Meningitis vaccines urged before NYC Pride events
Source: paging dr. gupta
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 15:55:59 -0700 | health-news
While meningitis has reached an all-time low in the United States, an op-ed in this week's Annals of Internal Medicine highlights cases of a deadly meningitis strain among men who have sex with men. Cities including New York, Toronto, and...
Missing Enzyme Linked to Drug Addiction
Source: Newswise
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 15:54:29 -0700 | health-news
EDT Embargo expired: 6/17/2013 4:45 PM EDT Source Newsroom: Newswise A missing brain enzyme increases concentrations of a protein related to pain-killer addiction, according to an animal study. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual...
2 in Custody After Armored Vehicle Standoff
Source: Big News Network
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 15:51:40 -0700 | health-news
Custody After Armored Vehicle Standoff NBC 11 Monday 17th June, 2013 The driver of an allegedly stolen vehicle led police on a brief pursuit before hitting a van in South Los Angeles...Police then moved in on the car in four...
About The Bay SF's 16th St. Mission BART Station Bay Area's Worst
Source: Big News Network
Bart :: France | updated 2013-06-17 19:52:34 -0700 | health-news
Mission Station in San Francisco, hardly anyone who uses the station is surprised. I saw a guy get assaulted on the bus and these guys got off and then chased our bus." Three weeks ago, there was a triple-shooting nearby....
Israeli researchers manage to erase the memories of mice
Source: Haaretz
Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2013-06-17 15:51:34 -0700 | health-news
Israeli researchers have succeeded in erasing traumatic memories from the brains of mice, using a recently developed technique called optogenetics, which allows certain brain cells to be activated or deactivated through exposure to light. The research team, headed by Dr....
Taking quality healthcare to tribals in two States
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-17 15:28:32 -0700 | health-news
Multi-specialty hospital in Western Ghats offers free treatment Located about 25 km from the city in Anaikatti hillock, a highland in the Western Ghats where even the most essential of commodities is supplied only once a day, is a multi-specialty...
As more youngsters than ever are prescribed drugs for hyperactivity, experts pose a provocative ...
Source: Mail Online UK
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-18 03:15:39 -0700 | health-news
Yet many of those may not have the behavioural disorder but could instead be suffering from sleep deprivation, says a leading U.S. doctor...Around 5 per cent of British children are thought to be affected, with prescriptions for drugs to treat...
Catch every bug going? A top-up of fresh blood could be the answer
Source: Mail Online UK
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-17 15:21:52 -0700 | health-news
17 June 2013 0 View comments Margaret Bennett has always seemed to pick up more than her fair share of infections, but had always assumed it was due to her job teaching young children. 'I loved my job, but five-year-olds...
If coffee perks you up, you need to STOP drinking it
Source: Mail Online UK
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-17 15:21:49 -0700 | health-news
If it's your first tea or coffee of the day, it gets you back to normal, but beyond that you don't get much more of a kick.' Professor Rogers has studied coffee and its effects for more than 20 years...
How to Superman . . . Just Like the Movie
Source: Fitsugar
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 15:21:40 -0700 | health-news
With all the talk about the recent release of Man of Steel , let us remind you of a classic the Superman. A good supplement to all those crunches, the Superman is a great way to strengthen your lower back...
Al Jazeera America to launch 'America Tonight' news magazine
Source: NY Daily News
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 20:33:28 -0700 | health-news
Stories Al Jazeera America, the U.S.-based news channel that will launch later this year will air a one-hour current affairs magazine program called "America Tonight" during primetime. Former CNN executive producer Kim Bondy will be America Tonight's' senior executive producer....
UAB neurosurgery is elevated to deparment
Source: The Birmingham News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 15:04:21 -0700 | health-news
Neurosurgery at UAB is being elevated to department status on Oct. 1 to bolster its profile on a variety of fronts. Making neurosurgery a department, raises its profile among faculty recruits, philanthropic donors and organizations that rank schools of medicine...
Outside Review of Clinical Data Finds a Spinal Treatment's Benefit Overstated
Source: The New York Times
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 15:03:50 -0700 | health-news
Medtronic, was no better than an older one and possibly more risky...Krumholz, a professor of medicine at Yale who oversaw the Infuse review. Infuse, a bone growth product from Medtronic, has been used with implanted devices like the one above....
In Bullies' Hands, Nuts or Milk May Be a Weapon
Source: The New York Times Health Blog
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 15:02:50 -0700 | health-news
Margaret Riegel Any difference can set schoolchildren apart from their peers and potentially make them a target for bullying. But a severe food allergy is a unique vulnerability: It takes only one lunch or cupcake birthday party for other children...
Lawmaker Calls For State Funds To Clear Backlog Of Veterans' Benefits Claims
Source: Big News Network
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:57:45 -0700 | health-news
Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner called on Gov. Jerry Brown Monday to support spending provisions recently approved by state legislators that would provide $6 million to reduce the long backlog of veterans' benefit claims in California. Speaking at a news conference outside...
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