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Prevent Nearsightedness Complications With Early Treatment
November 10, 2022 · 7:00 AM
Myopia, aka nearsightedness, is extremely common and can start in childhood or young adults. Over time it can lead to early-onset cataracts, retinal detachment, and glaucoma. MedPageToday has an eye-opening article on treatments that can prevent myopia progression and complications. For example:
Common evidence-based treatments that offer both statistically significant and clinically meaningful efficacy include daytime multifocal soft contact lenses (MFSCL), overnight orthokeratology (ortho-k), and topical low dose atropine (LDA). Novel spectacle lenses also showed a promising myopia-inhibiting effect, although with limited availability in the US at the
Randolph High School investigating gender locker room dispute
RANDOLPH, Vt. (WCAX) – Randolph High Schools girl’s volleyball team has been banned from its own locker room while school officials investigate a conflict involving a transgender student on the team.
Vermont education policy says students can play sports and use the locker room corresponding to their gender. But some members of the Randolph girl’s volleyball team objected to having a transgender teammate in the room while they were changing.
“It’s a huge thing. Everyone’s asking, ‘So, why aren’t you allowed in the locker room?’” said Blake Allen, who along with her fellow teammates are currently barred from using the
Dunbar High students receive head start in EMT program
Dunbar High School students take up life-saving skills in class
Updated: 8:21 PM EDT Sep 30, 2022
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
UN: Exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools ‘shameful’
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations on Sunday called for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reopen schools to girls in grades 7-12, calling the anniversary of their exclusion from high school “shameful.”
The UN said it is concerned that the policy, together with other restrictions on basic freedoms, will contribute to a deepening of the country’s economic crisis in the form of greater insecurity, poverty and isolation.
“This is a tragic, shameful, and entirely avoidable anniversary,” said Markus Potzel, acting head of the UN mission in Afghanistan.
A year after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, hard-liners appear to hold sway
North High School to open Career and Technical Education Cent
In addition to a new CTE center, North High will also receive a major remodel.
MINNEAPOLIS — Construction officially began Friday on a new Career and Technical Education Center at Minneapolis North High School, with a ceremonial groundbreaking attended by Mayor Jacob Frey and other city and school leaders.
The new CTE center, along with a major remodeling of the existing North High building, will take about a year to build. It is expected to open for the 2023-24 school year and will serve all of the Minneapolis Public Schools.
“We’re betting on the fact that their futures are going
Feds settle with Victor Valley Union High School District over discrimination
Victor Valley Union High School District has entered into a resolution agreement to end race discrimination in the implementation of school discipline, the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said this week.
The Office for Civil Rights determined that VVUHSD was discriminated based on race in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by disciplining Black students more frequently and more harshly than white students. The Office for Civil Rights opened the investigation into VVUSD in 2014.
The voluntary resolution agreement requires the district to revise its discipline policies and
Managing the risk of ‘grey fleet’ – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
With the growing trend for online shopping, next-day delivery and the retail/hospitality experience showing no signs of slowing down, businesses frequently need to recruit extra staff to meet increased demand (particularly in the run up to Christmas). A major national newspaper has reported that approximately 250,000 temporary positions will be on offer over the festive period and not just in restaurants, bars and shops, but also in warehouses and delivery.
Yodel, the courier giant recently announced they need an extra 1,500 temporary staff nationwide, including HGV class 1 drivers, warehouse operatives, van drivers and couriers to fulfill client demand. With