| Thanks for bringing me back to life
A Welsh boatbuilder has thanked two paramedics who flew by air ambulance and used a new wonder drug to bring him back from the dead after his heart stopped. Grandfather Mike Webber, 57, of Porthmadog, thought the heart attack that almost killed him was indigestion caused by a burger gulped down at a pub lunch. But Mike owes his life to the speed and skill of Welsh Ambulance Service paramedics, Ian Binnington and Meurig McMillan, who were manning the North Wales Air Ambulance. Paramedic Team Leader Ian Binnington and Paramedic Meurig McMillan flw to the scene and Ian who was the attendant on the day disembarked from the aircraft and went to the ambulance to meet the crew and assess the patient. Michael was assessed in the back of the ambulance and Ian decided he fitted the criteria for Thrombolysis.
Aspirin could combat throat cancer
Medical researchers in Oxford are investigating whether the humble aspirin could be used to prevent throat cancer. Aspirin is being combined with an anti-ulcer drug to try to prevent a condition called Barrett's oesophagus from developing into oesophageal cancer. Barrett's oesophagus affects up to two per cent of the UK population and is responsible for half of all oesophageal cancers. Patients with the condition have stomach acid that rises from the stomach into the oesophagus, usually causing frequent heartburn. The acid damages the cells in the lining of the throat and in some cases they turn cancerous. The Cancer Research UK-funded trial aims to see if aspirin and the anti-ulcer drug can prevent this condition of the oesophagus worsening and its progression to cancer.
TV's the best bet to get a good gig
On occasion, I've been known to make the oh-so-slightest critical comments about my friends and colleagues in broadcasting.
But with the defection of several local television personalities to the world of public/press relations - and the big-time money they're raking in - my thinking on this issue has, shall we say, evolved. I'm in.
TV baby! That's where it's at. This week we learned that KSFY anchor Mitch Krebs is the new spokesman for Gov. Mike Rounds.
That follows the much-ballyhooed jump by Jodi Schwan from KELO to Mayor Dave Munson's staff.
Those two job changes were big news because they went to work for high-profile chief executives in our state. But the Best Little City in America is littered with former TV people working in hospitals, nonprofits and business.
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