VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA –
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Vancouver-based circumcision and vasectomy surgeon, Dr. Neil Pollock, recently returned from a 10 day mission to sub-Saharan Africa where he taught Rwandan doctors proper infant circumcision technique to help them stem the spread of AIDS in the region. Dr. Pollock travelled as part of a team assembled by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and their Read the rest of this entry »
They also found fighting roosters and items associated with illegal cockfighting, according a Polk County Sheriff’s Office report.
After responding to a home at 333 Earlene Drive, detectives called in Agricultural Crimes deputies and Animal Control officers, who removed 24 roosters that had been trained to fight, according to the report. Authorities also confiscated fighting knives and spurs, boxing gloves and other items typically used during illegal Read the rest of this entry »
Mangled bodies, wailing relatives at Gaza hospital
GAZA CITY: Relatives wail as the mangled bodies of loved ones are brought into Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on Saturday following Israeli air strikes that killed nearly 200 people in the Palestinian enclave.
Ambulances and private cars rush those wounded or killed in the punishing raids to the hospital, where staff use sheets as makeshift stretchers.
In some cases, a single stretcher is used to Read the rest of this entry »
. After reviewing preliminary data from a four year study, the drug regulators indicated that the results do not indicate an increased risk of strokes associated with the COPD inhaler.
did not address recent concerns which emerged last month after publication of two independent reports that indicated there may be an increased risk of heart attacks and death from Spiriva.
Spiriva HandiHaler is a once-daily inhaled medication used for long-term Read the rest of this entry »
At least 13 common drugs, including caffeine, several antibiotics, antidepressants and substances that lower human cholesterol levels, were found in water samples from the Tennessee River, according to a study.
Sean Richards, a professor of biological and environmental sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is taking the samples as part of a study conducted with another UTC professor to gauge pharmaceutical concentrations. Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2008)
— A team of cancer researchers from several Boston academic medical centers has discovered a potential treatment for a group of tumors that have resisted previous targeted therapy approaches. In their Nature Medicine report, which is receiving early online release, investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Read the rest of this entry »
Associated Press – October 8, 2008 11:05 AM ET
WATERVILLE, Vt. (AP) – Police say a man allowed to have a limited amount of marijuana for medical purposes has been charged with possessing far more – nearly four pounds at his Stowe restaurant, home and on a vacant lot.
As a member of the Vermont marijuana registry, Glenn Myer, 50, is permitted to have two ounces of pot, and two mature and seven immature marijuana plants.
But police say they found Read the rest of this entry »
Health officials are still investigating another salmonella outbreak that has spread into Nevada and 41 other states.
Almost 400 Americans have gotten sick from a single strain of salmonella since early September and health officials still don't know how the bacteria is spreading.
Most of the cases have been reported in California, Ohio and Michigan.
Washoe District Health Department officials say as of now there are not any confirmed cases Read the rest of this entry »
. has applied for a $300,000 permit for property at
in Arlington. The permit described the project as “interior alterations.” The contractor for the project is
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is a 4-acre lot with a 72,784-square-foot building constructed in 1982. It sits on the west side of Airline Road. The owner of the property is the Industrial Development Board of the city of Arlington.
The Shelby County Register of Deeds shows Wright Medical in December Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Having multiple generations living under one roof may take a toll on women’s heart health, a large study of Japanese adults suggests.
The study, which started following nearly 91,000 middle-aged and older adults in 1990, found that women who lived with their spouse, children and parents or parents-in-law were at elevated risk of developing heart disease.
Compared with their counterparts who lived with a husband only, Read the rest of this entry »