| The new (Hy-Vee) deal
An agreement has finally been reached to get a new street built so the city can hold up its end of a deal in which Hy-Vee will build a new store at 50th and O streets.Landowners near the proposed store agreed to pony up about $566,500 to help pay to extend 50th Street from O to R streets if the city covered the remaining costs.The City Council unanimously approved the agreement, but, leery of being asked to give its public works department a blank check, also capped the amount of street construction dollars the city will contribute at $489,000. .
Can't sleep? Try some lifestyle changes, doctor says
BIRMINGHAM -- Pearson Sadler can pinpoint to the day the last time he got a good night's sleep: March 15, 1996. Insomnia has tortured Sadler for more than a decade and he has tried various remedies to put the problem to rest. He now manages his sleep through prescription sleep medications for chronic insomnia. Still, he has frequent trouble getting what he considers a restful sleep, he said. "I didn't have problems getting to sleep, but I would wake up 45 minutes to an hour later and think it was time for work," he said. "Then I'd look at the clock and realize it was the middle of the night and I couldn't get back to sleep." Nearly everyone has occasional sleepless nights, perhaps because of stress, heartburn or too much caffeine or alcohol.
Baton Rouge General first to have treatment technology
Baton Rouge General Medical Center says it's the first and only hospital in Louisiana to have a new technology that allows outpatient treatment for Barrett's esophagus, a precancer of the esophagus caused by chronic heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease. The technology that makes this possible is HALO360 from California-based BARRX Medical, a medical device company. BARRX has designated Baton Rouge General, which will teach other hospitals how to conduct the procedure, as a "Center of Excellence." Treatment options have been limited for Barrett's, which can lead to a dangerous type of cancer called esophageal adenocarcinoma, currently the most rapidly rising cancer in the United States affecting more than 3 million adults.
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