Man in Medical News

Ohio Man Top Bidder for Preakness Winner's Halter, First of Five Items in Horse's Season-Long Auction Series

SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Rick Weekley of Mason, Ohio, outbid all comers to gain the training halter worn by champion racehorse Rachel Alexandra prior to her historic victory in the Preakness this year--the first win by a filly in that race since 1924. The winning ...

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Recognizes Aurora Physician as Man of the Year

MILWAUKEE, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Taylor, M.D., was named Man of the Year by the Wisconsin Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. He received the honor at an awards ceremony Friday, June 26, at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Dr. Taylor is the medical director of the Autologous Ste...

Music Had Charms to Soothe Prehistoric Man

Flute find suggests early ancestors more culturally sophisticated than thought WEDNESDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- The discovery of a cache of prehistoric flutes suggests that music soothed the savage beast in early man as far back as 35,000 years ago. German paleontologists foun...

Jury Awards $5.45 Million to Bronx Man With A Misdiagnosed Staph Infection, New York Medical Malpractice Attorney David Perecman Comments

New York medical malpractice lawyer, David Perecman, reviews the facts leading to the verdict and offers his thoughts. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 10, 2009 -- This month a Bronx man who almost lost his life due to a misdiagnosis at Montefiore Medical Center's emergency ro...

Low T Specialist, reNEW MAN Promotes National Network of Doctors

Andropause treatment provider reNEW MAN (renewman.com) wants to alert men and their families about the potential risks of undergoing male hormone treatment through their family doctor. Andropause, also known as male menopause is a condition triggered by a decreased in the male hormone testosteron...

A New Zealand Experience That Improves Lives: Arizona Man Finds Affordable, Quality Healthcare and Freedom From Constant Hip Pain on Recent Trip

Medtral New Zealand offers complete medical travel packages for North American patients seeking a viable, safe alternative to expensive healthcare treatment. Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) April 8, 2009 -- Bob Light reached a painful crossroads in his life. The Phoenix, Arizo...

Astrocytes help separate man from mouse

A type of brain cell that was long overlooked by researchers embodies one of very few ways in which the human brain differs fundamentally from that of a mouse or rat, according to researchers who published their findings as the cover story in the March 11 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience . ...

$12 Million New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict for Wrongful Death of a 21-Year-Old Man After Having Wisdom Teeth Removed

A New Jersey jury awarded a verdict of $10.2 million in a medical malpractice case against an oral surgeon whose negligence resulted in the death of his patient. With interest, the total verdict will exceed $12 million. The verdict was achieved by New Jersey medical malpractice lawyer David Maz...

In the World of Germs, Man Bites Dog

Study finds owners had more multiple drug-resistant strains than their pets WEDNESDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- People who let their dogs sleep with them or allow them to lick their faces are no more likely than other dog owners to have the same strains of E. coli bacteria as their ...

'Blind' Man Navigates Obstacle Course Without Error

Researchers say finding suggests alternate vision routes in the brain MONDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Call it a case of second sight: Scientists report that a blind man in Switzerland was able to make his way through a maze, even though he has no conscious sensation of seeing the w...

Dr. Alan Greene: The Organic Man -- Renowned Pediatrician Marks Third Anniversary of Organic-Only Diet

Dr. Alan Greene from the kids' health website DrGreene.com marks three-year milestone of eating only organic food. It's the same benchmark that livestock must meet to be certified 100% organic. Danville, CA (PRWEB) December 8, 2008 -- If breeding animals can be certifie...

King Features Syndicate and Changing Times Vitamins Sign Licensing Agreement for Popeye(R) the Sailor Man in the Water Drink Category.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Changing Times Vitamins, Inc., (Pink Sheets: SGTB) announced today that they have signed a licensing agreement with King Features Syndicate, Division of Hearst Corporation, one of the nation's largest diversified media companies. The license giv...

Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie Is Pregnant Again

Exclusive Documentary On First Pregnancy Premiering This Tuesday On Discovery Health - PREGNANT MAN Premieres Tuesday, November 18, at 9:00 PM ET/PT with an Encore Broadcast on Wednesday, November 19, at 10:00 PM ET/PT - SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire...

History's First Pregnant Man to be Featured in an Exclusive Documentary Premiering on Discovery Health

-- PREGNANT MAN Premieres Tuesday, November 18, at 9:00 PM ET/PT with an Encore Broadcast on Wednesday, November 19, at 9:00 PM ET/PT -- SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Earlier this year, Thomas Beatie became one of the most talked-about people on Earth when he announce...

Quadriplegic Man Defied the Odds, Continues to Inspire

In honor of National Disability Awareness Month, personal development coach and photographer, Laura Young, launches a line of products inspired by Michael Schwass. Schwass, the first quadriplegic to walk again without the aid of braces, will be the recipient of all proceeds. ...

Couples with fertility problems where the man is over 35 have increased difficulty in conceiving

Barcelona, Spain: Pregnancy rates decrease and miscarriages increase when a father is over 35 years of age, a scientist will tell the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology tomorrow(Monday 7 July). Dr. Stphanie Belloc, of the Eylau Centre for Assisted ...

Young Man With Severe Disabilities Wins Right to Services From State Enabling Him to Live At Home

Equip for Equality Obtains Federal Injunction Against the State for Violation of the ADA's Integration Mandate CHICAGO, June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following two years of federal court litigation under the ADA's "integration mandate," Equip for Equality has obtained a permanent injunc...

Video: World's Heaviest Man Celebrates Birthday and Weight Loss Milestone

Zone Diet Creator Dr. Barry Sears and His Team of Physicians Give Manuel Uribe A New Lease on Life DANVERS, Mass., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Manuel Uribe, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest living man in the world, has lost more than one-third of h...

Sacramento Man Finished 100-Mile-Run in 100 Degree Heat to Secure Health Care for Uninsured Children

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the thermometer crept above the 100 degree mark, so did the expectation of a strong finish for Jason Harper's 100-mile-run for the children of inner-city Sacramento's roughest neighborhood. The Extra Mile Run was created by Harper to rai...

Give the Man in Your Life the Gift of Health

NEW YORK, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Three of the most terrifying words in the English language are "You have cancer." For a man, add the word "prostate" and the fear factor rises even higher, since prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in men, but with early detectio...

California Man Indicted For Conspiracy In Operating Internet Pharmacy

WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jorge Alan Rodriguez Sanchez, 32, was indicted by a grand jury in Philadelphia yesterday for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances through the operation of an illegal Internet pharmacy, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division ...

Case Dropped Against Healthcare Worker Who Was Arrested While Providing Care to an Elderly, Disabled Man in Los Angeles Home

- Attorney Mark Werksman States 'Justice Was Served' - LOS ANGELES, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office dismissed a case against Yolanda McGriff, a Los Angeles- based healthcare worker who was arrested while providing nursing and home health care to ...

Jury Awards Mount Vernon Man $40.1 Million After Medical Device Chars Heart

Manufacturer Edwards Lifesciences attempted to hide dangers of defective product. EVERETT, Wash., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A Snohomish Superior Court jury today awarded a Mount Vernon, Wash. man and his family $40.1 million after his heart was irreparably burned ...

Longview, WA Man Wins $50,000 for Losing 82 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced a $50,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an...

Covington, VA Man Wins $250,000 for Losing 125 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced the $250,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM),...

Virginia Beach Man Loses 17 Pounds, on Top of a Previous 100 Pound Loss, and Wins Major $50,000 Prize

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced a $50,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an...

Columbus, OH Man Wins $50,000 for Losing 71 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced a $50,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an...

Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Files Suit Against General Electric Company on Behalf of a Man Who Developed Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) from Contrast Agent Omniscan

GREAT NECK, N.Y., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Waichman Alonso LLP announces that it has filed suit on behalf of a man diagnosed with Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) after receiving two injections of Omniscan, a gadolinium contrast dye manufactured by General Electric Company, its subsid...

