Outside panel will review WHO flu response
Pioneer Press Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:07 PM PDT
GENEVA â€" A group of outside experts will scrutinize the World Health Organization's response to the swine flu outbreak and likely examine whether the global body could have been clearer when it declared a pandemic of what has turned out to be a relatively mild disease, the World Health Organization said Monday. The review will be done by about 30 scientists and public health officials. The ... |
Mental illness doesn't deserve stigma
Evansville Courier & Press Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:00 PM PDT
The causes of mental illness are complicated, according to www.samsha.com, Mental health disorders in children and adolescents are caused mostly by biology and environment. Examples of biological causes are chemical imbalances in the body, damage to the central nervous system (such as a head injury) and genetics. |
Market Commentary and Intraday News
INO News Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:41 PM PDT
(RTTNews) - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the world body's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Monday morning's twin suicide-bombings in the crowded subway railroad network of Russian capital Moscow that killed dozens of commuters and injured scores of others. |
Mutations in one gene can cause many cancers, study shows
Science Daily Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:19 PM PDT
An important gene that normally protects the body from cancer can itself cause a variety of cancers depending on the specific mutation that damages it. People who inherit a mutated copy of the PTEN gene have Cowden syndrome, a condition that carries a high risk of cancer in organs such as the breast, thyroid and ovary. This study linked specific mutations in the gene to distinct kinds of cancer ... |
Knife-wielding intruder attacks Ukiah poker players
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:14 PM PDT
By GLENDA ANDERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A drunken knife-wielding man assaulted a group of Ukiah poker players early Saturday morning, stabbing one of them, police reported Monday. The wounded man was taken to the hospital with a non-life threatening wound to the upper body, said Ukiah Police Capt. Justin Wyatt. |
Firefighters' weight-loss challenge pays off for sick child
Tulsa World Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:08 PM PDT
Based on the reality television show “The Biggest Loser,†the competition called for about 75 firefighters to burn 5 percent or more of their body weight. Each $20 entry fee went to the Make-A-Wish Foundation ... |
Game 7: Everett vs. Kelowna lineup notes
Everett Herald Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:05 PM PDT
The big news for Everett is that defenseman Radko Gudas returns to the lineup tonight. Gudas missed the previous four games because of an upper-body injury, but his return means the Tips dress the full complement of six defensemen tonight and Zack Dailey probably moves back to right wing. |
NZ superbug work may lead to new drugs
Otago Daily Times Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:36 PM PDT
New Zealand scientists have shown how "superbug" Staphylococcus aureus evades key immune defences in the body, and how drugs might be developed to beat it. |
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