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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel Herald.com http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a1e025da3c02ca7c/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 30 US college students not so aware of HIV testing College students in the US know enough about HIV transmission, but are less well informed about its testing, according to a University of Georgia study. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399965/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:12 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399965/cs/1/ Black raspberries slow cancer growth A mix of preventive agents, like those found in black raspberries, may more effectively inhibit cancer growth than single agents aimed at shutting down a particular gene. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399938/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:17 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399938/cs/1/ Researchers develop toy-tool to distract infant burn victims from pain Cunningly disguised as a toy, a new medical device can distract infant burns victims from excruciating pain. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399933/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:10 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399933/cs/1/ Asian health officials vow to intensify HIV-prevention campaign Health officials and experts from Asia-Pacific countries with a low prevalence of HIV and AIDS vowed Thursday to intensify efforts to prevent the spread of the disease in their nations. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399887/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:50 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399887/cs/1/ Doctors team visit Encephalitis-hit Gorakhpur Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 29 : A team of doctors deputed by the Union Government, including two from the United States, visited Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh today to examine patients suffering from Encephalitis. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/400120/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:21 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/400120/cs/1/ Kate Perry gets her chest plastered for breast cancer charity Melbourne, Aug 28 : After kissing a girl popstar Katy Perry got her boobs played with during a plaster sact session for a breast cancer charity. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/400109/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:01:08 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/400109/cs/1/ Young men with type-2 diabetes have low testosterone levels Washington, Aug 28 : A new study from led by Indian origin researchers has found that young men with type 2 diabetes have significantly low levels of testosterone, which can have a critical effect on their quality of life and on their ability to father children. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/400101/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:53 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/400101/cs/1/ Palestinian couple locks disabled kids for 40 years in urine-stained rooms London, Aug 28 : A Palestinian couple locked their disabled kids in two urine-stained rooms for forty years because they were afraid the children would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child, police has revealed. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/400074/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:30 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/400074/cs/1/ Brain changes due to cocaine addiction actually protect the addicted brain Washington, August 28 : Brain researchers at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have gained fresh insights into cocaine addiction, which may pave the way for more effective treatments for this problem. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399972/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:21 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399972/cs/1/ Pak conveys concerns over Washington, Aug 28 : Following media reports that Pak-American 'terror suspect' Dr Aafia Siddiqui's health was worsening by the day inside the US federal prison where she is being held for almost a month, Pakistan has officially conveyed its concerns to the US Government regarding her well-being. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399954/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:42 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399954/cs/1/ Indian, Pakistani immigrants to the US face prostate, breast cancer risks Washington, Aug 28 : US immigrants from India and Pakistan take on the habits of their adopted country, escalating their risks of prostate and breast, shows a team of researchers at West Virginia University. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399942/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:21 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399942/cs/1/ New gene therapy may harbour deafness cure London, August 28 : An Oregon Health and Science University Stanford University neurobiologist in Portland, who is profoundly hard of hearing, has come up with a gene therapy may one day help cure hearing loss. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399867/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:00:55 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/399867/cs/1/ Cancer saves man from more jail time Former taxi driver, Montha Mohamed Kasim, now 68, had already served most of his jail term when he began getting ill. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer two months ago. At the High Court yesterday,... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299501/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:51:29 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299501/ Weight-loss camps invite families to come along Wellspring Camp participant Kelsey Galer, center, her sister Kyla, left, and camper Amanda Sapera sing to encourage another camper to overcome her fear of the ropes course at the weight-loss camp in P... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299505/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:49 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299505/ Sutter Delta settles with nurse’s union California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee announced Thursday. The labor union has been battling with Sacramento-based Sutter Health over contract negotiations for nurses at s... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299049/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:39:24 -0400 Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299049/ Is Darling dancing to Cable A £50 billion bailout of the banks was Alistair Darling's first big idea to mend the housing market's woes. But, in return for this bounty, the banks have not made mortgages more plentiful, an... