Month: July 2014

JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon told the bank's employees and shareholders on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with curable throat cancer. Dimon said the cancer was caught quickly and is confined, and that he will undergo radiation and chemotherapy treatment that is expected to last about eight weeks. Dimon has notified JPMorgan's board.

By Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Twenty-five percent of adolescents in the U.S. have ridden an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) but less than half of them regularly wear helmets and a quarter never do, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers. Helmet non-use among youth is a particular concern because these riders have a greater likelihood of crashing than adults, and their likelihood of dying or sustaining a serious TBI is much higher,” said Bethany West, an epidemiologist at the CDC in Atlanta and coauthor of the study. U.S. Olympic Swimmer Amy Van Dyken, 41, was left paralyzed after severing her spine in an ATV accident last month (see Reuters story of June 18, 2014, here: http://reut.rs/V9fl3d). In 2011, an estimated 29,000 children were hospitalized because of ATV-related injuries, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission report.

By Yoga Journal People of Hispanic origin comprise the second largest ethnic group in the United States, making up 17.1 percent of the total population in 2013. That explains the next big trend in the yoga world: Spanish yoga classes. Rina Jakubowicz, who teaches a Spanish-language Vive Vinyasa Yoga class at one of her three Rina Yoga studios in Miami and will lead a Spanish yoga class at Yoga Journal Live! San Diego, says offering classes in Spanish is the first step in attracting more Latinos to the mat. "[Yoga] hasn't been presented to Latinos. They might feel like

By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) – Last month, Suzanne Chase opened a letter from a Veterans Affairs hospital offering her husband medical help – an offer that she said came nearly two years after his death. Douglas Chase, a Vietnam veteran, died in August 2012 of complications from melanoma, several months after he applied for transfer to a Veterans Affairs hospital in Massachusetts. The VA is embroiled in a scandal over widespread evidence of delays. President Barack Obama has pledged to overhaul the agency, which he says has frayed under the strain of caring for more than 6 million patients a year.

CHICAGO (AP) — Bone marrow transplants can reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults, a small study by government scientists found, echoing results seen with a similar technique used in children.

NEW YORK (AP) — Powerful painkillers have been driving the nation’s rising rate of overdose deaths, and now the government is singling out the states where doctors write the most prescriptions.

I always viewed the phrase "life is unfair" as negative. It felt to me the glass is half empty; why try when you'll fail anyway; the good guy comes in last. I preferred the more positively-framed approach of believing anything is possible in life, especially when it comes to career success. If you work hard enough, you will get what you want. Recently "life is unfair" took on a clearer, deeper meaning for me and now gives me more empowerment and perspective with my work life. This was inspired by an workshop I attended entitled "The Trauma of Being Alive,"

Tennis star struggled to collect the ball and faulted on several of her serves in doubles match.