Jeff Bost and Dr. Joseph Maroon continue their conversation on disease prevention focusing on Diabetes and insulin resistance this week. They discuss a healthy diet for this episode of “Living Well”.

Dr. Joseph Maroon is a world renown neurosurgeon with extensive experience in neurosurgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery to speed recovery for his patients. He is a sports medicine expert and innovator in concussion management, personal fitness and nutrition. Dr. Maroon is also the Pittsburgh Steelers team doctor.

Jeff Bost is a consultant to the St. Barnabas Health System. Bost is also a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a consultant to the WWE, and Clinical Assistant Professor at Chatham University. He has a special interest in minimally invasive spine and brain surgery and have collaborated on scores of scientific medical papers and books in these areas. Over the last 15 years he has researched, lectured and written on the use of alternative treatment for pain control.

Bost, along with Dr. Joseph Maroon have authored two books on the use of omega-3 fish oil, including: Fish Oil: The Natural Anti-Inflammatory, currently in its forth printing with over 75,000 copies sold and recently, Why You Need Fish Oil. He has given over 100 invited lectures, 24 national posters and oral presentations, 29 coordinated research projects, five workshops presentations, 35 scientific articles and 10 book chapters.

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In this weeks episode of Highmark Heroes, Jim Roddey speaks to Frank Velasquez Jr., Director of Sports Performance for Allegheny Health Network.  Later in the show Roddey is joined by Rocky Bleier, former Pittsburgh Steeler.

“Heroes” is presented by Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the Allegheny Health Network, airing Saturdays at 10:00 AM and Sundays at 12:30 PM on Beaver County Radio. Archived editions of “Heroes” can be heard at the Beaver County Radio Podcast Library.

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Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published January 20, 2023 7:55 A.M.

(Center Township, PA) The board approved the assessment appeal  for $5,650,000, the appeal was also approved by the township Tuesday night. The district is asking for approval from the Hopewell School District to permit a Central Valley student to practice swimming at the high school swimming pool.

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Story by Sandy Giordano – beaver County Radio. Published January 20, 2023 7:49 A.M.

(Aliquippa, PA) In observance of National School Board Appreciation Week the students in Laura Propsts’s art classes at the elementary school came to Wednesday night’s school board meeting.  They  were carrying a  sign saying “Thank  You” and a bouquet of paper flowers with a small teddy bear was presented to each board member. The flowers were made in Ms. Propst’s art classes. The parents were also in  attendance. The board approved a Safe Schools Memorandum of Understanding with the Aliquippa Police Department  for 2023-2025. The board also approved the Regional Wide Area Network and Service Agreement by the BVIU.

FILE – David Crosby, right, and Graham Nash perform at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, in New York. Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at age 81. His death was reported Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, by multiple outlets. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

David Crosby has died at 81. Several media outlets, including the New York Times, say the musician died Wednesday. The brash rock musician evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young. While he only wrote a handful of widely known songs, the witty and ever opinionated Crosby was on the front lines of the cultural revolution of the ’60s and ’70s. He advocated for peace, but was an unrepentant loudmouth who practiced personal warfare and acknowledged that many of the musicians he worked with no longer spoke to him.

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Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published January 20, 2023 6:20 A.M.

(Rochester Township, PA) The hotspot where bands like G-Force (Granati Bros.), The Iron City Houserockers, The Jaggerz and Donnie Iris , B.E. Taylor, Lawrence Welk and many more used to grace the stage and play, turned into a different kind of hotspot this morning as it burned to the ground overnight. The former abandoned Morrys Speakeasy in Rochester along Junction Stretch went up in flames early Friday morning. We’ve learned that Rochester Fire Department allowed the blaze to continue, due to the condition and location of the abandoned structure. While it has been abandoned for years, the speakeasy used to be one of the biggest rock n’ roll clubs in Western PA. Nestled in the hills along route 65, through a small tunnel under what used to be railroad tracks, the small building brought back memories of a thriving time in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Sandy Giordano reports Beaver County 9-1-1 says the call came in early Friday morning and the fire was just smoldering as of 7am, and firefighters let it burn itself out. Residents and motorists shouldn’t be alarmed if they see some smoke.
Mike Romigh spoke to Hal Martin, Morry’s son, during “Live Mic” on WBVP & WMBA about memories and the impact of the “rock n’ roll capitol”. Listen Below.

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The New Brighton Borough Council held their first meeting of 2023, but the first order of business honored two former citizens for their longtime dedication.

Two proclamations were given for longtime city employees: James Campbell for his work on the New Brighton Sanitary Authority for 38 years (including several as chairperson) from 1985 to 2022, and Bill Edwards for his work at the New Brighton School District (as former principal and social studies teacher) and New Brighton Business District Authority (1989 to 2017). The proclamation ceremony was presided over by borough president Robert Hartwick.

The Central Business District was front and center on Thursday night’s agenda, as the board unanimously passed Ordinance 1268 regarding new parking restrictions in downtown. “It will make three changes,” stated borough manager Tom Albanese. “The first being that there will be a 72-hour parking restriction in the 200 blocks of 8th Street, 9th Street, and 10th Street. That would then require us to number all of the parking stalls within the downtown. And finally, any vehicle that is not fully removed within one of those numbered parking stalls within the posted time limit would be subject to penalty.” Albanese also stated that the changes would take effect immediately, pending the process of properly numbering the parking stalls according to the ordinance.”

The council members also unanimously approved the hiring of Tyler Kelosky as a full-time police officer on the borough staff. A bid package for improvements to the fishing park and Big Rock Park was authorized by council approval, as was the authorization for advertising a used 1995 Chevrolet G30 van previously used by the Public Works Department. The bills were paid at a total of $1,107,825.52.

The Treasury Department is seen near sunset in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The Treasury Department projects that the federal government on Thursday will reach its legal borrowing capacity, an artificially imposed cap that lawmakers have increased roughly 80 times since the 1960s. Markets so far remain calm, as the government can temporarily rely on accounting tweaks to stay open. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it has started taking “extraordinary measures” as the government has run up against its legal borrowing capacity of $31.381 trillion. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter to congressional leaders Thursday urging them to act to raise the debt limit. Frictions between President Joe Biden and House Republicans are raising alarms about whether the U.S. can sidestep a potential economic crisis. Markets so far remain calm, as the government can temporarily rely on accounting tweaks to stay open. That means any threats to the economy are several months away. But this particular moment seems more fraught than past brushes with the debt limit.

File – A help-wanted sign hangs in the front window of the Bar Harbor Tea Room, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Bar Harbor, Maine. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the U.S. reached a four-month low last week, a sign that employers are holding on to their workers despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to slow the economy and tamp down inflation. The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of Americans applying for jobless aid for the week ending Jan. 14 fell by 15,000 to 190,000, from 205,000 the week before. The four-week moving average of claims declined by 6,500 to 206,000. About 1.65 million people were receiving jobless aid the week that ended Jan. 7, an increase of 17,000 from the week before.