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Ennis likely to miss rest of 2011 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:07AMThe Bulldogs suffer another huge blow with their most influential player Michael Ennis unlikely to play again this season.
National news in brief, 7/16 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:26PMNews items from across the nation
An unwanted birthday guest Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:29PMAre Facebook ‘Happy Birthday’ greetings just a nice form of group cyber-cuddle? Or is something more creepy at work?
Cancer screening: It can save your life Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:35AMNobody likes colonoscopies, but a report released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control suggests a very real connection between getting checked for colorectal cancer and lowering the risk of death.
Pertuzumab Combined With Herceptin and Chemotherapy Significantly Extended the Time People With HER2-Positive ... Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:11AMGenentech, a member of the Roche ...
Worker sues doctor Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:09AMA Florida Keys doctor who admitted he sexually battered a patient in 2005 in Illinois is being sued by a local employee who claims he groped her, made unwanted sexual advances and pointed a handgun... read more
Army: Radiation From Airport Body Scanners Is Negligible Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:29PMA new study of airport body scanners by U.S. Army scientists shows that the machines produce a low dose of radiation, supporting Transportation Security Administration claims that a screening is equivalent to the radiation a passenger gets in two minutes of flying.
Tenn. Woman Arrested at Airport During Screening Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:33PMAuthorities say a Tennessee woman who refused a full-body scan and a pat-down at the Nashville airport was arrested for verbally abusing security workers.
What It Means To Be 'Always On' A Smartphone Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:09PMConstantly having access to our cellphones is changing the way we interact with the world, says technology writer Brian X. Chen. In a new book, he explains how being "always on" will affect law enforcement, the medical community and higher education.
Baby who came back from the dead Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:01AMMEET little Toby Lebbern – who has literally come back from the dead.
Live! Sonia, PM to visit Mumbai at 5.30 pm today Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:19PMThough Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had earlier stated that the injured victims of Mumbai serial blasts would be treated free, a private hospital has asked one such patient to pay his medical bills.
UCLA Receives Six UC Health Quality Grants to Improve Hospital Care Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:33AMA key component of health care reform involves the improvement of quality, access and value when delivering health services, particularly for patients admitted to a hospital. To help meet these needs, the University of California established the Center for Health Quality and Innovation, which provides financial support for health quality initiatives across the UC health system.
Nigeria: Women With Magic Fingers Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:19AMThe Moment assistant editor, encounters two Ijaw women who have so perfected the art of bone-setting, that they are regarded as having magic fingers.
Learning Morel About Mushrooms Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:12AMChris Florence is a commercial mushroom forager, mushroom advocate, farmer and vendor at Capital City Public Market. Recently he led a half dozen chefs and restaurant types on a search for morels and other edible mushrooms in the mountains north of Boise. by Guy Hand Many cultures, including our own, once considered hunting mushrooms aberrant behavior. They are, after all, a sometimes filthy and ...
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (5th Anniversary Edition) - Walkthrough -- Knights of the Nine Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:01PMK K N N IIIII GGG H H TTTTT SSS K K NN N I G H H T S K K NN N I G H H T S KK N N N I G HHHHH T SSS K K N NN I G GGG H H T S K K N NN I G G H H T ...
Milton man charged with punching infant son Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:19AMFriday afternoon a Milton man was arrested following a family disturbance on Phoenix Dr. in Milton. Jeremy Alexander Davidson, 21, was arrested and charged with felony child abuse and domestic violence involving battery. Alexander is currently being...
Bioscience businesses in area offer great promise, carry great risk Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:09PMThe stories of bioscience startups are as varied as the science of life itself. One girds Grandma’s brittle bones. The next holds hope for Rover’s arthritic hips. Some promise extraordinary gadgets to keep a body going. Others promise a cancer drug to zero in on tumors.
