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TIDBITS® GETS VACCINES

by Janet SpencerOn March 6, 1810, Massachusetts enacted the first state legislation requiring vaccination. It re-quired every town to choose three people to su-perintend the inoculation of all inhabitants with the cowpox vaccine. Come along with Tidbits as we get vaccinated!SMALLPOX ERADICATED• In George Washington’s day, one out of every five people in London bore the scars of small-pox. George Washington himself did, although he’s usually portrayed with clear skin. One out of every 3 children died of smallpox before their third birthday. • In the 1700s European people realized that if you recovered from smallpox, you would never get the disease again. Whenever a person came down with a mild, survivable form of smallpox, it was fashionable to organize smallpox parties. Friends and relatives would gather together in one house in order to catch the mild form of the disease together, and thus become immune to more deadly strains. • In that day, milkmaids were well-known for their clear, unpocked skin. It was common for milkmaids to catch cowpox from the animals they were milking, and an old wive’s tale said that people who had cowpox would never catch smallpox. (cont’d next page)

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SMALLPOX, cont’d• An English doctor named Edward Jenner was the first person to realize that people who had suffered from the relatively mild sickness called cowpox were immune to smallpox. • Jenner first tested his vaccine in 1796. At that time, about one out of every ten people in Eng-land died of smallpox. He inoculated an 8-year-old boy with weakened cowpox germs. Six weeks later, he inoculated the boy with small-pox. The boy did not come down with smallpox. He was immune.• The idea of vaccination had heavy opposition at first, but began to catch on after Thomas Jef-ferson, Benjamin Franklin, Cotton Mather, and Napoleon Bonaparte endorsed the idea. Napo-leon had all of his troops inoculated. • Thanks to vaccination, the last known case of smallpox was reported in 1977.THE STORY OF LOUIS• In the late 1800’s, a doctor named Louis was doing experiments with chicken cholera. To in-fect the birds, he grew pure strains of the chol-era germs in his laboratory. One day by mistake he injected some chickens with cholera germs that had been sitting in a flask all summer long. He was surprised when the chickens did not get sick. He was even more surprised when he in-jected the chickens with a fresh, virulent strain of cholera and they still did not get sick. Putting two and two together, Louis knew he had just discovered a vaccination for cholera. • Next he experimented with anthrax. Again, an accident intervened. A thermometer in an incu-bator was off kilter, though he didn’t know it. He wondered why animals injected with anthrax did not come down with the disease— and then he found he’d been getting the germs too hot. Ex-periments showed that if he heated the anthrax germs before injecting them, the animal would become immune. But veterinarians refused to believe him. (cont’d)

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LOUIS, cont’d• Frustrated, Louis challenged veterinarians to attend a public demonstration. All manner of newspapermen, scientists, and doctors attended the test. Two groups of 25 sheep were collected on a farm outside Paris. Louis vaccinated only one group. Two weeks later, all 50 sheep were injected with a powerful strain of anthrax. After two days, all of the vaccinated sheep were fine. And all of the unvaccinated sheep were either dead or dying. • Still, Louis wondered how the anthrax was spread from animal to animal. Talking with a shepherd one day, he noticed a piece of the pasture grass was a different color in one spot. The shepherd told him that it was where some anthrax-infected sheep had been buried the pre-vious year. Examining the plot, Louis noticed worm droppings, which he took home and ex-amined under the microscope. They were teem-ing with anthrax, which they had brought to the surface from the buried carcasses. Louis further reduced anthrax by advising people to burn an-thrax infested animals rather than bury them.• Next Louis turned his attention to a dreaded disease of humans— rabies. Although he was unable to see the rabies germs through his mi-croscope, he was able to prove they were there by transplanting drops of spinal fluid from rabid rabbits to healthy rabbits. The healthy rabbits would soon have rabies too. To make a vaccine, he removed the spinal cords of rabid rabbits and hung them to dry in sterile flasks. His first vacci-nation was done on a dog. He ground up a spinal cord that had been drying for two weeks, and in-jected it into the dog. The next day he injected a spinal cord that had been drying for 13 days, the next day one that was 12 days old, and so on. Af-ter 14 daily injections, the dog was given a dose of full-strength rabies virus. The dog remained healthy. (Cont’d next page)

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It was American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox who made the following sage observation: “To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”

During the Victorian era, a well-dressed gen-tleman was never outdoors without a hat, and most had different hats for different occasions. Of course, the cost of such haberdashery could mount significantly, so one enterprising British soul registered a design (which was much less expensive than registering a patent) for a “duplex hat” -- an elaborate contraption that, by means of hidden springs, could convert from a top hat to a bowler hat to suit the circumstances.

Before you ink yourself, you might want to con-sider this: The cost of removing an unwanted tattoo can be up to 10 times as much as it cost to get the tattoo in the first place.

