A regional board Thursday will recommend nine metro Atlanta transit projects for possible state funding next year. At a time of tight budgets, there’s no guarantee that funding will come. But the project list could set the stage for perennial state funding at a time when metro Atlanta is poised for a transit construction boom. Last month the board discussed narrowing the list to three or four projects, but opted to pass along nine projects for consideration. Among them are several bus rapid transit lines, the rehabilitation of MARTA stations and construction of new park-and-ride lots.

Irving – The staff and residents of Avante Rehabilitation Center learned a great deal about COVID-19 in the last few months. As one of the first centers in Irving to have a positive diagnosis…

Recovering from surgery certainly isn’t easy. Depending on the procedure and whether you go home with healthcare assistance or entrust your care to a rehabilitation facility, the recovery time varies among patients. Here are four things Jennifer Prell, president of Elderwerks Educational Services, wants you to know about surgical recovery:

The cases, one involving a staff member and one involving a resident, were reported at Maple Grove Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 308 W. Meadowview Road.

Raleigh Court Health and Rehabilitation Center in Roanoke reported on its website that 50 patients and 27 staff are infected with the virus as of Monday. Six have died.

A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, psychoactive agent or psychotropic drug is a chemical substance, that changes functions of the nervous system, and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition or behavior.These substances may be used medically, recreationally or spiritually to purposefully improve one's perceived performance, alter one's consciousness (such as with entheogens for ritual, spiritual or shamanic purposes) or for research. Some categories of psychoactive drugs – which are believed, by some, to have therapeutic value – may be prescribed by some physicians and other healthcare practitioners. Examples of medication categories that may contain potentially beneficial psychoactive drugs include, but are not limited to: Anesthetics Analgesics Anticonvulsants Anti-Parkinson’s medications Medications used to treat Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, Antipsychotics and Stimulant Medications.)Some psychoactive substances may be used in detoxification and rehabilitation programs...

Retributive justice is a legal punishment that requires the offender to receive a punishment for a crime proportional and similar to its offense. As opposed to revenge, retribution—and thus retributive justice—is not personal, is directed only at wrongdoing, has inherent limits, involves no pleasure at the suffering of others (i.e., schadenfreude, sadism), and employs procedural standards. Retributive justice contrasts with other purposes of punishment such as deterrence (prevention of future crimes) and rehabilitation of the offender. The concept is found in most world cultures and in many ancient texts. Classical texts advocating the retributive view include Cicero's De Legibus (1st century BC), Kant's Science of Right (1790), and Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1821). The presence of retributive justice in ancient Jewish culture is shown by its mention in the law of Moses, which refers to the punishments of "life for life, eye for...

A non-pharmaceutical intervention or non-pharmacological intervention (NPI) is any type of health intervention which is not primarily based on medication. Some examples include exercise, sleep improvement, or dietary habits.Non-pharmacological interventions may be intended to prevent or treat disease or other health-related conditions, or to improve public health. They can be educational, and they may involve a variety of lifestyle or environmental changes. Complex or multicomponent interventions use multiple strategies, and they often involve the participation of several care providers.Non-pharmacological treatments can call on various fields of expertise, such as surgery, medical devices, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and behavioral interventions. Examples Hypertension The first line of treatment for hypertension is lifestyle changes, including dietary changes, physical exercise, and weight loss. Though these have all been recommended in scientific advisories, a Cochrane systematic review of available relevant studies found that weigh loss diets...

Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin with the application of heated cups. Its practice mainly occurs in Asia but also in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Cupping has been characterized as a pseudoscience and its practice as quackery.Cupping practitioners attempt to use cupping therapy for a wide array of medical conditions including fevers, chronic low back pain, poor appetite, indigestion, high blood pressure, acne, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, anemia, stroke rehabilitation, nasal congestion, infertility, and menstrual period cramping.Despite the numerous ailments for which practitioners claim cupping therapy is useful, there is insufficient evidence it has any health benefits, and there are some risks of harm, especially from wet cupping and fire cupping. Bruising and skin discoloration are among the adverse effects of cupping and are sometimes mistaken for child abuse. In rare instances, the presence of these marks on children has led to legal action against parents who had their children receive...