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  • Study Says Lack of Sleep Adds Plaque to Heart Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:51PMMILWAUKEE, Wis. -- People in their 30s and 40s who got less sleep at night were more likely to develop the early buildup of plaque in the arteries of their heart , according to a new study.
  • Reading My Mind Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:30PMWhat would it be like to have your mind read by a machine? 60 Minutes associate producer Meghan Frank got to find out firsthand.
  • Church rallies around family Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:58PMIn April 2008, Melanie Shope, 34, of Liverpool began having spinning sensations and episodes of flashing lights in her head and strobing effects in her eyes.
  • News: Griffin shows slew of iPod, iPhone products at Macworld Expo Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 10:34AMGriffin Technology has introduced a number of new products for the iPod and iPhone. The SmartTalk Bluetooth is a sound isolating hands-free headset that features a dual microphone design and MyVoice acoustics from StepLaps to help eliminate background noise. According to the company, it offers 30 dB to 50 dB of signal-to-noise improvement, and also features an in-ear fit for sound isolation and ...
  • Article: 2009 CES + Macworld Expo Sneak Peeks Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 10:18AMWith CES over and Macworld Expo now underway, iLounge’s editors have been checking in with the major vendors of iPod, iPhone, and iTunes accessories and software to see what’s new and exciting for 2009. Here are some of the biggest new introductions we’ve seen—more are being added all the time. Boston Acoustics Boston Acoustics has announced its new Horizon iDS3 Flagship iPod Speaker System. The ...
  • Aseptic Necrosis of the Hip (Osteonecrosis, Avascular Necrosis, Ischemic Necrosis, Osteochondritis Dessicans) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 10:06AMAseptic necrosis of the hip is the death of bone tissue in the head of the femur due to an inadequate blood supply. Certain bones have a fragile blood supply. The head of the femur in the hip joint is the most likely to suffer loss of blood supply and consequent tissue death.
  • Reviving cinema: BAM, Film Forum, Walter Reade carry on a classical tradition Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:04AMIn the 1980s, the old model of repertory theatres was dying. Tattered theatres screening classic films became valuable real estate, eagerly acquired by developers. Manhattan’s Thalia, Elgin, Regency and Bleecker Street Cinema all closed.
  • SpectraScience Awarded U.S. Patent 7,469,160 for Its Unique Methods and Apparatus for Evaluating Image Focus Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:30AM SpectraScience, Inc. , a San Diego based medical device company, today announced that it has been awarded U.S. Patent number 7,469,160 for its methods and apparatus for evaluating image focus.
  • Steve Harmison opens MRI unit at Wansbeck Hospital Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:51AMENGLAND fast-bowler Steve Harmison went back home yesterday as he opened the new state-of-the-art MRI unit at Wansbeck General Hospital.
  • Steve Harmison hit for six by new unit Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:10AMENGLAND fast-bowler Steve Harmison went back home yesterday as he opened the new state-of-the-art MRI unit at Wansbeck General Hospital.
  • Study shows inherited factors contribute progression in breast cancer Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:36PMNew research in mice and five independent collections of human breast tumours has enabled National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientists to confirm that genes for factors contributing to susceptibility for breast cancer metastasis can be inherited.
  • Information on Sciatica Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:01PMLets start with the basic question on most peoples mind, what is sciatica? The general term used for pain being felt along the sciatic nerve is sciatica.
  • Inherited factors play key role in breast cancer Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:37PMNew research in mice and five independent collections of human breast tumors has enabled National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientists to confirm that genes for factors contributing to susceptibility for breast cancer metastasis can be inherited.
  • I broke my leg in the snow - and healed it with cells from my hip Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:53PM A broken leg usually starts healing after eight weeks, but it can take much longer. Loraine Holland, 45, tells of a new technique she has benefited from while her surgeon explains the procedure.
