| Extreme' team gives home to 9/11 rescuer from Ohio
Jason Thomas, a 9/11 hero living in Columbus, receives a new home built in seven days by Ty Pennington and the gang in an episode of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" airing at 7 tonight on WEWS Channel 5. An ex-Marine, Thomas risked his life to help save two Port Authority police officers trapped in debris at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. The rescue was dramatized by director Oliver Stone for the 2006 film "World Trade Center." Thomas, a native of Hempstead, New York, was living on Long Island at the time of the terrorist attacks. While dropping off his daughter at his mother's Long Island home, he heard about planes hitting the World Trade Center. Although he left active duty a year earlier, Thomas had his Marine uniform in the trunk of his car.
Daniels overcomes many obstacles
Daniels now lives at 103 Pecan Way Drive in O'Neal and Ross Assisted Living, though he seems not to need much assistance. He sits, stands, walks and eats on his own, with a walker for balance. And he certainly doesn't need help talking about his experiences and his family.His life started out with a challenge. At the end of World War I, his mother caught the German measles while she was pregnant with him, Daniels said. "I had the measles when I was 14 days old," Daniels said.But that didn't seem to do him much harm. He was the oldest of six siblings living in Pearl River County. .
American Academy of Dermatology: Patients at High Risk for Melanoma Benefit When Partner Is Involved in Skin Self-Exams
Early detection of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is critical to effectively treat this potentially fatal disease that accounts for more than 73 percent of all skin cancer deaths. While dermatologists have long stressed the importance of conducting regular skin self-exams as an important detection tool in the fight against skin cancer, a new study finds that people who are assisted by a partner in performing skin self-exams are more likely to follow a regular detection routine than those who rely solely on themselves for motivation. Speaking today at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, dermatologist June K. Robinson, MD, FAAD, professor of clinical dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, discussed her article entitled "Examination of mediating variables in a partner assistance intervention designed to increase performance of skin self-examination" to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Spouses close even if one is in nursing home
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Even if one spouse is placed in a nursing home, married couples work hard to maintain closeness and keep their marriages alive, says a Canadian study. Robin Stadnyk of the University of Alberta says she was surprised to discover that home-based spouses were heavily involved in the lives of their institutionalized partners and that many of the couples stayed active together both inside and outside the nursing home. Stadnyk, a post-doctoral researcher, reviewed data from a qualitative study of 52 community-dwelling spouses in three Canadian provinces: Alberta, Manitoba and Nova Scotia. She found that the participants were heavily involved in their spouses' lives, not only through caretaking duties like doing laundry and helping with personal hygiene, but also through nurturing activities that brought them closer together.
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