Body clock receptor linked to diabetes in new genetic study
Science Daily Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:08 PM PST
Scientists have found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes. |
Stealthy leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response
Science Daily Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:23 PM PST
Researchers discovered that the leprosy pathogen Mycobacterium leprae was able to evade immune activity that is dependent on vitamin D, a natural hormone that plays an essential role in the body's fight against infections. A better understanding of how these pathogens can escape the immune system may be helpful in designing more effective therapies. |
News > Obituaries
The Record Gazette Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:58 AM PST
Ottis Ercel Cole, 83, of Yucaipa, died peacefully at the Loma Linda VA Hospital on Dec. 11, 2011 after a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was born on Oct. 26, 1928 in Beebe, Ark. to the late James A. and Mamie Clark Cole. Ottis was a Korean War veteran and served in the Air National Guard. |
Police find body hanging from structure at Port of Oakland
KTVU Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:50 AM PST
Oakland police discovered a dead body hanging from a structure at the Port of Oakland Saturday afternoon. The body had visible injuries when it was found near Maritime Street at 4:23 p.m., an Oakland police officer said. The cause of death was uncertain, but police were investigating the incident as a homicide. |
Body found hanging from structure at Port of Oakland
Contra Costa Times Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:47 AM PST
Oakland police discovered a dead body hanging from a structure at the Port of Oakland Saturday afternoon. The body had visible injuries when it was found near Maritime Street at 4:23 p. |
Military probe adding to skepticism of DMAA
Stars and Stripes Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:44 AM PST
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa â€" The Defense Department is investigating a popular body-building supplement suspected in the deaths of two soldiers as well as organ failure and other serious health problems in others. |
Silver Spring man, 68, charged in wife's homicide
Washington Examiner Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:49 AM PST
A 68-year-old Silver Spring man has been charged in the death of his wife. Montgomery County Police have charged Henry Gordon Hutchins with first-degree murder in the death of 62-year-old Carol Frances Carter. At about 3 p.m. Saturday, Hutchins called police to say that his wife was dead, police said. Officers found Carter in her bedroom with injuries to her upper body. She was pronounced dead ... |
Body found along bike trail in Yellow Springs
WHIO-TV 7 Dayton Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:45 AM PST
Someone walking on the bike trail near Corry Street found the body of a white male in his mid-50s Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene around 8:10 a.m. Investigator Naomi Penrod says that the body was half on the trail, and half in the grass. A .38 caliber revolver was found nearby. She says the victim died from a gunshot wound to the chest. The body has been taken to the Montgomery ... |
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