Vietnam Reports First Suspected Cases of Human Bird Flu in a Year

"Authorities in Vietnam say four members of a family have been hospitalized with symptoms of bird flu, in the country's first suspected cases of the disease in more than a year. Officials say the mother and her...

Type I and Type II Diabetes Cured OVERNIGHT In Mice

In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians. Diabetic mice became...

Italy fashion industry to fight anorexia

"ROME - Italy was once famed for the sultry, full-bodied beauties it contributed to the international scene. A month after the death of an anorexic Brazilian model, the Italian government teamed up with the fashion industry Friday to promote a "healthy, sunny, generous,...

A Poet Crusades for the Right to Die His Way

"ROME, Dec. 19 — Many patients on respirators are not conscious and so cannot say whether they want to live or die. But Piergiorgio Welby is still full of words, hard and touching ones, that may be changing the way Italy thinks about euthanasia and other choices for the...

Skipping Stones Records & The Evens

Strange how these things happen. Christine responded to a request from NP to use a photo of hers, then I visited her blog and found this about The Evens.  I was actually looking for info about The Odds, but I was glad I landed anyway!"Tonight we went to see The Evens...

Over 250 sick after eating at Indiana Olive Garden

"More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, a county health official said on Friday, a day after an outbreak of E.coli at Taco Bell restaurants was declared over.  The news makes Olive Garden at...

"Sick" RFID tags - A Real Threat To Systems :: Symblogogy

"Many who work with RFID systems falsely believe that the only threat of virus infection to the computer's programs is through the standard entry points (new program downloads and transference, emails, hackers,...

Procreation Vacations - Good for couples or Babies?

"When Lucinda Hughes heard she would have to down sea moss elixirs while vacationing in the Bahamas, she was sure it would make her sick. Three months later, Hughes is very sick - every morning - and expecting her first baby in April. As Hughes and her husband Kemry lounged...

Norwalk Virus Hits Kingston Ontario

"It is official, the Norwalk Virus has hit Kingston and it is spreading like wildfire. Norwalk is a severe intestinal illness that occurs in outbreaks. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, headache...

Tis Not the Most Wonderful Time of the Year for a Rat

"The Kingston rat is like most other rats in towns of this size. We should all count our blessings that it is not like the Vancouver rat, which is made from the same stuff that forms nightmares. In fact, were these critters in a cage and we could avoid their pink, ugly tails,...

Why I'm Not Against, Like, Oh Wow Man, Pot

"I have yet to see a patient whose health was harmed by smoking marijuana, but I have treated people seriously hurt by the drug's illegality. We don't really know how many people smoke it. Some sources say 10 million Americans, others say 35 million. But a lot of people smoke...

Sick child's Christmas tree stolen

"A Howard County girl got a visit from the Grinch. Now police are looking for her lost Christmas lights. The Howard County Sheriff's Department says someone stole lighted Christmas candy canes and a lighted aluminum tree from in front of her Kokomo house. It was one of nine...

Polonium-210 one of world's rarest elements

"LONDON, England (AP) -- Polonium-210 -- the radioactive substance used to poison a former Russian spy in London -- is one of the world's rarest elements, first discovered in the 19th century by scientists Marie and Pierre Curie.  It is highly lethal when ingested, and...

The Pope Lays Down the Law on Celibacy

"A shortage of priests has some calling for a loosening of the traditional restrictions, but Benedict makes clear it won't happen on his watch. Pope Benedict XVI believes Catholicism is growing sick in its historic birthplace of Western Europe, where a shortage of priests is...

The Pope Lays Down the Law on Celibacy

"A shortage of priests has some calling for a loosening of the traditional restrictions, but Benedict makes clear it won't happen on his watch. Pope Benedict XVI believes Catholicism is growing sick in its historic birthplace of Western Europe, where a shortage of priests is...

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