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You’ve doubtless heard of peak oil -- that theo-retical point at which the global production of oil reaches its maximum output, after which production gradually declines decline -- but what about peak poultry? Those who study such things say that the world hit its peak production of chicken for human consumption in 2006.

The first canned meat product, known as Hormel Spiced Ham, was developed in 1937. Several imitators followed, and the executives at the Hormel Company, concerned about the new competition, decided to have a competition to rename the product. The winner, Broadway ac-tor Kenneth Daigneau (and brother to the com-pany’s vice president), won $100 for the win-ning entry: Spam.

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LOUIS (cont’d)• Shortly afterward, a young boy who had been badly bitten by a rabid dog was brought to Lou-is. Louis had only tried his vaccine out on a sin-gle dog and was reluctant to try it on a human. But the boy’s mother was certain he would die without help. Louis administered his new vac-cine, and the boy was saved. The news hit the papers and the world rejoiced to see the end of a dreaded disease. The boy grew up and became Louis’s assistant. In 1940, he committed suicide rather than unlock Louis’ crypt to the invading Nazi army.• Louis was a great scientist and performed many other medical services for humankind. Yet he’s remembered best for discovering that germs in milk cause disease— but if the milk is heated first, the germs are killed. This process is called pasteurization, after the inventor: his full name was Louis Pasteur.• Because 3 of his 5 children died in infancy due to disease, Pasteur was inspired to spend his life trying to prevent the spread of infectious diseas-es. By the time Louis Pasteur died in 1895 at the age of 72, he had already saved countless lives through his discoveries.HOLLYWOOD HYPE• When Jack Warner (of Warner Bros.) was overseeing the making of the film “The Story of Louis Pasteur” his advisers grumbled that it was “just the story of a milkman” and wanted to dis-card the original script. They suggested instead that it be made into a love story where Pasteur is portrayed as a student in love with the medical school dean’s daughter. They further suggested that at the end of the film a voice-over could an-nounce, “And to this day, housewives all over the world are grateful to this man, because he invented pasteurized milk.” Paul Muni, who was playing the lead, objected so strenuously that the idea was scrapped and the original script was filmed. For his efforts, Muni won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1936.

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SUNLESS GLOOM: SEA-SONAL AFFECTIVE DIS-ORDER – PART II

By Dr. Holly Carling

Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopa-thy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with over 34 years of experience. Dr. Carling is currently accepting new patients and offers natural health care services and whole food nutritional supplements in her Coeur d’ Alene clinic. Visit Dr. Carling’s website at www.vitalhealthandfitness.com to learn more about Dr. Carling, view a list of upcoming health classes and read other informa-tive articles. Dr. Carling can be reached at 208-765-1994 and would be happy to answer any ques-tions regarding this topic.

extremely few exceptions, are synthetic, and therefore rarely helpful.Magnesium is also needed for Serotonin, as is protein. Unfortunately, most people suffer-ing from depression tend to do the worst pos-sible – consume large amounts of carbohydrates to stimulate an artificial emotional lift. Excess carbs tend to replace the much needed nutrient dense foods that would actually help, and sugar uses up the B-Vitamins needed for serotonins! Protein is essential in supporting healthy brain chemistry, including serotonin. If that protein comes from organ meats (like liver), well, you have the best of all worlds: Vitamin D, the other fat-soluble vitamins, B-Vitamins, lots of miner-als, and the protein!Eating brightly colored foods, including green leafy vegetables tends to help lift a sagging spir-it. Other food helps include eating more fruit and avoiding alcohol, coffee and junk foods. Carbohydrates are not necessarily a no-no, since we also need carbs for the brain, but the right carbohydrates, in small amounts is the key. Get-ting plenty of exercise and sleep are also very helpful. Treatment options include acupuncture, herbs, nutritional therapy, essential oils, cognitive-be-havioral therapy, and light therapy. Many people have had good results with the simple addition of full spectrum light bulbs installed, replacing traditional light bulbs in the home or work (available at most hardware stores).To learn more about herbs, essential oils, nutri-tion and other helps for S.A.D., attend our up-coming health class, “Natural Solutions for Sea-sonal Affective Disorder,” Wednesday, March 11th208-765-1994. 7pm at Vital Health in CDA. Fee: $10. RSVP:

In Part I of “Sunless Gloom: Seasonal Affective Disorder” we talked about the value of pasture-raised meat, and wild-caught fish in supplying much needed Vitamin D when living in the Northern Hemisphere. We also talked about the lesser eaten parts of these animals which were consumed in times past, that we no longer con-sume. This contributes to our Vitamin D defi-ciency problems so prevalent today.Other nutritional supports include poultry. While poultry itself is not a good source of Vitamin D, it is a good source of Tryptophan, needed for the body to make Serotonin (the “Happy Hor-mone”). Eggs are good for the protein, fats, Vitamin D and Tryptophan needed to counter-act Seasonal Affective Disorder (“S.A.D.”) The yolk, by the way, is the most important source. Milk products, bananas, avocados and nuts also contain Tryptophan.Diets lacking in animal fats, from all sources, tend to have the lowest Vita-min D and lowest Serotonin levels, especially vegans and vegetarians, pre-disposing them to S.A.D.In the non-meat category there are few sources of Vitamin D. Dried button and shiitake mushrooms contain some Vitamin D and B Vi-tamins. Of the other sources (cereal, pasteurized nut and soy milks), it is not naturally occurring - it is “enriched” (artificially added).From a supplement standpoint, Omega-3 fatty acids, generally found in fish oil are helpful. Cod liver oil is the best source. You also need the range of B-Vitamins to make serotonins, best found in organ meats, brewer’s yeast, and le-gumes. Supplement forms of B-Vitamins, with

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On March 5, 1839, Charlotte Bronte writes to the Rev. Henry Nussey, declining marriage. The 23-year-old Bronte told him that he would find her “romantic and eccentric,” and not practi-cal enough to be a clergyman’s wife. Her novel “Jane Eyre” was published eight years later.

On March 3, 1865, President Abraham Lin-coln signs a bill creating the Bureau of Refu-gees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Known as the Freedmen’s Bureau, this federal agency oversaw the transition of blacks from slavery to freedom.

On March 4, 1888, Knute Rockne is born in Voss, Norway. He would go on to become one of the most successful coaches in the history of college football, leading Notre Dame during its golden era in the 1920s. Rockne won three un-disputed national championships with the Fight-ing Irish.

On March 7, 1938, Janet Guthrie, the first wom-an to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and Day-tona 500 races, is born in Iowa. In 1976, she was the first woman to compete in a NASCAR Win-ston Cup superspeedway race.

On March 6, 1945, members of the Dutch resis-tance attempting to hijack a food truck unwit-tingly ambush German Lt. Gen. Hanns Rauter, head of the Nazi SS in Holland. In retaliation, the SS put to death 263 Dutch. Rauter later was executed for war crimes.

On March 2, 1978, in a famous case of body-snatching, two men steal the corpse of film actor Sir Charles Chaplin from a cemetery in Swit-zerland. After a five-week investigation, police arrested two auto mechanics, who led them to ChaplinÕs body.

On March 8, 1982, the United States issues a public statement accusing the Soviet Union of using poison gas and chemical weapons against rebel forces in Afghanistan. Evidence to support these charges was largely anecdotal. Some crit-ics charged that the accusations were a smoke-screen behind which the United States could go forward in upgrading its own chemical weapons arsenal.


When You Can’t Afford a PetDEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’ve always wanted to own a dog, but financially I just don’t feel I can afford one right now. It makes me feel guilty that I can’t just adopt a dog and care for it. Should I really feel this bad? -- Harry in Trenton, New Jersey

DEAR HARRY: I think you’re taking a very re-sponsible attitude toward pet ownership. Instead of running out and getting a dog, you sat back and asked yourself if you could afford it. And that’s important, along with questions like, do you have the time to spend with a dog, is your family or roommate in agreement about owning a pet, and are you allowed to keep one in your apartment.But you can help make the world a better place even if you aren’t able to keep a pet. I encourage you to contact a local shelter to see if it accepts volunteers. Many need unpaid volunteers to help with a variety of tasks, from paperwork to clean-ing cages and play areas.Some have enough people on site to handle all the work, so don’t be too disappointed if you’re not needed. Look for other opportunities in-stead.Sign up for classes that train you how to care for pets in a shelter. Research pet charities, and give a small percentage of your paycheck to one.Or, if you can’t spare even a couple of dollars a month, become a fundraiser ... from phone cam-paigns to waggy walks, you can help a pet-care organization raise thousands of dollars. Cash is what many shelters desperately need to keep caring for abandoned pets.

