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[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. Shoot Up And Cool Down: Fighting Global Warming By Injecting Sulfur In
Injecting sulfur into the atmosphere to slow down global warming is worthy of serious consideration, according to Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego. His thought-provoking paper is published in the August issue of the Springer journal, Climatic Change, devoted this month to the controversial field of geoengineering. Armenian National Institute
This nonprofit organization is "dedicated to the study, research, and affirmation of the Armenian Genocide."This searchable site's extensive resources include affirmation resolutions and declarations, official documents (including the 1920 Treaty of Sevres), a database of memorials (searchable and browsable), bibliographies, and instructional materials. Photos and maps complement the written research and educational materials. Norwalk Virus: 'Cruise Ship'Illness Challenging And Costly To Hospital
A review of measures taken to address a 2004 outbreak of the highly infectious Norwalk virus at the Johns Hopkins Hospital has provided the first solid documentation of expenses and efforts in the United States to stop the infection from spreading among patients, staff and visitors. Total hospital costs for the three-month outbreak -- including extra cleaning supplies, staff sick leave, diagnostic tests, replacement staff, and salaries and lost revenue from closed beds -- were estimated at more than $650,000. Index of Wildgame Recipes
Collection of recipes for dishes using beavers, doves, ducks, opossums, raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, turtles, woodchucks, and other wild animals. Sample dishes include "Black Bird Pie,""Muskrat Meatloaf,"and "Deep Fried Rattlesnake."From the North Carolina (NC) Cooperative Extension. Identification Of Highly Radiosensitive Patients May Lead To Side Effe
Scientists have taken the first step on the road to targeting radiotherapy dosage to individual patients by means of their genetic characteristics. This work might provide the basis for personalized radiotherapy in which, with a simple blood test, doctors could select the optimal radiation dose for a particular patient. Mechanical Cure For Type 1 Diabetes?
Insulin treatment for people with type 1 diabetes could soon see drastic improvement. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have just begun clinical trials of an "artificial pancreas"at Addenbrooke's Hospital. The "artificial pancreas"can improve control over the wide fluctuations of a patient's glucose levels that, over time, lead to severe complications such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, amputations, blindness and premature death. [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 supposedly delivered 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." Meditation Therapy For Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
A revered contemplative practice for centuries, meditation has recently inspired research into its therapeutic value for everything from anxiety disorders to heart attack prevention. A painful, progressive autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a high risk of depression -- double the risk of the healthy population, by conservative estimates -- and various forms of psychological distress. Increasingly, RA patients are turning to alternative therapies like meditation to ease the toll of their disease. Mindfulness-based stress reduction shows promise for easing psychological distress associated with disease symptoms. Investment In Parkinson's Disease Data Bank Yields Potential Therapy
Individuals with Parkinson's disease who have higher levels of a metabolite called urate in their blood and in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have a slower rate of disease progression, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. A clinical trial is under way to examine the safety and potential benefits of supplemental urate elevation for recently diagnosed Parkinson's patients who have low urate levels.
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