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Washington Post: Boy Scouts failed to stop hundreds of previously unreported sexual predators, a lawsuit alleges

Washington Post: Boy Scouts failed to stop hundreds of previously unreported sexual predators, a lawsuit alleges

Posted by | Aug 6, 2019 | ,

A group of lawyers have uncovered hundreds of previously unreported cases of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts, according to a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania on Monday. The plaintiff in the case, identified only as S.D. to protect his identity, alleges that he was assaulted “hundreds” of times while a boy scout in Pennsylvania. He said the abuse happened in the 1970’s and went on for four years, according to the Washington Post. RELATED STORY: LA Times: The stunning toll of Boy Scout sex abuse: More than 12,200 reported victims According to the lawsuit, S.D.’s ordeal began in approximately...

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This School Gives Students PE Credit For Doing Yard Work For The Elderly And People With Disabilities

This School Gives Students PE Credit For Doing Yard Work For The Elderly And People With Disabilities

Posted by | Aug 5, 2019 | , ,

A school in Iowa is swapping out traditional physical education activities, like soccer or dodgeball, for good old fashioned yard work. The Alternative Learning Center (ALC) in Dubuque, Iowa is now offering its students the option to receive physical education credit by helping senior citizens or people with disabilities with their landscaping needs. But the program doesn’t just help those with lawn care needs, it benefits the students as well. RELATED STORY: Famous chef José Andrés wants to hire lunchroom worker fired for giving free food to student The school is an alternative setting for students in their junior...

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NBC: If you smoke pot, your anesthesiologist needs to know

NBC: If you smoke pot, your anesthesiologist needs to know

Posted by | Aug 5, 2019 |

By Kate Ruder, Kaiser Health When Colorado legalized marijuana, it became a pioneer in creating new policies to deal with the drug. Now the state’s surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists are becoming pioneers of a different sort in understanding what weed may do to patients who go under the knife. Their observations and initial research show that marijuana use may affect patients’ responses to anesthesia on the operating table — and, depending on the patient’s history of using the drug, either help or hinder their symptoms afterward in the recovery room. RELATED STORY: The many medicinal benefits of Cannabis and...

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A New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Proved 94% Accurate in Finding Brain Changes Related to the Disease

A New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Proved 94% Accurate in Finding Brain Changes Related to the Disease

Posted by | Aug 5, 2019 |

Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine developed a new blood test that can detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease years before people develop memory loss, with up to 94% accuracy. The journal Neurology recently published their findings, which state that damaging clumps of the protein amyloid beta start to build up in the brains of people up to twenty years before they are aware they have symptoms of Alzheimer’s. The new test measures the levels of the protein in the blood to detect whether it has accumulated in the brain. RELATED STORY: USA Today: New published study...

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‘I’m a cat lover’: 79-year-old woman sentenced to jail for feeding stray cats

‘I’m a cat lover’: 79-year-old woman sentenced to jail for feeding stray cats

Posted by | Aug 4, 2019 | ,

A kind-hearted 79-year-old woman has to serve time in jail for taking care of two stray cats in her neighborhood. Nancy Segula said it began with her feeding a couple of abandoned kittens who started showing up on her back porch looking for food and water. She lives in the Garfield Heights area of Ohio where, under ordinance 505.23, it is against the law to feed stray dogs and cats. Nancy added: “It began with me feeding the stray kitties. I used to have a neighbor that had a couple of cats and he moved away and when he...

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