unfortunately, there's an abandonment of many babies born with this syndrome by their parents, […]

todayOctober 29, 2020 28

Business & Lifestyle

Not just hospitalization: the financial impacts of a COVID-19 diagnosis

You made it. You fought the good fight and you won. Maybe there were times when you thought you wouldn’t. But now you are recovering, regaining your strength, and looking forward to the future. In those days, weeks, and perhaps even months when you were fighting to survive, you undoubtedly dreamed of the day when you would be well again.  Yet you probably never imagined that you’d be starting your post-COVID return to life like this: Saddled with medical debt […]

todayOctober 12, 2020 18

Life & Style

Do you have COVID-19 antibodies? Donate blood and find out

CHICAGO -- Illinoisans who step up to give the gift of life and donate blood right now could very well learn something new about their own health. The American Red Cross started offering COVID-19 antibody tests in select areas in June to try to pinpoint the number of people who have been exposed to the virus. Joy Squier - chief communications officer with the Illinois Red Cross - said now, all blood donations are being tested for antibodies as part of their standard testing […]

todaySeptember 27, 2020 25

Food & Drink News

Six incredible benefits to eating seasonally

Did you ever consider where all the food your family consumes comes from? Most probably each ingredient had to travel a very long distance. They have to be stored for quite some time before arriving at your plate, including those products which have not been processed. But it´s in your hand to change this and start eating seasonal fruits and vegetables. But what´s that about? Yes, there is another way of eating vegetables and fruits which is more natural, respects […]

todayAugust 2, 2020 7

Business & Lifestyle

Oxford research enters final testing of COVID vaccine

The coronavirus pandemic has affected every part of the world and the resulting lockdowns have caused unprecedented disruption. Although many countries are managing to contain the virus, the economy has already suffered in a big way; it could take a long while for it to recover, which means that job losses and difficult times lay ahead. Even if there is a second wave, a second lockdown could spell disaster for the global economy and the economic impact could be far […]

todayJuly 29, 2020 46

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