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Student-Loan DebtThe respected research group Brookings Insti-tute has released reports that cast a disturbing eye on student-loan debt -- at least on the sur-face. The bare stats might look more grim than the reality.Between 1989 and today, graduate students have left school with debt that has risen from $10,000 to $40,000. At the bachelor-degree level, the debt has risen from $6,000 to $16,000. However, because of having degrees, the lifetime income of those students also has increased enough.Over the past two decades, graduates have spent between 3 percent and 4 percent of their income repaying student loans, but the length of time for repayment has increased. The researchers con-cluded that graduates are no worse off than they were a decade ago when it comes to paying off student debt.Other Brookings researchers asked whether stu-dents know how much debt they will accumu-late. Only half of students knew within $5,000 how much their first year of college cost them. Over a quarter said they didn’t have any federal debt at all (possibly because of the confusion about the source of student loans), and 14 per-cent said they didn’t have any student loan debt. Thirteen percent of students claimed to have no loans at all when they actually did, while 10 per-cent underestimated by more than $10,000 the amount of the loans they accrued.One disturbing conclusion was that “Students with high expected contributions are more likely to be unaware that they have any debt,” possi-bly because the parents were managing the deci-sions.The end result of this research? Some students might decide not to attend college at all, fear-ful of the debt. Others might reach graduation and be shocked at the mountain of debt they’ve accumulated. Some might be prompted to finish up quickly. Research in 2009 showed that both private and public colleges have equal rates of “six-year graduations,” where students linger while getting an education. In the maze of filling out admission and finan-cial-aid applications, students and parents need to pause and look closely at the numbers, es-pecially when the financial-aid packages come back. Students need to be aware of the amount of debt they’re accumulating in their own name.


By Matilda Charles

Surprising Boost for Brain HealthAs far back as 2007, researchers were reporting on the benefits of meditation in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. At the time, they claimed that only 12 minutes a day allowed the brain to heal.Other researchers soon began their own investi-gations. In 2009, UCLA researchers discovered that certain areas of the brain are larger and have more gray matter in people who meditate. Two years later those same researchers learned that in people who meditate, the connections between areas in the brain are stronger and have less of the brain atrophy that usually comes with age. In this case, the connections weren’t just between specific parts of the brain, but in the whole brain. Whether the meditation caused brain growth or stopped the reduction wasn’t known at the time.A year later, scientists learned that the brains of those who meditate have “gyrification,” allow-ing the brain to process information faster. Addi-tionally it appeared that the more years of medi-tation, the more gyrification was present.The UCLA researchers are back. Their updated research indicates that meditation might slow the loss of gray matter in the brain. While they expected some small amount of effect, they were surprised at the “widespread effect of meditation ... throughout the entire brain.”What does this mean for us? That we should se-riously consider meditation as part of our daily routine to possibly hold off age-related brain changes.Meditation can be learned, and so it’s best to start with a bit of instruction. If your senior cen-ter doesn’t offer classes, go online and research “learn meditation” to help you get started. You also might find ongoing classes in your area, and it’s possible that they will be free.


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Dr Ashley is board certified in Family Medicine and in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. She provides a mix of traditional with alternative medicine and specializes in bio-identical hormones for both men and women.

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a condition created by drug companies. And did not die of heart disease.The foods we eat must be whole, fresh, and un-processed. To continue with a life of poor di-etary habits and increased chemical consump-tion will inevitably lead to decreased vitality and unhealthy children, and eventual degen-eration of the human race.Eat whole foods, and good fats. Fats are so im-portant to our bodies! Good fats include but-ter, coconut oil, dark extra virgin olive oil in glass bottle, avocado oil, fish oil, palm oil and lard. Bad fats that increase inflammation and disease are margarine (only molecule away from plastic), canola (terrible oil), sunflower, safflower, peanut, corn, soybean, and vegeta-ble oil. When you use the right oils in your diet, your skin will be clearer, your joints guide more smoothly, and you’ll have more energy.Eat organic as much as possible. Shop at the Farmer’s market, and grow your own when you can. Buy eggs from local farmers, from cage-free chickens. Buy your meat from local ranchers, so you can ensure that your beef is grass fed without hormones. And buy non-GMO foods only. GMO foods can produce changes in our DNA that can be passed on for generations. The majority of corn and soybeans are genetically modified. Did you know that most synthetic vitamins are sold by 5 different pharmaceutical companies and then re-branded under hundreds of differ-ent names? Centrum, with its 3% absorption, is owned by Pfizer, the largest drug company in the world. Whole food sourced vitamins are far superior to the counterfeits or imitations that laboratories concoct from a base of petro-leum based chemicals. In our clinic we use 2 companies that fit the bill: Standard Process and Innate.I often hear - but it cost too much to eat organ-ic, or to buy whole foods rather than packaged foods, or to purchase whole food supplements. Yes, it does cost money to be healthy, but it cost a whole lot more to be sick. Next week I’ll discuss a novel and simple way to find and purchase food that is organic, non-GMO, whole and nutrient dense. Stay tuned!

