Police News for October 10, 2008
FRIENDSWOOD Police are searching for the person who broke into a Shell convenience store, 3698 FM 528, and stole about 25 cartons of cigarettes.
Officers responding to an alarm at 4:20 a.m. Thursday found the glass door shattered.
Anyone with information on the burglary should contact Friendswood police at 281-996-3300.
TEXAS CITY A BP contract worker was crushed to death Thursday between heavy machinery Read the rest of this entry »
Ready to commit to a virtualized environment? Take a step back and use this quick guide — and PerfMon — to help you identify your current environment’s strengths and weaknesses. (First in a series)
You’ve downloaded the trial versions and used them to test software. You’ve read all the instruction manuals and even attended a few brown bag luncheons hyping the technology. “This is pretty neat stuff and it’s going to save us on server costs,” you’ve Read the rest of this entry »
Vitamins, Beta Carotene Supplements Don’t Seem to Prevent Cancer
, according to new research, published online yesterday in the
. “Simply taking antioxidant supplements is insufficient to prevent cancer development,” lead study author Jennifer Lin, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, told HealthDay. A better bet: Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, which are also rich in antioxidants, she advised. Studies
suggest that Read the rest of this entry »
We’ve heard about the benefits of consuming a Mediterranean diet. Now researchers say it could save your life.
A new study shows a diet high in olive oil, grains, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and fish can protect against chronic diseases. Previous studies have shown the diet has protective effects against heart disease and cancer. Now, researchers say it can reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, too.
high consumption of Read the rest of this entry »
by Ben Glaze, South Wales Echo
CHARLOTTE Church’s ex-boyfriend was being hunted by police last night over a 20m heroin raid.
Detectives believe 24-year-old Kyle Johnson, from Ely, Cardiff, is linked to the discovery of 330lb of the Class A drug in his three-bedroom house in east London.
Police found a stack of large, brown cardboard boxes on top of a bed in one bedroom.
Between 140 and 160 large envelopes stashed with heroin were inside Read the rest of this entry »
This is the first of a three-part series on home health aides, to be run on consecutive Tuesdays at The New Old Age.
Living out their lives at home, rather than in an assisted living center or a nursing home, is the overwhelming preference of the elderly and their adult children. Remaining at home often means hiring, paying for and supervising aides to help with shopping, cooking, bathing, dressing, eating, toileting and medication management. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct. 21, 2008 — Biological
, especially the pioneering ones, may have safety issues that come to light after the drugs’ approval.
That’s according to a new study, published in tomorrow’s edition of
.
In response to the study, a journal editorial points out that the FDA’s resources for checking drug safety “do not include a crystal ball,” and the pharmaceutical industry stresses the importance of reporting adverse reactions to any drug, whether Read the rest of this entry »
Washington (dbTechno) – According to a new report which ranks how ready states are to handle health emergencies, Arizona ranked at the bottom.
The new report was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as well as Trust for America’s Health and is known as “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism.”
The report rankes states in the U.S. in how prepared or ready they Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t beat yourself up over that extra flab. To lose weight, you need to know about the everyday factors stopping you from reaching your goals, says Alexa L. Fishback, nutritionist and author of ‘The Daily Fix.” An excerpt.
You’re young, smart, and well informed. So why is it so tough for you to stay fit and healthy? As a nutritionist, I’ve heard every excuse in the book for packing on pounds. While most of them won’t fly with me, I am sympathetic Read the rest of this entry »
DENVER – Staff at a local hospital are waiting to find out more about their exposure to an extremely rare infection from Africa.
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center just learned it treated a patient in January 2008 who was sick with the first case of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever in the United States.
The patient got infected during a trip to Uganda. The patient was initially tested in January 2008 at the hospital, and also by the Centers for Disease Read the rest of this entry »