Resident physician, Troop Medical Clinic, consults with Qatari military about osteopathic medicine

DOHA, Qatar (May 6, 2013) -- "Body, mind and spirit," said Lt. Col. John Green, the resident physician at the Troop Medical Clinic located on Camp as Sayliyah, Qatar, who has been practicing osteopathic medicine since 1997 when he finished his initial residency.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, osteopathy medicine is a system of medical practice based on a theory that diseases are due chiefly to loss of structural integrity which can be restored by manipulation of the parts, supplemented by therapeutic measures as use of medicine or surgery. In other words the body works as one system.

Furthermore, Medical News Today states, the philosophy of osteopathy is what sets it apart from other medical disciplines. The key principles are based on all parts of the body functioning together in an integrated manner. If one part of the body is restricted, then the rest of the body must adapt and compensate for this, eventually leading to inflammation, pain, stiffness and other health conditions. When the body is free of restrictions in movement, osteopathic treatment assists the body with pain minimization, reduced stress and greater mobility providing the body with the opportunity to heal itself.

After working over the course of several months, Green lead the way by showing physicians with the Qatar Military Medical Services the techniques he uses for treatment, also known in osteopathy as "manipulation."

"At first," said Green. "They didn't understand the difference between the two schools of thought."

The two schools of thought being osteopathic and allopathic medicine; the latter is the traditional medical philosophy.

"Right now it is collaboration," said Green. "Dr. Imad Arbab [physical therapist] will bring up certain cases and I tell him what I would probably do in that situation. I suggest it could be this, that or the other. Only a few cases have I seen the patients, but that's because my role hasn't been fixed."

The project started slowly. Brig. Gen. Mubarak Abdullah asked initially about performing osteopathic techniques, so Green gave him some information and explained it to him.

After discussing with Hani Abukishk, the host nations liaison for Camp As Sayliyah, and Col. Wayne Grieme, commander, Area Support Group, Qatar, it became apparent to Green that this type of mission was important.

"At that point it became a host nation building mission," said Green.

"The second time, Abdullah asked me, 'When are we going to start the clinic? When are you going to show us the manipulation techniques; the ways of osteopathic medicine?'" said Green, who recently taught as an associate professor and assisted at an opening of osteopathic medical school in Mississippi.

According to Green, he would visit once a week with the physical therapist and consult him on procedures he might use on the patients under the therapist's care.

However, Green is not teaching in an official status or venue, but he is working on it.

"He really wanted me there every week, twice a week," continued Green. "He was ready to provide me an office as well."

"Training can easily turn into treating when you are demonstrating and that's why I haven't yet. I've kept my hands off," said Green. "So I tell him what I would do as far as treatment then I show him the procedure in the book," Green stated. "But in the end, what he [Arbab] does is up to him."

Source: http://www.army.mil/article/102645/Resident_physician__Troop_Medical_Clinic__consults_with_Qatari_military_about_osteopathic_medicine/

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Social connections drive the 'upward spiral' of positive emotions and health

May 9, 2013 ? People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

The research, led by Barbara Fredrickson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Bethany Kok of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences also found it is possible for a person to self-generate positive emotions in ways that make him or her physically healthier.

"People tend to liken their emotions to the weather, viewing them as uncontrollable," says Fredrickson. "This research shows not only that our emotions are controllable, but also that we can take the reins of our daily emotions and steer ourselves toward better physical health."

To study the bodily effects of up-regulating positive emotions, the researchers zeroed in on vagal tone, an indicator of how a person's vagus nerve is functioning. The vagus nerve helps regulate heart rate and is also a central component of a person's social-engagement system.

Because people who have higher vagal tone tend to be better at regulating their emotions, the researchers speculated that having higher vagal tone might lead people to experience more positive emotions, which would then boost perceived positive social connections. Having more social connections would in turn increase vagal tone, thereby improving physical health and creating an "upward spiral."