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299301/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:12:06 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299301/ Teva sues Novartis, Momenta over Copaxone patent NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd sued Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG and Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc on Thursday, accusing them of infringing patents on its multiple sclerosis drug... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299504/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:20:21 -0400 Reuters http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299504/ Radical shake up of GCSEs announced Teenagers could take GCSEs early and have a year without examinations before starting A levels, under far-reaching reforms set out yesterday. The biggest shake-up of the qualification since it was... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299300/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:12:04 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299300/ Property crash opens the door to council homes Gordon Brown is set to usher in a new era of council housing by helping local authorities to buy repossessed and unsold properties. Cash and powers will be made available so that town halls can inte... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299302/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:12:15 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299302/ Woman avoids jail time for helping felon escape mental health center A Chicago woman was sentenced Thursday to probation and community service after pleading guilty to charges that she helped her brother-in-law escape last year from the Elgin Mental Health Center. L... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299055/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:18:51 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299055/ Questions revived about Jobs It was a gaffe by Bloomberg News service that resulted in the release of an obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who is still very much alive. Some laughed at the error, but it revived a serious questio... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17298898/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:34:38 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17298898/ Village hit by seven cases of E coli 0157 NHS Grampian and Aberdeenshire Council said those diagnosed with the 0157 strain shared a private water supply to eight homes in Auchinclech, near Westhill. The health board said that there were eight... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299508/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:25:57 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299508/ Doctors Bidding to Run New Polyclinics ; GPs Enter the Running to Keep Private Firms Out Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 18:00 CDT DOCTORS are bidding to run three new controversial polyclinics in the North East in a bid to prevent private companies taking over GP services. The heal... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299053/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:51:45 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299053/ Ont. urges family doctors to save blood tests for listeriosis patients Ontario's public health lab reached out to doctors in a mass e-mail Thursday, asking them to just say no to people who want blood tests for listeriosis even though they show no symptoms. It's normal ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299498/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:31:36 -0400 CBC News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299498/ Urban medical schools feel weight of uninsured As one of about 750 Wayne State University Medical School physicians, he looks at the deluge of job cuts in Detroit's auto, manufacturing and other industries and sees even more people lining up for h... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299054/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:48:40 -0400 MSNBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299054/ Politicians blamed for health inequalities that kill the poor People are dying "on a grand scale" around the world because of social injustice brought about by a "toxic" combination of bad policies, politics and economics, the World Health Organisation (WHO) sai... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299032/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:32:34 -0400 Independent UK http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299032/ New Discoveries to Be Revealed at Ovarian Cancer Symposium in Seattle Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 18:00 CDT Leading ovarian cancer researchers and clinicians from around the world will meet in Seattle September 4-5 to discuss exciting new discoveries and recen... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299511/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:51:53 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299511/ Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organisation commission which this week called for all countries to offer universal health ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299038/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:38:07 -0400 One News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299038/ Phone tap evidence Evidence from telephone taps and other surveillance should be permitted in legal hearings to freeze terrorists’ assets, Jacqui Smith proposed yesterday.The move would increase the use of “... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299308/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:55 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299308/ Sharp fall in number of GCSE entries Click here for The Times' GCSE and A-Level results table Teenagers scored record GCSE results yesterday with the biggest rise in top grades for nearly 20 years. But the results also show a sharp fa... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299304/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:59 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299304/ Avoid these traditional medicines KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians have been warned against using three traditional medical products -- Xiao Tang Ling Capsule, Xanthium Plus and Eetye Whitening Cream -- as they contain scheduled poisons. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299196/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:51:31 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299196/ New assault on dementia The money will go towards a Dementia Clinical Research Network, bringing together leading academics and clinicians.The network, to be built around four research hubs in Glasgow, Grampian, Lothian and ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299510/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:25:55 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299510/ CFIA/Health Hazard Alert-Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Sold by White House Meats Inc., Toronto May Contain Listeria Monocytogenes www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/relations/indexaude.shtml . The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and White House Meats Inc., Toronto are warning the public not to serve or consume oven ro... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299039/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:48:34 -0400 Market Wire http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299039/ Yakima medical school to create 2 new colleges By SHANNON DININNYASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER YAKIMA, Wash. -- A new Northwest medical school that just opened its doors to students laid out plans Thursday for two more colleges, intending to ease sho... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299051/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:34:43 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299051/ Fitch Rates WellSpan Health Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 18:00 CDT Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' underlying rating to the General Authority of Southcentral Pennsylvania's approximately $427 million revenue bonds, ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299052/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:51:52 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299052/ Behind the Scenes with a Tulsa Health Dept Food Inspector (Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5 pm by Kaci Christian, FOX23.com, Tulsa, OK) -- Tonight we have new information into the investigation of food-borne illnesses in Green Country. The State Department of He... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299017/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:32:34 -0400 Fox 23 http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299017/ SkyTrain delayed by medical emergency Passengers heading to Downtown Vancouver SkyTrain stations Thursday afternoon were being warned to expect delays. A medical emergency put much of the system on hold shortly after 5 p.m. PT, creating ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299030/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:31:41 -0400 CBC News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299030/ For MLB teams, chase is on to get healthy "So much is going to depend on health," says Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams, whose team is trying to stave off the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central. "This time of year,... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299047/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:51 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299047/ Toyota to reduce output at UK plant Toyota is cutting production at its British car factory as high fuel prices and the darkening global economic outlook force the Japanese company to rein in its dreams of world domination. The Bur... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17298950/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:45 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17298950/ If you are born and raised in Calton you can expect to die at 54 GROWING up in Calton, a deprived pocket in the east end of Glasgow, Steven Francis Hewitt never knew of bad habits. For him, the culture of pubs, takeaway food and palls of cigarette smoke was everyda... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299509/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:26:00 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299509/ Volunteer work could count towards a degree University students could earn marks towards their degrees by volunteering with a charity or completing work placements.Under a new credits system to be introduced in England from September next year ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299305/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:12:02 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299305/ US shares soar as figures paint better picture US shares climbed yesterday after revised figures showed that the American economy was much stronger in the spring than previously reported. The Commerce Department adjusted its annualised estimat... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299310/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:42 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299310/ Scottish scientists yesterday reported a breakthrough which could bring revolutionary new treatments for superbugs and cancer within the next decade. Scottish scientists yesterday reported a breakthrough which could bring revolutionary new treatments for superbugs and cancer within the next decade. Experts at St Andrews and Aberdeen universities h... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17298705/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:55 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17298705/ U.S. swimmer has cancer surgery Shanteau was diagnosed with cancer in June, shortly before the U.S. Olympic trials. Even though doctors normally would perform immediate surgery, he was cleared to compete. Improbably, Shanteau made... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299502/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:01:29 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299502/ Rising dividends highlight a company In yesterday's column, we screened for Canadian companies that are expected to have the strongest dividend growth rates over the next three years. Today, we'll do a similar search on the S&P 500.W... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299042/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:59:05 -0400 The Globe And Mail http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299042/ Qld hospitals playing Dr Andrew-Starkey says she has referred information about patients who died because they could not get a hospital bed to the Qld Health Dept. (ABC TV) http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299497/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:23 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17299497/ Study Finds Harmful Metals In Some Ayurvedic Medicines Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 15:45 CDT Researchers said on Tuesday that one in five Ayurvedic medicines commonly used by followers of the ancient Indian health philosophy were found to contai... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294580/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:54:38 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294580/ Insurer backs refinance of Auburn medical office buildings , a national real estate capital services firm with a Sacramento office, announced this week it has secured a $4.8 million loan for the refinance of Bell Professional Plaza in Auburn. The property co... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294419/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:43:02 -0400 Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294419/ Orthofix names president of Blackstone Medical unit subsidiary. Blackstone, which has operations in Springfield, Mass., and Wayne, N.J., designs, develops and markets spinal implants and related products. Mason also was appointed group president for ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294377/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:39:58 -0400 Charlotte Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294377/ College Coach and Catcher Team Up on and Off the Field Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 15:01 CDT RBIs, batting averages, home runs, ERAs, strikeouts -- there are many numbers to keep track of in baseball. Some players and coaches have to watch other... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17295003/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:54:35 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17295003/ Exercise key to beating arthritis If you suffer from arthritis, you're probably aware that the old thinking that you can't exercise is completely out of date; exercise is vital to maintaining a lifestyle with minimum impact from the d... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17295001/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:14 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17295001/ California Health Officials Seek Suspension Of Injunction Against Medi-Cal Reimbursement Rate Reduction 0 posts California health officials have asked U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to suspend an injunction that she issued against a 10% reduction in http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294406/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:08 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294406/ Controlling Cervical Cancer In The Developing World - Recent Advances Explained 0 posts Recent advances in cervical cancer prevention offer new hope for controlling the disease in developing countries, where 80% of cases occur. In a new series of papers launched Thursday by the ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294089/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:10 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294089/ Baylor, UT to offer dual medical degree University of Texas School of Public Health will offer a dual-degree program beginning Sept. 1. Students studying for their Doctor of Medicine degree at Baylor will also be able to earn a Master of P... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294412/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:41:57 -0400 Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294412/ "Sick" Fat Found In Obese People Share/Embed ' }, 'v4298583': {videoId: '4298583', flashId: 'bMvfY9zs7S7FdP9q1e9AcLZdmYkvRQON', videoImage: 'http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/CBS_Production_News/769/579/es_glassmantransfat0728_244x183.jpg... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17295002/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:21:34 -0400 CBS News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17295002/ Bassinets Recalled After Second Infant Death KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents and caregivers to immediately stop using a popular brand of bassinet after the death of a second baby attribut... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294980/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:24:09 -0400 Fox News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294980/ Why life is tough as a tall women In 1974 Sandy Allen, at 7ft 7in the world's tallest woman, wrote to The Guinness Book of Records, hoping to meet people of similar height. Earlier this month, Allen died, a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294834/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:14 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294834/ Threat to coverage of England tie Classic Times Fantasy Football is back. Sign up for £3 a team or 3 for £6 Highlights of England’s World Cup qualifying match against Croatia in Zagreb on September 10 will not be ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294838/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:02 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294838/ Wake Forest institute to host conference on electronic health records The Translational Science Institute at Wake Forest University will host a national conference this fall to assess the best current practices as well as the future direction of electronic health record... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294418/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:42:24 -0400 Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294418/ USM LAC is Offering Cancer, Society Course Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 15:01 CDT LEWISTON - A new course, "Cancer and Society," will be offered during the fall semester at the University of Southern Maine's Lewiston-Auburn College fr... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17295004/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:54:30 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17295004/ Cancer claims noted Quebec journalist Vastel Michel Vastel, a prominent Quebec journalist, author and political commentator, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 68. Vastel was born in France where he began his career as a journalis... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294977/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:33:31 -0400 CBC News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294977/ Three Years Post-Katrina, New Orleans Faces Growing Healthcare Crisis 0 posts As America turns its attention toward New Orleans on the third anniversary of the Katrina disaster, the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) is releasing a video that conveys the impact of... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294992/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:09 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294992/ Stanbio wins FDA approval on medical device for a new blood-testing device. The HemoPoint H2 n•x•t Microcuvette requires only a small amount of blood and fills faster than other cuvettes on the market, Stanbio officials say. A cuvett... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294393/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:41:08 -0400 San Antonio Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294393/ Gear & Gadgets | Ultralight & Watertight medical kits I never go anywhere without a small but well-stocked medical kit, which is exposed to the same elements that I am. Good thing Adventure Medical Kits has introduced the Ultralight & Watertight line or ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294401/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:26 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294401/ Nashville Health Care Council adds three to staff has hired three additional staff members. Jamie Lee is now the manager of special events. She will be responsible for implementing programs and member relations for the Leadership Health Care initia... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294415/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:42:07 -0400 Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294415/ Rental homes need perfect interiors If you're struggling to sell your modestly priced suburban flat it may be some consolation to know that the owners of expensive Central London pads are doing no better. The average price of a &ld... