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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Japan Herald.com http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a1e025da3c02ca7c/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:55 -0400 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:55 -0400 30 Opening blocked arteries with stents through the arm rather than the leg is safer and reduces bleeding complications, but doctors still prefer the more conventional method, says a US study co-authored by an Indian origin researcher. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384174/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:42 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384174/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Beijing health chiefs are insisting they will create public awareness and use persuasion to discourage smoking in public places, rather than use spot fines to enforce a ban to refurbish the city's image during the Olympic Games next month. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/383970/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:40 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/383970/cs/1/ Sydney, July 19 : Nintendo's Wii Fit game, an exercise game consisting of activities using the Wii Balance Board, raised anger among experts for telling healthy kids that they are fat. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384178/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:51 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384178/cs/1/ London, July 19 : British health officials have asked carpenters and woodworkers not to use brooms to sweep up sawdust because they are considered dangerous. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384100/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:01:14 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384100/cs/1/ Washington, July 19 : American scientists have found that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) uses a cloaking device, partly made of stolen goods from healthy cells, to avoid being detected and killed by the immune system. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384030/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:38 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384030/cs/1/ Washington, July 19 : Scientists have discovered a new indicator in a community of microscopic single-celled algae called dinoflagellates, which can predict coral health. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384023/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:14 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/384023/cs/1/ 0 posts A team of researchers from Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) and the University's College of Veterinary Medicine have received a $10.9 million, five-year grant from ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16294008/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:40:42 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16294008/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 12:00 CDT By Holli L. Estridge, The Eagle, Bryan, Texas Jul. 19--The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing will start a class of 44 students through it... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16292405/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:07:12 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16292405/ The "....taxpayer can bear no more..." ,of this Government and its Ministers who continually are raking off loads of money for themselves to make not there first home but their 2nd Homes lux... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16293454/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:35:22 -0400 The Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16293454/ Madrid, July 19 (bna) -- Spanish Agency For Medicines And Medical Devices Has Warned Of Using Black Henna To Make Temporary Tattoos Which Could Cause Blistering And Open Scores. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16292369/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:56:08 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16292369/ The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Commission's humanitarian wing are working together in Madagascar to provide medicines and other vital health services to a series of villa... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16292294/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16292294/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 09:00 CDT By April Bailey, Aiken Standard, S.C. Jul. 19--Nationwide, kids are getting cancer at younger ages, said Joan Moffett, community outreach coordinator of t... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290534/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:30:00 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290534/ NEW YORK (AP) -- Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow - like 1,130 calories for a Bi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291156/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:10:27 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291156/ To go shopping these days, more Americans are trading in their car keys for a keyboard. Online shopping is gaining at a time when simply filling up a gas tank to head to the mall can seem like ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291590/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:39 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291590/ 0 posts Educating the public about nanotechnology and other complex but emerging technologies causes people to become more "worried and cautious" about the new technologies' prospective benefits, acco... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16292041/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:04:02 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16292041/ SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Some co-workers are sitting around their office here on a recent Monday afternoon, dissecting the weekend’s soccer matches and picking their top players. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290569/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:44 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290569/ Just a few years ago, it was easy to write off the local community bank as a relic, a quaint reminder of an age when you actually needed to visit a branch to manage your money. Who needed a loc... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291600/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:36 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291600/ HOUSTON — President Bush agreed to “a general time horizon” for withdrawing American troops in Iraq, the White House announced Friday, in a concession that reflected both progress... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290547/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:34 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290547/ VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Austrian authorities have ordered a new round of medical and psychiatric tests to determine whether a suspected Nazi is healthy enough to be extradited to Croatia to stand tria... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290468/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:28:39 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290468/ UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats from the world’s governments met throughout this week on agreements to cut the global illicit trade in small arms, but their work was curtailed in part by the ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290673/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:33 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290673/ The presidents of several labor unions that quit the A.F.L.