Dispatches from Occupied Territory - Of Open Minds and Closed People Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:40PMDispatches from Occupied Territory - Of Open Minds and Closed People By Cognitive Dissonance This is the second in a series of fictional explorations into an individual’s awakening to the suddenly unfamiliar world around her while still engulfed in the day to day insanity. These short stories in letter form are intended for the more sensitive and inquisitive reader who wants to look more ...
Finding the truth for families of fallen warriors Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:34PMROCKVILLE, Md. -- Sometimes the remains of American war dead arrive at the military morgue intact, sealed inside a "human remains pouch" -- a body bag. Sometimes they arrive as "dissociated remains" -- a leg, an arm or other body parts ripped loose by the force of a roadside bomb or suicide bomber or air crash. And sometimes there are "co-mingled remains" of several victims of a blast or crash ...
Compulsive Eaters May Have 'Food Addiction,' Study Finds Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:57PMMONDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- People who are compulsive eaters show similar activity in the same brain regions as people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, according to new research.
Airport Body Scanners Safe, Experts Say Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:36PMTUESDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- With this coming Wednesday the busiest travel day of the year, many Americans will soon be subjected to radiation-emitting body scanners at the nation's airports.
Editorial: A gut-bomb warning Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:31PMYou wonder who lies awake at night thinking this stuff up — our guys or the bad guys. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are warning about the threat of suicide bombers trying to take down an airliner with explosives surgically implanted in the body, where they could be detonated by a hidden switch or remotely from a cellphone.
Case for Second-World-War-era pope’s sainthood bolstered with woman’s claim of miracle cure Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:02PMMaria Esposito was ready to give up. Wasted away at 42 kilos (92 pounds), she couldn’t bear another dose of chemotherapy to fight the Stage IV Burkitt’s lymphoma that had invaded her body while she was pregnant with her second child.
Text: Lord Alton on the fight facing us - Right to Life Summer Event Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:09PMIt was Victor Frankl in "The Doctor and the Soul", who said "sometimes, the unfinished are among the most beautiful of symphonies". The unborn child and lives prematurely ended are the unfinished of our generation. We are here tonight because we believe every life is precious from conception to natural death, that every life once begun must be given the chance to be completed; to be finished.
BLOG: Bin Laden Is Dead…You Think You’re Safe? Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:30AMBin Laden is dead...so you think you're safe?
Is high security backfiring in U.S.? Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:27AMBy Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent NEW YORK – As a foreign correspondent for NBC News, I haven’t spent much time in the United States during the last decade.
Flexible, printable sensors detect underwater hazards Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:52AM(PhysOrg.com) -- Breakthroughs in nanoengineering often involve building new materials or tiny circuits. But a professor at the University of California, San Diego is proving that he can make materials and circuits so flexible that they can be pulled, pushed and contorted – even under water – and still keep functioning properly.
Medina Hospital's technology expands with Cleveland Clinic mobile unit Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:02AMThe Cleveland Clinic's mobile PET/CT scan unit will be available at Medina Hospital every Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Know your body to eat less Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:33PMMindful eating is the exact opposite of eating while driving, watching TV, gobbling the leftovers on your kid's plates and taking a nibble every time you walk into the kitchen or pass a plate of goodies.
VIDEO: State Police using sonar to search Merrimack River for missing man Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:41AMWelcome to our online comments feature. To join the discussion, you must first register with Disqus and verify your email address. Once you do, your comments will post automatically. We welcome your thoughts and your opinions, including unpopular ones.
Heart attack: What you might want to know Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:23AMWednesday, July 6th, 2011 15:43:00 After discussing some common questions on high blood cholesterol last week, I feel a discussion of a heart-related topic along a similar vein would be appropriate for this week. I choose heart attack - a deadly condition that kills more Malaysians than any other disease, even in women. Let me share with you some common questions about heart attack that I keep ...
Northwest News: American bulldog mauls infant in Nehalem; TSA union claims elevated cancer rates among Portland ... Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:52AMWe've perused newspapers, television websites and online magazines for headlines of special interest to folks around the Pacific Northwest.
