Women In A Poor West African Country Are Force-Feeding Themselves For Beauty's Sake
Source: BusinessInsider
Nouakchott :: Mauritania | updated 2013-05-23 16:16:12 -0700 | health-news
For women to find husbands in Mauritania, they have to be fat. So they force-feed themselves large quantities of camel milk, bread crumbs soaked in olive oil, and goat meat. This practice is referred to as "gavage" the same name...
Stanford University students study own DNA
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Mountain View :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 16:04:18 -0700 | health-news
PDT Updated: 05/23/2013 03:43:18 PM PDT Most students read about genetics in a textbook. Stanford University students are reading something far more intimate: their own DNA code. In this firsthand view of their blueprint of life, one student discovered...
Yankees getting a boost from baby Bombers
Source: NY Daily News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 16:03:46 -0700 | health-news
Yankees getting production from veterans and new faces with stars still on DL Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay and Travis Hafner have done more than the Yankees could have hoped, but the rejuvenated veterans haven't been the only surprises for the Yankees...
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals to raise $136M in stock offering
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:51:10 -0700 | health-news
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. will close its public offering of 10.5 million shares of stock worth nearly $136.5 million tomorrow. The Cambridge-based company said the funds will support the commercial launch of its irritable bowel syndrome and constipation treatment, marketed as...
Chief State Medical Examiner Carver Retires
Source: The Hartford Courant
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:49:02 -0700 | health-news
The Hartford Courant Long-time chief state medical examiner H. Wayne Carver announced Thursday that he is retiring and will be replaced by the deputy medical examiner in New York City . Carver, who always joked he was aptly named for...
Gift from Val Skinner Foundation Helps Drive Personalized Medicine at Cancer Institute of New ...
Source: Newswise
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:48:06 -0700 | health-news
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description A $100,000 gift from the Val Skinner Foundation is helping to drive discoveries in precision medicine at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Drilling down to the tiniest of details in examining...
GW Expert Available to Comment on Update of Toxic Substances Control Act
Source: Newswise
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:48:02 -0700 | health-news
DC (May 23, 2013)Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle reached a groundbreaking agreement this week to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act and ensure that all chemicals in consumer products are screened for safety...Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)...
Texas A&M Research Advances Detection, Diagnosis of Oral Cancer
Source: Newswise
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:48:00 -0700 | health-news
EDT Source Newsroom: Newswise More effective detection and diagnosis of oral cancer could result from an advance in noninvasive imaging of epithelial tissue by a Texas A&M University researcher. The research is thought to have the potential to change the...
University of Utah Pediatric Fellow Publishes Study on Organ Allocation in Pediatrics Journal
Source: Newswise
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:48:00 -0700 | health-news
Changes in the circumstances of when organs are donated to pediatric patients has resulted in a decreased number of organ transplant wait-list deaths over the past decade, according to research published online this week in the journal Pediatrics . ...
Philips CX50 xMATRIX Offers World-Class Interventional and Diagnostic Features on Single Portable ...
Source: EMRUpdate
San Ramon :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:36:40 -0700 | health-news
Philips' industry leading Live 3D TEE, now offers 2-D Intracardiac Echo (ICE) capability.
Parata Wins 2013 Caregiver Friendly® Award From Today's Caregiver Magazine
Source: PR Newswire
Durham :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:30:21 -0700 | health-news
The awards recognize products, services, books and media created with the needs of caregivers in mind...The packaging makes it easier for patients to know when to take their next dose, and enables caregivers to manage multiple medications with ease at...
Opposition to Obamacare may doom the GOP
Source: Health Business Blog
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-23 15:10:52 -0700 | health-news
Williams of the Health business blog The Republican Party is having a hard time dealing with the rebuke it received in the November elections. Party leaders pretty quickly determined that the growing Hispanic vote could not be ignored and that...
Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive
Source: The Boston Globe
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:10:30 -0700 | health-news
The results were that there was no HIV,'' lawyer John Nuchereno said Thursday, after revealing the findings during a court hearing earlier in the week. He said Williams, 36, may have been the victim of a false positive when tested...
Mercury News editorial: California soda tax concept falls flat
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:01:18 -0700 | health-news
But Carmel Sen. Bill Monning's proposed solution, a soda tax, has two big, fat problems. Calories consumed from soft drinks account for less than half of the state's obesity epidemic. It's an easy target, but what about the makers of...
Experts release independent review of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:00:56 -0700 | health-news
In an independent review of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas, two national experts found a number of ways in which the hospital can make improvements. Those areas include treatment services, treatment and discharge planning, increasing staff and improving documentation,...
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