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Bonnie Winston began her career as a matchmaker at the age of 16. While dancing with her friends at a New York City club in 1979, she set up one of her friends with a guy Winston had met. Six years later, the matched couple got married. Winston unofficially continued the practice for the next 30 years—successfully matching hundreds of couples. In 2013, she made it official by creating a business, aptly named Bonnie Winston Matchmaker. When her first client, a woman in the entertainment business, asked to see the men in Winston’s database, Winston said, “I don’t work that…
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has made significant strides biomanufacturing early-stage therapeutics. The focus is on new medicines derived from the human body, called biotherapeutics, which are shaping the future of medicine. “Our commitment to delivering new cures for unmet conditions is behind Mayo’s pivot to biomanufacturing,” says Julie Allickson, Ph.D., the Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Family Director of Mayo Clinic’s Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics and the Otto Bremer Trust Director, Biomanufacturing and Product Development, Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics. Julie Allickson, Ph.D. Regenerative biotherapeutics is an emerging field in which biologics from human sources — cells, blood, enzymes,…
Legal issues for grandparents raising grandchildren There are many reasons why you might choose to take on a full-time parenting role in your grandchild’s life. Death, divorce, illness, neglect, abuse, or legal troubles could all lead to a shift in familial duties. But when you made your decision to raise your grandchild or grandchildren, you probably didn’t think too much about the legal implications. However, if your grandchildren live with you for any length of time, it’s important that you understand the laws that can impact grandparents raising grandchildren. For example, are you authorized to register your grandchild at school?…
f you’ve ever wondered what the best daily routine to lose weight is, as registered dietitians and weight loss experts we’re sharing the habits we’ve found to be especially helpful for not just shedding belly fat, but for keeping it off as well. These habits are science-backed and what’s encouraging is that you don’t have to follow a daily routine to a tee, instead incorporate these habits in your own routine to reap the lasting weight loss rewards. The best parts of your daily weight loss routine begin in the morning. How can I immediately jumpstart my metabolism when I…
By Amy Norton HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, April 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Long periods of immobility can put people at risk of dangerous blood clots — yet hibernating bears lie around for months without any problem. Now scientists think they’ve figured out why.The researchers hope the insight can eventually lead to new drugs for preventing life-threatening blood clots — the kind that begin in the legs but can travel to the brain and cause a stroke, or to the lungs and cause a pulmonary embolism.In their new study, the researchers found that in hibernating bears, a particular protein — called heat shock…
Career & Business Learn how to scale a business sustainably Posted by: Team Tony Entrepreneurs excel at creating solutions to big problems, but they all seem to struggle with scaling a business. These big thinkers often use the concepts of scaling a business and growing a business interchangeably, but in reality, they’re two completely distinct concepts. For example, consider a successful startup or new small business: Without a clear definition of scaling a business, we mistakenly attribute success to these companies due to their fast, massive growth. Is this sustainable growth? Sometimes, yes. However, it’s often a sign of accelerated…
Over the weekend, Bill Maher took the fat-acceptance movement to task for lying about the dangers of obesity and excusing overweight people from taking responsibility for their eating and exercise habits. For performing this public service, Maher was accused of being “hateful and ignorant” and ignoring the food industry’s role as “the main cause in our obesity epidemic.” You can watch the clip in the tweet below. There’s a disturbing trend going on in America these days with rewriting science to fit ideology. We’ve gone from fat acceptance to fat celebration. pic.twitter.com/r0zmqtamUl — Bill Maher (@billmaher) August 6, 2022 As…
You may have heard about alpha-gal syndrome, also known as the meat allergy illness or tick bite meat allergy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says most diagnosed cases are in the southern, eastern and central parts of the U.S. It also has been diagnosed in Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa, and South and Central America. It can be a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. The American Gastroenterological Association recently added guidance to medical professionals to watch for patients with undiagnosed abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, especially those living in areas where alpha-gal is prevalent. What is alpha-gal and how do you…
Use this easy-to-remember acronym as a starting point for creating trauma-aware spaces and sessions when teaching mindfulness. A recent emphasis on trauma-informed approaches in the mindfulness community has been an overdue addition to teaching more effectively, reaching more students, and helping more people heal. In the past few years of both reading the research and speaking directly with folks, I’ve begun to assemble a list of tips. Like all of us, this too is a work in progress, but can hopefully be a guide for many of us as we deepen our teaching skills. Use the C.H.O.I.C.E. Acronym C- Consent:…
April is IBS Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. Research suggests that about 12{1293bd4ef25ca86a622f6d9512ec3310653175851a143bae989351f0db04aea4} of people in the U.S. have irritable bowel syndrome, and it’s more common among women than men and in people younger than 50, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic condition that affects the large intestine. Even though the digestive tract looks normal, it doesn’t function as it should. Normally, the muscles in the intestines that move food from the stomach to the rectum contract…