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Breathalyzer Tests for Cops Involved in Shootings

...that alcohol played a role in Isnora's decision to open fire. A commander who spoke to him immediately after the shooting judged him "fit for duty." Since then, an advisory panel has concluded that mechanical breath tests are "the right thing to do," Commissioner Raymond Kelly said, adding, "I think it'...

France Celebrates Summer With All-night Music Fest; NY Swings Along

...d museums and other heritage sites were being kept open for concerts such as Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, conducted by Kurt Masur in the Orsay museum, or Berlioz at the Senate. The music festival has caught on worldwide with 400 cities shutting off streets this year and setting up makeshift stages to mak...

Antarctic Icebergs Serve as 'hotspots' for Ocean Life

...rom the atmosphere. As such, the new research may open a new and productive field for ecosystem research at the dawn of the Polar Year, they said. "This research establishes yet another promising horizon for polar ecology," said Roberta Marinelli, organisms and ecosystems program director for the US Ant...

Gene Therapy for Parkinsons Disease

...improvement in symptoms, although the study was an open label design. The scientists are now designing a double-blind placebo controlled trial that would enroll far more patients in an attempt to see whether the gene therapy is effective in reducing symptoms. The patients' scans showed a quieting of t...

Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

...th, in the eyes, in the nose, ears, eating all the open wounds from sleeping on the concrete." The caretaker of the orphanage is on the run. The severely disabled children have since been moved to another clean, well-lit orphanage nearby, with smiling social workers, sun-drenched rooms, ceiling fans, an...

Civic Authorities in US Seek to Stem Urban Decay

... spent to demolish vacant houses and buildings and open up green space in Youngstown in northeast Ohio . The hope is the tough, blue-collar environment of the gritty city could be redefined that way parks may grow, crime may drop and property values may rise. If Youngstown becomes more livable, job a...

Ancient Ancestors Might Have Had a Clue to HIV

...a defense against PtERV1, but left themselves wide open to the HIV pandemic 4m years later....

US Hospitals Increasingly Colonized by Drug-resistant Germs

...swelling, and redness. Sometimes it begins with an open sore. Other times, there is no break in the skin at all -- and it's anyone's guess where the bacteria came from. The signs of cellulitis are those of any inflammation -- redness, warmth, swelling, and pain. Any skin sore or ulcer that has these sig...

'Walk of Shame' Triggers Toilet Consciousness

...ng population preferred the old way of heading for open fields to ease themselves, reports Grassroots Feat... refuse scattered all around, the magnitude of the open toilet ground stood exposed. To drive the point home, the sarpanch captured the dismayed and horrifi...

Japan's All-star Speed Eater Suffers Professional Injury

...ain. Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi said he can only open his mouth to make a gap the size of a fingertip after being diagnosed with jaw arthritis. In an entry on his blog entitled "Occupational hazard," Kobayashi said: "My jaw refused to fight any more." The injury occurred only a week after the slender ...

Cuban Healthcare Delivers, Experts Say

...of September 11, 2001. The film, which is due to open in U.S. theaters on June 29, makes the point that the treatment they lack in the United States is available for free in Cuba. On key statistics measured by the World Health Organization, Cuba is in line with the United States. The average life ex...

Greek Heatwave Kills Two

...unicipalities are keeping cooled public facilities open for those without air-conditioning at home, but heatstroke already claimed the lives of an 84-year-old woman in the western town of Egio and a 76-year-old man in Farsala, central Greece. Temperatures were expected to reach 43 degrees Celsius (109.4...

SKorean Scientists Develop Technology for Cheap Biosensor

...But our technology using existing transistors will open the way for the mass production of cheap but highly efficient biosensors," he said. "We have developed technology to create a tiny gap on a transistor to fill it with bio-molecules, or biologically responsive materials that detect diseases," he sai...

Boutiques Flourish in Ludhiana

...tiques too go international, as many have plans to open branches in cities like London and Washington. The smarter the boutique, the costlier the label. One could spend any amount to look fashionable and in sync with fashion. Fashion designers make clothes for models walking down the ramp and not for...

Radio-frequency Ablation Offers Hope for People With Inoperable Kidney Tumours

...a long treatment journey that would likely require open surgery, and intensive chemotherapy, both of which...cars and complications associated with traditional open surgery. Since the procedure does not involve cutting, it is also a viable option for individuals pr...

Using Portion-control Dishes can Help Obese Diabetics Lose Weight

...es, proteins, cheese and sauce, with the rest left open for vegetables. he sections approximately totaled an 800-calorie meal for men and a 650-calorie meal for women. The cereal bowl is designed to allow a 200-calorie meal of cereal and milk. Half of 130 obese patients with diabetes (average age 56) w...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Initiates Patient Enrollment In New Cotara(R) Brain Cancer Trial

... product registration trials." This multi-center open label Phase II safety and efficacy study is designed to enroll up to 40 glioblastoma patients who have experienced a first relapse. The study's primary objective is to confirm the maximum tolerated dose of Cotara in patients with GBM at first relapse...

Georgia may Lose Most Pigs to Swine Fever: FAO

...llowing a visit to the country. "Keeping pigs in open grazing... the limited human and financial resources are difficult circumstances constraining an effective control campaign," the Rome-based UN agency said. It also warned that the significant wild boar population would complicate the control campa...

Talks Between Striking Polish Nurses and Government to Open

Talks are to open between the Polish government and striking nurses who have been camping outside the prime minister's office in Warsaw for the past week, a union official said Tuesday . Four nurses who had been occupying the cabinet office in support of their campa...

Personal Disclosure by Physician may Harm Patients

... patient-centered care, encouraging the patient to open up and offer additional valuable information, said Howard B. Beckman, M.D., a co-author of the article and a clinical professor of medicine and family medicine at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Instead we found these disclosures to be doctor-c...

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