Paget’s disease and weight loss questions answered
Dear reader, Paget’s disease explains bone changes, hip arthritis, and possible pain. It may contribute to weight loss and fatigue but often causes few symptoms unless extensive. Calcium likely normal with a balanced diet. high dose aspirin may relieve arthritis pain. return to your physician promptly for management and evaluation.
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Dr. Lamb
Paget
Pagets
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Arkansas House Weekly Legislative Report by Rep Patterson
Rep Larry Patterson outlines Arkansas House actions for Jan 29 to Feb 2. Highlights include 19 bills passed Monday with Kindergarten Bill 155 approved 72 to 25. debates on rural participation and fund division. Tuesday saw 15 bills, including Vietnam veterans parity and ice milk tax changes. 62 to 36 passage of County City Revenue Sharing Bill SB 106. Wednesday focused on noncontroversial measures and a Board of Registration for Social Workers. Thursday featured Bail Reform Act hearing with 14 to 4 vote to pass, plus 19 appropriation bill explanations. Friday yielded defeat of Folk Cultural Center legislation and SB 134 raising felony firearm omission penalty to 15 years. Upcoming hearings on death penalty and possible reconsideration of seven percent City-County Bill. Patterson notes committee workload and welcomes Hempstead County visitors to the Capitol.
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Larry Patterson
Arkansas House of Representatives
House
Arkansas
Senate
Jim Cole
Hempstead
Judiciary Committee
Hempstead County
Joint Budget Committee
Arkansas Folk Cultural Center
Mountain View
Capitol
Little Rock
Optacon lets blind read printed text by touch on grid
Stanford scientist John Linvill describes the Optacon device which photographs letters with a pocket sized camera and translates the image into tactile feedback via vibrating needles. Users can read half as fast as Braille readers, but the tool aims to integrate blind people into a sighted world and reduce reliance on Braille. About 200 units have been built including some sent to Heidelberg for training in computer programming. developers plan a more compact version. The article also notes Jimi Hendrix in the West achieving gold album status for sales over 1 million, part of Hendrix’s gold catalog release on Reprise Records.
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Brian Sullivan
LOS Angeles
Stanford University
Stanford
Optacon
John G. Linvill
Electrical Engineering
Dr. Linvill
Science Writers
Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc
New York
National Research Foundation
Heidelberg
Germany
San Diego
Hendrix
ALL Gold
Recording Industry Association of America
Reprise Records
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