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Study: Brain injury increases dementia risk Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:46AMPARIS -- A large study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Even concussions seem to raise the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disea ...
Doctor tied to 'martini golf' before fatal hit-run Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:29AMInvestigators now believe that a prominent Getzville doctor participated in a "martini golf" event at Transit Valley Country Club just hours before he was accused of fatally striking a teenage skateboarder with his car.
Exposure to second hand smoke may 'lead to hearing loss in adolescents' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:02AMWashington, July 19 (ANI): Researchers, led by an Indian origin scientist, have indicated that exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) is associated with increased risk of hearing loss among adolescents.
Mother died after routine treatment Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:35PMA mother-of-two at the centre of a hospital tampering probe died just two hours after her parents left her bedside believing she was responding well to treatment, her brother has revealed. Related Stories Calls for review of media ownership Fresh apology for hacking scandal Wealthy Britons prepare to flee Fresh attempt to detonate WW2 mine Robbie illness halts Take That gig
Two more Hendra outbreaks in Queensland Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:05PMTWO horses put down last week are believed to have had the Hendra virus, with the number of confirmed cases standing at ten.
Soil Testing Results Back From Dona Park Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:24PMAn update from the Dona Park neighborhood, where the results are back from the tests conducted there.In the past couple of weeks, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality sampled the soil from hundreds
Aquatics: FINA gets tough on doping in Shanghai Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:24PMSHANGHAI: Swimming chiefs yesterday stepped up their fight against doping at the world championships in Shanghai just days before Brazilian star Cesar Cielo learns his fate in a case that has rocked the sport.
Patient named in 'medicine tampering' case Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:37PMOne of three people reported to have died after what police suspect were multiple cases of tampering with medicine at a Greater Manchester hospital was confirmed yesterday to be a 44-year-old mother of two who had previously been responding well to treatment.
Swimming: China dazzle on opening day of world championships Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:38AMSHANGHAI: The world aquatics championships opened in a blaze of colour Saturday as hosts China claimed the event's very first gold medal with a trademark dominant diving display.
Tests for dozens as Hendra cases climb Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:14AMThere appear to be two more Hendra outbreaks in Queensland, including one near Brisbane's horse racing precinct.
Driver who hit three pedestrians in Cascade Township admitted drinking, undersheriff says Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:26PMTerry Rea, 60, was charged today with drunken driving causing serious injury
Save my lion! Desperate plea from woman who is looking after paralysed Ariel in her living room Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:21AMStretched across a mattress, Ariel the lion dozes as four people gently clean and massage his body. Under usual circumstances his carers would be at risk of a serious mauling from the 140kg beast.
Save my lion! Desperate plea to help paralysed Ariel struck down by mystery disease Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:03AMAn internet campaign has been launched by Ariel's Brazilian owner Raquel Borges and vet Livia Pereira, from Maringa, to raise money needed to pay for his treatment.
DNA Sample To Be Taken From Suspect In Murder Of B'klyn Boy Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:36AMEight-year-old Leiby Kletzky may have been smothered to death before being dismembered, according to sources who tell PIX 11 News the suspect was held overnight awaiting a warrant so authorities could take a DNA sample.
State agency tests yards of Dona Park homes, 5 found with chemicals of concern Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:03PMElevated levels of toxic chemicals were found at five of more than 350 homes in the Dona Park neighborhood where soil testing was done by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Campaign launched to heal paralysed lion in Brazil Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:44PMSAO PAULO - STRETCHED atop a mattress laid out in the living room of an upper class home, Ariel the lion was fast asleep on Wednesday as four people gently cleaned and massaged his body. The 3-year-old, 140kg lion is the focus of an Internet campaign to raise money needed to treat the paralysis that struck him a year ago, depriving him of the use of his four legs.
Now, indigenous diagnostic tests can detect Leptospirosis in 2 minutes Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:36PMIndian scientists have successfully developed indigenous diagnostic tests that can detect infection in humans by a Leptospiral strain in only two minutes.