The Pharmaceutical MythWe are continuing our topic from last week, and much of the information in this article can be found in the book The Pharmaceutical Myth by Gerald Roliz. I recommend you read it and share with others.I want you to allow your mind to open and think about some ideas that go against what we’ve been taught by the drug industry and modern medicine. These are:#1: All modern disease are different manifesta-tions of specific traditional whole foods missing from a person’s diet. Another way of saying this is, the true cause of all physical disease and de-generation is malnutrition.#2: We have control from 80-97% over the ex-pression of our genes by the foods we choose to eat, the emotions we habitually experience, and the thoughts we consciously allow to govern our minds. Our lifestyle impacts our genetic expres-sion, and the decisions you make each moment can impact your own genetic destiny.#3: Pharmaceutical medications and processed foods create a nutritionally impoverished and toxic population, leading to increased sickness and poorer health.The solution to optimal health, then, is simple. We must return to the whole foods our ancestors ate. Our ancestors did not eat at a McDonald’s, never were exposed to trans-fat, had no processed food, did not trim the fat off a steak, ate eggs, ba-con, whale blubber, and cheese, drank the cream off milk, and never worried about high choles-terol - a condition created by drug companies. And did not die of heart disease. ate eggs, bacon, whale blubber, and cheese, drank the cream off milk, and never worried about high cholesterol -


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Do you have a screw loose ... in your eyeglass-es? This is an easy fix. Paint the screw with a dab of clear nail polish and quickly re-screw. It works like glue. Dab the top of the screw for a little extra insurance.

“Snow will better slide off a shovel that has been sprayed with furniture polish.” -- T.L. in Min-nesota

Here’s an old tip, but a good one: Before going away on vacation, put a couple of ice cubes in a plastic baggie, and set it at the front of the freez-er. When you return, if there is any evidence of melting, you will know you lost power while you were gone. If the bag is one big, flat cube, you lost power long enough to suspect all your refrigerator items of being spoiled.

To temporarily get a winter frost effect on a win-dow, use this fun recipe: Dissolve 4 to 6 table-spoons of Epsom salts in a beer. When the salt is dissolved, dip a clean rag in the mixture and wipe it on your window pane. As it dries, crys-tals will form, creating a frost effect. This is a great solution for a window you don’t want to be clear but also don’t want to permanently alter. The effect washes off with soap and water.

“If you get a residue inside your coffee cups when they go through the dishwasher, it might be time to give your machine a once-over. In the meantime, spray the insides of the coffee cups with a bleach-based cleaner like 409 just be-fore your turn it on. That should help.” -- E.T. in Michigan Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Or-lando, FL 32853-6475 or e-mail JoAnn at [email protected].(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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TOP TEN MOVIES1. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Wa-ter (PG) animated2. American Sniper (R) Bradley Cooper, Si-enna Miller3. Jupiter Ascending (PG-13) Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis4. Seventh Son (PG-13) Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore5. Paddington (PG) Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins6. Project Almanac (PG-13) Amy Landecker, Sofia Black-D’Elia7. The Imitation Game (PG-13) Benedict Cum-berbatch, Keira Knightley8. The Wedding Ringer (R) Kevin Hart, Josh Gad9. Black or White (PG-13) Kevin Costner, Oc-tavia Spencer10. The Boy Next Door (R) Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman



1. Name the only No. 1 song by the Edgar Win-ter Group.2. Which song mentions not playing B-17 on the jukebox, as it would bring back memories?3. What day of the week is mentioned in two songs by Spanky and the Gang?4. Name the group that released “Have I the Right?”5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “He got joo-joo eyeball, he one holy roller, He got hair down to his knee, Got to be a joker he just do what he please.”

Answers1. “Frankenstein,” in 1973. The instrumental was heavy on synthesizer, and Winter played a number of the instruments.2. “Please Mr. Please,” by Olivia Newton-John in 1975. 3. Sunday: “Sunday Will Never Be the Same” and “Sunday Mornin’.”4. The Honeycombs, in 1964. To augment the drums during the chorus, band members stamped their feet on the stairs in the studio.5. “Come Together,” by the Beatles in 1969. The song was the subject of a lawsuit when it was claimed that John Lennon lifted part of Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me.” It is sus-picious: Berry’s words were “Here come a flat-top, he was movin’ up with me,” and Lennon’s were “Here come ol’ flattop, he come groovin’ up slowly.”


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1. GEOGRAPHY: What South American coun-try lies between Colombia and Peru?2. ANATOMY: What is the common name for the maxilla?3. U.S. STATES: What is the state capital of Michigan?4. LITERATURE: What was the name of the al-chemist who invented the Philosopher’s Stone in the “Harry Potter” book series?5. MUSIC: What is a quadrille?6. TELEVISION: What was the name of the competing bar in the comedy show “Cheers”?7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: By what oth-er name do most people know Esther Pauline Friedman?8. AD SLOGANS: “The dogs kids love to bite” were made by which company?9. SYMBOLS: Which month of the year is named after the Roman god of war?10. SCIENCE: What is the chemical element symbol for tungsten?

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Noteworthy InventionsJONAS SALK• Jonas Salk was born in 1914 in New York City. After attending the New York University School of Medicine, he decided to go into medi-cal research instead of becoming a physician. He accepted a job at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where his goal was to dis-cover how many different types of polio virus existed. • At the time, polio was one of the worst pub-lic health problems in the U.S. It was especially tragic because most victims were children. Po-lio, first described in 1835, grew steadily more prominent as the years passed. The virus is trans-mitted by fecal matter, mucus, and saliva. Once in the body, it travels to the brain or spinal cord where it causes paralysis of varying degrees.• Polio didn’t receive national attention until 1921 when Franklin D. Roosevelt was struck down by the disease at the age of 39. He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair because of it, and ended up founding the March of Dimes to help fund research for a vaccine.• Salk’s research led him to begin experiment-ing with a polio vaccine. Although there was al-ready a vaccine available for polio, the vaccine used living but weakened strains of polio, which sometimes ended up infecting the vaccinated person with the very disease it was designed to prevent. Salk was the first to experiment with a vaccine that used polio virus strains which had been killed before being administered so there was no way for the vaccine to cause the illness. Salk’s wife and three sons were among the first volunteers to be inoculated with his vaccine. • Over the course of seven years, Salk involved 20,000 doctors and health care workers, 64,000 public school workers, 220,000 volunteers, and nearly 2 million school kids in his trials of his new ‘killed’ vaccine. (cont’d)

by Freddy Groves

Upgrades Coming to My-HealthVetIf you use MyHealtheVet, the online gateway to your health care, you’ll soon see a new feature that will help you interact with your health-care team: an online pharmacy. This tracker will give you 24/7 online access to the status of your pre-scriptions. You’ll know at a glance when your prescriptions have been sent.The prescription tracker soon will include im-ages of the drug that was sent, and within a year you’ll be able to get email alerts to let you know when your prescription was sent out in the mail. The medication tracker feature alone might be reason enough to sign up for MyHealtheVet, if you haven’t already. There are three different levels to the program. You’ll start with a basic account that does not require identity authentication. You’ll have lim-ited access to features, such as the journals, your goals, insurance info, health measurements and self-reported information such as lab work and medical events, and you can’t see your personal medical information in the Department of De-fense computers.Upgrade one level to an advanced account, and you’ll be able to view some information in the Department of Veterans Affairs or DoD records about yourself. When you become a VA patient, your profile is linked to those records. At this level you’ll be able to use the prescription fea-ture.Upgrade to the premium level and you’ll have the highest level of access. You’ll need to under-go authentication and have all your info linked to the VA or DoD records. You’ll be able to access your appointments, lab results, pathology reports and much more.The MyHealtheVet is one of the things the VA is doing right. It makes sense to participate and take advantage of the program. Go online to www.myhealth.va.gov to check it out.


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JONAS SALK (cont’d)• Meantime, polio was raging. In 1952, nearly 60,000 cases were reported in the U.S., killing over 3,000 people and leaving over 20,000 sur-vivors with some form of paralysis. Polio killed more people that year than any other communi-cable disease. • When the success of the new vaccine was of-ficially announced on April 12, 1955, Salk was instantly hailed as a hero, becoming a national celebrity overnight. When he was asked in a televised interview who owned the patent to the vaccine, Salk replied: “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”• According to one historian, the announcement led to widespread celebration: “People observed moments of silence, rang bells, honked horns, blew factory whistles, fired salutes, took the rest of the day off, closed their schools, drank toasts, hugged children, attended church, smiled at strangers, and forgave enemies.”• By the summer of 1957, 100 million vaccines had been distributed throughout the United States. By 1962, polio was nearly extinct, with only 910 cases reported that year. Today, glob-al vaccination efforts by organizations such as UNICEF and the World Health Organization have almost completely eradicated polio from the planet. • The World Health Organization estimates that there are between 10 to 20 million polio survivors worldwide. In 1977 there were 254,000 persons living in the United States who had been para-lyzed by polio. As one of the largest disabled groups in the world, polio survivors helped spur the modern disability rights movement through campaigns for the social and civil rights of the disabled. • Jonas Salk subsequently spent many years re-searching a vaccine for HIV. In 1960, he found-ed the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He died from heart failure at the age of 80 on June 23, 1995.


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Dear Susan,Being sick is never fun, but to lose your hair on top of that adds insult to injury!First, I suggest you book an appointment with our hair clinic. You need to confirm it was the medication(s) that started your hair loss. There could be other reasons why you are losing your hair and we need to rule them out.Unfortunately medications are one of the leading reasons consumers lose their hair. Here at our clinic we use products to spe-cifically remove all medications, metals, and toxins from the hair shaft and hair follicle. Talk with your pharmacist and see if he can recommend something. Or, come on by our clinic. At the clinic we can make up the prop-er solution for you to use to specifically treat your hair loss problem.It is very important you start a treatment as soon as possible.

www.tidbitscda.comTIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #10 Mar. 2nd 2015 Page 16RABIES• The word ‘rabies’ comes from the Latin word meaning madness. Because the virus infects the spinal cord and brain of its victims, it causes rag-ing insanity, followed by paralysis. Victims die of respiratory failure. • Globally, 90% of rabies cases start with the bite of a rabid dog. However, in the U.S., only 5% of rabies cases come from dogs because rabies vac-cines are so widely available.• Rabies can’t go through unbroken skin. People can get rabies only via a bite from a rabid animal or through scratches, abrasions, or mucous mem-branes in contact with saliva or brain tissue from a rabid animal. The rabies virus is short-lived when exposed to open air. It can only survive in saliva and dies when the animal’s saliva dries up.• Because the rabies virus is transmitted through saliva, the virus survives by making sure that the saliva is loaded with infection and that the ani-mal is driven to bite whatever it comes in contact with. To ensure the saliva is thoroughly infected, the throat muscles are paralyzed, which prevents the animal from swallowing (which would dilute the virus). Attempts to drink water in spite of rag-ing thirst cause painful spasms of the muscles in the throat and larynx. Infected animals therefore foam at the mouth because they cannot swallow, and they show a fear of water. This is why ra-bies has also been called “hydrophobia” meaning “fear of water.”• Worldwide, an estimated 26,000 people died from rabies in 2010, down from 54,000 in 1990. The majority of the deaths occurred in Asia and Africa. India has the highest rate of human rabies, primarily because of stray dogs, whose number has greatly increased since a 2001 law forbade the killing of dogs. • Over the past 10 years, rabies has killed only a total of 28 people in the U.S. (Continued next page)

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Here’s an old tip, but a good one: Before going away on vacation, put a couple of ice cubes in a plastic baggie, and set it at the front of the freez-er. When you return, if there is any evidence of melting, you will know you lost power while you were gone. If the bag is one big, flat cube, you lost power long enough to suspect all your refrigerator items of being spoiled.

To temporarily get a winter frost effect on a win-dow, use this fun recipe: Dissolve 4 to 6 table-spoons of Epsom salts in a beer. When the salt is dissolved, dip a clean rag in the mixture and wipe it on your window pane. As it dries, crys-tals will form, creating a frost effect. This is a great solution for a window you don’t want to be clear but also don’t want to permanently alter. The effect washes off with soap and water.

“If you get a residue inside your coffee cups when they go through the dishwasher, it might be time to give your machine a once-over. In the meantime, spray the insides of the coffee cups with a bleach-based cleaner like 409 just be-fore your turn it on. That should help.” -- E.T. in Michigan

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Top 10 VOD Movies1. Fury (R) Brad Pitt2. The Judge (R) Robert Downey Jr.3. Lucy (R) Scarlett Johansson4. Gone Girl (R) Ben Affleck5. The Boxtrolls (PG) animated6. Annabelle (R) Ward Horton7. A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) Liam Neeson8. Boyhood (R) Patricia Arquette9. The Equalizer (R) Denzel Washington10. The Interview (R) James Franco

Top 10 DVD, Blu-ray Sales1. Fury (R) Sony2. The Book of Life (PG) FOX3. Downton Abby: Season 5 (TV-PG) PBS4. Lucy (R) Universal5. The Judge (R) Warner Bros.6. The Boxtrolls (PG) Universal7. Gone Girl (R) FOX8. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (PG-13) Warner Bros.9. Annabelle (R) Warner Bros.10. Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) Disney

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RABIES (cont’d)• About 400 to 500 domestic pets are infected with rabies every year in the U.S. Surprisingly, cats get rabies more often than dogs. In 2010, 303 cats got rabies, versus only 69 dogs. 90% of all rabies cases reported come from wild ani-mals.• Most U.S. deaths now result from bat bites, which may go unnoticed by the victim and re-main untreated. Rabid bats are found in all 48 contiguous states. Other animals most common-ly infected include raccoons, skunks, and foxes. Small rodents, rabbits, and possums rarely get rabies. • Rabies is a disease confined to mammals. Birds can get rabies, but they don’t show symptoms and always survive.• Agencies in Canada, France, and Switzerland successfully combat rabies by air-dropping bait that is infused with rabies vaccine. Wild foxes and raccoons eat the bait and inoculate them-selves. Switzerland is now virtually rabies-free after leaving chicken heads laced with vaccine out for foxes to eat.• The incubation period usually lasts from three weeks to three months but can stretch out to one to five years before the first symptoms appear, depending on how long it takes the virus to mi-grate to the nervous system. After symptoms present themselves, the average survival time until death is about four days.• If a person exposed to rabies undergoes rabies treatment immediately, survival is almost certainly guaranteed. But if the victim waits un-til symptoms set in, the mortality rate is nearly 100%. Some people with rabies have been saved by being put into an induced coma until their body was able to combat the disease.

