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Solidarity Bridge founder, Juan Jinojosa beside some of the donated medical equipment the organization recently shipped to Bolivia.

The headquarters of this cross-cultural service organization are in a converted...

Karadzic hid in plain sight with false identity...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:40:02 -0500

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Radovan Karadzic grew a long, white beard to conceal his identity and even managed to openly practice alternative medicine while in hiding, officials said Tuesday in revealing details of the war crimes fugitive's capture after a decade on the run.

Karadzic, the wartime leader of Bosnian Serbs, was arrested Monday night in a Belgrade suburb, officials said. ...

Clinical Trial on Hospitalized Children Suffering from Lead ......

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:40:02 -0500

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — EcoNugenics announces the results of a collaborative study with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) that reveals the effectiveness and safety of modified citrus pectin (MCP; PectaSol) in dramatically lowering lead toxicity in children who were suffering from severe lead poisoning. The study was conducted with kids between the...

Sequenom to Hold 2008 Second Quarter Financial Results Conference ......

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:40:01 -0500

Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a leading provider of genetic analysis solutions, today announced that it will release 2008 second quarter financial results after market close on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Sequenom management will host an investment-community conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time) to discuss those results and answer questions.

Individuals interes...

Neuren Pharmaceuticals (ASX: NEU) Announce Glypromate(R) and NNZ ......

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:40:03 -0500

"Selected companies have been screened using a strict set of judging criteria for the Top 10 award and represent what our committee considered the most attractive neuroscience opportunities the industry has to offer," said Roger Longman, Managing Director of Windhover Information. "Winners have met rigorous criteria including: unmet medical need, market potential, diversity of indications, stro...

LSS Rehab Welcomes New Leaders...

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:40:03 -0500

The Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation Center, a division of Lutheran Social Services, recently hired Tracy Merritt as its inpatient rehabilitation director and promoted Michael Rabent to outpatient rehabilitation director.

''Highly skilled physical therapists are in great demand these days,'' said Tom Holt, LSS president and chief executive officer. ''We are pleased and honored that ...

HIV couples barred from IVF therapy / Ministry nixes method over ......

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:40:03 -0500

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has blocked what would have been the nation's first attempt to use in vitro fertilization in the cases of two couples who are both infected with HIV, despite approval by Ogikubo Hospital in Tokyo in January last year, sources close to the issue said Saturday.

Though hospital ethics committee approved the reproduction treatment plan, the ministry has...

Teen Dies When Ventilator Fails In Power Outage...

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:40:02 -0500

A 15-year-old died Friday when the power went out in his East Boston home and his ventilator failed, according to Boston Police.

Fernando Vargas was found dead in a public housing complex where his family lives. Fernando suffered from multiple disabilities, including cerebral palsy, mental retardation and seizure disorder, local station WCVB reported.

At 5 a.m., an alarm sounded on his ve...

Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports...

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:02 -0500

ATLANTA (AP) — The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey.

More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are considered obese. In part, experts blame Southern eating habits, poverty and demographic groups that have higher obesity rates.

Colorado was the least obese, with about 19 percent fitting...

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 18/7...

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:40:03 -0500

Cameras will be installed in 25 major traffic points in Hanoi, according a project which was recently approved by the Hanoi People's Committee.

Under the project, Hanoi will have fixed and mobile cameras, which will support the city's Centre for Traffic Light Control under the Hanoi Police.

Concretely, outdated cameras in the 16 existing points will be replaced with new ones ...

Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes...

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:40:02 -0500

TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging technique, based on an engineered version of the common cold virus, may help doctors detect the spread of prostate cancer to the lymph nodes earlier.

This, in turn, could help guide more effective treatment decisions, said the authors of a study published in the July 11 edition of Nature Medicine.

"It would represent a treatment adv...

To Save a Life...

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:40:02 -0500

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - His face was distraught with nothing but fear and shock as Marines and Sailors lowered him to the floor of Camp Taqaddum Surgical. He found himself in a strange place around a number of people he could not understand. Despite all the chaos, Navy Cmdr. Pamela Harvey, who was serving in Iraq as an emergency room physician at the time, knew that this man's l...

Medical librarian an ALS advocate...

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:40:02 -0500

Dorothy O'Brien has always loved reading, researching and spending time near books. So it was natural for the English major to become a career librarian, combing the stacks for years, from public libraries to school libraries.

For more than a decade, O'Brien has worked as a medical librarian. She started in Gillette, Wyo., and since 1999, she's been a medical librarian at Good Samarita...

Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing...

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:40:02 -0500

WASHINGTON (AP) — A trio of experimental drugs has doctors hopeful that for the first time in decades, millions of people at risk of lethal blood clots may soon get easier treatment.

The first goal is a pill option for people who now need daily blood-thinning shots for weeks after knee or hip replacement surgery.

But the ultimate goal is an alternative to that old standby war...

Is Chennai a drug transit point for Beijing Olympics?...

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:40:04 -0500

Published on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 13:40, Updated at Mon, Jul 14, 2008 in Nation section

DRUG TRAIL: Officials have seized 17 drug consignments within last 6 months headed for Beijing.

CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury hints Left, Cong may work together later.

After confiscating 17 consignments of drugs in less than a year’s time, authorities fear Chennai may have become a transit...