| Albuquerque Public Schools program tutors ill, injured students
When Danielle Walling tells her Sandia High classmates about the small Nerf football on her lung, she's not playing games. The 17-year-old junior has an abscess the size of the popular toy on her left lung. Its discovery and the pneumonia that hospitalized her kept her out of school since late September. But on Oct. 19 while she was still in the hospital, schoolwork came to her, courtesy of John Garcia, one of 10 roving teachers in Albuquerque Public Schools who daily tutor about 55 students too ill or injured to attend classes. About three decades ago, the district assigned a handful of teachers to tutor hospitalized and homebound children, hence the program name Home Hospital. Except for two or three years in the early 1980s when the program was disbanded, these traveling teachers each tutored four or five students daily, said Loretta Garcia, a district administrator who has worked with them for 25 years.
Life Is Sweet With Honey
HONEY has been enjoyed by humans for more than 20,000 years, which isn't surprising given its health benefits, sweet flavour and a myriad of uses. Over the years people have worshipped with honey, got drunk on honey, healed wounds with honey and even made love with honey. Many even believed it to be the elixir of life, as new book Honey: A Handbook For Home, Health and Happiness, by Clova McQueen, shows us. So to celebrate the golden syrup made by bees here are some fascinating facts about honey and tips on how to use it. The honey from 3000-year-old honeycombs found in tombs of Egyptian pharaohs was edible. Honey consists of about 38 per cent fructose, 31 per cent glucose and one per cent sucrose, nine per cent other sugars, 17 per cent water and trace minerals.
Health Tip: Teens Must Get Enough Sleep
(HealthDay News) - Getting enough sleep is especially important for growing teens. The National Sleep Foundation says they need about nine and a quarter hours of sleep each night. The Foundation offers these reasons for getting enough zzz's: Lack of sleep can cause problems with learning, memory and concentration. Without enough sleep, teens may be more susceptible to acne and other skin problems. Fatigue can cause aggression and irritability toward others, which can cause problems with family, friends and relationships. Lack of sleep can lead to overeating, and eating more unhealthy foods. Fatigue can make teens more likely to use nicotine and caffeine to stay awake. Tired teens may be more susceptible to illness. -- Diana Kohnle Copyright 2007 ScoutNews, LLC.
Feeling stressed? Your skin and hair can show it
Feeling stressed? Your skin, hair and nails can show it as they're the external indicators. While everyone knows that stress can take a toll on a person physically and psychologically, researchers in the United States have carried out a study and found that it also can lead to dermatological problems, like acne, brittle nails or even hair loss, the ScienceDaily reported. "When a person becomes stressed, the level of the body's stress hormone (cortisol) rises. This in turn causes an increase in oil production, which can lead to oily skin, acne and other related skin problems. "Stress can aggravate the skin and trigger unexpected flare-ups that, in effect, create more stress for patients," lead researcher Dr Flor A. Mayoral of the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine was quoted as saying.
5 weird things about newborns
It's hard to believe now, but once upon a time, Michelle Duggar was a new mom. Now the Arkansas mother is famous for having 17 children, but she can still remember how her first child had a huge belly button when he was born 19 years ago. "I was like, 'Something is wrong with my baby!' " says Duggar. "It was kind of a shock." But Duggar's pediatrician explained that Joshua's bulging belly button was nothing to worry about. He told her it would probably go away by his second birthday, and indeed it did. That's why Duggar didn't panic when her fifth child, Jessa, was also born with what's technically called an "umbilical hernia." (Click to see an umbilical hernia) Huge belly buttons, acne befitting an adolescent, and swollen breasts (on boys, too!) are just a few of the surprises that sometimes await parents.
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