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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Phoenix Herald.com http://www.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a1e025da3c02ca7c/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:06 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:06 -0500 30 Schoolgirl Nomasonto Masango giggles as she lists the things she and her friends want boyfriends to buy them. http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203291165/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:47:23 -0500 Kerry Cullinan - Africa Renewal http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203291165/cs/1/ A set of surgical tools once used by a Nazi war criminal will be auctioned in Britain this Saturday and is expected to fetch around 2,000 pounds. http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203305955/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:10:13 -0500 IANS http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203305955/cs/1/ Pharmaceutical saleswomen in Singapore have no qualms in having sex with doctors in a bid to boost their sales, according to reports. http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203298544/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:13:02 -0500 ANI http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203298544/cs/1/ Doctors at the trauma centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday said that the health of two-year-old battered infant Falak was improving. http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203298510/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:12:09 -0500 ANI http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203298510/cs/1/ Girls born to mothers over 39 years and women who were taller and thinner than the average girl prior to puberty faced higher chances of developing breast cancer. http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203298198/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203298198/cs/1/ Diabetes can cause erectile dysfunction (ED), which can lead to an even more serious condition, experts have warned. http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203295536/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:03 -0500 ANI http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203295536/cs/1/ The Australian cricket body has ordered the removal of a boundary-rope advertisement of an Indian mouthwash in Hindi after health authorities launched a probe over its similarity with a chewing tobacc http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203293703/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203293703/cs/1/ Doctors have for the first time fitted a 3D printer-created lower jaw to an 83-year-old woman's face in the Netherlands. http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203292342/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:40:15 -0500 ANI http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203292342/cs/1/ Although the Asia-Pacific region has witnessed widespread gains in combating the spread of HIV, experts at a United Nations meeting were told today that the epidemic is still outpacing the region's ef http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203286216/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:15:48 -0500 U.N. - Asia Pacific http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203286216/cs/1/ Last night our safe house in Homs turned into a makeshift field hospital for injured fighters and today funerals are taking place – as residents fear a full-on regime assault. The first ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308409/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:25:17 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308409/ Most actors perform in movies, TV or theatres, but for others, the stage is an exam room at a medical school. At the University of Maryland School of Nursing, that involves an interactive ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307719/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:05 -0500 VOA http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307719/ I’m afraid there is no evidence that detox diets "cleanse" the body of A so-called built up toxins such as food additives, pesticide residues, alcohol, caffeine, heavy metals, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308446/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:19:28 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308446/ Communications giant teams with Health Evolution Partners, a healthcare buyout company, to sell Verizon's data-management technologies to health ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308380/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:56 -0500 TechWeb http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308380/ Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308415/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:04 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308415/ But Humpty Doo schoolboy Blair Starr, 10, shocked his mum when he decided to shave to raise funds for cancer research. He has raised $730 in the past five days. "I want to help raise money ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308447/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:53 -0500 NT News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308447/ Sweat Equity looks at fun ’n’ funky classes that get South Floridians in shape. First up, Crunch’s new Pound class, using weighted drumsticks to beat back the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308416/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:01 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308416/ Labor negotiators for the Jackson Health System and SEIU Local 1991 are scheduled to meet from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday in a session that could result in a new labor agreement for the public ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308408/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:28 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308408/ Spanking children may harm their long-term development, making them more aggressive towards their peers, siblings, parents, as well as spouses later in life, researchers from the University of ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308389/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:14 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308389/ AIDS Institute, Phill Wilson, released a letter in light of the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, stating that the Institute will be releasing their 8th annual State of AIDS in ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308390/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:09 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308390/ "Economy Class Syndrome" is a myth, your risk of developing a blood clot during a long-distance economy trip by plane is not higher than in first class, researchers report in an article ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203306787/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:05 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203306787/ Online dating has become a billion dollar industry and is today a common way for people to meet potential mates - however, a new report written by researchers from Northwestern University and ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308391/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:01 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308391/ Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study from researchers in Switzerland and the UK. "In ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308392/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:56 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308392/ - The St. Louis Department of Health is urging all residents in the city get their annual vaccination this flu season. According to Pamela Walker, director of the St. Louis Health Department, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308372/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:21 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308372/ Professor Sir Kent Woods, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), defended the regulator's actions in the lead up to the PIP breast implant scandal. ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307457/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:36 -0500 The Independent http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307457/ They are also 10 times as likely to stop breastfeeding exclusively by 12 weeks, according to new research by a Durham University expert. The study suggests that women whose pregnancies were not ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307458/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:33 -0500 The Independent http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307458/ E*Trade loses a FINRA arbitration but doesn't get socked with the entire customer loss In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308419/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:49:05 -0500 Forbes http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308419/ ATLANTA -; An executive with a major U.S. breast-cancer charity has resigned after a dispute over funding for the country's best-known family planning organization and its providing of ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308439/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:43:19 -0500 CTV http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308439/ London researchers recently discovered that smoking speeds up the decline in memory, thinking, learning and processing information. It seems to affect men more than women. The study found that it ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307905/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:35:06 -0500 News 13 http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307905/ opened two facilities in the Valley and plans to open another six to eight across the region this year, including one in Chandler next month. Each facility costs about $1 million. Half of those ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308397/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:33:53 -0500 Business Journal http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308397/ Manama, Feb. 7 (BNA) -- On the sidelines of the opening of the King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) in Muharraq, Bahrain News Agency caught up with Lieutenant Colonel Hamad A Khamis, Head of ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308407/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:33:32 -0500 Bahrain News Agency http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308407/ Follow this company has tweaked a product designed for knee replacement and turned it into a new ankle replacement system that allows surgeons to precisely size and align implants during ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308396/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:33:08 -0500 Business Journal http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308396/ Follow this company 's next-generation breast cancer drug will get priority review from the Food and Drug Administration. The South San Francisco-based U.S. unit of drug giant Roche ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308395/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:32:28 -0500 Business Journal http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308395/ Claire Pomeroy Awards for Innovation in Medical Technology. The awards recognize individuals in the nine-county region whose innovative inventions, products or designs have transformed some ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308399/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:31:45 -0500 Business Journal http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308399/ to the BBC , 83-year-old patient had long suffered from a badly infected lower jaw that was considered too risky to operate on with traditional methods. Due to the associated risks, doctors turned ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308438/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:18:03 -0500 Techworld http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308438/ Score one for Big Media and the Liberal Elites. If Newt Gingrich needed a handy example to back up his contention that a pack of comfortable leftwingers who dominate the mainstream U.S. media ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308373/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:12:06 -0500 National Post http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308373/ A report by the Broward County, Fla., Inspector General's office said the Medical Examiner's office is unable to account for thousands of seized narcotic pills. The report, issued Monday, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308441/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:10:39 -0500 UPI http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308441/ Fighting in Mali has displaced more than 20,000 people and forced aid group Doctors Without Borders to suspend work, an aid director said. A representative for the U.S. State Department said last ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308442/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:09:25 -0500 UPI http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308442/ Everton's Landon Donovan tells BBC Radio Merseyside his spell with Everton will ensure he is in peak condition to start the 2012 MLS season with the LA Galaxy when his loan deal finishes at the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308368/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:08:50 -0500 BBC Sport http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308368/ The State has decided to prosecute a Free State male nurse who allegedly raped a terminally ill cancer patient in a Bloemfontein hospital last ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308371/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:01:10 -0500 IOL http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308371/ The infections could mean they are suffering from pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome, a disorder defined only about 15 years ago, according to Dr Rosario Trifiletti, who made his announcement ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308404/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:43 -0500 USA Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308404/ (02-07) 09:02 PST ATLANTA, (AP) -- Trying to cut down on salt? Health officials have come up with a list of the top 10 sources of salt in the American diet — and bread is No. 1. The Centers ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308445/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:55:56 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308445/ ATLANTA (AP) - A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308443/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:52:51 -0500 New York Times http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308443/ A 2-year-old girl from the U.K., who was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer, is now in remission after being treated with a new radioactive antibody, The Daily Mail reported. Lilly MacGlashan ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308420/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:56 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308420/ The Obama administration announced Tuesday they want to spend more than half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year in hopes of finding a cure for the devastating neurodegenerative ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308421/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:50 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308421/ A nurse who has been diagnosed with OCD is now opening up about her struggles with the disorder, reported the Daily Mail.  Debbie Tomson, 31, said at one point her disorder got so bad she even ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308422/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:46 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308422/ Man’s best friend may help out their human cohorts by bringing in the paper or fetching someone's slippers.  