To see whether people might be able to harness this upward spiral to steer themselves toward better health, Kok, Fredrickson, and their colleagues conducted a longitudinal field experiment.

Half of the study participants were randomly assigned to attend a 6-week loving-kindness meditation (LKM) course in which they learned how to cultivate positive feelings of love, compassion, and goodwill toward themselves and others. They were asked to practice meditation at home, but how often they meditated was up to them. The other half of the participants remained on a waiting list for the course.

Each day, for 61 consecutive days, participants in both groups reported their "meditation, prayer, or solo spiritual activity," their emotional experiences, and their social interactions within the last day. Their vagal tone was assessed twice, once at the beginning and once at the end of the study.

The data provided clear evidence to support the hypothesized upward spiral, with perceived social connections serving as the link between positive emotions and health.

Participants in the LKM group who entered the study with higher vagal tone showed steeper increases in positive emotions over the course of the study. As participants' positive emotions increased, so did their reported social connections. And, as social connections increased, so did vagal tone. In contrast, participants in the wait-list group showed virtually no change in vagal tone over the course of the study.

"The daily moments of connection that people feel with others emerge as the tiny engines that drive the upward spiral between positivity and health," Fredrickson explains.

These findings add another piece to the physical health puzzle, suggesting that positive emotions may be an essential psychological nutrient that builds health, just like getting enough exercise and eating leafy greens.

"Given that costly chronic diseases limit people's lives and overburden healthcare systems worldwide, this is a message that applies to nearly everyone, citizens, educators, health care providers, and policy-makers alike," Fredrickson observes.

This work was supported National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH59615.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/44OuvPSXTEs/130509123537.htm

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German exports 0.5 percent higher in March

BERLIN (AP) ? German exports rose 0.5 percent in March compared with the previous month, a figure that follows promising data on industrial orders and production in Europe's biggest economy.

The increase announced Friday by the Federal Statistical Office wasn't enough to cancel out a 1.2 percent decrease in February, but it was the third rise in four months.

The German economy is in better shape than many others in the 17-nation euro area and is believed to have returned to growth in the first quarter after shrinking in last year's final three months.

In year-on-year terms, exports ? a traditional German strength ? were down 4.2 percent in March at 94.6 billion euros ($124 billion). That figure was dragged lower by a 7 percent drop in exports to the eurozone.

Associated Press

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Now Is a Horrible Time To Buy a Laptop

So your trusty laptop is starting to show its age. No one can blame you for wanting a new one, but we've got just one piece of advice: WAIT. This is a horrible, horrible time to get a new rig. If you can hold out for just a few months, you're going to do a whole lot better for yourself.

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Lloyds to cut 850 jobs in drive to reduce costs

By Matt Scuffham

LONDON (Reuters) - State-backed Lloyds Banking Group is cutting another 850 jobs to reduce costs, bringing the total number of jobs axed by the British bank since its 2008 bailout to around 35,000.

Lloyds, 39 percent owned by the British taxpayer, said on Thursday the reductions were part of the 15,000 job cuts it targeted in June 2011 in a plan to deliver annual savings of 1.5 billion pounds by 2014.

It has cut 2,340 roles so far this year.

Banks are looking to reduce costs to make up for slow revenue growth as the industry struggles with challenging economic conditions.

Lloyds, which currently employs around 104,000 people, said the jobs would go at its commercial banking, retail and other units.

The move will be partially offset by the creation of 275 new roles, the majority of which will be in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Pitreavie, Scotland, it said.

British trade union Unite attacked the cuts, saying Lloyds, HSBC and Barclays had shed a combined 5,500 staff since the beginning of 2013.

"The constant job cuts across the banking industry are bad for bank staff, do nothing to support customers and are bad for Britain's economy," it said.

Lloyds said it would only resort to compulsory redundancies as a last result and only a third of job reductions during 2012 had been through redundancies.

Lloyds paid a heavy price for its government engineered takeover of HBOS, requiring a 20-billion-pound state bailout.

