Press Release PharmiWeb Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:08 AM PDT Embryonic stem cells have the potential to become any type of cells found in the body, including various types of nerve cells, but they have several drawbacks, both ethical and practical. | Study casts doubts on body-mass index Denver Post Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:07 AM PDT A new study has found that the body-mass index, the 200-year-old formula used to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy weight, may be misclassifying roughly half of women and just over 20 percent of men as healthy when their body-fat composition suggests they are obese. | Woman burnt to death by hospital shower Adelaide Now Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:36 AM PDT PATIENT received burns to 75 per cent of her body and was so severely injured her skin peeled off, inquest told. | 900 students tested for tuberculosis at Lorain High School The Morning Journal Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:25 AM PDT LORAIN â" Approximately 900 of the roughly 2,200 student body at Lorain High School got tested for tuberculosis yesterday after a male student was diagnosed with the disease late last week, according to Interim Superintendent Ed Branham. | We may be fatter than we think, researchers report Los Angeles Times Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:16 AM PDT A new study finds that the widely used body mass index, or BMI, may be understating obesity in many people. As if the nation's weight problems were not daunting enough, a new study has found that the body mass index, the 180-year-old formula used to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy weight, may be incorrectly classifying about half of women and just over 20% of men as being the picture ... | Doctors re-grow human heart Yale Daily News Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:13 AM PDT A Yale doctor's innovative stem cell procedure may change the field of regenerative medicine. 4-year old Angela Irizarry was born with a single pumping chamber in her heart, a congenital birth defect that causes the heart to overwork itself trying to pump sufficient amounts of blood to the body. Six months ago, Christopher Breuer, associate professor of surgery and pediatrics and director of ... | Body Oasis Laser Aesthetics Acquires Accusculpt Laser Assisted Lipolysis Technology for Enhanced Rejuvenation PRWeb Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:10 AM PDT Robin Fleck, M.D., founder and medical director of Body Oasis Laser Aesthetics has announced the acquisition of the Lutronics Accusculpt laser-assisted lipolysis system this month. This brings the number of lasers at Body Oasis to six and promises to expand the number of clients seeking to enhance their appearance with laser technologies in Prescott, Sedona and Flagstaff. (PRWeb April 03, 2012 ... | | |
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