...why did they refuse to pay? why did they refuse to acknowledge the unborn twins and the expecting mother that died while under care at a catholic hospital? The hospital stated that the twins so not qualify under their insurance as people. Is it always about money, contradiction and shady...
No matter on which side of the personhood issue you fall, Catholic Health Initiatives -- the nonprofit behind Colorado's St. Thomas More Hospital along with about 170 other facilities across the country -- does not come across well in this situation. The Catholic hospital chain claims to...
A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is particularly devastating since the prognosis for recovery is usually poor, with the cancer most often not detected until late stages. Research led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and UC San Francisco Schools of Medicine examined the...
Habitual physical activity that adds up to moving 6,000 or more steps a day may protect women's health in midlife, because, whether through formal exercises or just the activities of daily life, this level of activity is linked to a lower risk for developing diabetes and metabolic syndrome in...
A SIMPLE blood test could one day be a more accurate way to test for the early signs of breast cancer than using mammograms to spot a lump say researchers, as Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway. They also hope the blood test could improve treatment by detecting whether breast cancer...
CHICAGO — Travis Snider says he loves two things — playing baseball and eating meat. This means he's probably starting on the right foot with Pittsburgh Pirates fans. The non-vegetarian ones, anyway.
After being traded by the Blue Jays for Brad Lincoln in the wee hours the night before, Snider...
While clinical trial results are being released regarding drugs intended to decrease amyloid production - thought to contribute to decline in Alzheimer's disease - clinical trials of drugs targeting other disease proteins, such as tau, are in their initial phases...
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More than 44,000 fans enjoyed Oregon's spring game Saturday — a record crowd for the Ducks and more than the combined spring game attendance of USC, Cal, Stanford, Washington and Arizona — but for several military personnel, the game was extra special.
At the conclusion of the spring game...
NASA has a new trick up its sleeve: a GPS system that is designed to locate the exact positon of serious earthquakes. Known as the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster (READI) Mitigation Network, it's being tested in the western US—and it's hoped it will save lives in the process. More »
I had watched Batman Begins the other night and had noticed that when Batman threw the fear gas in Jonathan Crane's face, and got up close to him, it's like he saw a demon. :O And it freaked me out! XD If anyone has seen the movie, can please someone tell me. Thanks.
Circumcision has been shown to lower the risk of HIV transmission and infection in Africa. Now, a new device known as the PrePex enables circumcision to be performed without surgery or any blood loss, by nurses, who don't need extensive training to use the apparatus. The Rwandan Government has...
Every since Grams (Jasmine Guy) died, we’ve been waiting for Mystic Falls Child and Family Services to come and take Bonnie (Kat Graham) to a foster home. We know The Vampire Diaries seasons 1-2 dvd boxset teen witch has a father, but we’ve never seen him. Since we’ve met so many of the other...
The freaky Minority Report pre-crime system called FAST that Homeland Security was mulling over waaay back in 2008 has been given the green light, and voluntary citizens are now having their actions tracked by an algorithm for signs of hostility. More »
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LSU 19, Mississippi State 6.
If Alabama's defense is a boa constrictor, slowly sucking the life out of opposing offenses, LSU's is more like a goon that throws the offense into a burlap sack and starts beating it with a stick. It is not a subtle business. But it is very, very effective...
Where's the hook? Some fans may have asked that question when the Jon Jones-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson fight was announced for UFC 135.
After watching today's press conference in Denver, there's certainly some great angles we'll be discussing before the October fight - Old vs. young, washed up...
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. announced the initiation of a Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of USL261, an investigational intranasal midazolam, for the rescue treatment of seizures in patients on stable anti-epileptic drug (AED) regimens who require control of...
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the launch and first implants of its ENERGEN™ and PUNCTUA™ cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in Europe and other international markets. They are the world's...