US researchers say they can now watch genetic diseases unfolding in the laboratory after finding a way to make large numbers of affected cells.
The advance, reported in the journal Nature, used skin cells from a child with a devastating genetic condition.
These were turned first into stem cells – the body’s master cells – and then into nerve cells, which started to die as the gene fault took hold.
The team said the earliest stages of the disease Read the rest of this entry »

Baxter-Curren Senior Center Bingo — 1 p.m., Thursdays, 908 Hickory. Information: 762-3631
Baxter-Curren Jam Session — 6:30 p.m., first, second and third Tuesdays, 908 Hickory. Music instrument playing. Information: 762-3631
Baxter-Curren Music Sessions — 6 p.m., second and fourth Tuesdays, 908 Hickory. Music singing and playing. Information: 762-3631
Circle Eight Squares — 7 -9 p.m., first and third Saturdays, Baxter Read the rest of this entry »

HENDERSONVILLE — The Pardee Hospital medical detoxification unit will present “Is My Loved One in Trouble with Drugs or Alcohol?” at noon Friday at the Pardee Health Education Center.
During the free seminar, medical experts in the field of addictions will discuss the disease process, assist attendees in recognizing the signs and symptoms of addiction and present possible treatment options. The perceptions, misconceptions and myths of addiction Read the rest of this entry »

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Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. (PMTI:
) reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $0.4 million or $0.02 per share compared to profit of $3.49 million or $0.18 per share a year ago.
Non-GAAP net income decreased to $0.2 million or $0.01 per share from $4.19 million or $0.22 per share prior year. On average, five analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $0.06 Read the rest of this entry »

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 CA-Posit-BreastCancer

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers at 28th annual National
Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) Conference in New York City this weekend will
present data to help physicians understand more about cognitive remediation
training in breast cancer survivors affected by “Chemobrain”. Chemobrain is a
well documented phenomenon of patients with varying types of cancer. It is
associated with reduced Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most piquant moments of the Deripaska affair must have been Lord Heseltine’s defence of George Osborne. Asked by Eddie Mair on Radio 4 if he thought the public would approve of the shadow Chancellor wining and dining on yachts with Russian billionaires, Hezza spluttered: “Wining and dining? I don’t know whether he wined and dined. I know he was on a yacht. I’ve seen this yacht described as a great sort of floating liner. It seemed to me Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC, Dec 19, 2008 / 09:01 pm (
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday issued a final regulation explicitly clarifying the rights of health care providers to decline participation in services to which they object in conscience. The rule will help protect those individuals and institutions in the medical field who object to abortion.
An HHS press release reported that several statutes have been enacted Read the rest of this entry »

Cunningham is well respected for her work as a colleague in the American
College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency
Medicine, and she serves as an examiner for the American Board of Emergency
Medicine. During her 13-year tenure as Lake Hospital System’s EMS medical
director, Cunningham has taken a system of thirteen municipal fire departments
and cultivated it into a current system of thirteen municipal fire
departments, Read the rest of this entry »

MISSISSIPPI STATE — Young people who desire a career in animal health but do not want to pursue a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree now have an alternative at Mississippi State University.
MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine will begin a four-year undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in veterinary technology in the fall of 2009. The college is establishing the degree to address a national shortage of veterinary Read the rest of this entry »

Published: January 24, 2009
Virginia is the only state reporting widespread flu, according to a federal map that shows where flu is occurring.
But there might not necessarily be more sniffing and sneezing going on here than in other states. Virginia has switched to a more sensitive method of finding cases of flulike illness.
“I have no reason to think Virginia is experiencing more influenza right now than other states,” said C. Diane Woolard, Read the rest of this entry »