Internet to aid of paralysed lion Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:24PMStretched atop a mattress laid out in the living room of an upper class home, Ariel the lion was fast asleep as four people gently cleaned and massaged his body. read more
Facebook campaign to heal paralyzed lion Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:16PMARIEL, the three-year-old, 140-kilogram lion is the focus of an Internet campaign to raise money to treat the paralysis that has deprived him of the use of his four legs.
Study Challenges Link Between Salt and Heart Disease Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:31AMTUESDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- The prevailing wisdom that high salt intake raises cardiovascular risks is being challenged by a new European study that suggests the opposite.
U.S. DOJ allows Quest Diagnostics to rip off taxpayers in massive Medicare fraud Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:03AMThe U.S. Department of Justice is allowing the nation's largest medical laboratory, Quest Diagnostics, Inc., to rip off taxpayers by hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in a massive Medicare fraud scheme by not intervening in an anti-kickback and false claims lawsuit against the company, said the three former medical laboratory executives who filed the lawsuit.
State officials use Rome hospital for data experiment Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:25PMATLANTA — Hospitals and doctors’ offices are often the scene of experiments, but Georgia physicians are launching a different kind of test, one with electronic medical records. The Department of Community Health is investing $1.7 million of federal stimulus funds in the Georgia Cancer Coalition’s attempt to develop a network in which cancer patients, their doctors and the city’s two hospitals ...
Stampede horse death due to ‘selective breeding’: Temple Grandin Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 8:51PMRenowned American animal welfare advocate Temple Grandin says the death of a horse at the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races Friday evening is related to genetic problems stemming from breeding, and not the workings of the Stampede.
Budget cuts halt tests for toxin Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 5:20PMCHARLESTON -- Perry White doesn't eat the fish he catches in the state's rivers and lakes since finding out from a test four years ago that his body contained elevated levels of poisonous mercury.
Driver from double fatal accident was more than twice legal limit Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 8:43AMThe Ohio State Highway Patrol says that the man responsible for the June 11th crash that killed two family members and injured two others had more than twice the legal alcohol limit in his system at the time of the crash.
Johnston school bus driver arraigned Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 7:02AMFrank Dimaio, 66, pleads not guilty; Johnston man was driving an empty bus, but was slated to pick up a group of Lincoln middle school students
Fatal crash driver more than twice over alcohol limit Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 2:08AMELYRIA — The man responsible for the June 11 crash that killed the wife and son of a Lorain County sheriff’s deputy had more than twice the legal alcohol limit in his system at the time of the crash, according to the Highway Patrol.
Gasoline addict gets help Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 1:33AMTroubled Mekong Delta boy is brought to HCMC for testing and education
Mebane woman killed, Elon officer injured near checkpoint Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:20PMELON - A Mebane woman was hit by a vehicle and killed and an Elon police officer was injured early Friday on N.C. 100 near a license checkpoint.Shakeshia Taylor, 21, of Daniel Fuquay Road, Mebane was pronounced dead at the scene.The incident is being investigated by the N.C. Highway Patrol,...
Epsilon Group Launches FDA-Approved Type 1 Diabetes Simulator Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:29PMThe Epsilon Group, a Charlottesville, Va.-based medical research firm, has launched the Type 1 Diabetes Metabolic Simulator, or T1DMS, an in silico diabetes simulator based on technology licensed from the University of Virginia.
High-tech boost for diabetic children Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:59AMDOCTORS in Perth are hoping a special sensor and BlackBerry device can help children with type 1 diabetes receive regular insulin doses.
Cortisol hormone controls bile acid recycling process Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:33AMNature sees to it that we do not have "too much choler" in our body. A delicately equilibrated regulation system ensures that there is always exactly the right amount of bile in the gallbladder. When we are hungry, our body releases a hormone called cortisol, which is a glucocorticoid. Hepatic cells receive this hormone signal through their cortisol receptors and respond by filling the ...
No refusal weekend sees big number of drunken-driving arrests Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:32AMMcKINNEY -- The Fourth of July weekend has come to a close, and as families are picking up the debris from a weekend of fun, the Collin County Sheriff's Office is looking at results from the state's "no refusal" weekend.
Crash could result in feticide charge Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:30AMA Tennessee woman is facing possible feticide charges after she crashed her car into a tree early Wednesday morning near Sun.
