Month: September 2020

Forty hours after treating her first coronavirus patient, on March 30, Angela Aston came home to her family with a cough. “Gosh, your throat is scratchy,” her husband told her. Right away she knew she had likely been infected with Covid-19. As a nurse practitioner, Ms. Aston, 50, was confident she knew how to handle her symptoms, and disappeared to her bedroom to quarantine and rest. By day 50 of her illness, that confidence had disappeared. In late May, she was still experiencing daily fevers and fatigue. She went to bed each evening worried that her breathing would deteriorate overnight. Particularly frustrating was the difficulty she felt explaining to her colleagues, friends and family that after eight weeks she was still sick. “I felt this stigma like, ‘I’ve got this thing nobody wa...

Efforts to reach a carnival organizer were not successful Sunday. Miranda Avant-Elliott, a Bellefontaine Neighbors alderman, emailed the Post-Dispatch a document showing the city had issued a special permit dated Thursday to the carnival to operate. She said it was issued without the approval of the Board of Aldermen. Proudie also said in a tweet that videos of fist fights and shots fired at the carnival were circulating on social media, and that many attendees were not wearing masks or social distancing. Moline Acres police Sgt. Gary Spencer said Sunday the department had received several calls on the previous night from the carnival, but didn’t have details. Bellefontaine Neighbors police reported no calls to the location. Moline Acres’ jurisdiction covers a front parking lot, while B...

White rice has gained a bad reputation over the past few years. Not only has it been linked with weight gain but also high blood sugar levels. Though there are many studies that say it's not the case and white rice is not as bad as it's presented to be. A recent study done on 1,30,000 adults, over 10 years in 21 countries also shows some not so favourable results about white rice. As per the study's result, the consumption of white rice is linked with a high risk of diabetes. And the risk was found to be more common among the South Asian population. The study was done on a large scale and was an international collaboration between researchers from various countries, including China, Brazil, India, North and South America, Europe and Africa and was led by Bhavadharini Balaji of t...

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