But now our canine companions may help us find improved cancer drugs. A ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308423/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:43 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308423/ Christina-Taylor Green was beautiful, precocious, smart and popular, a member of her elementary school's student council and the only girl on her Little League team. Born on 9/11/2001, it was ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308444/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:39 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308444/ Pureed baby food is more likely to make children obese than solid finger foods, British researchers claimed. Researchers from the University of Nottingham, in central England, studied 92 children ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308424/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:39 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308424/ Over the past two decades, research has increasingly found links between such "everyday" types of physical punishment and higher levels of child aggression, according to the review. In ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308425/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:35 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308425/ "Economy class syndrome," which suggests that air passengers in cheaper seats are at risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), is a myth, according to US researchers, who warned Tuesday that the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308427/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:30 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308427/ A Minnesota company recalled cooked eggs distributed in 34 states because of possible listeria contamination. Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308426/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:27 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308426/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed Tuesday that a whopping 90 percent of all Americans consume much more than the daily recommended amount of sodium.   Currently, the U.S. ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308429/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:24 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308429/ A North Texas golfer had a close call when he was impaled with the sharp end of a broken putter during a fight on a golf course, authorities said. The Tarrant County Sheriff's Department said ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308428/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:20 -0500 Fox News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308428/ LONDON - Directed energy weapons that use wave beams to cause pain, and electrical brain stimulation that boosts a soldier's combat ability - it may sound like science fiction warfare, but ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308378/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:57 -0500 Reuters http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308378/ That surprising finding comes in a government report released Tuesday that includes a list of the top 10 sources of sodium. Salty snacks actually came in at the bottom of the list compiled by the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308385/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:53 -0500 USA Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308385/ QUEBEC -- Franois Legault, the unelected leader of the Coalition Avenir Qubec, brushed past reporters Tuesday morning on his way to a meeting with his nine-member elected caucus, reminding media ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308417/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:37:49 -0500 The Gazette http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308417/ Montreal is to be connected to the provincial system of computerized health records. Extending the network, known as the Dossier de santé du Québec, to the Montreal region will cost an ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308418/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:37:09 -0500 The Gazette http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308418/ (Credit: CBS/AP) (CBS) Are you one of the millions of Americans who use online dating to look for love? A new scientific study of the popular practice shows when it comes to finding a soulmate, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308410/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:48 -0500 CBS News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308410/ (CBS News) SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Shippensburg University is making space for a new vending machine which will dispense emergency contraception. Students can now walk into a room inside the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308412/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:43 -0500 CBS News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308412/ PICTURES: Lyme disease lies - and truths Yale researchers have an answer. They've spent three years analyzing Lyme disease risk by dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to collect ticks, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308413/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:32 -0500 CBS News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308413/ Parents in the town of LeRoy, NY are not convinced by the diagnosis of conversion disorder to explain the twitching that has afflicted some of the local teenage girls. CBS News correspondent Seth ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308414/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:27 -0500 CBS News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308414/ Courtesy photo Michael Wyzga was CFO of Genzyme during its acquisition by Sanofi last April. He is now CEO of Radius Health, a Cambridge biotech seeking an IPO that focuses on osteoporosis and ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308393/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:07 -0500 Business Journal http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308393/ No 10 insists Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support", despite a Downing Street source reportedly saying the health secretary "should be taken out and shot". Mr ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308367/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:30:18 -0500 BBC http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308367/ About 1,000 private patients with PIP breast implants have contacted the NHS in England. The figure was given by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, in evidence to the Commons Health ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308366/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:30:15 -0500 BBC http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308366/ SpermCheck Fertility, a male fertility test, is set to hit drugstores in April. (Amazon) A home sperm test is set to join dozens of female fertility predictors on drug store shelves this spring. ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308431/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:29:23 -0500 ABC News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308431/ Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain the "morning-after" pill from an unusual source -- a vending machine at the campus health center. The vending machine at Shippensburg ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308430/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:29:21 -0500 ABC News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308430/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; pageId = '15529671'; playlistIds = ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308434/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:29:04 -0500 ABC News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308434/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); addOnload(userPref.renderAutoStartControls()); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308435/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:28:59 -0500 ABC News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308435/ When it comes to health risks on long flights, it’s not what you pay for your seat, but where you sit that makes the difference. New medical recommendations dispel the myth of ';economy ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308436/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:28:55 -0500 ABC News http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308436/ Attorney General Martha Coakley is heading to Washington to make a legal case for the national health care law that was modeled after Massachusetts’ own landmark 2006 health care law. On ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307521/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:07:20 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203307521/ You can just cook these vegetables in a skillet and serve them with grains for a great vegan dinner, or turn them into a hearty vegetarian (but not vegan) Provençal-style gratin. http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308406/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:03:06 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308406/ The Greeks serve this dish as a salad, and it's one that I never failed to order at lunch when I spent 10 days on the Greek island of Ikaria, known for the longevity of its population.  If ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308405/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:02:56 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308405/ Medical waste piles up as government downplays problem Steven Viney Egypt Independent Wed, 01/02/2012 - 15:40 http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/631341 The mismanagement of medical waste has ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308437/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:53:06 -0500 IMRA http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203308437/ Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to help its customers figure that out by adding a new green icon that reads "Great for You" to packaging of some of its house-brand foods. The green and white seal, which ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203306672/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:29:05 -0500 USA Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203306672/ Best Nursing Homes aims to make one of life's most difficult decisions a little easier. For the 3.3 million Americans who move into a nursing home each year, and for their caregivers and loved ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301193/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:11:36 -0500 U.S. News & World Report http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301193/ The chemical lab of the future could look like a farm, with thousands of plants naturally using photosynthesis to produce complex drugs, chemicals, and biofuels, according to a Danish research ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301194/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:11:23 -0500 U.S. News & World Report http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301194/ Taipei, Feb. 7, 2012 (CENS)--With improving global business climate, Johnson Health Tech Co., a world-leading fitness equipment maker and supplier in Taiwan, expects double-digit growth this year ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301190/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:09:14 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301190/ For health authorities to avoid a financial penalty, 90 per cent of their hip patients must be treated within 26 weeks, 90 per cent of knee patients within 26 weeks, and 90 per cent of cataract ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301143/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:08:49 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301143/ Paula Allen, vice president of Health Solutions at Morneau Shepell, discusses the importance of employees being able to freely discuss mental health ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203300530/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:08:26 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203300530/ cartilage damage associated with osteoarthritis. Researchers say the concentration of two molecules called non-coding RNAs in blood were associated with mild cartilage damage in 30 patients who ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301162/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:26 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301162/ stroke has been identified by scientists in a study published online in Nature Genetics. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301166/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:22 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301166/ North Carolina State University researchers have created specially engineered mammalian cells to provide a new "chemical handle" which will enable researchers to label proteins of interest ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301165/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:17 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301165/ University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host. The ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301164/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:12 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301164/ cancer . Current methods of testing DNA samples, Sanger sequencing and pyrosequencing, occasionally produce complex results that can be difficult or impossible to interpret. Scientists at the Johns ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301167/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:06 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301167/ obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online issue of Pediatrics. Today, one out of five American children is obese. Young children who are overweight are five times more likely ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301168/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:01 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301168/ Immune cells capable of attacking healthy organs "see" their targets differently than do protective immune cells that attack viruses, according to work published online this week in the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301169/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:55 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301169/ diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have failed to adequately improve high blood sugar. ACP also recommends that clinicians add a second drug to ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301171/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:50 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301171/ An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to their long-term development, states an article in CMAJ ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301172/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:45 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301172/ breast cancer genetics has been peeled back. A team of researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center (KCC) led by Richard G. Pestell, M.D., PhD., FACP, Director of the KCC and Chair of the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301170/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:32 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301170/ A research team led by UC Davis Health System scientists has developed a novel technique to enhance bone growth by using a molecule which, when injected into the bloodstream, directs the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301174/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:29 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301174/ Repeated, low-dose injections of mononuclear cells derived from human umbilical cord blood (MNC hUCB, tradename: U-CORD-CELL™) have been found effective in protecting motor neuron cells, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301175/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:24 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301175/ The great paradox of global health efforts is that regions of the world most plagued by poverty, poor infrastructure and rampant disease are often the most difficult to deliver care to. In addition, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203300911/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:19 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203300911/ suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with the ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301176/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:14 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301176/ hernia (CDH), a common and often deadly birth defect. Their sophisticated data-filtering strategy, which uses gene expression during normal development as a starting point, offers a new, ... http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301177/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:09 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.phoenixherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203301177/