Georgia nonprofit to offer relief to families impacted by disabilities

Good News Notes: “For families impacted by disabilities, Molly’s House offers rest. A three-bedroom guest home within minutes of Northeast Georgia Medical Center and Tender Ones Therapy Services, the space was created by Ryan and Abigail Burle to offer respite to families who, like themselves, travel far and wide for specialized services. As parents of…

Stunning living wall at Maidstone Innovation Centre

Good News Notes: “As part of Big Green Week, which ran from September 18 to 26, Maidstone Innovation Centre has planted a ‘living wall’ that includes more than 10,000 plants. It incorporates a range of species indigenous to the local area, which will bloom all year round, attracting bees and butterflies. The wall covers 90.5 square metres…

Living Well: New Technology helps Baptist Health treat chronic pain

Good News Notes: “The CDC says 20% of all adults have suffered from chronic pain sometime within the last three months.  One in three people over age 65 struggle with it regularly.  A breakthrough technology at Baptist Health is allowing people with chronic pain the ability to feel better again. 80-year-old Robert Kelly of Clarendon…

Scientists develop pain-free blood sugar test for diabetics

Good News Notes: “Australian scientists say they have developed pain-free blood sugar testing for diabetics, a non-invasive strip that checks glucose levels via saliva. For diabetics, managing their blood sugar levels typically means pricking their fingers multiple times a day with a lancet and then placing a drop of blood on a testing strip. Understandably,…

Exercise benefit in breast cancer linked to improved immune responses

Good News Notes: “Exercise training may slow tumor growth and improve outcomes for females with breast cancer—especially those treated with immunotherapy drugs—by stimulating naturally occurring immune mechanisms, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have found. Tumors in mouse models of human breast cancer grew more slowly in mice put through their paces…

Cardiac patients in Tasmania can now seek digital rehabilitation

Good News Notes: “Digital health group Cardihab has partnered with Tasmania’s health department and the Royal Flying Doctor Service, an aeromedical organisation, to roll out its Cardihab app in public hospitals throughout the state. The app will enable patients in Tasmania with heart disease to undergo rehabilitation programmes and receive medical advice at home through…

Hilaria Baldwin Opens Up About Pregnancy and Reveals When She’s Due

Good News Notes: “Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are expecting their fifth child! Hilaria made the sweet announcement this week, months after suffering her second miscarriage in a year. She spoke with ‘Extra’s’ Renee Bargh via Zoom on Tuesday from the family’s home in the Hamptons, where the Baldwins are hunkered down during the COVID-19 outbreak.”…