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294844/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:47 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294844/ Surgeon Mark Roh resigns from administrative posts at Allegheny General and West Penn hospitals West Penn Allegheny Health System spokesman Tom Chakurda said today. Roh had been interim chairman of surgery at West Penn and chairman of surgery at Allegheny General. Roh will continue his clinical... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294995/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:42:14 -0400 Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294995/ Malawi Reduces AIDS-Related Deaths With Increased Access To No-Cost Antiretrovirals 0 posts Increased access to no-cost antiretroviral drugs has contributed to a 75% decrease in AIDS-related deaths in Malawi in the last four years, a senior government official said Monday, http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294993/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:07 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294993/ Fiszman denies Arsenal are spent force For Arsenal supporters, there was good news and bad news from the Champions League draw yesterday. The good news is that, according to Danny Fiszman, the director and a significant shareholder, if A... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294839/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:59 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294839/ Aegis Health Group to help Dallas hospital with community health initiative to help the hospital system improve community health and economize health care expenditures and develop partnerships with local employers to improve employees health. Terms of the deal were not disc... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294378/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:40:55 -0400 Nashville Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294378/ Transatlantic airline Zoom collapses Hundreds of passengers were stranded at airports in the UK yesterday after Zoom, the low-cost transatlantic airline, suspended all operations after failing to pay its bills. The Anglo-Canadian ai... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294836/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:08 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294836/ Tenby house prices are bouyant It's hard to say what makes the biggest impression as you arrive in Tenby: the dazzling sweep of the town's North Beach curving round to a little picture-book harbour by South Beach, the high mediev... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294845/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:43 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294845/ Sleep quality drops with age, but effects diminish NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men and women in their 80s and 90s sleep less and have poorer quality sleep than young individuals, but they are also less likely to report feeling unrested or overly sleep... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294983/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:23:33 -0400 Reuters http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294983/ Stress may raise breast cancer risk in young women NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women who experience more than one stressful life event are at greater risk of developing breast cancer, but a general feeling of happiness and optimism may help guar... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294460/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:26:02 -0400 Reuters http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294460/ Ten tips to cut mortage payments Double-digit increases in gas and electricity prices and rising fuel and food costs are exacerbating the financial difficulties faced by homeowners with mortgages. High inflation has reduced the lik... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294835/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:12 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294835/ Bangor Medical Practice Awarded for Excellence Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 15:01 CDT The Maine Health Management Coalition has awarded Bangor Internal Medicine Associates, an affiliate of St. Joseph Healthcare, three of its Pathways to E... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294429/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:54:30 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294429/ Regulating quack medicine makes me feel sick It is fashionable to think things are true for no better reason than you wish it were so. Anything goes, from fairies, crystals and Ayurvedic medicine (as advocated by Cherie Blair) to fooling yours... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294843/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:49 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294843/ Hazelden teams with Dartmouth Medical School on addiction program The Hazelden Foundation announced Thursday that its Hazelden Publishing arm will launch a new program to treat addictions that are accompanied by psychiatric troubles. Hazelden, an addiction treatmen... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294396/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:41:26 -0400 The Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294396/ Dental company, health cooperative are fined by state Group Health Cooperative $20,000 this month for various violations of state regulations. The state fined Washington Dental Service (WDS) for submitting its mandated insurance filings continually late... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294394/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:41:05 -0400 Puget Sound Business Journal http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294394/ Navigating the new global archipelago As Russia decides where to draw its new boundary with Georgia a reckoning will be due - among the people of Georgia living amid the wreckage of a failed gamble, and among their Western allies sudden... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294841/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:54 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294841/ Rays going to bat for kids without health insurance (Tampa Bay Rays) TAMPA, FL -- The Tampa Bay Rays and USF are teaming up to help local children without health insurance.At tonight's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Florida Healthy Kids Corp... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294397/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:39:03 -0400 ABC Action News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294397/ A rundown French estate The prospect of restoring a dilapidated 17th-century French estate and turning it into a thriving holiday business would be daunting enough for most people. Throw in the need to rescue a series of f... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294846/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:39 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294846/ Hart in the right place as City scrape through With luck like this, Manchester City must have every reason to believe that this is the season when their 33-year wait for a significant trophy ends. Outplayed over the two legs of their Uefa Cup ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294840/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:57 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294840/ Alcohol deaths common among American Indians WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alcohol-related causes such as liver disease and car crashes account for nearly 12 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native deaths, 3-1/2 times the figure for the overall po... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294982/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:23:34 -0400 Reuters http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294982/ Murray reprieved after war of attrition If Andy Murray does what he thinks he might do and makes the last weekend of the US Open, he may pause to reflect on a French gift received in the second round last night. To say that Michael Llodra... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294988/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:58 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294988/ why you need help in bed The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort is such a seminal book that even people who have never laid eyes on a copy know about the iconic bearded man and the saucy French terms, and the troubling references t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294847/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:34 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294847/ Skirl power as new bagpipe bands spring up The top five most difficult instruments to play Tucked away close to London Bridge, the Mudlark Pub might normally take a while to find. Tonight, however, you could locate it blindfold. Upstairs, a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294851/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:26 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294851/ This week we meet the radical cellist Matthew Barley Click here to listen as an MP3 In this week's podcast Nicola Christie meets radical cellist Matthew Barley, Times religious affairs correspondent takes herself along to Bach's St John Passion and ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294852/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:22 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294852/ Titan prisons will only brutalise their inmates The idea that giant institutions are efficient is a primitive superstition that daily experience disproves, so is just the kind of thing that British governments are inclined to believe. I do not... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294842/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:52 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294842/ WHO Commission Says Equity Is The New Agenda 0 posts A new report from the World Health Organization suggests that the reason most people in the world do not enjoy the good health that their bodies potentially offer from a biological perspectiv... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294990/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:12 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294990/ Human Rights Should Be Focus Of Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS Worldwide, Editorial Says 0 posts The U.S. should shift its policy on fighting HIV/AIDS to a "fight for basic human equality, providing a basis for more realistic outreach," a http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294989/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:14 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294989/ Exclusive Breastfeeding Increases Child 0 posts Exclusive breastfeeding can increase a child's risk of developing rickets because breast milk alone does not provide adequate levels of vitamin D, a critical ingredient that helps to absorb ca... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294463/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:15 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294463/ Some Ting in the way the Crystal Castles move The only way to access the flat where the Canadian duo Crystal Castles are staying is by turning left past the white-painted “ghost” bike chained to the railings in memory of a recently ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294849/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:29 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294849/ Capello faces clashes over injuries Fabio Capello fears that England’s chances are being undermined by the attitude of the leading Barclays Premier League clubs in the build-up to the game in Croatia that could make or break the... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294837/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:03 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294837/ Joan Baez is back Time has been kind to Joan Baez. Over peppermint tea in the restaurant of a South London hotel, the queen of America’s folk scene in the Sixties appears extremely youthful for someone in the f... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294850/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:32 -0400 The Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294850/ Nurse kills hit man hired by estranged husband San Francisco - A emergency room nurse in Portland, Oregon has killed a hit man who tried to murder her with a hammer after being hired by her estranged husband, according to local TV station KATU Thu... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294978/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:28 -0400 Earth Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294978/ ‘There is much more to Calton than drugs and ill health’ In the same paragraph as Lesotho and Afghanistan, the WHO report cites Calton as an example of low life expectancy based on social inequalities. It is not a view shared on the streets by the people wh... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17293923/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:33 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17293923/ Ministry to increase number of medical school places to 8,560 TOKYO — The education ministry has decided to increase the number of places at medical schools in the nation to around 8,560 in the next academic year from April in order to tackle the shortage... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294400/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:11 -0400 Japan Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294400/ Half of victims 75 and up CHICAGO (AP) -- As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almos... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294999/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:51:10 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/17294999/