-C.I.O. three years ago have been quietly meeting with union presidents in the federation to coordinate their political operations and messag... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291599/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:35 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291599/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban have taken dozens of hostages, including police officers, paramilitary fighters and even state bank officials, and threatened on Friday to begin killi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290386/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:38 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290386/ LA VERRIÈRE, France — When Faiza Silmi applied for French citizenship, she worried that her French was not quite good enough or that her Moroccan upbringing would pose a problem. &#... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290616/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:31 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290616/ MANILA, Philippines -- Former Health Secretary Alberto Romualdez on Saturday asked the lawmakers not to compromise with the Catholic bishops on the reproductive health bill. "I don't think that's an i... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290535/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:44:35 -0400 Inquirer http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290535/ 0 posts While some states are taking adequate steps to address the cost of retiree health-care benefits, others - including New Jersey, New York, California and North Carolina - are facing tens of bil... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290536/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:04:02 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290536/ HOUSTON — Four workers were killed and six others injured when a giant crane collapsed on Friday afternoon at an oil refinery in southeast Houston, the latest of several recent fatal accidents ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290650/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:29 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290650/ Hobbled by the credit crisis at home, Citigroup has limped through nine months in the red, reporting a $2.5 billion quarterly loss on Friday. But across the financial company’s global em... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290518/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:28 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290518/ Patricia Pruitt, 67, Centre, died Friday, July 18, 2008.She is survived by her family.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at Perry Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in the Holly Hills Ce... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291595/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:21 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291595/ Sam Clark Ogle Jr., 80, Albertville, died Friday, July 18, 2008.He was retired from Anniston Star.He is survived by his wife, Marie Ogle.Service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Guntersville First Baptist... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291593/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:20 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291593/ Emma F. Pena, 71, Mentone, died Friday, July 18, 2008.She was a housewife.She is survived by her family.Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Burt Funeral Home, Valley Head Chapel. Burial in Bankhead Ce... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291594/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:21 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291594/ You have heard that Fannie and Freddie, their gentle names notwithstanding, may cripple the financial system without a large infusion of taxpayer money. You have gleaned that jobs are disappearing, ho... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290611/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:29 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290611/ WASHINGTON — Felons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a flurry of ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291601/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:37 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291601/ Bradley Harrison was driving a rented Dodge Durango from Vancouver to Toronto in the fall of 2004 with 77 pounds of cocaine in the trunk when a police officer pulled him over, found the drugs and arre... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290757/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:30 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290757/ Michael B. Gregg, an epidemiologist and former editor of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a federal medical bulletin that published early warnings of the impending AIDS crisis in 1981, died ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290538/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:32 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290538/ Yahoo got a show of support on Friday from one of its biggest shareholders for its efforts to defend itself against a proxy fight by the activist investor Carl C. Icahn. Bill Miller, who runs L... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290603/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:46 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290603/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 09:00 CDT By Erin Snelgrove, Yakima Herald-Republic, Wash. Jul. 19--When not working or attending school, John Mahaney cares for his 24-year-old son. He bathes Mark... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290539/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:29:55 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16290539/ Samuel W. "Sammy" Gilbreath, 60, Rainsville, died Friday, July 18, 2008.Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel. Burial in Town Creek Cemetery. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291603/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:17 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291603/ Gail Crane, 53, Attalla, died Friday, July 18, 2008.She is survived by her husband, Tommy Crane.Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Goodyear Heights Baptist Church. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemet... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291602/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:16 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291602/ Louie James Randall, 6 weeks old, Boaz, died Thursday, July 17, 2008.He is survived by his parents, Renee Livingston and Michael Randall.Service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Boaz Carr Chapel. Burial i... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291596/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:23 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291596/ The Coosa 9-Year-Old All-Star baseball team won the Alabama state championship in Attalla Tuesday.Coosa opened the tournament Saturday with a 10-0 loss to Florence. The team rebounded, however, by top... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291598/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:24 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291598/ Charlie Mae Canady, 87, Gadsden, died Thursday, July 17, 2008.She is survived by her family.Arrangements will be announced by Watson & Sons Funeral Home. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291591/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:15 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291591/ Jimmy Benefield, 63, Scottsboro, died Thursday, July 17, 2008.Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Rosalie Baptist Church. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Rainsville Funeral Home directing. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291605/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:14 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291605/ Anthony D. Beason, 54, Attalla, died Friday, July 18, 2008.He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Beason.Arrangement will be announced by West Gadsden Funeral Home. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291604/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:13 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16291604/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By Erin Castaneda, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Jul. 19--As a North Carolina man recovers from his second double-lung transplant this week, his extended ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288146/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:37:49 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288146/ It is aimed at improving care for a group of people whose numbers are expected to double in Europe by 2020. The study will also look at users aged over 35 in Glasgow and other major European cities.Th... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289218/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:17:43 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289218/ 0 posts The HFSP Journal, the new interdisciplinary journal for scientists conducting high quality, innovative research at the interface between biology and the physical sciences is pleased to announc... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288155/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:44 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288155/ 0 posts The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced it is launching a two-year fellowship program aimed at attracting scientists, engineers and health professionals to the agency. The ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289985/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:42 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289985/ A former state official in charge of nursing home inspections has appealed his firing over allegations of misconduct, including that he lived in a home provided by the president of a nursing home comp... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288144/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:20:19 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288144/ 0 posts Nicotine is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the United States, and more than one in five people use some form of the drug (cigarettes, cigars, pipes and chewing tobacco). Despi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289978/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:28 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289978/ 0 posts UroToday.com - In the June, 2008 issue of the Journal of Urology, Dr. Charles Scales and colleagues reported on urologists' perceptions of barriers to implementing evidence-based medicine (EBM... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288994/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:23 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288994/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By Cynthia Hubert, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jul. 19--For seven years, cancer was a matrix of numbers on Della Blankenship's computer screen. As a busine... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288145/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:37:46 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288145/ 0 posts A treatment that prolongs survival in mice with prion disease has been found in research led by Dr Giovanna Mallucci at the Medical Research Council Prion Unit at UCL (University College Londo... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289987/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:44 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289987/ 0 posts Scientists have long been puzzled by how the Masai can avoid cardiovascular disease despite having a diet rich in animal fats. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet believe that their secret is... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289007/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:39 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289007/ 0 posts Scientists in Singapore are reporting development of a complete, palm-sized sensor that can detect disease-causing microbes, toxins, and other biological threats instantly without the need for... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289976/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:26 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289976/ 0 posts UroToday.com - Although previous studies have examined lower urinary tract symptoms in older male populations, this is, to our knowledge, the first in-detail analysis of LUTS in community-dwel... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289974/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:20 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289974/ H ONOLULU - The Army says it’s critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated. Despite opposition by the People for the Ethical T... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288139/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:20:30 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288139/ 0 posts Commonly viewed as an inevitable consequence of aging and often ignored in clinical practice, falls among the elderly were cut by 11 percent when researchers at Yale School of Medicine used a ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289979/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:29 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289979/ 0 posts Typically, family members are not allowed in a patient's room during resuscitation efforts. Physicians and nurses who oppose having family members in the patient room say their presence can ca... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288151/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:28 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288151/ 0 posts UroToday.com - In the online version of the BJU International, a group of Korean investigators has reported on the impact of liver function and lipid parameters on PSA levels. The liver is inv... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288140/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:21 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288140/ 0 posts Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:HEPH), the world leader in the development of a new class of small molecule compounds based on endogenous adrenal steroid hormones, announced that it ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289981/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:35 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289981/ 0 posts The American Diabetes Association (ADA) today, applauded Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT), Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and members of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289986/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:43 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289986/ 0 posts UroToday.com - Muscle infiltrating bladder cancer is a life-threatening disease. Despite diagnostic and surgical advancements in the last decade, after cystectomy 5-year disease recurrence rat... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288142/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:20 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288142/ 0 posts Premature birth is associated with various life-long problems. Still, many premature children seem to function very well as adults according to a new large and comprehensive study from Norway.... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289984/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:40 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289984/ 0 posts The 1st Pan-American Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine will be held from 4 to 6 September 2008 at the Palace of Congress of Montréal (Canada), under the aegis of the WOSAAM World Society of Ant... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289977/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:27 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289977/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By Kelly Urban, Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. Jul. 19--CRESSON -- Do you know what a biochemical researcher does or, for that matter, a cyotechnologist... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288143/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:37:50 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288143/ 0 posts Patients benefit from a team approach at the new Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Clinic for Gastrointestinal Cancers at Rush University Medical Center. Experts in gastroenterology, medical on... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289975/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:25 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289975/ A Burnsville nurse was charged Thursday with stealing methadone from her workplace, the Hennepin County Jail. Her husband, a Hennepin County sheriff's deputy and Iraq war veteran, was taken into custo... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288152/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:04:03 -0400 Pioneer Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288152/ 0 posts Health Canada is warning consumers not to use the prescription drug Sandoz Timolol Ophthalmic Solution in 0.25% and 0.5% strengths, because some bottles may contain more of the active ingredie... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289988/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:45 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289988/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By Angie Kinsey, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Jul. 19--LA CENTER, Ky. -- -- A new health department should be serving Ballard County residents by next summer. The... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288141/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:37:51 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288141/ The manager of the National Sexually Transmitted Diseases Programme, Dr Somaya Al Jowder, told Khaleej Times on Wednesday that the ministry sometimes faced a shortage of medicines for the children tha... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288154/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:24:00 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288154/ 0 posts In support of continued efforts to research and analyze the health impacts of climate change, the American Public Health Association (APHA) applauds today's release by the U.S. Environmental P... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288138/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:31 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288138/ + ] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black men with early prostate cancer may be less likely to receive aggressive treatment than their white counterparts, a small study has found. The reason, research... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288153/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:34:12 -0400 Reuters http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288153/ 0 posts A new website has been created by the parents of a child who suffers from a serious, incurable illness, to tell their story and provide information for other parents who are going through simi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289980/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:31 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289980/ Last summer, when my seven-year-old niece explained, in the tone of voice she reserves for particularly stupid questions, that the flowery button thingies on her Crocs were called Jibbitz, I was con... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289365/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:02:46 -0400 The Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16289365/ The word "prevention" has a nice ring in any health-care discussion. Thus, many politicians argue that programs to stop smoking, improve diets and otherwise promote wholesome living save money in the ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288149/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:32:15 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16288149/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 00:00 CDT Patients are able to find out how their GP surgeries compare to others after the results of a nationwide survey of GP practices were published. Two millio... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285407/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:11:28 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285407/ Three publications: -- Men: Stay Healthy at 50-plus, Checklists for Your Health; Women: Stay Healthy at 50-plus, Checklists for Your Health; and the Staying Healthy at 50-plus timeline -- show at a gl... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285405/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:11:54 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285405/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 00:00 CDT By Monica Green, Cleburne Times-Review, Texas Jul. 18--A friend watched while Dr. Tony Torres started the HOPE Clinic, a free clinic for the uninsured, in... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285410/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:11:41 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285410/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 00:00 CDT A NEW Pounds 220m cancer centre was given a royal seal of approval yesterday as Princess Anne declared the facility officially open. The Princess Royal vi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285408/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:11:12 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285408/ Dear Liz: I am having difficulty getting a life insurance policy for my husband. He is 39 but takes medication for his heart and kidneys. Can you suggest any companies that would be willing to extend ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285404/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:10:00 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285404/ Despite a court order barring government officials from holding dual posts, the head of a premier medical institute in Chandigarh who is also a professor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16286436/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:58:44 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16286436/ Scientists at a Duke University medical school in Singapore have found a new way to study cancer that could be very useful for developing targeted therapies against tumors and possibly many other dise... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285406/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:11:39 -0400 Better Humans http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16285406/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll - it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16283175/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:17:09 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16283175/ MANILA, Philippines -- A nurse has filed a P4.8-million damage claim before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) against two prominent obstetrician-gynecologists of the Makati Medical Center... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16282184/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:45:35 -0400 Inquirer http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16282184/ The FBI has issued a warrant for the arrest of 20-year-old Gabriel Dewayne Rice of the Gadsden area for his role in the bank robbery at Wachovia Bank in Anniston, according to Robert Lasky, supervisor... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16283988/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:41:57 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16283988/ The Etowah County Republican breakfast will be at 8 a.m. Saturday at Western Sizzlin in Rainbow City.The speaker will be Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie Harp.A spokesman for the club said the m... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16283987/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:41:53 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16283987/ Singapore - A Singapore lecturer has found a way to determine the health of plants long before they show obvious signs of wilting, a centre for biomedical life sciences said Saturday. Dr Liew Oi Wah, ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16282183/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:34:06 -0400 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16282183/ Two of California's biggest health insurers have agreed to collectively pay $13 million and reinstate more than 2,000 insurance policies to settle claims with the state that they illegally dropped pol... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16282178/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:28:37 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16282178/ The rubbish is not piling up in the streets as it did in the Winter of Discontent but the whiff of industrial and social unrest is in the air again today. The political echoes are deafening. Haro... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16279948/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:14:57 -0400 The Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16279948/ When Hazel Homer was 99, more than one doctor advised that there was little to be done about her failing heart except wait for it to fail a final time. But Homer was not interested in waiting to die ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277305/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:36:02 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277305/ MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has issued the provisional import health standard 155.02.06: Importation of Nursery Stock. This provisional import health standard is being made available to pe... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277312/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:10:51 -0400 Seed Quest http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277312/ As with many new mothers, the joy of having a child was mixed with depression – but instead of being temporary "baby blues", the feeling became overwhelming, as it does for a small number of suffere... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16279798/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:30:35 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16279798/ (07-18) 11:46 PDT Arlington, Va. (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates lowered onto one knee to present the flag from the coffin of medical innovator Dr. Michael DeBakey to his widow, Katrin, at Arl... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277313/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:10:41 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277313/ , who said he was once a member of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Scotland, said: "In my opinion sometimes the law of the land is out of step with what might be called natural justice or social j... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16279799/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:30:33 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16279799/ Jul. 18, 2008 AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine officials are advising consumers to avoid eating lobster tomalley after tests revealed high levels of toxins in some lobsters. The Maine Centre for Disease Co... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277310/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:10:43 -0400 C News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277310/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Once weaned from breast-milk or formula, some babies as young as 12 months of age should be given reduced-fat (2 percent) milk instead of whole milk, according to newly rev... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16280865/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:09:50 -0400 Reuters http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16280865/ Jul 17 2008 by Gregory Tindle, South Wales Echo AFTER nearly three decades of delivering babies, midwife Heudel Morgan-Isaac admits she’s been fired up with a new enthusiasm for the job. Al... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16281923/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:14:08 -0400 IC Wales http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16281923/ Bangalore: Biocon Limited, in alliance with the U.S.-based Abraxis Bio Science, on Friday announced the launch of Abraxane, an oncotherapeutic drug for treatment of breast cancer, in India. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277306/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:56:20 -0400 The Hindu http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277306/ Doctors of Chinese medicine across Canada have joined forces to fight the federal government's controversial Bill C-51 — a proposed law that critics say will make many natural health products unavai... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277319/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:28:31 -0400 CBC News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277319/ Posted on: Friday, 18 July 2008, 18:00 CDT By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 18--RALEIGH -- A bill mandating tougher scrutiny of death in state mental hospitals was ratifi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277307/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:55:34 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/16277307/