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Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue which can lead to an increased risk of fracture. In Manitoba, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men will suffer an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime.
The following are warning signs that your bones may be weakening and at increased risk of fracture:
1. HAVE YOU LOST HEIGHT?
One of the first signs of osteoporosis due to vertebral compression fraction can be height loss of ¾ inch (2 cm) in one year or 2 ½ inches (6 cm) since your mid-twenties. While occasionally painless, it is more common that the patient experiences severe back pain, deformity of the spine (increased kyphotic curve or scoliosis) and height loss. Your physician will refer you for spinal X-Ray and a Bone Density Test to assess for spinal fracture and osteoporosis.
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HALIFAX Deverne Kaiser has been working in the building supplies industry for 45 years. These days, you’ll find him at Taylor Timber Mart in Musquodoboit Harbour, N. S. working as a project estimator. Kaiser says the demand for materials is outstripping the supply. “Doors, mouldings, drywall right now is in short supply,” he explains. “Things that we’ve never seen before on a regular basis. This is the worst I’ve ever seen it.” He says a lot of factors are to blame for the shortage. “The freeze up in Texas, the storms on the East Coast, the flooding in the Mid West, all that combined, and of course the pandemic,” he says.
Broome nurse hopes to be the first of many remote WA residents to receive COVID vaccine
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Nyikina Nyul Nyul nurse Emily Hunter was the first Kimberley person to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
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An Indigenous health worker has become the first resident of northern Western Australia to receive a COVID-19 vaccination as the rollout extends across the state.
Key points:
The roll out is extending across the state this week
Some Aboriginal community residents remain concerned over misinformation
Nyikina Nyul Nyul woman Emily Hunter has been working on the frontline during the pandemic as a senior nurse at Broome Hospital.
Tip or no holiday tip? Etiquette for letter carriers, dog walkers, and other VIPs
Letter carrier Tom Tryon visits a home in Croydon on December 4, 2018. DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
Editor’s note: This article was published in 2018. If you decide to give tips in person, you should take precautions against contracting COVID-19. Tom Beggs’ holiday tips have run the gamut. A garbage collector in the King of Prussia area for the last decade, Beggs has received winter gloves, sweatshirts, homemade sweets, and Wawa gift cards.
Tons of Wawa gift cards, he said. Beggs, 31, of Brookhaven, appreciates any and all tips, he said, and especially loves when customers come out to his big, blue Republic Services trash truck to give the gifts in person. His ideal tip comes in the form of cash, which he then uses to buy Christmas presents for his family and friends.