Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Health News: [body]


UCLA scientists discover new way to wake up the immune system using nano vaults to deliver drugs
EurekAlert! Tue, 03 May 2011 14:29 PM PDT
UCLA scientists have discovered a way to wake up the immune system to fight cancer by delivering an immune system-stimulating protein in a nanoscale container called a vault directly into lung cancer tumors, harnessing the body's natural defenses to fight disease growth.

UCLA Scientists Discover New Way to Wake Up Immune System Using Nanoparticle Vaults to Deliver Drugs
Newswise Tue, 03 May 2011 14:22 PM PDT
UCLA scientists have discovered a way to wake up the immune system to fight cancer by delivering an immune system-stimulating protein in a nanoscale container called a vault directly into lung cancer tumors, harnessing the body's natural defenses to fight disease growth.

Report: Toddler had multiple injuries when he died under father's care
Tulsa World Tue, 03 May 2011 14:15 PM PDT
An Ottawa County toddler had multiple abrasions all over his body including a broken rib and a busted lip when he died while under his father’s care, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday. ...

Broncos draft pick overcame horrific car crash
AP via Yahoo! Sports Tue, 03 May 2011 14:05 PM PDT
Nate Irving, a middle linebacker from North Carolina State who was drafted by the Denver Broncos, can trace the exact date he turned the corner in his football career and his life. It was the night 22 months ago when he fell asleep at the wheel and drove his SUV into a ditch and two trees, totaling his truck, breaking his body and nearly losing his life.

Rheumatoid Arthritis [JAMA Patient Page]
Journal of the American Medical Association Tue, 03 May 2011 13:41 PM PDT
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that can affect joints, the heart, the skin, and other body organs. Autoimmune diseases such as RA and systemic lupus erythematosus are caused by factors that prompt the body to attack itself.

HISD students perform Beyoncé flash mob for first lady’s fitness campaign
11 News Houston Tue, 03 May 2011 13:34 PM PDT
HOUSTON â€" More than 700 HISD students joined other students across the United States Tuesday for a simultaneous flash mob dance choreographed to Beyoncé’s song "Move Your Body." It was part of an initiative to support First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to end childhood obesity. Mrs. Obama's campaign encourages children to be active and eat healthy. Students and teachers gathered on the front ...

Broadway's Araca Group to Offer Free Play Readings by Anna Ziegler and Lucy Kirkwood
Playbill Tue, 03 May 2011 13:33 PM PDT
The Araca Group, which has produced such new Broadway works as The Good Body, Enron and Urinetown, will offer a week-long play reading series beginning May 10.

WNC man found dead at Upstate recycling center
The Hendersonville Times-News Tue, 03 May 2011 13:19 PM PDT
Investigators in both Carolinas are trying to determine how the body of a 39-year-old man wound up inside a bale of cardboard at a Duncan recycling facility after being transported from the Asheville, N.C., area.

Body found in Chantry Flat identified as that of suspect in friend's slaying
Los Angeles Times Tue, 03 May 2011 12:49 PM PDT
A body found in Angeles National Forest with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound was identified Tuesday as that of a Huntington Beach man suspected of killing his longtime friend, authorities said. The body of 55-year-old Kevin Wolfe Pochter was found...

Building the perfect body
Strathmore Standard Tue, 03 May 2011 12:30 PM PDT
A few years ago if you had told Kait Dinunzio that she would have been a bodybuilder the 30-year-old Strathmore resident wouldn't have believed you. But on Saturday, April 9 at the Stampede Casino there she was, strutting her stuff in her very first competition.




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