PITTSBURGH -- The Dodgers have been involved in extensive talks this week about acquiring longtime Jack Wilson , with one hang-up being the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop's $7.25 million salary for next season, a person familiar with the talks said ...
4 Dec 2008
Odetta's monumental voice rang out in August 1963 when she sang "I'm on My Way" at the historic March on Washington, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. She had hoped to perform again in Washington next month when ...
4 Dec 2008
The NFL decided to suspend for four games under the NFL Substance Abuse Policy the following players for using a diuretic (it can serve as a masking agent for steroids): Deuce McAllister and defensive linemen Charles Grant and Will Smith of New ...
4 Dec 2008
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Suja Alummoottil called her slain nephew ``a little guy with a big heart,'' words of praise that have taken on an entirely new meaning in recent days. Fatally shot Nov. 23 when he tried to break up an argument in a church ...
4 Dec 2008
With the launch of Silverlight 2 for Windows and Mac OS X, Microsoft applauded its alternative to Adobe Flash for the fast pace of adoption, indicating that the technology had been deployed on over one in four machines worldwide. With room to grow ...
4 Dec 2008
Responding to complaints from a Niles woman who said she received an experimental heart device without her consent, a prominent U.S. senator is asking questions about the safety of the device, which has been implanted in some heart patients at ...
4 Dec 2008
Researchers have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are also integral to adult heart function.
4 Dec 2008
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Thoratec Corp. said its mechanical heart pump outperformed the company’s older pump in a trial of 200 patients with advanced heart failure.
4 Dec 2008
JOHNSON COUNTY - The warden at the Iowa Medical Classification Center has died. Lowell Brandt passed away Wednesday night after a heart attack. His career began 33 years ago at the Oakdale facility where he first served as a corrections officer.
4 Dec 2008
Cancer and heart disease accounted for more than half of the deaths in Canada in 2004, but ranked significantly lower for young adults and the elderly, according to a new Statistics Canada report.
4 Dec 2008
Thanksgiving arrived in the first week of December for a young Cambodian boy and his family. Soksamnang Vy, who turns 1 on Sunday, had life-altering open-heart surgery at Sunrise Children's Hospital in Las Vegas on Thursday.
4 Dec 2008
Lowell Brandt, the warden at Iowa Medical Classification Center, died last night of a heart attack.Lensing's Oak Hill Funeral Services in Coralville confirmed the death and is handling the service. Funeral director Mike Lensing said Brandt's death was caused by a heart attack.Brandt, 58, was a 30-year veteran of the Iowa Department of Corrections when he took over the prison's top spot in the ...
4 Dec 2008
It affects the autonomic nervous system, which is the nerves that regulate the things we don’t have control over, processes like digestion, sexual response, and heart function. Not to be confused with peripheral neuropathy, ...
4 Dec 2008
While it is exceedingly difficult to tell from reading the general media, there are actually two different kinds of heart CT scans, which have entirely different purposes, and which are useful (or not) in different kinds of patients. ...
4 Dec 2008
EATING white bread and sugary breakfast cereals can increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease and even cancer, new Australian research suggests.
3 Dec 2008
Plus, there are enough catchy hooks; strings aplenty, glorious harmonies, and an unconventional pop sound throughout. It won’t be easy to see what LP gets the bump to make room for Mother Mother’s O My Heart. Gotta find a way though… ...
3 Dec 2008
A new risk factor for heart disease has been discovered, although this time it is something that can easily be corrected...
3 Dec 2008
Found out this morning that my grandmother had a mild heart attack last night while walking in the Colonial Heights Christmas parade. She’s okay now and there’s no permanent damage done, but a grandparent’s failing health is not ...
3 Dec 2008