ST. LOUIS
Washington University in St. Louis is playing a part in work by the National Institutes of Health to set women’s health research priorities for the next decade.
The university’s medical school will host a national meeting from March 4-6 on behalf of the NIH, the Maryland-based federal agency that supports medical research.
It will be the first of several regional conferences.
The conference begins with a hearing to gather opinions Read the rest of this entry »

Specifically: She hunts and eliminates rats.
In her work, she’s concerned only with rodents that live in
sewers or outside–indoor rats, or mice, are left to
private-sector exterminators. And although searching tunnels or
burrows for vermin might seem downright terrifying to some, she
tackles her job with genuine, friendly relish.
“You’re not stuck in an office … you’re outside,” Thomas
said. “Each job that you go on, it’s different. You never Read the rest of this entry »

Schering-Plough must turn over more information to U.S.
regulators on its schizophrenia pill Saphris, one of the
drugmaker’s most promising new medicines.
The Food and Drug Administration wants more data from
Schering-Plough’s research on the drug, known by the
chemical name asenapine, the Kenilworth-based company said
yesterday in a statement. Schering-Plough said it won’t
have to do additional studies for the request.
Schering-Plough originally Read the rest of this entry »

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, opium
The Romantic poet composed one of his most famous works after taking laudanum in 1797. After waking from a stupor in which he’d dreamed of the stately pleasure-domes of a Chinese emperor, he scribbled ‘Kubla Khan’. Coleridge’s addiction finally killed him in 1834.
Thomas De Quincey, laudanum
His autobiographical account of his addiction to opium, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, published in 1821, brought Read the rest of this entry »

Last updated January 6, 2009 1:08 p.m. PT
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Growing up in a rural town in the Philippines, Expedita Castro followed the path of other young professionals and moved to the U.S.
It was 1955 when Castro and husband Jesie relocated an ocean away, packing a dream to make a better life for their family.
Today, the Lakewood couple – both 81 – can say they achieved what they set out to do. Expedita is a retired internal medicine doctor; Read the rest of this entry »

Detectives investigating the criminal activities of the INLA republican grouping and associates in the north-west have made a drugs seizure.
Controlled drugs, with an estimated street value of £10,000, were found in houses in Strabane and Londonderry on Monday and Wednesday.
Police said their inquiries into the find are continuing.
They have appealed for anyone with information on the supply and misuse of controlled drugs to contact them.

It is experiencing the financial aftershocks of Vioxx, the painkiller used by millions of people that it removed from the market in 2004 after its study indicated increased risk of heart attack or stroke.
A federal appeals court, reversing a lower court decision, recently ruled that a Vioxx-related shareholder lawsuit seeking billions of dollars can move forward.
That is separate from a previous $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement between Merck and Read the rest of this entry »

- Walk in the park. Instead of meandering looking at the stars, grab a star chart, binoculars and a tripod to show your lady the universe. You could even do your homework and see if anything noteworthy is going on up above that night.
– The sunset. Don’t just take her to a mountain and cuddle while you watch the sun go down. While we admit that will probably always be romantic, try making an activity out of it and painting what you see instead. Read the rest of this entry »

Young people will be able to find out where the nearest and most ‘happening’ events are taking place, thanks to a new mobile search service.
The service is the result of a collaboration between Jeanie Media and Itchy City, the leading youth-orientated publisher of local city guides.
Jeanie allows consumer and media brands the opportunity to create a customised mobile search channel that provides listings that are relevant to the brands’ target Read the rest of this entry »

Lee Chait, an occupational therapist and Great Neck resident, joined 30-Minute Fitness in April 2008. Lee was not a newcomer to exercise, but she hadn’t worked out for quite some time before joining 30-Minute Fitness.
Lee had always struggled with her weight. “I would gain weight every winter, and then lose it every summer.” But for three years, she didn’t lose her winter weight. Compounding the situation were her genetics. Lee’s cholesterol was Read the rest of this entry »