in middle-aged women, according to a new study published online yesterday in the
. The study involved more than 1.2 million British women, making it the largest study ever to look into the role of alcohol use in women’s cancer risk. During the seven-year follow-up period, 68,775 women in the study were diagnosed with cancer. Cancer risk increased as the consumption of alcohol rose, and the kind of alcohol the women drank didn’t seem to make a difference. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. government, asking a federal court to invalidate a rule the Bush administration says protects health care workers who do not believe in abortion.
Attorneys general of Connecticut, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, and Rhode Island filed a similar challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services rule.
The regulation bans Read the rest of this entry »
The ruling and opposition blocs reached an agreement Wednesday to hold a question-and-answer session Thursday morning at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting over issues related to the resignation of Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa.
The agreement was made at a meeting of the Diet affairs committee chairmen of the ruling and opposition parties that was held at the Diet to discuss normalization of the Diet sessions.
During the meeting, Read the rest of this entry »
A former Galesburg Police Department lieutenant will spend the next 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to stealing drugs from the department’s evidence locker.
David W. Hendricks, 50, pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to one count of possession of a controlled substance and official misconduct.
In imposing the sentence Thursday in Knox County Circuit Court, Judge Steven Bordner said Hendricks tarnished the reputation of the Police Department and brought Read the rest of this entry »
Pontiac Mayor Clarence Phillips said Wednesday he holds hope that state and federal officials will find a way to reopen North Oakland Medical Centers, a 336-bed hospital that closed Tuesday.
“It’s not a done deal yet,” said Phillips, who spent the day talking to elected officials and candidates running for office.
Lt. Gov. John Cherry Jr. called Phillips Tuesday night with encouragement, Phillips said. He said Cherry told him, “‘There’s a good Read the rest of this entry »
TUESDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that speaks to the complicated connection between having migraines with aura and an increased risk of cardiovascular trouble, Harvard researchers report that a gene variant that was suspected to be a link between the conditions is not but that two genotypes could well be.
“Migraine with aura, in women in particular, is associated with about a doubling of the risk of stroke and heart attack,” said Read the rest of this entry »
One of the premiere national high school tournaments of the season took place in the Valley Saturday and the whole thing stood to benefit a great cause.
Organizers held the the Cancer Research Classic at Wheeling Jesuit University and 10 basketball teams participated.
Director of the event, Gregory Merrick, said the programs goal is to improve the quality of public health in a fun way.
The American Cancer Society and Coaches Versus Cancer were Read the rest of this entry »
Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): Irish actor Colin Farrell thinks that he was probably high on drugs and alcohol when he taped his infamous sex session with Playboy model Nicole Narain.
Farrell, 32, even took Narain to court in a bid to try and stop the distribution of the sex tape in 2005, but now he has admitted that the footage wasnt so bad for his career.
The only thing he seems to regret is that Narain had put the idea of a sex tape to him when Read the rest of this entry »
,(2) a leading Northern Virginia not-for-profit healthcare provider, has selected a unified communications-ready solution from Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) with
that ensures off-site emergency dispatchers know a caller’s exact location when 911 is dialed from a VoIP phone.
Unlike most traditional wireline phones that already provide the caller’s location to emergency services, enterprise VoIP requires the specific location of phones to be programmed Read the rest of this entry »