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Paresthesia: This is the burning or prickling sensation that is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs or feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body. The sensation, which happens without warning, is usually painless and described as tingling or numbness, skin crawling or itching. Most people have experienced temporary paresthesia at some time in their lives when they have sat with their legs crossed for too long or fallen asleep with an arm crooked under their head. It happens when sustained pressure is placed on a nerve.
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
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Many people make losing weight and/or getting fit their New Year’s resolutions, and the dawn of a new calendar year is often a great time to find discounts on gym memberships. According to Consumer Reports, many gyms and fitness centers, recognizing the desire people have to start the year off on a healthy foot, will greatly discount the cost of memberships in January. But signing up for a discounted gym membership on the morning of Jan. 1 is not the only way to save money and still get fit. Prospective members willing to commit to 12-month memberships may be able to get a gym with a costly initiation fee to waive that fee. In addition, e-commerce businesses may also offer discounted memberships to area gyms through their websites. Fitness- minded people may also be eligible for health-club rebates through their health-insurance plans. In such instances, health-insurance providers may reward policy holders who visit the gym a predetermined number of times in a specific time frame (i.e., 50 visits in six months) with rebates. Such rebates can save club members several hundred dollars per year, greatly reducing the overall cost of their gym memberships.
— COURTESY OF METRO CREATIVE
Local hospitals announce partnership
Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the Conway Regional Health System recently announced an affiliation agreement that creates a pediatric nursery alliance between the hospitals. The Arkansas Children’s Nursery Alliance puts into place coordination of care between neonatologists at ACH’s neonatal intensive-care unit and physicians in Conway Regional’s NICU and newborn nursery to help further improve the quality of newborn care.
Neonatologists at ACH will provide immediate consults to physicians at Conway Regional, educational support, quality data review and implementation of best practices in collaboration with ACH; provide training through telemedicine for the purpose of improving neonatal care close to home; and provide support as needed to help the babies at Conway Regional and at Arkansas Children’s get the best care possible. For more information, visit www.archildrens.org.
— COURTESY OF ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
11,955
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WHO WERE DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL CANCER IN 2013 (THE MOST RECENT YEAR NUMBERS WERE AVAILABLE)
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SOURCE: THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION