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M&M Inflatables, during regular Mall hours, Friday-Sunday, April 18-20. Located in the Mall Gazebo. Huntington Mall, Route 60 and Mall Road, Barboursville. $2 per child. OLBH Health Screenings, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 20. HCS will be represented at the Multiple Sclerosis Walk in Huntington and will provide health screenings. Ritter Park, 12th Street and 13th Avenue, Huntington. Walk MS 2008, registrations at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 20; walk at 2 p.m. A walk to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to help fund research for a cure while also helping people who live with MS everyday. For more information or to join a team, call 304-343-5153. To donate, visit www.nationalmssociety.org. Ritter Park, 12th Street and 13th Avenue, Huntington. Spaghetti Dinner for Kristin Workman, 12:30 p.m. Sunday, April 20.
New Cosmetology School Curriculum Helps Students Succeed After Graduation
Southern California-area beauty school, Salon Success Academies, to launch new course called 'Nuts and Bolts' that focuses on helping students thrive after graduation by giving them the tools and the confidence to succeed. The program, created through the Nuts and Bolts ProGrow Teaching System, will be offered as part of the core cosmetology curriculum starting in July 2008. .
Why cold keys on neck can stop nosebleeds
When I was a kid, I would get very bad nosebleeds. If nothing else worked, my mother would get out her keys and drop them down the back of my neck. I wish I knew why it worked it so well. We have heard from many people who have had success stopping nosebleeds with keys or a cold butter knife against the back of the neck. We don't know why this trick works, but one reader offered the following from his experience as a medic doing water rescue: "The keys work because of the mammalian dive reflex. Cold hits the nerves in the neck, causing the blood vessels to constrict. You might notice your pulse slowing, too. "The dive reflex is why cold-water drowning victims are not usually pronounced dead until they are 'warm and dead.' Cold water only in the face/head area shunts blood to the organs and away from the skin and slows the metabolism for survival.
Every breath counts
New parents are often cautious about germs. Springfield couple Jason and Jincy Hinely have reason to be a bit more cautious than most. When Jace Thomas Hinely was born on June 18, 2007, a relative mentioned he snorted when he breathed. The doctors weren't initially concerned. They said the condition was because of mucus and that it would work itself out. But his parents saw that, while nursing, he kept backing off to catch his breath. The following Sunday afternoon, just one week after his birth, Jace Hinely turned blue. "He was crying and couldn't catch his breath," his mother, Jincy, said. The family rushed him to Effingham Hospital where he was sent by ambulance to Memorial Health's Backus Children's Hospital. Though frightening, the young parents were thankful the event didn't happen at night while their child was sleeping.
Calendar -- Des Moines
Art Store Employee Show - Through April 5. Current and former Art Store employees exhibit their works in a Mini Show. Ritual Cafe, 1301 Locust St., Suite D. 244-7000.
Color Photography - Through today. By Mark Peterson. St. John's Lutheran Church, 600 Sixth Ave. 243-7691.
Abstract Expressions Opening Reception - 5-8 p.m. today. New work by Kansas City artist Bev Gegen. Moberg Gallery, 2921 Ingersoll Ave. 279-9191; www.moberggallery.com. - BOOKSTORE EVENTS
Author Appearance and Book Signing - 2 p.m. Sunday. Author Anne Ylvisaker will read from her book "Little Klein" a tale of two misfits, a boy and his dog. East Village Books, 510 E. Locust St. teri@eastvillagebooks.com; 244-5999; www.eastvillagebooks.com.
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Think BIG Start Small: Building Blocks to Personal Wealth - 6-7:30 p.m.
Pretermers bounce back from pain with a cuddle
Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics suggests that very preterm babies, born between 28 and 31 weeks, could benefit from skin-to-skin cuddling with their mother before and during painful procedures such as a heel lance.
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