All 40 UCF med school scholarships funded - Bizjournals.com
Wall Street Journal Blogs All 40 UCF med school scholarships funded Bizjournals.com - 8 hours ago The University of Central Florida College of Medicine announced today that all 40 scholarships, worth $6.4 million, have been funded for its inaugural class.
Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use - eFluxMedia
KOMO Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use eFluxMedia - 7 hours ago By Anna Boyd The University of Washington Medical Center denied 56-year-old Timothy Garon"s request for a transplant because he used medical marijuana for the relief of symptoms of hepatitis C.
Relay for Life raises awareness - Marietta Times
Relay for Life raises awareness Marietta Times - 5 hours ago By Erin E. O'Neill, The Marietta Times
Exercise-heart study casts doubt on 'fit but fat' theory - The Associated Press
Canada.com Exercise-heart study casts doubt on 'fit but fat' theory The Associated Press - 5 hours ago CHICAGO (AP) - New research challenges the notion that you can be fat and fit, finding that being active can lower but not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women.
Data Indicate Medtronic Device Helps Against Depression - CNNMoney.com
Canada.com Data Indicate Medtronic Device Helps Against Depression CNNMoney.com - 4 hours ago Data on a small number of severely depressed people treated with a Medtronic Inc. (MDT) deep brain stimulation system showed that half of them responded to treatment after a year.
Study: Artificial blood products boost risks of heart attack, death - USA Today
InjuryBoard.com Study: Artificial blood products boost risks of heart attack, death USA Today - 1 hour ago The products - designed to have a long shelf-life, not need refrigeration and not cause infection - have tripled the chance of having a heart attack and raised the risk of death by almost one-third, according to researchers from the National Institutes .
Playgroups 'cut leukaemia risk' - BBC News
Scientific American Playgroups 'cut leukaemia risk' BBC News - 1 hour ago Children who attend daycare or playgroups cut their risk of the most common type of childhood leukaemia by around 30%, a study estimates. Interaction 'a leukaemia low risk' The Press Association Daycare may reduce leukemia risk The Gazette (Montreal) CBC.
Wis. parents who prayed as diabetic daughter died charged - The Associated Press
dBTechno Wis. parents who prayed as diabetic daughter died charged The Associated Press - 1 hour ago WESTON, Wis. (AP) - Two parents who prayed as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes were charged Monday with second-degree reckless homicide.
Complaints filed in hepatitis probe - San Jose Mercury News
Complaints filed in hepatitis probe San Jose Mercury News - 54 minutes ago By BRENDAN RILEY AP Writer CARSON CITY, Nev.-The state Board of Medical Examiners filed 10-count complaints Monday against two doctors linked to a hepatitis C outbreak in southern Nevada, and the state attorney general filed motions in court to keep .
More emergency rooms open away from hospitals - USA Today
More emergency rooms open away from hospitals USA Today - Apr 24, 2008 By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY GERMANTOWN, Md. - This commuter suburb near Washington, DC, boasts new homes, shopping centers, plenty of traffic - and a state-of the-art 21-room emergency department tucked into an office complex.