The dangers for texting teens
WWAY 3 Wilmington Wed, 27 May 2009 14:28 PM PDT
Video Body Sending a text message is a quick way to communicate without having to pick up the phone, but now doctors warn that excessive texting can cause health problems, especially among young people who use the service most. Passing notes in class is a thing of the past. Now many teenagers' thumbs seem glued to their cell phones. Texting has become a teen obsession. "I text very often, at ... |
To Survive Cancer, Live With It
Wired News Wed, 27 May 2009 13:40 PM PDT
A mathematical modeler proposes that we need to throw out intuition when it comes to cancer. Instead of trying to kill it off, we should adopt a new model that's more like adaptive pest control, keeping a balance of cancer in the body. |
New therapy enlists immune system to boost cure rate in a childhood cancer
EurekAlert! Wed, 27 May 2009 13:36 PM PDT
( Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ) A multicenter research team has announced encouraging results for an experimental therapy using elements of the body's immune system to improve cure rates for children with neuroblastoma, a challenging cancer of the nervous system. Children who received monoclonal antibodies and cytokines were 20 percent more likely to be living disease-free two years ... |
To spread, skin cancer attacks immune dendritic cells
PhysOrg Wed, 27 May 2009 13:06 PM PDT
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dendritic cells are the sentinels of the immune system. When they`re alert and on guard, they will marshal the body`s immunosoldiers, T cells, to battle at the sight of harmful pathogens. But some diseases, such as cancer, are able to escape their watchful eye. By knocking out or beguiling dendritic cells, they slip the defenses of the immune system and sack the unsuspecting ... |
Body of Corry Woman Exhumed
Action News 24 Erie Wed, 27 May 2009 12:57 PM PDT
The body of a young woman who died last month has been exhumed for an autopsy. According to Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook, Carly Kristine Combs was pronounced dead at Corry Memorial Hospital on April 14th this year. |
Khabibulin and Havlat out for Game 5
WWTI Watertown Wed, 27 May 2009 12:53 PM PDT
Facing elimination, the Chicago Blackhawks will not have two key players for Wednesday's Western Conference final contest against the Detroit Red Wings. Hawks head coach Joel Quenneville revealed at a press conference that goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, who did not play in Game 4 after suffering a lower-body injury at some point during Game 3 last Friday, will not play again in Game 5. Cristobal ... |
The Science of Pain
ThirdAge Wed, 27 May 2009 12:43 PM PDT
U.S. scientists say they've determined how the human body differentiates various kinds of pain, overturning what has been conventional wisdom. |
Teen killed unlawfully in Greece coroner rules
Daily Telegraph Wed, 27 May 2009 12:38 PM PDT
Teenager Matthew Cryer who supposedly died from binge drinking was unlawfully killed a coroner has ruled after he was convinced by a campaign which his parents launched after they saw his bruised body. |
What does the isotope shortage mean to patients?
Squamish Chief Wed, 27 May 2009 12:28 PM PDT
TORONTO - Radioactive isotopes let doctors see into the body and find if cancer has spread or whether organs are damaged. With a possibly prolonged shutdown of Canada's nuclear reactor at Chalk River, many hospitals and private clinics are facing a shortage of isotopes. |
Cincinnati's Queen of Soul
Cincinnati CityBeat Wed, 27 May 2009 12:15 PM PDT
Aunt Flora puts heart and soul into her food “Soul food blesses your whole body,†says Katrina “Aunt Flora†Mincy. “It uplifts your spirit. Whoever prepares it puts everything in their heart and soul into it.†Aunt Flora, as Katrina prefers to be called, has put her soul into soul food, and after a visit to her daughter’s Court Street restaurant, Flo’s Plate Full of Soul, I’m grateful for ... |
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