Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Zimbabwe Star.com http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/cat/a1e025da3c02ca7c/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:53:20 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:53:20 -0400 30 A US study has suggested expectant women drinking from plastic bottles could be increasing their unborn child's chances of developing cancer later in life. Researchers at the the University of Illinois, who conducted their study on mice, showed how exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical commonly found in plastic water bottles and soup cans, in the womb could increase prostate cancer risk, ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263917/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263917/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Overweight women, who skip breakfast, experience acute, or rapid-onset, insulin resistance, a condition that, when chronic, is a risk factor for diabetes, a new study has revealed. The study funded by the Endocrine Fellows Foundation in Washington, D.C., the National Institutes of Health and the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center, suggested that regularly skipping breakfast over time may ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263211/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:20:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263211/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Henry Cavill has given fans a peek into the grilling fitness regime he undertook to transform his body from "Fat Cavill" to Man of Steel. He claimed that in order get into Superman shape he ate 5,000 calories and worked out for two and a half hours a day, News.com.au. reported. Cavill gives credit for his toned body to his trainer Mark ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263210/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:20:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263210/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Bullying by siblings is related to the same serious mental health effects as peer bullying, a new study has found. Lead author Corinna Jenkins Tucker, associate professor of family studies at University of New Hampshire, said that even kids who reported just one instance had more mental health distress. Tucker and her co-authors from UNH's Crimes against Children Research Center - center ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262296/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:10:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262296/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The daughter of former South African president Nelson Mandela says he is "doing very well" as he recovers in the hospital from a lung infection. Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, South Africa's ambassador to Argentina, spoke Monday to reporters gathered outside of the Pretoria hospital where her father is being treated. On Sunday, President Jacob Zuma said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon remains ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256276/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:18 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256276/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c DUBAI Four more people have died and three more have fallen ill in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the four deaths were among previously registered cases. The new infections were in Eastern Province, in the capital Riyadh and in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia has been the country ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256271/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:08 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256271/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Women having a higher risk of breast cancer could be benefited from being screened for the disease at a younger age, a new research has revealed. The study, funded by the charity Breast Cancer Campaign, suggested that breast cancer sufferers aged between 35 and 39, who had their cancer detected at an earlier and more easily treatable stage, have higher chances of survival, the Daily Star ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:50:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A reduction in syphilis, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) was seen after peer-based prevention programs provided condoms and treated STIs among sex workers and their clients in addition to other activities, a study has found. The study, led by Professor Prabhat Jha from U of T's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Global Health Research ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215240844/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215240844/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c One of India's foremost security experts and one of the founders of India's external intelligence wing-the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Bahukutumbi Raman passed away in Chennai on Sunday evening after a prolonged fight with cancer. He was 77. Described as an asset by the Indian intelligence community, Raman was a former additional secretary with the Cabinet Secretariat. He was also the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215240840/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215240840/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A US man, who hasn't eaten three solid meals a day in months, has claimed that he has created what he says is a formula that gives his body the exact amount of vitamins and minerals it needs to survive. Rob Rhinehart believes his formula could be the ideal replacement for unhealthy fast food, or for time-poor people who wanted to avoid the stress of shopping and cooking. The 24-year-old has ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215240834/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215240834/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Wallabies wing Digby Ioane has revealed that he has overcome a knee injury and is ready to take on the British and Irish Lions on Saturday. Ioane participated in full training sessions on Friday and Monday and reported on Tuesday that, "It's feeling good. I'll be ready for this weekend."The 27-year-old Reds flyer had minor surgery to clean up cartilage in his left knee last ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263335/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:28:52 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263335/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Expanded family planning services are at stake in this year's installment of the annual battle over funding for women's healthcare as the Assembly Budget Committee yesterday advanced two bills that Gov. Chris Christie will likely veto. One ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263336/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:27:32 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263336/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Science News: The Indian Drug Control Department officials said the painkiller drug dextropropoxyphene and its formulations had been under the scanner for quite some time as it was heavily ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263305/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:25:29 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263305/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c People who suffer from heartburn should go and see a doctor if it persists for three weeks because they may be at risk of cancer, experts have ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263285/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:23:53 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263285/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c CAREER firefighters struck down by cancer in South Australia will no longer have to prove it was caused by their work to get compensation under new laws introduced in state ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263338/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:07:01 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263338/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c example of a dog's unwavering loyalty. Kermie, an 11-year-old dog, was diagnosed with cancer a month after her owner, Eric Ralston, left for an 8-month deployment, according to his wife's YouTube page. Jennifer Ralston wrote that the family didn't expect Kermie to make it long enough to see her "dad" return. "Twelve days before Eric was due home, we received ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263339/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:04:55 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263339/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Nurse practitioner Sharon Blattert of Macomb Township takes the vital signs of Margarite Heiniger, 84, a resident of the Villages of East Harbor in Chesterfield Township. GPS software tracks her visit and allows for an electronic signature.