VIENNA (AFP) — The two Austrians freed by the north African branch of Al-Qaeda are “in good health” despite being fed only bread and water during their many months in captivity, the government and a family member said Sunday.
“Wolfgang Ebner and Andrea Kloiber are in surprisingly good health,” said the defence ministry in a statement.
At a press conference at the pair’s home city of Salzburg Sunday, Ebner’s son said how they survived their Read the rest of this entry »
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Three-year-old Hudson Francis has been making weekly 300-mile round trips from his home in Surrey to Fargo for leukemia treatments. Now, with his cancer in remission, he’s left doctors, nurses, patients and others early Christmas presents.
Hats for everybody.
“We’re not the only family going through this,” said Hudson’s mother, Anne Francis. “He just wanted to do something to give back to the kids who are going through Read the rest of this entry »
FDA Expands Use Of HPV Vaccine Gardasil For Vaginal, Vulvar Cancer Prevention
to protect against cancers of the vagina and vulva, the
reports (AP/MSNBC.com, 9/12). According to an FDA
, Gardasil first was approved by FDA in 2006 for girls and women ages nine to 26 to prevent cervical cancer cases caused by HPV strains 16 and 18, genital warts cases caused by HPV strains 6 and 11, and precancerous genital lesions caused by HPV strains 6, 11, Read the rest of this entry »
Article published Saturday, January, 2009
COLUMBUS – Diana Talmage, a member of the Northwest Ohio college access program Think Ohio Now, has been appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to serve as a trustee of Owens State Community College.
The Toledo resident earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University in 1961 and a master’s degree from the University of Toledo in 1965. She has served with Think College Now since 2005 and previously served Read the rest of this entry »
“We are also honored that others in the
industry have taken note of our efforts to offer customers a broader
menu with healthier choices, especially within our Kid’s
Meal offerings,” Faulk added, noting Men’s
Health magazine editors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding recently
recognized Chick-fil-A in their new book, “Eat
This, Not That for Kids,” as being ‘America’s
Healthiest Restaurant for Read the rest of this entry »
(NaturalNews) Adding a daily serving of mixed nuts to the traditional Mediterranean diet (which consists of whole grain cereals, vegetables, fruits and olive oil, a moderate intake of fish and alcohol and a low intake of dairy, meats and sweets) is a delicious, natural and effective way to treat metabolic syndrome in older adults who are at high risk for heart disease. That’s the conclusion of research just published in the December issue of
, a Read the rest of this entry »
ALBANY — New York would lose more than 73,000 jobs between this year and 2013 — 77 percent of them from small businesses — if a national employer health-care mandate were enacted, according to a National Federation of Independent Business report released Thursday.
The study by the federation’s Research Foundation comes as the number of uninsured Americans and the cost of health-care premiums continue to rise. Talk of health-care reform continues Read the rest of this entry »
: Sorry for the delay in some oftoday’s entries. Your faithful blogger has been suffering from ahigh-powered cold.]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, whose appropriations subcommittee oversees the Food and Drug Administration, has been arguing again that the agency should be split in two — one part concentrating on food safety and the other on drugs and medical devices. And she aims to reintroduce her legislation that would do so.
from the agency that suggests Read the rest of this entry »
On the 3800 block of Brunswick Avenue in Drexel Hill, where Dr. Samuel Krakow lived with is wife and two young children, news of his arrest came as a shock to some…
“I can’t believe he would be like that,” said one neighbor.
And less of a shock to others.
“They have sex with the windows wide open. You can see everything,” neighbor Jackie Brokus said.
34-year-old Dr. Krakow was arrested, not for alleged exhibitionist behavior, but Read the rest of this entry »
1. Sanjay Gupta was born October 23, 1969, in Novi, a suburb of Detroit. He currently lives in Atlanta but remains a big fan of Michigan sports teams.
2. Gupta is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. He also serves as a neurosurgeon at Emory University Hospital and associate chief of neurosurgery at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital.
3. His mother, Damyanti Gupta, was the first female engineer Read the rest of this entry »