14-year-old Killed in School Shooting in Canada
...nment. It is shocking that such a crime could take place in our schools, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair to...they might be traumatized more. School is the best place for them to be in, especially as they have these enhanced resources for crisis counselling," she sai...Experts to Develop New Weapons Against Food Poisoning
...ife Sciences Inc, said: GangaGen believes that the place to start fighting food safety-related bacteria is ...sive, but not fully effective, controls already in place in food processing. GangaGen has demonstrated in production animal trials that we can isolate and us...Army Hospital Conducts First Multiple Organ Retrieval and Transplantation
...tors are now in a position to send organs from one place to another with the required urgency. The move of a kidney from Delhi to Mumbai is also a first of its kind," the spokesman pointed out. The entire procedure was carried out under the supervision of Maj. Gen. O.P. Mathew, Brig. R.P. Choubey and Co...Pediatric Seizure Study Underway in US to Decide Between Diazepam and Lorazepam
...of events is little different than what would take place in an emergency department not involved in the study. Under typical circumstances, the admitting physician would decide on whether the patient would receive lorazepam or diazepam. In the study, a computer program will decide which drug the child rece...Unique Electrical Stimulation Device to Restore Mobility in Stroke Survivors
... The device is worn on the lower-leg and foot in place of a traditional foot brace. It contains sensors that detect whether the patients foot is in the air or on the ground, and electrodes that transmit painless electrical stimulation to the peroneal nerve to activate the calf muscle and correct their ga...Robotic Surgery May Improve Survival Rate For Prostate Cancer Patients
...c radical prostatectomy program, which has been in place at Jefferson since 2000, the addition of robotic technology leads to a lower positive surgical margin rate, the researchers said. The Jefferson urologists reviewed the cases of 247 men with clinically localized prostate cancer treated at Thomas Jeffe...Medical College Students Help Change Global Health Policy
...Weill Cornell Medical College students have helped place a lifesaving heart disease drug onto the World Health Organization's (WHO) list of essential medicines. This list is a guideline for developing countries to choose which high-priority drugs should be supplied to their citizens inexpensively. Stude...Actress Sally Field Vows to Fight Against Osteoporosis
...e National Osteoporosis Foundation. The event took place during National Womens Health Week and National Osteoporosis Month, encouraging women to protect their bone health at all ages. 'Eighty percent of the 10 million Americans affected by osteoporosis are women,' said Phyllis Greenberger, president and...Doctors Strike Paralysed Health Services in Bihar
...urt report that said 903 cases of kidnappings took place in Bihar between Jan 1 and March 31. There were 333 abductions in January, 361 in February and 209 in March. Officials said over 2,000 kidnappings occurred last year. Lawyers, doctors, contractors, businessmen and school students have been the ...Fat Screen Delivers Plant-derived Chemical With Antidiabetic Effects
...l mode of action is the idea that the body needs a place to store lipids," Tontonoz said. "If the body becomes less able to store lipids in fat, it may deposit in other tissues," where it can spur disease. Despite their efficacy, the development and clinical use of TZDs is limited by adverse effects such...'Katee Holmes' Vs 'Katie Holmes' Case of Losing Virginity
...m watching porn, so I figured a movie was the best place for me to lose it,' Katee said....Brain Cells Activity: New Treatment Target for Psychiatric Diseases
...and ErbB4 suppress excitation. "Right beside the place where the excitatory synapse can be activated, there is also something that can suppress it," says Dr. Mei, chief of developmental neurobiology at MCG. "Now we have identified another novel target of neuregulin-1 which is the inhibitory synapse." T...New Device for Stroke Patients Improves Walking
... this year -- is worn on the lower-leg and foot in place of a traditional foot brace. Sensors detect whether the patient's foot is in the air or on the ground, and electrodes transmit painless electrical stimulation to the peroneal nerve to activate the calf muscle and correct their gait. Offered on an i...Low Weight Newborns at Greater Risk in Community Hospitals
...rd's School of Medicine. "Although being born in a place with a mid-level neonatal intensive care unit is better than a place with no neonatal ICU at all, we found that these extremely tiny newborns were significantly more lik...Jharkhand Reeling Under Heat Wave
...ain. The cloud formation at lower strata will take place and we can expect rain in Ranchi then," said A. Wadood, a meteorologist. "The climate of Ranchi has changed drastically in last few years. There was a time when fans were enough but now air conditioners are a must," said S. N. Roy, an octogenarian ...Heart-Assist Device Gives Culver City Man a Good Quality of Life
...nts, according to Simsir. In lay terminology, we place the device on top of the stomach, underneath the abdominal musculature. This is done during open-heart surgery with the patient on the heart-lung machine. One tube attaches the pump to the left ventricle and another goes to the aorta, said Simsir, wh...Hearing Loss Becoming an Epidemic in Canada
...vels. For example, an average conversation takes place at around 60 decibels. Standing on a downtown street corner in rush hour, you're probably exposed to about 85 to 90 decibels. While using an electric hair dryer or pushing a gas lawnmower, you're well into the danger zone at 90-plus decibels. At peak...Stop TB Partnership Has Provided Treatments for Ten Million People in Six Years
Securing its place as an indispensable defence against the development and spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), the Stop TB Partnership announced today that its drug supply arm, the Global Drug Facility, has provided anti-TB drug treatments for 10 million peopl...Britneys Letter to Her Fans Covers Issues on Life, Rehab, God and Kids
...d kids. "Recently, I was sent to a very humbling place called rehab. I truly hit rock bottom. Till this day I don't think that it was alcohol or depression. I was like a bad kid running around with ADD [attention deficit disorder], The Sun quoted Spears as stating on her website. "I am having to face a......l away from their middle school children, the best place to start is at home. The study was conducted by a team of researchers including principal investigator Kelli Komro and lead author Mary O Hearst at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. As part of the study, researchers studied a cohort of 3,...