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Cigarette Smoke - Smoking
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Cigarette Smoke May Contribute To Lung Inflammation Through A New Chemical Pathway
redOrbit
| Cigarette smoke shuts off a key enzyme in airways that regulates the body's response to inflammation, according to findings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published online today at Science Express. | The UAB researchers say smoke inhibits the enzyme, called Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase (...
Obesity - Fat - Weight
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Americans struggle with long-term weight loss
PhysOrg
--> | Only about one in every six Americans who have ever been overweight or obese loses weight and maintains that loss, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. | While that number is larger than most weight-loss clinical trials report, the majority of Americans are still unable to ...
Venture capitalist heads to Calif.
The News & Observer
| One of the Triangle's top venture capitalists is going west. | Garheng Kong, a partner with Intersouth Partners, has resigned to join an undisclosed California investment firm. The move is an opportunity for him to live near his family, Intersouth ...
Wanderlust on Wheels: The R.V. Turns 100
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| IT started with a grandmother's thoughtful offer. | The Fabers -- Ken, his wife, Pieternella, (whom everyone calls Petey) and their 6-month-old daughter, Melania -- had traveled from Michigan to Montana in the early 1960s to visit Mrs. Faber's moth...
Medical misinformants 3: mainstream media mangles the truth about brand versus generic drugs
The Examiner
| Back in the 1990’s Charelton Heston spoke at an NRA meeting and said that the mainstream media packaged Hate and sold it as news. With all due respect to Mr. Heston, your Intrepid Pharmacist finds this statement incorrect. The mass media, in fact...
Today in History
The Guardian
| The Associated Press= Today is Saturday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2010. There are 118 days left in the year. | Today's Highlight in History: | On Sept. 4, 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de...
Powdered Cinnamon
Creative Commons / TheDeliciousLife
Cinnamon supplements for heart disease and diabetes
The Examiner
| Cinnamon has been used for thousands of years as a medicinal spice and is already known for its effectiveness in preventing diabetes and lowering cholesterol. However, a new stud...
Dr. Isak Slabber looks at a X ray of a patient during the examination process, testing for Tuberculosis at a clinic in Langa, South Africa, Monday, March 17, 2008
AP / Schalk van Zuydam
Highlight: New TB diagnostic proves effective, expedient, study finds
PhysOrg
--> | A molecular test designed to easily diagnose tuberculosis (TB) and detect a drug-resistant form of the bacterium that causes TB can provide much more specific, sensitive and ...
Rose spots on the chest of a patient with typhoid fever due to the bacterium Salmonella typhi.
Public Domain / U.S. federal government
Wedding guest dies, nine others ill after salmonella outbreak at reception
The Daily Telegraph
A wedding guest died and eight others fell ill after an outbreak of salmonella poisoning at the reception meal. | Norma Harris, the mother of the bride, was among those taken ill. ...
Hospitals coping with radiographers' strike
NZ Herald
11:20 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print | Christchurch radiographers have abandoned strike action following a massive earthquake in the South Island this morning. | The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck about 30km west of Christchurch at 4.35am...
Quarter of hospital emergency staffers subjected to violence
Daily Star Lebanon
| By The Daily Star | Saturday, September 04, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Four in five staffers from emergency departments (EDs) in various Beirut hospitals have been verbally abused, and a quarter of them have been physically assaulted by distress...
Christchurch Hospital advisory
Scoop
Saturday, 4 September 2010, 9:15 am | Press Release: Canterbury District Health Board | Christchurch Hospital advisory | Christchurch Hospital’s Emergency Department has seen a number of people this morning with minor injuries – mainly ...
Patents
President Barack Obama listens during a briefing with Senior Director for Asian Affairs Jeffrey Bader, left,  and National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones, during the Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.,  April 12, 2010.
(photo: US Government / Pete Souza)
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 17:00 ET
Insurance Newsnet
| Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 17:00 ET | 16:56 | CWBS Commonwealth Bankshares announces sale of non-performing loans and purchase of performing residential mortgage loans (2.25 +0.15) | Co announced that on August 25, 2010, Bank of the Commonwealth, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, ente...
Health
Woman - Depression
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Depression can trigger abdominal obesity
The Examiner
| With the latest economic downturn- the exponential growth of depression and anxiety, as well as the intensity, duration, and frequency of worry are leading to serious impairment of our normal physical and psychological functioning. | Anxiety is often, despite not always, accompanied by mild (dysthymia) to moderate depression with number of physi...



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