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Cocoa women arrested after mocking patient in Snapchat livestream

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MELBOURNE — Two health care workers have been arrested and charged with abusing an elderly dementia patient at a Melbourne care home and livestreaming the incident on Snapchat, police said Saturday.

Jada Harris, 18, and Shy’Tiona Jazziemysha Bishop, 20, both of Cocoa, were both charged with video voyeurism, abuse of an elderly person and interception/disclosure of wire or oral communications, after Brevard County sheriff’s investigators received an anonymous tip about the incidents recorded April 3, court records show.

Video still released by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office shows two Cocoa healthcare workers who livestreamed incident at memory care facility.

Harris and Bishop were arrested Friday and booked into the Brevard County Jail Complex in Sharpes and each held on $4,000 bail.

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Lack of family doctors leads to pain, frustration for patients in Steinbach area

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Samantha Farrell says the emergency department in Steinbach has effectively become her doctor’s office.

Without a family doctor or the means to travel to Winnipeg, she only gets medical care when she cannot wait any longer.

Since losing her family doctor in 2020, Farrell has gone to the ER in the southeastern Manitoba city three times to cope with ovarian cyst pain, including last month, when a cyst ruptured.

“It really shouldn’t be that way,” she said. “I mean, Steinbach’s considered a city — why don’t we have a doctor, or many?”

There are about 10 physician vacancies in the

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Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FHLC)

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Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC reduced its position in the Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FHLC – Get Rating) by 22.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,684 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,617 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF were worth $364,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. purchased a new stake in

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Benefits of Saunas after Workouts

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Saunas are wonderful for many reasons but in this post I want to focus on sauna benefits for those of you working out.

Before I jump into the benefits of saunas after workouts, I want all of you to understand that more is not always better. Be careful when doing saunas after workouts. Limit sauna time to no longer than 20 minutes to avoid over-exerting your body. If you have never used a sauna before or are new to saunas, start with shorter periods of time. Listen to your body, it will tell you if you’re spending too long in

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More surgeries being scheduled, but not enough to clear the pandemic backlog, nationwide data suggests

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Canadians continued to face longer wait times for joint replacements and an array of cancer surgeries as the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, a new report shows, putting further pressure on hospitals and provincial governments to tackle the backlogs — all while the country grapples with a healthcare staffing crisis and an aging population.

Released on Thursdayfresh estimates from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides data on Canada’s health-care system, suggest major dips in surgeries in the first two years of the pandemic continued to have a ripple effect by 2022.

“The most recent

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Health care, housing and leadership top issues as PEI heads toward April 3 votes

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CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King called a provincial election for April 3 on Monday night, and political experts say the top issues on the campaign trail are expected to be health care, housing and leadership.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King called a provincial election for April 3 on Monday night, and political experts say the top issues on the campaign trail are expected to be health care, housing and leadership.

King’s majority Progressive Conservative government is seeking a second term in office following four years marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, two major post-tropical storms

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Community-based care that helps low-income New Yorkers can’t disappear

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Like many New Yorkers, “Emma” immigrated to the United States to seek a better life. As someone living with HIV, one of the first things she needed was health care, but she didn’t know where to start. Thankfully she founded Alliance for Positive Change, a nonprofit that offers community-based care management as part of New York State’s “Health Home” program.

The Health Home model of care management helps New Yorkers with low incomes and complex health conditions develop an individualized and comprehensive plan of care, navigate health systems, and address social determinants of health. With her Health Home care manager

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