  • Winter best for spotting battlefield wildlife Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:31PMFrom the front passenger seat, David Weaver stretches an enthusiastic finger toward a historic rock wall on the Gettysburg battlefield.
  • Trial starts in death of Anderson woman, fetus Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:33PMA man accused in the death of an Anderson woman and her unborn child went on trial on Monday.
  • Son turns tragedy into tool for rescuers Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 11:55AMMan gives sonar device to St. Albans ice rescue team
  • Inherited Factors Play an Important Role in Breast Cancer Progression Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:14AMNew research in mice and five independent collections of human breast tumors has enabled National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientists to confirm that genes for factors contributing to susceptibility for breast cancer metastasis can be inherited.
  • Preventing Super Bug Infections Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 1:27AM(ARA) - Each year more than a million patients in the United States develop infections caused by deadly super bugs that have developed resistance to the antibiotics normally used to treat them.
  • Reflections on the best of birding in 2008 Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 3:21AMAs 2008 comes to an end, it is good to reflect on the past year and to look ahead to another year. Doug Chickering of Groveland reflects on this past year of birding: "Our birding today, the last day of the year, was restricted to our feeders, for reasons that are only too obvious. We had siskins, of course. Three of them mixed in with the goldfinches. We also had a pair of Carolina wrens. There ...
  • 2009: The big ideas Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 9:46PMThis could be the year we grow our own limbs, map our own DNA and get to know our virtual selves.
  • 2009: The big ideas Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 9:35PMThe cost of reading DNA is expected to drop as dramatically in 2009 as the stock market did last year. Technology has made it so fast and cheap to unravel the six billion chemical units of the human genome that the amount of DNA you can read for a dollar has been doubling every 12 months.
  • Sonar search ended in Upper Island Cove; Memorial service set for this afternoon Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 9:21PMDEER LAKE — The search to find the bodies of two Upper Island Cove boys believed to have gone over a cliff and into the water while riding an ATV on Dec.
  • Inherited Factors Play Important Role In Breast Cancer Progression According To New Study In Mice Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 4:26PMNew research in mice and five independent collections of human breast tumors has enabled scientists to confirm that genes for factors contributing to susceptibility for breast cancer metastasis can be inherited.
  • Revelry within safety ring Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:51PMThe evening may have started under a veil of security, but it lifted fast to reveal the face of a Calcutta that loves to party. Car checks, metal detectors, bag searches and even body frisking were patiently endured at almost every New Year’s Eve party venue in town.
  • Banged up Raptors hope for the best Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:57PMJermaine O’Neal feels like he and the Raptors are stuck in a never-ending loop, not unlike what unfolded in the movie Groundhog Day.
  • Green Zone Handed Off With Little Fanfare Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:16PMBAGHDAD, Jan. 1 -- The handover of the Green Zone from U.S. to Iraqi control Thursday presented such a powerful symbol of the waning American presence in Iraq that it would have been nearly impossible for both sides not to mark it with a formal ceremony.
  • Battered, burned and dumped by the motorway Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:10AMThe charred body of a man was found burning next to a motorway after he was beaten to death, police said yesterday.
  • WE SCAN STOP IT Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:40AMEXCLUSIVE Big stores back blades till alert Cashiers to demand ID Scheme is used for drink STOP KNIVES SAVE LIVES For Ben ..for everyone DAILY Mirror
  • BATTERED, BURNED, DUMPED BY M-WAY Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:10AMBody sparks murder hunt
  • Body recovered on Lake Ray Hubbard Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:27AMThe body of a missing boater has been found at Lake Ray Hubbard. Brandon Fugate had been missing for a month after the boat three men were using took on water during heavy winds on Nov. 29.
  • Total body scan saving lives Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:24AMTwo years ago P.C., a 66-year-old woman, came to Dr. Dennis Birenbaum’s cancer center for a total body scan. She had no symptoms of any disease, but she liked the price being offered by the center.
