Not All News is Bad!

When they met for the first time, they both broke down in tears. Dashauna Priest, 21, embraced her pen pal Frank Grasberger, 95.

Source: As a child, she wrote to a WWII vet. He carried the letter everywhere, and 12 years later, they finally met.

How cool.

For a half century, the men Jim Coffey fought alongside in Vietnam thought he was dead. When he walked into a golf club in Myrtle Beach over the weekend, his Army buddies were never more happy to see a ghost.

Source: The guy who everybody thought was dead – The Boston Globe

Cool story.

London-based Solar Water PLC signed an agreement with the Saudi Arabian government to build the “first desalination plant with solar dome technology.”

Source: Solar Domes Could Desalinate Seawater at a Commercial Scale

Recovering potable water is so incredibly important. I love seeing this, and other, experimental techniques being tested.

A team of investigators from Tel Aviv University (TAU) has succeeded in restoring brain trauma by hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This is the first time that non-drug therapy has been proven effective in preventing the core biological processes responsible for the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Source: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy reverses hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia

Another promising treatment.

Addy Newman-Ting’s book ‘Finding the Language’ is being published through UNESCO’s Voices of Future Generations project.

Source: 11-year-old B.C. girl publishes Indigenous language book after winning UNESCO writing contest

Very cool. Preserving and raising awareness of possibly lost or soon-to-be lost indigenous languages.

Researchers from Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania developed a method that can predict Alzheimer’s disease with an accuracy of over 99 %.

Source: Algorithm developed by Lithuanian researchers can predict possible Alzheimer’s with nearly 100 per cent accuracy

Because of social media, the word “algorithm” has become almost a dirty word. Here’s a more promising use of the term. Very cool if accurate.

A Missouri dog has won American Humane’s “Service Dog of the Year”. Sobee, from central Missouri’s Holts Summit, is now in the running for the organization’s top title – the “Hero Dog Award”. The boxer mix is competing alongside six other amazing canines for the award. Sobee was rescued in 2016 by K9s on the…

Source: Once days away from being euthanized, Missouri dog competes for national “Hero Dog Award” – Missourinet

Definitely  a winner.

The idea for the clinic came from a young man with Down syndrome who has a fear of needles, said Dr. Karen McNeil, a family doctor who works at the teaching clinic.

Source: Therapy dogs to help people with needle anxiety at COVID-19 vaccine clinic

I’ve wondered how people with a classic fear of needles were doing. I love this approach.

Drones can give operators a birds-eye view of events – including natural disasters – as they unfold. And they can open up difficult-to-access places for emergency supplies to be delivered. This makes them well-suited to help in the response to humanitarian and environmental challenges.

Source: 5 Ways Drones are Saving Lives and the Planet

Great use of the tech.

The gift of bone marrow was life-changing for both donor and recipient.

Source: ‘Just floored’: Woman finally meets bone marrow donor who saved her life

Wonderful.