Polar bear dies at ZooNews 10NBC -2 hours agoThe Seneca Park Zoo has announced that Yukon, the 18-year-old patriarch polar bear has died. He passed away in his sleep Sunday night.Seneca Park Polar Bear Dies13WHAM-TVSeneca Park Zoo Polar Bear DiesWHAMRochester Democrat and Chronicle - News 10NBCall 6 news articles
Wall Street Journal BlogsChantix Ad Campaign Doesn’t Name Names, Leaves Out Side Effect InfoNewsinferno.com -Aug 29, 2008Chantix maker Pfizer Inc. has hit upon an unusual marketing strategy for the smoking cessation drug - running ads that never even name the drug.Name That Drug? Not InThese Ads…PharmalotPfizer, Merck go for indirect adsFiercePharmaMediaPost Publications - Wall Street Journal - Wall Street Journal Blogs - Kaiser network.orgall 8 news articles
Isle medical center in Chapter 11Honolulu Star-Bulletin -Aug 30, 2008Hawaii Medical Center LLC is seeking bankruptcy protection to buy time to reverse money-losing operations inherited when it purchased the former St.Oahu hospital operator files for Chapter 11 bankruptcyHonolulu AdvertiserHawaii Medical Center Files Chapter 11KHON2KPUA - Charlotte Business Journal - Honolulu Advertiserall 16 news articles
Canada.comHarvard Researchers Make Breakthrough in Cell ReprogrammingHarvard Crimson -21 hours agoBy JUNE Q. WU After three years of endless experiments on mouse cells, scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have discovered the three transcription factors out of a possible 1100 that may provide the key to unlocking the secret to ...Pancreatic Cells Turned Into Insulin-Producing Beta CellsU.S. News &World ReportResearchers Report Advances in Cell Conversion TechniqueNew York TimesWashington Post - Reuters - Los Angeles Times - Slashdotall 517 news articles
NECNMaine's anti-smoking law for cars kicks in; 1st violators to get ...The Canadian Press -18 hours agoAUGUSTA, Maine - On Monday, Maine joins other US states and Canadian provinces that have made it illegal to smoke in a car while children are present.Lake County considering public housing smoking banChicago TribuneSmoke ban in your home?Chicago Daily HeraldNECN - Kennebec Journalall 30 news articles
Boston GlobeSalmonella outbreak timeline: April 10 to Aug. 28The Packer -Aug 29, 2008By David Mitchell (Aug. 29, PACKER WEB EXCLUSIVE) Here is a look at some of the significant developments in the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak that was linked to fresh produce: May 22 - New Mexico Department of Health notifies the Centers for Disease ...Salmonella Outbreak Allegedly Over, Questions Are NoteFluxMediaSalmonella Scare Over, FDA SaysSpecial EventsNewsinferno.com - ChattahBox - Daily Green - New York Timesall 655 news articles
Boy Playing With Lighter Sets Clothes AfireWashington Post -7 hours agoA 6-year-old boy suffered second- and third-degree burns yesterday after he lit his clothes on fire while playing with a lighter, authorities said.Child Severely Burned by LighterWJLADC boy playing with lighter critically burnedExaminer.comNBC 4.comall 6 news articles
dBTechnoDeadly inattention to HIVBaltimore Sun -Aug 31, 2008By David R. Holtgrave and Julie M. Scofield Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV. That's about 150 every day - more than 1000 a week.HIV Prevention Needs To Improve To Stop The SpreaddBTechnoNew HIV/AIDS figures renew call for more awarenessFlorida Times-UnioneFluxMedia - New York Daily News - Voice of America - CNNall 421 news articles
OverTheLimit.infoTreadmill Rewires Brain After StrokeWebMD -Aug 29, 2008By Caroline Wilbert Aug. 28, 2008 -- Treadmill exercise may improve stroke survivors' walking ability by rewiring parts of the brain, according to a new study.'Game' to get people walking againBBC NewsTreadmill Workouts Help Stroke SurvivorsU.S. News &World ReportReuters - eFluxMedia - dBTechno - Little Aboutall 59 news articles
eFluxMediaOn the Trail: Baiting BanABC12.com -9 hours agoMID-MICHIGAN -- (08/31/08)--If you are a Michigan white-tail deer hunter, you have been looking forward to this fall. And if you hunt over bait, things have definitely changed for you in the last week.Rochester deer deaths a mystery, more tests comingChicago TribuneOfficials scramble to find source of CWDTraverse City Record EagleeFluxMedia - Mirror - DetNews.com - Ludington Daily Newsall 143 news articles
dBTechnoThe Number of People Infected with West Nile Virus IncreaseseFluxMedia -Aug 31, 2008By Alice Carver As the number of people who test positive for infection with West Nile virus increases, health officials offer advice on prevention of West Nile virus infection.Second horse in Grant County has West NileThe Wenatchee World OnlineStamford resident tests positive for West Nile virusStamford AdvocateAtlanta Journal Constitution - San Francisco Chronicle - North Shore Magazine - Record-Searchlightall 638 news articles
eFluxMediaHospitals use lessons from Katrina to prep for GustavCNN -12 hours agoNEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Three years after Hurricane Katrina taught New Orleans' medical community some painful lessons, hospitals here are trying to learn from past mistakes.Video: La. Nursing Homes, Hospitals Move PatientsAssociatedPressNew Orleans hospitals prep for GustavUSA TodayThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - The Daily Advertiser - WTTEall 115 news articles
ChattahBoxEarwax: Too Much of a Good Thing?WebMD -Aug 29, 2008By Kelley Colihan Aug. 29, 2008 -- The body is a miraculous mechanism. Consider the once-lowly earwax. People used to try to remove it.Leave That Ear Wax AloneWashington PostStop Bothering The Earwax!eFluxMediaMSNBC - Science Daily (press release) - AHN - RedOrbitall 58 news articles
dBTechnoNeedles Washing Up On Shore Of New Jersey BeachesdBTechno -1 hour agoWashington (dbTechno) - Needles and other medical waste continued to wash ashore over the weekend, causing several beaches in New Jersey to close for some portion of the Labor Day weekend.Beaches remain open second day after needles foundPress of Atlantic CityMedical Waste Threatens Labor Day Festivities along New Jersey ShoreInjuryBoard.comNBC 10.com - USA Today - United Press International - Philadelphia Inquirerall 251 news articles