  • Pictured: The face of murdered man whose body was found burning by motorway Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:12PM Police have issued CT scan images of a man whose body was dumped on the side of a motorway and set on fire.
  • Dead body found dumped by side of motorway Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:30AM A motorway remained closed today after a driver spotted a burning body on the embankment.
  • FDA Approves First Imaging Agent To Enhance Scans Of Blood Flow - Helps Detect Possible Blood Vessel Problems Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 6:15AMThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vasovist Injection (gadofosveset trisodium), the first contrast imaging agent for use in patients undergoing magnetic resonance angiography, or MRA, a minimally invasive test for examining blood vessels.
  • Fight for life and against misdiagnosis Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 2:38AMIf you closed your eyes and listened to Rose Schwarz talk about the life she’d like to be living, you’d hear the exuberance and idealism of most any 20 year old.
  • You are here Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 1:01AMJust one extra hour of sleep a day appears to lower the risk of developing calcium deposits in the arteries, a precursor to heart disease, US researchers said yesterday.
  • Doctor declares Patterson cancer-free Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 5:51PMDon Patterson didn’t have to rip through any wrapping paper or wrestle with a ribbon to enjoy the best gift he received for Christmas.
  • Luxury tutoring Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 5:49AMThe Irwin Academic Services Center at the University of Illinois is outfitted with computer labs and classrooms; staffed with tutors, counselors and learning specialists; furnished with oversized leather chairs and Oriental rugs — and off-limits to 99 percent of the student body.
  • FDA approves first imaging agent to enhance scans of blood flow Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 4:37AMThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Vasovist Injection, the first contrast imaging agent for use in patients undergoing magnetic resonance angiography, or MRA, a minimally invasive test for examining blood vessels.
  • Faster, new CT scanner cuts radiation exposure Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 12:03PMSIEMENS is launching a computer tomograph (CT) scanner that is faster than all other such scanners and needs only a fraction of the previous radiation dosage for making images.
  • FDA Approves First Imaging Agent to Enhance Scans of Blood Flow Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 11:51AMThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vasovist Injection (gadofosveset trisodium), the first contrast imaging agent for use in patients undergoing magnetic resonance angiography, or MRA, a minimally invasive test for examining blood vessels.
  • Skimping on sleep linked to hardened arteries Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 9:13AMJust one extra hour of sleep a day appears to lower the risk of developing calcium deposits in the arteries, a precursor to heart disease
  • Heart study serves as a wake-up call Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 7:26AMPeople in their 30s and 40s who got less sleep at night were more likely to develop the early buildup of plaque in the arteries of their heart, according to a provocative new study.
  • Icy conditions close highways during morning commute Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 5:48AMMany people started their Christmas holiday with an appointment with a tow truck.
  • Parish reaches out to family of missing Wildwood man Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 10:32AMThe loss Dec. 16 of a man his pastor called “gentle and faith-filled” has profoundly touched the St. Alban Roe Catholic parish in Wildwood this Advent and Christmas season.
  • New Army technology could save soldiers’ lives Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 9:51AMRegrowing a fingertip cut off in an accident sounds like something from a futuristic movie. But with innovative technology developed by the U.S. Army, such regrowth is possible today. http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?d=41 http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?d=50 http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=rDPw7fb1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?d=52 ...
  • Is your personal trainer damaging your health? Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 5:49AMDespite the credit crunch, about 80,000 people are expected to join the gym rush in the new year. But beware of the cowboy trainer
  • Article Photos Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 5:21AMDr. Thomas L. Greer, board certified radiologist, has successfully fulfilled the certificate requirements of the American College of Radiology and has been awarded the Certificate of Proficiency in Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography.
  • Total body scan saving lives Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 1:42AMTwo years ago P.C., a 66-year-old woman, came to Dr. Dennis Birenbaum’s cancer center for a total body scan. She had no symptoms of any disease, but she liked the price being offered by the center.