Coast Guard Academy coach found dead in car
Journal Inquirer Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:20 AM PDT
NEW LONDON â€" Police are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in his vehicle at the Coast Guard Academy. Coast Guard officials say Alex Simonka, 52, of Ledyard was found dead in his car at the academy Saturday night. He was the women’s basketball coach and athletics business manager. |
Dendritic Cells Ensure Immune Tolerance
Science Daily Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:18 AM PDT
One of the most important tasks of the immune system is to identify what is foreign and what is self. If this distinction fails, then the body's own structures will be attacked, the result of which could be an autoimmune disease such as diabetes mellitus type 1 or multiple sclerosis. The only way to protect against these afflictions is to destroy all immune factors that turn against the body’s ... |
Early Results Favorable For 5-day Radiation Treatment Of Early Stage Prostate Cancer
Science Daily Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:17 AM PDT
Preliminary results show that a shortened course of radiation therapy for prostate cancer called stereotactic body radiation therapy provides good PSA response for early stage prostate cancer and has the same side effects as other treatments, according to a new study. Study authors caution that further follow-up will be necessary to establish that SBRT is as effective in the long term as other ... |
News & Star
The News and Star Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:45 AM PDT
A baby whose mother found him dead in the arms of his sleeping grandmother may have died from sudden infant death syndrome. That was the conclusion of a doctor who examined the body of three-month-old Lewis Malloy, an inquest in Carlisle heard. |
Children in U.S. study lose peanut allergies
CTV.ca Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:40 AM PDT
Another study has found that some children may be freed of their peanut allergies if they eat a tiny amount of peanut products every day until their body develops a tolerance. |
Dear God, I need more time for my dying heart
Chicago Sun-Times Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:30 AM PDT
Imagine having to say goodbye to that dearest part of your body: Your heart. During my 65 years on earth, I have had to bid farewell to countless strands of hair, some 40 teeth, countless skin cells, millions of taste buds, tons of nails and lakes of evaporated body fluids. |
Bif Naked back from cancer battle
Owen Sound Sun Times Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:10 AM PDT
The story of Vancouver rocker Bif Naked's year-long battle to overcome breast cancer is written right there on her left shoulder. The word "Survivor" is one of the 40 or so tattoos that decorate her well-toned, tiny body.[...] |
Efforts Seek To Prevent Diabetes, Raise HIV Awareness Among Blacks
Medical News Today Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:08 AM PDT
The following summarizes events that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Georgia: The American Heart Association's "Fit Body and Soul," a faith-based weight-loss initiative in Georgia, which targets overweight and obese blacks, has helped almost half of its participants lose 5% or more of their body weight, and most participants kept the weight off for at least six months. |
Cosmetologist faces 67 felony counts for doing weight-loss procedure
The Cleveland Plain Dealer Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:11 AM PDT
Richard E. AnnableLAKEWOOD â€" Cosmetologist Richard Annable, 46, of Medina, performed a weight-loss procedure known as meso-infusion therapy on 66 women at his Westlake office. It involves rolling a pinwheel-like object over the body for weight loss. Prosecutors say he... |
HIV Vaccines Should Mimic Body's Natural Response Say Researchers
Medical News Today Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:10 AM PDT
New research led by a US team suggests that vaccines developed from a group of antibodies that occur naturally in the bodies of "slow progressing" HIV patients might be a better way to knock out the virus than focusing on a small number of engineered "super antibodies". |
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