(Reporting by Matt Scuffham; Editing by Steve Slater and Mark Potter)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lloyds-cut-850-jobs-plan-reduce-costs-112945304.html

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'Rihanna 777? Tour Documentary: Review Revue | Music News ...

Remember Rihanna?s whirlwind 777 tour from a few months ago? No? Our own Robbie Daw certainly does, despite his attempts to erase it from his memory. And he was forced to relive the entire exodus/nightmare last night (May 6) when the?Rihanna 777 documentary aired?on Fox. The film (which, surprisingly, was not directed and edited by Rih), follows the Bajan superstar as she embarks on a seven-country, seven-show tour in just seven days.

As impossible and unnecessary as the journey may seem, there?s now a probably unnecessary behind-the-scenes look at how the whole thing went down. So, was the video chronicle the same sort of bizarre hellscape that the #RihannaPlane turned out to be? Here?s what some of the invited journalists and critics had to say about the doc.

::?The Hollywood Reporter?had 777 journalist Emily Zemler give her take: ?Instead of revealing the entertaining tumult that characterized the 777 Tour, the documentary crew has chastened the experience in the editing room, glossing over the rioting incident and the long hours spent waiting around for?Rihanna?to finish lingerie shopping in Paris.?

:: Contact Music?felt little connection to the star:??Rihanna fans are going to lap this up, but anyone looking to learn more about the star might want to steer clear, as the general consensus is that it?s a pile of contrived PR.?

:: SPIN?offers a gloomy outlook:??The beginning of?Rihanna 777, the?RihannaPlane documentary?that aired on Fox last night, is somewhat like the start of a movie like?Turistas. Shots outside the aircraft?s windows into the clouds indicate hope and excitement, and the passengers ? eagerly tearing open their gift bags ? are shouting and giggling and ribbing one another. But you know that by the end, everyone involved will be slaughtered and vivisected in a bloody pile.?

:: Huffington Post?highlights the singer?s performances: ?This isn?t Madonna?s ?Truth or Dare? (or even Katy Perry?s ?Part of Me?); it?s a Rihanna look-book, somehow made less interesting than the singer?s Instagram feed. The performances shown feature her live voice, which has never been Rihanna?s selling point.?

:: USA Today?felt disconnected:??While fans might find her interactions with band and crewmembers backstage interesting, those encounters aren?t particularly revealing. And by the time the trip winds up in New York, everyone involved is elated that it?s over. Even so, the film doesn?t come close to reflecting the tedium described by journalists in their dispatches from the trip.?

:: LA Times?tends to agree: ?This film doesn?t illuminate much about one of contemporary pop?s most successful artists, or even about the famously fraught tour itself. Instead, ?777? is a lightweight Rihanna hagiography, with none of the live-wire tension or creative demons that?D.A. Pennebaker?or Martin Scorsese brought to their own classic music docs ?Don?t Look Back? and ?The Last Waltz.??

Did you watch the Rihanna 777 documentary? Let us know what you thought in the comments below or by hitting us up on?Facebook?and?Twitter!

Source: http://idolator.com/7456897/rihanna-777-tour-documentary-review-revue

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Dover Reservist Battles Brain Cancer | DoDLive

Story by Tech. Sgt. Charles Walker

Sometimes a headache is just a headache. Other times it can be the sign of something much worse.

Just ask Air Force Maj. Shawn Boyle, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee reservist with the 436th Airlift Wing/Judge Advocate office.

Air Force Maj. Shawn Boyle, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee Reservist with the 436th Airlift Wing/Judge Advocate office, poses with his wife Sarah and daughter Cathleen in a recent family portrait near their home outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. Boyle was diagnosed with a slow growing form of brain cancer in February. Courtesy photo

Boyle, who lives outside of Pittsburgh, Pa., was experiencing what he thought were severe migraine headaches. Over time the headaches and the pain from them continued to grow worse. Boyle had been to the doctor several times and he was taking aspirin.

