South Africa leads hunt for killer TB vaccine Reuters Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:18 PM PDT WORCESTER, South Africa (Reuters) - Baby Hisinawa is permanently semi-comatose after TB spread to his brain, his board-stiff body shivering as a doctor pushes a rubber tube down his nose to clear away thick phlegm choking him. | NASA Develops Rehydration Beverage SpaceRef Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:37 PM PDT To help keep astronauts at peak performance during missions, NASA researched, qualified and patented a highly effective electrolyte concentrate formula that maintains and restores optimal body hydration levels quickly and conveniently. | Most 'repulsed' by murderer donor Channel 4 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:26 PM PDT Most people would be "repulsed" at the offer of a life-saving organ transplant from a serial killer, a study has revealed. And one in three people believe that recipients of hearts, livers and other body parts begin to take on personality traits of the donors. | Buxton girl undergoes rare surgery Grand Forks Herald Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:14 PM PDT  Hope Fuglesten, the 12-year-old Buxton, N.D., girl with spina bifida, on Thursday underwent the second half of a rare, life-saving two-part surgery to implant a titanium rib cage in her body. The surgery took place at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark.  Father's Day gift idea- 8 round punch card $100 LINCOLN PARK 9 HOLE GOLF COURSE - Ends Jun 21, 2009 | Film review: Terminator Salvation Stuff Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:09 PM PDT Kicking off a few years in the past, Terminator Salvation offers up Helena Bonham Carter as a scientist with a cybernetics company, offering a pre-execution murderer (Sam Worthington) a shot at post-mortal redemption if he'll sign his body over to medical research. | Body lies in LLR for want of `dutiful' docs The Times of India Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:58 PM PDT The callousness of a prominent government hospital was evident on Thursday when the body of a patient lay unattended for three hours in LLR hospital. | Toward new drugs that turn genes on and off PhysOrg Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:37 PM PDT Scientists in Michigan and California are reporting an advance toward development of a new generation of drugs that treat disease by orchestrating how genes in the body produce proteins involved in arthritis, cancer and a range of other disorders. Acting like an `on-off switch,` the medications might ratchet up the production of proteins in genes working at abnormally low levels or shut off ... | Hawaii Guard trains for hurricane preparedness in Kahuku exercise Honolulu Advertiser Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:26 PM PDT A comprehensive hurricane preparedness exercise is under way today in Kahuku, with Hawaiçi National Guard members dressed in full-body chemical suits taking mock victims through a series of medical tents at Kahuku Medical Center. | Families to sue state after fatal I-40 crash The Gallup Independent Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:25 PM PDT Police and fire officials carry the body of a man to a Cope Memorial Chapel vehicle on Interstate 40 in this March 30 file photo. James Gaffer, 46, was killed when his eastbound traveling vehicle collided head on with a van traveling west. â" © 2009 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy | | |
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