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Consumer Reports: Nursing Home Guide
This August 2006 report on the nursing home industry discusses problems with nursing home care, how to find a good nursing home (including tips for visiting and observing nursing homes), who pays for care, how to ensure good care, the difficulties with suing a nursing home, and related topics. Includes a list of the "deficient dozen"homes noted for poor care (three of which are in California). From Consumer Reports. Gaps In Intestinal Barrier Could Cause Crohn's Disease
Scientists at the University of Liverpool believe gaps in the intestinal barrier could be a cause of inflammatory diseases of the gut such as Crohn's disease. RailPictures.net
A database of tens of thousands of photographs of trains from the U.S. and Canada. Searchable by type of locomotive, railroad, location, and photographer. Browsable by category, such as tunnels, night shots, and derailments. Also includes a discussion forum. Free membership required to add photos and comments. Note: Site includes a significant amount of paid advertising. Rare Breeds Of Farm Animals Face Extinction
With the world's first global inventory of farm animals showing many breeds of African, Asian, and Latin American livestock at risk of extinction, scientists have called for the rapid establishment of genebanks to conserve the sperm and ovaries of key animals critical for the global population's future survival. Novel P53 Gene-based Therapy Boosts Immune System And Reduces Tumor Si
Use of a novel gene-based therapy before breast cancer surgery reduced tumor size by nearly 80 percent on average, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium meeting. Killer Dinosaurs Turned Vegetarian: Utah Dinosaur Bones Reveal Missing
May 2005 article about the "discovery of the bizarre new species, Falcarius utahensis,"of dinosaur by paleontologists from the Utah Geological Survey and the Utah Museum of Natural History. The remains of this dinosaur provide "clues about how vicious meat-eaters related to Velociraptor ultimately evolved into plant-munching vegetarians."Includes an artist's conception of the animal, a skeletal reconstruction, and images of some of the bones. From the University of Utah. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedlydelivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Religion and Politics '08
Public opinion, analysis, and other documents concerning religion in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections. Some of the issues discussed include candidate preferences of various religious groups, evolution, abortion, and social-issue voters. Provides profiles of candidates, and candidate view comparisons for issues such as church and state, faith-based initiatives, and stem cellresearch. From the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Innovative Medical Device Screens For Numerous Medical Problems
Engineers have developed a medical diagnosis system that would allow people to be inexpensively screened for a variety of medical problems. The device will address the issue of affordable health care in China, where health care costs are major contributors to poverty. Although China's health care system is in a state of reform, lack of health insurance, especially in rural areas, prevent many Chinese people from seekingmedical care.
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