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Dunbar High students receive head start in EMT program

Dunbar High School students take up life-saving skills in class



NONE OF THEM HAVE REGRETS ABOUT SIGNING UP. THE CLASSROOM TURNED MEDICAL TRAINING GROUND ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL WOULD YOU NEXT STEP IS WHERE YOU’LL FIND MORE THAN A DOZEN STUDENTS EXPLAINING. COLLECTION THE MOUTH WHAT THEY’RE LEARNING ABOUT SAVING LIVES. THAT’S HOW AND HE GOT HIS NECK. EVERYTHING THAT WE LEARNED HIS CLASS YOU COULD USE LIKE EVERYDAY LIFE DEFINITELY FOR THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN IS VERY BAD SO WE CAN KIND

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Carrot Almond Casserole – JennifersKitchen

Vegan, Gluten-Free Carrot Almond Casserole

How great is it when healthy food is also easy to make? And when it’s gluten-free too? And when it’s also vegan? And when it can be made ahead of time (and freezes well)? And when leftovers are just as good as the first time around?

Sounds to me like the perfect meal for a group. The health nuts will be happy. The dieters will be happy. The vegans will be happy. The gluten-free people will be happy. And you will be happy.

This delicious Carrot Almond Casserole is amazingly versatile – not only does it go great with mashed

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Ultra-Processed Foods May Impair Cognition in Elderly

Processed or ultra-processed?

An article earlier this year in the European Journal of Nutrition reported that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to worse-than-average performance on one particular test of cognitive function in older US adults (60+ years-old) who did not have chronic diseases such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease. The particular test was “Animal Fluency.” Never heard of it? Me either. Keep reading.

The study included 2,700 participants, average age 69. Participants were asked to recall what they ate in the prior 24 hours. Foods were “classified according to NOVA, a food classification based on the extent and

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Two Hospitals Fined for Violation of Medicare’s Price Transparency Law

September 15, 2022 · 7:00 AM

hospital emergency room
Not the offending hospital

I’ve long been an advocate for price transparency in healthcare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (aka CMS) has recently taken action that requires hospitals to post their prices online, which should boost competition and help you shop around to save money. If memory serves, the price posting only applies to a limited number of services. I presume the rare hospitals that don’t accept Medicare and Medicaid payments are exempt.

From MedPage Today:

This week [June 2022], CMS handed down their first penalties to two hospitals in Georgia for

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Fewer People Are Continuing Education After High School (VIDEO)

The amount of students in college classrooms is dropping, which could have long-term impacts for society as a whole.

Colleges are seeing more empty seats in the classroom now that school is back in session.

There are 4 million fewer college students than there were a decade ago. Among students who graduated high school in 2016, 70% began college that fall. In 2020, that number dropped to 63%.

There are a few possible explanations for this: Some people point to the pandemic as the main factor, as many students may have pushed college off until later to avoid learning from