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That’s why Cool Connections is a lively, loving group of women that choose to experience life like a fine wine - to only get better and better. Together we explore, have fun and enjoy the diversity of our lives and the activities of our area and beyond. We come together to eat good food, drink fine wines (or beverage of choice), and nurture strong relationships. We find ways to support each other, both personally and pro-fessionally, to be successful in all we do, what-ever that may be. We remind each other that caring for ourselves first is a prerequisite for caring for others. We believe our minds, like parachutes, are best kept open. Some of us are working, some of us are building and manag-ing a business, some of us are still raising a family, some of us are caring for parents, and some of us are doing multiples of these. And, there are some who have ‘been there, done that, and bought the t-shirt’. What’s important, despite the prevailing circumstances, is that we connect - that we join together, to support each other in creating a rich and meaningful life, now. You probably remember thinking that 40 was ‘so old.’ Are you ready to prove that wrong? If so, come join us at our next adventure in living. Just be prepared to laugh, to open your heart and your mind, and to make a COOL CON-NECTION!

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I have a rather delicate problem that I want to han-dle well. The issue is gas, and I don’t mean the kind you put in your car. No, it’s the other kind of gas and it’s at the dinner table. Well, under it actually. You see it’s our friends’ dog. Gus is a fatal farter. We could end any world war in a minute if we could bottle this guys hel-lacious emissions and drop it on the enemy. Wow! You can’t breathe. Your nose runs. Your eyes itch. Everybody yells ‘GUS’!, and waves their hands around. And the farts are silent! If he’d at least warn us we could run - but no, they are as silent as cat paws in the night. Well, may-be we just can’t hear them over his snoring. I actually like Gus. He’s handsome and a natu-ral politician. I think he smiles when he farts. Being a rescue dog from a puppy farm he has mucho health problems. Gus will eat anything and everything. He goes on midnight forays to the compost pile for a snack. And his breath! Yikes! He’s like the epitome of a junkyard dog. Our friends always feed him before we eat and he literally inhales his dinner. Then he positions himself under the dining room table, waiting for scraps and preparing for future offensive ac-tion. Man; he is Johnny on the spot with the air bombs. So, my question is, how do we polite-ly ask our friends, who adore him, to put him somewhere else while we eat? It just gets worse and worse. I don’t want to hurt their feelings but all my nose hairs are burned out. We’re go-ing over for dinner next week. Any ideas?Rarified in Rathdrum

Dear Rarified,These sound like dear friends who have a big heart and a lethal canine. Gus is probably swal-lowing excessive amounts of air while ‘wolf-ing down’ his dinner. This can cause gas. If he doesn’t burp up the air it only has one other outlet. Sorry. When it’s odoriferous, and given his nocturnal habits, he probably has intestinal ailments too. Bottom line - love your friends and love Gus. Sounds like his time is short so toughen up. Go out for dinner or have them to your house. Look for loving options. Then again, you could always wear a gas mask!

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Having second thoughts could be a good thing, even if you’re determined to go through with your plans. You might find it worthwhile to take a fresh look at how things have been set up.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Financial mat-ters could continue to be a problem until you’re able to straighten out some of the more pesky situations. Once that happens, the rest should be easier to unsnarl.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Family mat-ters once again take center stage, and should be dealt with competently and quickly. And, again, insist on others taking on their fair share of the responsibilities.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your creative pursuits seem to be running into a roadblock. But rather than blame outside factors, look within to see if you might be holding back your efforts for some reason.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Keep that keen Cat’s Eye focused on relevant aspects of this new situation in your life. Don’t be distracted by trivial matters. You need the pertinent facts before making a decision.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) As much as you prefer doing things on your own, contin-ue to accept help if you still need to resolve the problem affecting your project. Some cheerful news is about to come your way.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) While you might begrudge the added time it will take to get your project from point A to B to C, etc., you could benefit from the facts that will emerge over this expanded time span.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Re-garding your workplace suggestions, be pre-pared to produce the facts to counter reactions from skeptics who feel your approach is unrea-sonable or even impossible.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Savvy Sagittarians will look for work-related answers on their own rather than rely on unproved assumptions. It might take more time to do so, but the payoff is worth it.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your aspects continue to favor family issues, with special emphasis this week on changes in and around your home. Get everyone to sug-gest what he or she would like to see done.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A matter you thought had been settled might still produce surprises. Best advice: Continue to gather facts to bolster your position just in case you need to produce them quickly.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) While your instincts are usually right when discerning ‘twixt truth and deception, you could benefit from doing more research on the new “pros-pect” that you’ve been pitched.

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