High-tech boost for kids with diabetes Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:03AMTREATING diabetes in children is about to go high-tech.
Unusually overweight woman with Cushing's Syndrome to get treatment Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:54AMWith the help of the GMA Kapuso Foundation, unusually overweight Evelyn Sambrano who is suffering from Cushing's Syndrome, has been brought from Bataan to Manila to receive hospital treatment.
Phase III Trial of Novartis Drug Afinitor® Met Primary Endpoint of Reducing SEGA Tumor Size in Patients With Tuberous ... Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:53AMEAST HANOVER, N.J., July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ("Novartis") announced today Phase III trial results that showed more than one-third of patients taking Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets* experienced a 50% or greater reduction in the size of their subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGAs), non-cancerous brain tumors associated with tuberous sclerosis complex ...
High-tech boost for diabetics Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:48AMDoctors in Perth are trialling a new high-tech device which could revolutionise how children with type 1 diabetes receive crucial insulin doses.
Stem Cell Treatment May Relieve Angina Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 5:35PMAn experimental therapy involving stem cell injections from the patient's own blood is showing promise in the treatment of people with chest pain that is not responsive to drugs, angioplasty, or surgery.
POLICE LOG Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:21PMCRIMINAL MISCHIEF LANCASTER TWP.: A 2001 Lexus was spraypainted with yellow and silver paint and a side mirror was broken along East Orange Street, near Broad Street, overnight Tuesday. Damage is about $1,200. CRIMINAL TRESPASS MOUNT JOY: Lucas J. Vachon, 25, of Mount Joy, was charged at an apartmen...
Miami-Dade Park Contaminated By Lead Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:34AMHealth officials urging testing for children under 6 who visited Olinda Park.
Neurokine Selects Cognitive Test Protocols for Post CABG Clinical Trials Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:31AMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 7, 2011) - Neurokine Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Company") (OTCBB:NEUKF) is pleased to announce the selection of 11 cognitive battery tests for its coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) neurocognitive impairment clinical trials. These cognitive tests consists of the core battery as defined by an international consensus conference on post CABG ...
Fort Felker: Driving Innovation in Wind Power Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:40AMTalking with wind energy engineer Fort Felker about turbine manufacturing is like taking a breath of fresh air. A hearty fellow with a big voice and a slight southern drawl, he doesn't come across as someone who holds a patent in winglet technology, a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and was instrumental in the design of the modern wind turbine. He comes across as someone ...
Report: Alere offered $369M for Scots firm, gets spurned Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:37AMWe now know what Alere Inc. had in mind for at least some of the $2 billion credit line it closed last week. According to an online report, the Waltham company offered $369 million for Scottish company Axis-Shield Plc, which has rejected the offer.
Hospital discharges 10 patients with mysterious illnesses Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:24AMread more
Donor Fatigue Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 6:02AMScientists may still be debating the role of viruses in chronic fatigue syndrome, but blood banks aren’t taking any chances. Last summer the AABB, a nonprofit that represents blood-collecting organizations, advised people with the disorder, marked by severe fatigue and aches lasting six months or more, to self-defer from blood donation. Last December the American Red Cross went further, banning ...
Nigeria: We'll Unravel the Issue Soon - Police - Latest On Mother of 7 Babies in 11 Months Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 5:57AMThe dust raised by the alleged birth of seven babies in less than one year is yet to settle. While the alleged mother of the babies insist they are hers and surrenders herself and the babies for DNA test, Imo State Police Command has accepted the challenge and is currently investigating the incident. Saturday Vanguard exclusively spoke to Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, in charge of the ...
Blackburn and Darwen among worst for diabetes checks Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 5:47AMONLY 37 per cent of diabetes patients in Blackburn and Darwen are getting appropriate annual checks according to a new audit.
HIV in primary care: Treating an aging epidemic Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 11:49PMAs HIV-positive patients live longer due to improved treatments, they are developing chronic diseases that need to be managed by primary care doctors, experts say.
Miami Beach cop, in ATV crash with 3 injured, was allegedly drinking Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 10:38PMA Miami Beach police officer who authorities say struck two people with his department ATV Sunday morning on the sands of South Beach was allegedly drinking on the job and joyriding with a woman at the time of the crash.