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Northport dedicates Henry's playscape Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:05AMHome is where the heart is. For John and Sarah Eggert of Omena, that home is “Henry’s House”, which was dedicated Friday in Northport. read more
Sufferers itching for an answer to mysterious condition Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:29AMNICK MANN was convinced something was burrowing into his skin. The 48-year-old had been for a walk in a cemetery near his home in East London wearing shorts and sandals. That evening, his legs began itching. Marks sprang up all over his body.
Shingles Vaccine Looks Like a Safe Bet for Seniors: Study Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:54PMTUESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Jane Adrian, 61, a landscape architect in Glendale, Calif., saw her parents and two co-workers suffer from the painful, blistering condition known as shingles, so when the vaccine became available, she got it.
Shingles Returns More Often Than Thought Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:42PMTUESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Repeat cases of shingles may be more common than suspected, contends a new study that challenges the long-held belief that people only get shingles once in a lifetime.
COPD May Make Shingles More Likely Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:07PMTUESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are more likely than others to develop shingles, according to a new study.
Coping With Graves' Disease Lasts a Lifetime Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:50PMFRIDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- At first, everyone thought that Sasha Asumaa's problems were those of a typical teenage girl.
Compare Drugs Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:03AMFind the safest and most cost-effective drugs for this condition. Shingles (herpes zoster) is a painful, blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox.
Morgellons Disease continues to defeat scientists Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:43AMBurrowing bugs, delusions or a nervous disorder? Why can't medical scientists get to the bottom of Morgellons Disease, asks Will Storr.
Visiting nurses go the extra mile for city seniors Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:19AMNEW BRITAIN — Like clockwork, Elaine Kondracki makes it a point to be in the community room of School 1 Apartments the first Thursday of every month. It’s at that time that a nurse from the Visiting Nurses Association of Central Connecticut sits down with Kondracki and gives her a health assessment.
Kaukauna golfer Willie Wittman overcomes medical double-bogey to qualify for state amateur tournament Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 7:31AMAttitude may not trump talent but, depending what attitude you chose, it could go a long way in determining if the talent ever comes to fruition.
116 Million Americans Suffer Chronic Pain, Huge Personal And Economic Burden Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 3:26PMNot only does chronic pain affect the quality of life of over 116 million Americans, there is a massive economic burden too, estimated to be between $560 and $635 billion each year for the country, researchers from the Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education; IOM (Institute of Medicine) revealed in a report issued today. The authors added that a considerable proportion of ...
The problem with pain: Latest in treatment Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 11:14PMPain affects more than 116 million people in the United States every year. The public health significance of pain is so great that on Wednesday the Institute of Medicine will release a study, "Relieving Pain in America," that highlights the obstacles to effective pain prevention and treatment.
Nine young clinical investigators earn recognition from Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 2:19AMThe Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named five new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators at its spring 2011 Clinical Investigator Award Committee review.
Multiple sclerosis linked to shingles: Study Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 9:08AMPeople who get shingles are more likely to also develop multiple sclerosis, with researchers in Taiwan finding that people who developed shingles had four times the risk of being diagnosed with MS within the next year.
Multiple Sclerosis Linked to Shingles Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 7:37AMPeople who get shingles are more likely to also develop multiple sclerosis, according to a study in Taiwan
Adults with herpes zoster may face higher risk of multiple sclerosis Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 4:50AMTaiwanese investigators have found that there can be a significantly higher risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) occurring in the year following a shingles, or herpes zoster, attack.
Shingles vaccine hard to find Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 11:46PMLAS CRUCES - It's a pain, to say the least, for anyone who itched their way through a bout of chicken pox as a kid.
A Revolution of Change in AIDS Care Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 4:38PMSAN FRANCISCO (The New York Times News Service) -- Just about everything at San Francisco General Hospital's famous Ward 86 has changed in the past three decades.
AIDS/HIV ward at S.F. General has come long way in 30 years Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 8:01PMJust about everything at San Francisco General Hospital's famous Ward 86 has changed in the past three decades. Founded as the world's first inpatient AIDS ward, where young, gay men went to die, it is now a drop-in...
Years bring changes to San Francisco ward Saturday, June 4, 2011 @ 11:22PMFounded as the world's first inpatient AIDS ward, where young, gay men went to die, it is now a drop-in clinic where men and women as old as 82 get help leading increasingly long lives. Doctors now pepper their patient exams with suggestions to open a retirement account, to keep their cholesterol levels in check, to plan for the future. Dr. Diane Havlir, chief of the hospital's HIV/AIDS division ...
'Everything was just still' Saturday, June 4, 2011 @ 3:54AMOne side of the sky was painted the deepest shade of gray they had ever seen. Birds went quiet; trees stood still. And then ferocious swirls gathered — so fearsome that air suddenly became visible.
Retrovirus No Longer Thought to Be Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 11:18AMPeople who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were dealt another blow this week when it became clear that researchers still fail to understand the genesis of this disease. Perhaps most importantly, these patients are being advised to stop taking antiretroviral medications. Two new papers published this week in Science cast additional doubt on a two-year-old study that had linked chronic ...
Lucky North Texas escapes weather disaster again Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 12:08AMTuesday evening's supercell outbreak generated nine small tornadoes.
Tornado-battered U.S. hit with more storms Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 6:37PMThe U.S. Midwest, already reeling from deadly tornadoes and brutal weather, is hit with more violent storms on Wednesday.
More violent storms rip through central U.S., kill 13 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 3:38PMA violent storm system powering through a wide swath of the Midwest and South on Wednesday spawned tornadoes and powerful winds that turned homes...