IATA unveils future airport checkpoint mock-up Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:34AMIATA last month unveiled a mock-up of an airport checkpoint of the future—designed to enhance security while reducing queues and intrusive searches—that relies on intelligence-driven, risk-based measures ( ATW Daily News, Dec. 15, 2010 ).
HP TouchSmart 610 review Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:11AMIs it just us or do all-in-ones seem to be having a moment? Over the past two months, we've seen Toshiba make a belated jump into the market, while Lenovo went and added one to its family of Think-branded laptops and desktops. And that's not even counting models by old-timers like Apple, Dell, and MSI. And then there's HP, which has been making touchscreen all-in-ones for three years -- long ...
GOP uses budget, other tools to sap financial services overhaul law Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:38AMThey're wary of repealing entire statute since banks are unpopular
GOP maneuvers to nibble away at Obama's financial reform Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:42AMPresident Barack Obama 's financial overhaul law is nearly a year old. For congressional Republicans, the fight to weaken it is just starting.
GOP Targets Financial Overhaul Law For Revisions Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:11AMRepublicans frustrated with a financial regulations law are trying to pick out pieces for changes while both parties campaign on whether the overhaul is good or bad for the economy and consumers.
French x-ray fires up North Shore Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 10:45PMTHE profile of tiny Dalcross Adventist Hospital was boosted worldwide when it became the first Australian hospital to install a revolutionary French x-ray machine last week.
AP Exclusive: Miracle claimed for WWII-era pope Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 3:21AMA judge sentences a spectator to jail for contempt. CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, Italy (AP) - Maria Esposito was ready to give up.
Bluebird Soft Introduces Pistol Grip Kit for Pidion BIP-7000 Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 3:04AMThe Pistol Grip Kit helps reduce workers’ fatigue in scan-intensive environments and delivers broad coverage for both indoor and outdoor applications. (PRWeb July 03, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8613107.htm
Was Cancer Check America doctor's oversight adequate? Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 11:25PMState health officials have referred to the S.C. Board of Medical Examiners questions about the practices of a longtime Hilton Head Island physician who was involved with a troubled business offering preventive imaging.
British tennis star whose liver was in worse shape than George Best's Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 7:07PMFor the past eight years Elena Baltacha, the British No 1, has been suffering from a rare liver condition that puts her at raised risk of cancer and bowel disorders, and means that one day she will almost definitely need a transplant.
18 kids dead in 48 hrs at BC Roy Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:34PMKOLKATA (India)- Twenty-four hours before the state could celebrate the 130th birth anniversary of its second chief minister, Dr BC Roy, the premises of a children's hospital in Kolkata named after him witnessed angry protests with 17 child deaths being reported in the last 48 hours and the relatives of victims crying foul over alleged negligence leading to the death of their kin.
X-rays illuminate fossil pigment Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 1:01PMA new technique gives clues to the shading of fossil animals.
Invu plc - Preliminary Results Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 2:12AMInvu plc - Preliminary Results
School Board Adopts Concussion Policy Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:35AMThe School Board unanimously voted Tuesday night to adopt a policy from the state Board of Education that aims to protect student-athletes from brain injuries. The policy will be in place starting July 1.
Head to Head: Is government so powerful we need a new American Revolution? Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:56AMMany of us this weekend will celebrate the 235th anniversary of independence from the British with fireworks, barbecue and block parties. While offering a respite from politics, the holiday is also an occasion to reflect on whether we've strayed too far from the spirit of 1776.
Along the spine, women buckle at breaking points Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:14AMPersonal Health: Vertebral fractures affect a quarter of postmenopausal women and account for half of the 1.5 million fractures due to bone loss each year in the United States. Here's how to protect your back.
Babies banned from first class, No swearing we're Delta, TSA hassles Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 8:17AMWhat a week it was in the friendly skies.
Bible not a barometer Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 11:17PMPoints to Ponder By Rev Fran Darling