Jet-lagged and forgetful? It's no coincidence
EurekAlert! Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:18 PM PST
Holiday travel can leave people cranky and tired, in part because of jet lag, the result of your body's internal clock being out of synch with your current time zone. For chronic travelers, it's more than a passing annoyance, however. A new study shows that chronic jet lag can cause long-term brain changes that lead to memory and learning problems for at least a month after return to a normal ... |
Predators' Ryan Suter expected to rejoin lineup
SportingNews Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:16 PM PST
Ryan Suter could be back in the Nashville Predators' lineup Wednesday, if his wonky knee allows. Officially, Suter has a lower-body injury that cost him 11 games. |
Zumba it off
Pacific Sun Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:09 PM PST
Burn calories in a fitness class starting tonight... The Corte Madera Parks and Recreation Department hods Zumba classes every Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Nov. 24 to Dec. 29. Zumba is a Latin-dance inspired workout to burn calories and tone the body. |
Cambodia mourns
The Sudbury Star Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:50 PM PST
PHNOM PENH -- Saffronrobed Buddhist monks chanted as onlookers gazed silently across a bridge piled with the shoes and torn clothing left behind by victims of a stampede in Cambodia's capital. The body count stood at 375 by sunset on Tuesday and was expected to rise.[...] |
Biochemist who spurred rehydration therapy dies
The Jackson Sun Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:24 PM PST
SOMERVILLE â€" Robert Crane, a biochemist whose discoveries about how salt and sugar are absorbed by the body led to the development of oral rehydration therapy, has died. He was 90. |
Siblings injured in Thane gas leak still battle for their lives
Hindustan Times Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:22 PM PST
Eleven-month-old Samruddhi Yermale continued to battle death in the intensive care unit (ICU) at BJ Wadia Hospital, Parel, on Wednesday after her entire body suffered 75% burn wounds in a gas explosion in Thane on Tuesday. |
Patients benefit from higher staff levels
The Advocate Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:03 PM PST
ADEQUATE numbers of well-qualified nurses make a demonstrable difference to the speed of patients' recovery and their likelihood of complications, a growing body of international research clearly shows. |
Grandson charged with murder in Pleasant Hill woman’s death
The Kansas City Star Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:00 PM PST
Tyler Toomay, 18, allegedly strangled his grandmother â€" the woman who had raised him â€" during an argument in her southern Jackson County bedroom earlier this month, prosecutors alleged today. After investigators dug up Connie Searing’s body in rural Pleasant Hill, the medical examiner documented numerous injuries, including a broken spine, broken ribs and head wounds, authorities said. |
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