Storms spawn tornadoes, kill 13 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 2:51PMEL RENO, Okla. (AP) — A violent storm system powering through a wide swath of the Midwest and South on Tuesday spawned tornadoes and powerful winds that turned homes into splintered wreckage and ca...
Midwest storms spawn several tornadoes, kill 13 (multimedia) Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 2:14PMEL RENO, Okla. (AP) — A violent storm system powering through a wide swath of the Midwest and South on Wednesday spawned tornadoes and powerful winds that turned homes into splintered wreckage and cars into crumpled shells and killed at least 13 people.
AP: Storms blamed for two deaths in Kansas Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 12:16PMEach of state's 105 counties under watch Tuesday. GREAT BEND (AP) — Waves of violent storms pounded Kansas on Tuesday with hail, high winds, flooding rain and scattered funnel clouds and brief tornadoes. The storms were blamed for two deaths in the central part of the state.
Latest tornadoes kill at least 13 in Midwest, South Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:01AMMore than 120 people now confirmed dead from earlier tornado in Joplin, Mo.
Public Safety Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:47AMPaul Southerland, The Oklahoman | The Associated Press A half-mile-wide tornado moves north in Canadian County after having just crossed SH-3, the Northwest Expressway, west of SH-4 moving towards Piedmont, Okla. Tuesday.
Official: Storms killed 4th in Ark.; toll at 14 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:46AMA state official says an overnight storm system that spawned tornadoes in several Midwest states killed a fourth person in western Arkansas.
Tornado watch: Violent storm moves through Oklahoma Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:31AMTornado watch: A violent storm system, which followed closely behind the one that spawned a massive twister which struck Joplin, Mo., moves through the Oklahoma City area Tuesday evening.
Violent thunderstorms kill 9 in Okla., Kan., Ark. Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 5:28AMEL RENO, Okla. – Violent storms that swept through a chunk of the central U.S. killed at least nine people in three states, toppling trees, crushing cars and tearing through a rural Arkansas fire station.
AS THE DEATH TOLL RISES IN JOPLIN... IT ADD'S TO WHAT IS ON TRACK TO BE ONE OF THE DEADLIEST TORNADO SEASONS IN U-S ... Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 4:20AMViolent storms that swept through a chunk of the central U.S. killed at least nine people in three states, toppling trees, crushing cars and tearing through a rural Arkansas fire station. read more
Violent thunderstorms kill 7 in Oklahoma, Kansas Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 4:18AMViolent thunderstorms roared across middle America on Tuesday, killing seven people in two states, with several tornadoes touching down in Oklahoma and high winds pounding rural Kansas.
84 Comments Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 2:02AMPaul Southerland, The Oklahoman | The Associated Press A half-mile-wide tornado moves north in Canadian County after having just crossed SH-3, the Northwest Expressway, west of SH-4 moving towards Piedmont, Okla. Tuesday.
In one-two punch, more tornadoes raise Midwest death toll Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 1:16AMEL RENO, Okla. — Violent thunderstorms roared across middle America on Tuesday, killing six people in two states, with several tornadoes touching down in Oklahoma and high winds pounding rural Kansas.
High-powered storms kill at least 7 in U.S. Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 11:49PMAt least 5 people killed by several tornadoes that struck Oklahoma City and its suburbs during rush hour
Violent thunderstorms kill 8 in Okla., Kan., Ark. Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 11:37PMViolent storms that swept through a swath of the central U.S. killed at least eight people in three states, toppling trees, ripping up homes and crushing cars.
Violent thunderstorms kill 9 across Midwest Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 11:35PMSeveral tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma while high winds pound rural Kansas and Arkansas
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Tornado touches down in Oklahoma, tosses around cars and wraps boats to trees Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 10:23PMSeveral tornadoes struck Oklahoma City and its suburbs during rush hour, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 60 others - including three children who were in a critical condition.
Researchers discover protein switch that can trigger heart failure Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 2:01AMResearchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre discovered a protein switch which can trigger a cascade of events leading to heart failure, pointing to a new direction for drug development.
Major League Baseball notes Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 11:01PMMajor League Baseball notes
Cards' La Russa expected back Monday Sunday, May 15, 2011 @ 11:15PMLa Russa expects to receive medical clearance today.
La Russa expected back today Sunday, May 15, 2011 @ 11:15PMHe spent part of several days at Busch Stadium office, spoke daily with acting manager Pettini
Answer Man: Should I get the shingles vaccine? Sunday, May 15, 2011 @ 2:17AMQ. Should I get a shingles vaccination? What are the risks? Why are they recommended for only certain ages?
Herpes Zoster and Pneumococcal Vaccines Safe When Given Together Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ 7:54PMSimultaneous vaccines for herpes zoster, also known as shingles, and pneumococcal are safe according to researchers from Kaiser Permanente, despite recent concerns by the Food and Drug Administration. ...
Simultaneous Pneumococcal And Shingles Vaccines Safe - FDA Concerns Challenged Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 3:21PMGiving patients both the herpes zoster and pneumococcal vaccines simultaneously does not seem to undermine the zoster vaccine's protective effect, despite FDA concerns to the contrary, researchers from Kaiser Permanente wrote in the journal Vaccine. The package insert of the zoster vaccine says the two should be given in separate doctor visits. Doing them both at the same time is much more ...
Kaiser Permanente Study Challenges Concerns on Effectiveness of Administering Pneumococcal & Shingles Vaccines Together Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 11:16PMPASADENA, Calif., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Administering both the pneumococcal and the herpes zoster vaccines to patients during the same visit is beneficial and does not appear to compromise the protective effect of the zoster vaccine, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the journal Vaccine . The study's findings challenge information in the zoster vaccine manufacturer ...