| 25 million reasons they're in trouble
GORDON Brown suffered a seismic shock to his premiership yesterday, as it was revealed that the privacy of half the UK's citizens had been compromised. The Prime Minister listened solemnly as his Chancellor, Alistair Darling, laid bare a bureaucratic bungle on an unprecedented scale. .
Salmond: Scotland independent in 10 years
ALEX Salmond has, for the first time, named a date by which he believes Scotland will be an independent country - 2017. The First Minister made the dramatic assertion on the eve of the SNP's first budget in government, a day in which the party will set out its spending priorities over the next three years. In a remarkable departure from his previous reluctance to set a timetable for achieving sovereignty, Mr Salmond yesterday said he anticipated Scotland would break away from the United Kingdom in a decade. The First Minister made the declaration, which was immediately attacked by political opponents, as he launched the Scottish Government's economic strategy, setting out ambitious targets for a decade of growth. .
A Belt for Your Aching Back
A battery-powered belt that fires tiny electric currents through the skin could help to beat back pain. The belt uses a technique called microcurrent therapy to stimulate the body's natural healing process. Although similar devices are already in use in sports medicine, the equipment tends to be bulky and suitable only for use in clinics. Now the same technology has been converted into an easy-to-wear belt that allows patients to get pain relief while they are at work, out shopping or relaxing at home. It's reason people visit their doctor -- the thought the device could help improve the quality of life for thousands of sufferers. Up to 80 percent of adults in Britain suffer back pain at some point in their lives. It's the largest single reason for taking time off sick from work and at least half of those affected have long-term recurrences.
Medicaid program offers ‘coaches’ to nurse chronic ailments
JEFFERSON CITY — Coaches are called upon to strategize and execute a game plan. In Missouri, there is a need for this type of coach — not to aid the floundering St. Louis Rams, but to help patients in lower income brackets who are suffering from chronic illnesses. Nina Stewart is one of these coaches, and her work is part of the new direction Missouri is taking with its Medicaid program, renamed MO HealthNet. Stewart tells one success story of a diabetic whose chances of achieving a healthy lifestyle have increased through the aid of a health care coach. “A coach recommended to the patient the use of a food diary to help monitor blood-sugar levels; now the patient will have good news to deliver to the physician, instead of just bad news," she said.
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