Champion of blinded soldiers, Congressman Murtha, is Man of Vision

Schepens Eye Research Institute has named Congressman John P. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, this year's Man of Vision for his advocacy on behalf of veterans blinded by war and for research to restore their vision. Its highest honor, each year the Institu...

Ex-HSBC Man Joins PureCircle

Former Senior Banker Joins Ingredients-Makers LONDON, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- International food ingredients-maker PureCircle, producers of naturally extracted food ingredients such as Rebaudioside-A, has appointed Paul Selway-Swift - SBC Investment Banking's former Deputy Cha...

Now Every Man Can Enhance His Performance, Whatever His Sexual Style

Thanks to the Blakoe Ring (Mark III)(TM) Full Erections Can be Achieved Without Fear of Side Effects LONDON, October 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Men are either sensation seekers, sensuous, anxious, confident or abstinent, a new study published in the International Journal of Impote...

The Law Offices of John David Hart: Texas Man Sues Medtronic in 'Body-Snatching' Case

Patient received stolen piece of bone during neck surgery procedure FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A Texas man has filed a lawsuit against the billion-dollar medical technology company Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT ) for fraud and negligence in a "body-snatching" scheme that left h...

'Are You Man Enough?' to Help Fight Breast Cancer

Chicago Bears' Greg Olsen, City of Hope and Paper Mate(R) Challenge Men to Wear Pink and Write Notes for Hope CHICAGO, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- What exemplifies being a man more emphatically than supporting a loved one battling breast cancer? With nearly 180,000 new cases of b...

X4 Labs to Create Solid Gold Male Enhancement Device for Rich Saudi Man

MONTREAL, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the world's wealthiest Saudi Arabian businessmen recently placed a custom order for what is now considered the world's most expensive male enhancement device. Made of solid 18kt gold, this adult novelty product is reminiscent of the goods made for ...

What's That Smell? Ask a Woman, Not a Man

Study finds that female noses are more sensitive to body odors TUESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Women's noses can penetrate fancy colognes and detect male body odor, but men don't have the same ability, say U.S. researchers. And they speculate that women may be more sensitive to...

Dengue Surge in Singapore, Man Prosecuted for Breeding Mosquitoes

Singapore might be prosperous. But it is also draconian. Any presumed violation of the law brings in swift reaction. As the owner of a commercial fishing pond in Pasir Ris Drive 6, will have found by now. He is being prosecuted for breeding mosquitoes. The area is dubbed the number one ...

Frustrated With Fad Diets One Man Sets Out to Weed Through The Jungle of Plans

Frustrated With Fad Diets One Man Sets Out to Weed Through The Jungle of Plans If you are overweight or know someone that is overweight chances are you have been exposed to multiple diet pitches in your life. Everything from miracle weight loss formulas to plant root extracts from Indonesi...

500 Pound Man Rescued After 12 Hour Ordeal From Wisconsin River

A 500 pound man stuck after a tubing accident was rescued from St. Croix River in western Wisconsin. Martin Rike developed symptoms of heart attack when in the river and he was rescued by dozens of rescue workers who spent hours carrying him to a navigable part of the waterway. Martin Rike...

World's Oldest Man Says Sorry He's Still Alive

A 111-year-old Japanese engineer born at the end of the century before last was awarded official recognition Monday as the world's newest oldest man, and joked he was sorry for still being alive. Tomoji Tanabe, a teetotaller who has repeatedly said that avoiding alcohol was a secret of his longevi...

Heart-Assist Device Gives Culver City Man a Good Quality of Life

Mark Heiner of Culver City reads books, paints artistically, takes walks and does laundry activities that would be considered routine except for the fact that a four-pound disk implanted in his abdominal cavity is keeping his blood flowing. The procedure to implant the Thoratec HeartMate ...