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3 scores used for testing bone mass

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a woman of 54 with somewhat limited mobility due to back pain. Perhaps for this reason, my primary care physician ordered a DEXA scan in 2023 and again in 2026. I was alarmed when the recent scan showed osteopenia in five of the six areas that were tested. I thought the 2023 scan was normal, but when I revisited it, I saw that I had osteopenia then as well. But in the 2023 report, they had only looked for a Z-score of less than -2 as an indicator of a problem, whereas in 2026 they used the T-score. Had I realized that I had osteopenia three years ago, I’d have ...

A hand extended to all

YOUNGSTOWN — Pastor Robert P. Neeley has been installed as the new senior pastor at Triedstone Missionary Baptist Church. A pastoral installation ceremony took place in June with the theme “To serve with a heart for God and a hand extended to all.” Neeley said he looks forward to ...

Foundress of religious order is declared Venerable

YOUNGSTOWN — The Diocese of Youngstown has announced the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has recognized the heroic virtues of the Servant of God, Mother Mary Teresa Tallon (1867-1954), foundress of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate. In June, Pope Leo XIV designated the New York-born Mother Tallon as “Venerable,” advancing her cause for beatification and canonization. Sisters from the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate have been actively serving the faithful at St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Warren since October 2022. Therefore, this universal Church milestone ...

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SUPERHERO WEEKEND: Rock of Grace Church in Vernon will host Superhero Summerfest with a family night 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday and a special service with the children at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. PATRIOTIC CONCERT: Grace Methodist Church, 1725 Drexel Ave. NW, Warren, will host a lawn concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday with the Cortland Community Band. There will be patriotic selections for America250. Proceeds from the event will help fill children’s shoeboxes for the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. CHURCH HOSTS LADIES EVENT: Southington Christian Church, 3285 state Route 534, will ...

Christian missionaries find new frontier in VRChat

As more people build friendships and spend significant portions of their lives in virtual spaces, Cru’s missionaries are adapting familiar evangelistic practices to reach them. “At first we were like, what is it like here? Who comes here? Why are they here?” said Frank Kuligowski, the digital strategist for Cru who spearheaded the idea of Cru missionaries purchasing VR headsets. “How can we bless them and, you know, love them and listen to them?” After praying, the missionaries pull up their virtual maps and choose a world to enter, which Kuligowski described as an art of ...