Book: Ted Williams' body mistreated
The Cincinnati Enquirer Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:28 PM PDT
PHOENIX â€" A new book by a former employee of Alcor, the company that froze Ted Williams' remains, alleges the baseball Hall of Famer's body was mistreated by the company. |
Book alleges mistreatment of Williams' body
AP via Yahoo! Sports Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:10 PM PDT
A new book by a former employee of Alcor, the company that froze Ted Williams' remains, alleges the baseball Hall of Famer's body was mistreated by the company. Larry Johnson says in the book "Frozen: My Journey Into the World of Cryonics, Deception and Death" that he watched an Alcor official swing a monkey wrench at Williams' frozen severed head to try to remove a tuna can... |
Olney man hopes for lung transplant
Olney Daily Mail Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:16 PM PDT
When Olney resident Adam Griffin was diagnosed in 1986 with cystic fibrosis, he was told he may not live to be 18. He’s now 30. The disease, which causes the exocrine glands in the body to make thick, sticky mucus instead of thin secretions like sweat, mucus, tears, saliva and digestive juices, was manageable to Griffin, but he has taken a turn for the worse within the last three years. |
Boy needs therapy for rare disease
Detroit Free Press Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:44 PM PDT
Ian Flannigan was your typical boyâ€"running, jumping and had just played soccer the day before complaining to his parents he had neck pain. He was later diagnosed with a rare disease that caused him to lose control over his entire bodyâ€"no longer able to walk alone or sit tall. |
Belton man suffers 30-plus stings after he hits hive of honeybees
Anderson Independent-Mail Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:30 PM PDT
ANDERSON â€" Centerville firefighters came to the aid today of a man who was attacked by bees as he worked 30 feet up a tree. Dale Baldwin, 51, of Belton was taken to the AnMed Health Medical Center around noon with more than 30 stings to his body. A swarm of bees surrounded him as he tried to trim limbs from a withering tree. “He’s covered in them,†said Leigh Anne Dawkins, a medic with ... |
Downingtown district to offer H1N1 vaccine
Daily Local News Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:47 PM PDT
DOWNINGTOWN â€" The Downingtown Area School District can begin administering the vaccine for the H1N1 virus, referred to as the swine flu, later this month to its student body. |
Fighting Obesity through Hoodia Gordonii
Turks.US Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:44 PM PDT
One of the common conditions in the US nowadays is obesity. Actually, the numbers of obese people are growing in numbers. Through BMI is how you can classify obesity. IBM means body mass index. BMI = body weight (kg)/ height (meter squared), this is how you can calculate it. |
Freedom to Move: Naples man invents Angel Hands to make life easier for people who can’t move themselves
Naples Daily News Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:32 PM PDT
Think of the millions of ways you move your body every day and then imagine that you can’t. You can’t get out of bed. You can’t walk to the bathroom. You can’t get yourself into a wheelchair. That feeling of helplessness united Naples inventor Gary Kluckhuhn and Marine Lance Cpl. John Doody, who lives near Tampa. About 13 years ago, Kluckhuhn, 63, nearly died in a car crash on Interstate 75 ... |
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