Tobacco Control Bill Heads to White House as Health Groups Cheer
Legislation to let FDA regulate tobacco manufacturing and marketing called long overdue FRIDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory control over tobacco products headed to the White House Friday for President Obama's sign...If Heads Turn When You Sneeze, Enter the 'Side-Splitting Sneeze Contest'
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Bobby Murcer Mobile MRI Unit in Washington , D.C. for Brain Tumor Awareness Month Provides Free Brain Scans to Members of Congress, Staff and Government Agency Officials NEW YORK, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Road to Early Detection Campaign , a project of The Brain Tumor Fo...56-Year-Old Grandmother Heads to Antarctica to Run Her Seventh Worldwide Marathon in Under a Year
Compassionate Runner, Linda Quirk, Nationally Known for Her Quest to Raise One Million Dollars for Charity, Makes a Request for More Donations on www.Run7on7.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- At 56, Linda Quirk has undergone an amazing journey - seven marathons across seven co...Fifth U.S. Hand Transplant Patient Heads Home to NY
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States' fifth hand transplant recipient, Jan "Erik" Hondusky, is heading back home to Massena, New York this week after a three-month stay in Louisville under the care of Kleinert Kutz and University of Louisville surgeons. (Ph...Study Confirms Effectiveness of Innovative Prism Glasses For Hemianopia Patients
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In a deadly game of heads or tails venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing they have two heads, claims research published today in Marine Ecology . The discovery, made by Dr Arne Redsted Rasmussen and Dr Johan Elmberg, showed that Yellow-lip...Dogs, humans, put heads together to find cure for brain cancer
Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one. By comparing human and canine genomes, researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that a gene commonly believed to be...Our brains make their own marijuana: We're all pot heads deep inside
U.S. and Brazilian scientists have just proven that one of Bob Dylan's most famous lines"everybody must get stoned" is correct. That's because they've discovered that the brain manufactures proteins that act like marijuana at specific receptors in the brain itself. This discovery, published online...Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals, echoing ancient Chinese text
Observing and betting on cricket fights has been part of Chinese cultural tradition since at least the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278). This ancient practice has resulted in quite a detailed list of characteristics that Chinese practitioners think make for champion fighters. "Because money was involv...United we stand: When cooperation butts heads with competition
Phrases such as survival of the fittest and every man for himself may seem to accentuate the presence of political and social competition in American culture; however, there obviously are similar instances of inter- and intra-group conflict across almost all known organisms. So what makes competit...Stem cell 'daughters' lead to breast cancer
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Milwaukee As William D. Gregory, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's school of engineering, leaves his post behind, he has more to look forward to than fewer budget headaches. Gregory, who is stepping down as dean of UW-M's College of Engineering and Applied Science in June, will ...Farm Aid celebrates 20-year journey, heads back to Illinois roots
CHICAGO The 20th anniversary of Farm Aid , the rock concert designed to shed light (and some money) on the plight of American farmers, took place this past weekend in Chicago. As indicated by the Chicago Tribune in an article this weekend on this unique phenomenon, the American farm is n...Cancer-fighting agent heads for clinical trials
Wauwatosa, Wis. - Now that Christopher Chitambar, a physician researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, has found that a gallium compound might be an effective anti-tumor agent, it's time for the test. If the compound is found to be safe and effective in forthcoming clini...Unexpectedly long-range effects in advanced magnetic devices
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