He went to the local doctor in October 2012, and they told him it was his sinuses. In early February of this year, Boyle was at the fitness center working out, when the pain from the headaches became unbearable. He was sent to a specialty doctor and that?s when he got the proper diagnosis?brain cancer.

Boyle was diagnosed with a slow-growing cancer in his brain. It is inoperable and the outlook for he and his family, wife Sarah, of 16 years and daughter Cathleen, who is 11, is going to be a rough and bumpy one.

?The doctors said unless you knew what you were looking for, when you hear about headaches in the front of the head you assume it is sinus,? Boyle said. ?The cancer is an inoperable astrocytoma. They can?t operate, but they can try to slow its growth with radiation.?

Boyle began radiation treatment last week at the John Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. He will undergo aggressive radiation treatment for six and a half weeks and then he will be checked again to see what his and the cancer?s reaction was to the radiation. Boyle said his doctor is telling him if the treatment goes well he can live as much as 10-to-15 years.

Boyle?s wife Sarah said it?s been a rough couple months for her and her family since getting the news in February.

?Obviously the diagnosis has been difficult,? Sarah said. ?Our sister-in-law had a brain tumor and died last year, leaving behind her two daughters. So the diagnosis was not a happy thing, it felt like a blow. But the amount of care and concern we?ve received, it?s amazing. I never expected such an outpouring, I?m truly grateful.?

Sarah, who is a family therapist with Family Services of Western Pennsylvania, said the news has been especially hard on their daughter Cathleen, who is staying with Sarah?s parents while Sarah and Shawn stay at the Fisher House near Walter Reed.

?She is very stoic, it has hit her very, very hard,? Sarah said. ?She tries very hard to protect her Dad and keep a stiff upper lip, but she has already broken down a few times. We got the school involved once we got the diagnosis and they are keeping tabs on her. Even though she is staying with my parents, the split has been very difficult.?

Shawn said that since his diagnosis, his other family, the Air Force, has stepped in to help him in ways he never would have imagined, namely his bosses Lt. Col. Scott Boehne, Staff Judge Advocate with the 436th AW and Carmel Feliciani, 436th AW/JA.

?My co-workers have been wonderful,? Shawn said. ?Ms. Feliciani has been on the phone every day seeing if I need anything. Lt. Col. Boehne has been taking care of things as well. They?ve both been really great. I can?t say enough how everyone has been treating me. It has been wonderful.?

Boehne said that he and his office have tried to do everything they could to keep Shawn stress free as he and his family begin their battle with cancer.

?We tried to do everything we could on our end so he would not worry about his status with the Air Force,? Boehne said. ?We had to learn a bit, about who are the right points of contact, but we have been working those bureaucratic hurdles. We?ve tried to shield him from stress so he could focus on treatment and recovery.?

Sarah said Thomas Krug deserves a lot of thanks for the care her husband has received so far. Krug, who is a recovery care coordinator with the Wounded Warrior Program, basically is making sure Shawn and Sarah are cared for and that their needs are met.

?He has meant everything,? Sarah said of Krug. ?In many ways, he has saved our lives. I wouldn?t know where we would be without Tom and we can?t thank him enough. The Wounded Warrior Program is just wonderful. Everybody who works for them should be thanked.?

Boyle, who began his 20-year career as an enlisted soldier in the Army, before switching to Air Force and joining the JAG Corps, began his chemotherapy last Tuesday and will continue with radiation treatment for the next six weeks.

His love for his family and the Air Force he said, means the world to him.

?Sometimes an event in your life changes so much? Boyle said. ?One minute your life can turn upside down. A lot of people step up and offer you so much love and so much hope, how do you say thank you? You can?t say thank you enough. My military family means so much to me. Me and my family, we?re holding up well. I?m just going to enjoy them as much as I can, for as long as I can.?

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Source: http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2013/05/dover-ima-reservist-battles-brain-cancer/

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