(CAPTION): Nurse practitioner Sharon Blattert, left , 46, of Macomb Twp., takes vital signs of Margarite Heiniger, 84, a resident of The Village of East ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263340/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:00:46 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215263340/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Within the United States, health care workers have come under relentless attack by large hospital corporations, which have sought to slash benefits, reduce wages and increase workloads. This has been stepped up as mergers and acquisitions have led to a greater monopolization of the industry and staffing levels have been cut as part of the cost-cutting measures at the heart of President ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262469/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:31:38 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262469/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A novel treatment for Parkinson's disease has been listed on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, bringing it within reach of tens of thousands of Australian patients.The new treatment consists of a once-daily patch that provides continuous delivery of dopamine, designed to help patients control their symptoms over 24 hours.Dopamine is normally produced by cells in the brain, which ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262470/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:20:00 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262470/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Private health facilities in the country have received Sh110 million as loans from the Kenya Medical and Education Trust in partnership with Medical Credit Finance (MCF). So far, 157 facilities have received loans, the organization's lead quality advisor Lester Chawiyah said during a five-day training of private health managers drawn from Kisii, Nyamira, Migori, Homa Bay. Bomet among other ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262369/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:56:21 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262369/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON -- There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs might be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause. A report Tuesday from accounting and consulting giant PwC projects lower overall growth in medical costs for next year, even as the economy gains strength and millions of uninsured people ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:56:00 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The nation's smoking rate generally has been falling for decades, but had seemed to stall at around 20 to 21 percent for about seven years. In 2011, the rate fell to 19 percent, but that might have been a statistical ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261650/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:28:18 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261650/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c These five physicians recently joined the medical staff at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Haines City:Dr. Ambica Soni, family practitioner at Soni Family Practice in Davenport, who studied medicine at St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine, Luton, England. Her residency in family medicine was at the University of Illinois in Chicago, where she was chief resident. Soni ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261662/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:26:08 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261662/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Susan G. Komen, the leading US breast cancer charity has named a nationally known health policy and research expert, Judith A. Salerno, to replace founder Nancy Brinker as its chief executive officer. (Jelena Jankovic/AFP/Getty Images) ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261663/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:16:50 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261663/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A Victoria woman must pay $27,000 in U.S. medical bills because she didn't bother to read her travel insurance policy, the B.C. Court of Appeal says.It unanimously rejected a lower-court ruling that the policy was difficult to understand.The justices said the exclusion was completely reasonable, predictable and unambiguous."With respect, it cannot be that simply requesting travel ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261627/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:07:27 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261627/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Williams during the Canadian Grand Prix on June 9, 2013. Veteran Formula One commentator Murray Walker said he was optimistic of making a full recovery after being diagnosed with lymphatic system cancer aged ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261665/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:58:33 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261665/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c 6/17/2013 B.C's Health Minister says wheelchair fees in long term residential care homes are not unusual and are administered fairly, including exempting those who can't afford it. Terry Lake says it boils down to if a senior has the means then they have to foot the bill for their wheelchair. Lake says those that don't will have a wheelchair provided. He says the issue is ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261666/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:47:22 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215261666/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c DOCTORS are predicting that Bissoondaye Geeta Seenath will take at least a month to recover from injuries sustained during her seven-day ordeal in the Toco ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260798/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:23:33 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260798/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Xavier Pelletier, 16, died after he was hit by a car while on the Ride to Conquer Cancer in Arlington, Wash. Pelletier, a Grade 10 student at Pacific Christian School, was participating in the two-day fundraiser in support of his uncle, a cancer ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260799/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:03:20 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260799/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Protesters on Parliament Hill, Monday demonstrate against cuts to refugee medical coverage. Health workers staged protests in 19 cities on Monday to highlight the problems they say were created a year ago when the government eliminated all medical coverage for some asylum seekers and cut the supplemental benefits Supporters against federal government cuts to refugee health services protest on ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260023/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:17:50 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260023/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c CEU-San Pablo University will be taking the stage during this annual meeting to discuss the results of their study that found a high-fat diet could disrupt the brain's ability to learn and remember things all the way into adulthood. The researchers arrived at this theory after feeding adolescent mice high-fat diets and observing how their spatial memory began to shrink. According to lead ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260024/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:14:55 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260024/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c New research, which involved thousands of children and adolescents around the country, found that those who were attacked, threatened or intimidated by a sibling had increased levels of depression, anger and ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260025/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:05:35 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260025/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A SOUTHERN singing group facing closure will head to the steps of Parliament House this week in their continued fight to keep the program afloat. The Singing for Health group members will sing Don't Stop The Music on the North Terrace steps at 1pm tomorrow in a last-ditch attempt to save the program from its June 30 closure. The group, run by Southern Primary Health, was set up in 2009 to ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260802/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:56:00 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260802/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The pause is familiar to anyone who has been in a supermarket: The grocery checkout suddenly stops as a customer, perhaps quietly embarrassed, decides which items can be purchased and which will have to wait. One day in Apples & Oranges, the grocery store she and her husband, Erich March, opened this year in East Baltimore, Michele Speaks-March noticed that a young woman had more items in ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260304/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:47:46 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260304/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Canadian postsecondary students feel stressed, overwhelmed, lonely and some have even considered suicide in the past year, a new study released Monday suggested.More than 30,000 students were surveyed for the report, which sheds light on mental health and other health issues faced by students at Canada's colleges and universities. Some of the troubling findings of the report had to do with ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259037/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:13:48 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259037/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A nurse massages babies at the Xining Children Hospital in Xining City, Qinghai Province. Hospitals in Henan Province have been advertising the selling of unwanted babies, according to a report by China National Radio. (Getty ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259015/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:13:36 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259015/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Not that there should be tighter oversight of the Louisiana chemical industry or anything, but there were fatal blasts at two different Louisiana chemical plants last week. Thursday's explosion at the Williams Olefin ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259097/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:25 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259097/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c There is more evidence luncheon meat, hot dogs, hamburger, steak and pork increase the risk of type 2 diabetes over the long-term, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Frank B. Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues tracked 26,357 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study from 1986-2006, 48,709 women in the Nurses' Health Study from 1986-2006 and 74,077 women in the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259036/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:38:06 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259036/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c CORPUS CHRISTI -- Officials on Monday released the name of a man killed in a single-vehicle crash during the weekend and said the driver of the vehicle remains hospitalized. James Garza, 33, died as a result of injuries suffered in the crash in the 5700 block of Leopard Street about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, said Ric Ortiz, chief investigator for the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office. An ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259098/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:35:12 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259098/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano (C) points toward the crowd as he leaves the field after an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Indianapolis, Indiana December 30, 2012. (BRENT ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258131/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:10:35 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258131/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Cal State San Marcos researchers unlocked the genome for a type of algae found around the globe, a finding they said has potential applications to fields ranging from climate change to ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258132/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:08:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258132/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control has seized drugs meant for free health mission organised by Senator Babafemi Ojudu for his ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258133/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:07:47 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258133/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c BOSTON ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259095/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:05:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215259095/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c After having been hospitalized for 10 days, Nelson Mandela is reportedly doing better after having contracted a lung infection. And on Monday Prince Philip went home after his exploratory abdominal surgery. NBC's Brian Williams ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258134/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:54:12 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258134/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Single dose intraoperative radiation was found to be just as effective as whole breast radiation at preventing breast cancer recurrence. The therapy delivers small amounts of radiation directly to the site of the lumpectomy cavity immediately following the removal of the tumor, which can be more convenient for patients. NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258109/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:54:11 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258109/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON -- There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258136/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:11 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258136/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c 6/17/2013 The teenager killed in a car crash while taking part in the "Ride to Conquer Cancer" has been identied as 16 year old Xavier Pelletier, a student at Pacific Christian School in Victoria. A statement from the family says the boy was a talented young athlete who died riding in support of his uncle, a cancer survivor.Xavier is described as a gentle soul, passionate about ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258137/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:32:32 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215258137/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Drinking a small glass of wine every day while pregnant may do no harm to the brain development of babies in the womb, a new study ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257035/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:59:17 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257035/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Formula One commentator, has been diagnosed with cancer.The 89-year-old told the BBC that he has been diagnosed with a form of lymphatic system cancer but said that the condition is treatable."They've caught it incredibly early. It's treatable, the doctors say my condition is mild and I'm very hopeful," said Walker, who will now miss this month's British Grand ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257146/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:58:57 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257146/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c (Reuters) - Former Formula One commentator Murray Walker, whose enthusiastic style during decades behind the microphone has made him a household name in Britain, has been diagnosed with cancer, his former employer the BBC reported on Monday. The 89-year-old, whose catchphrase is "Unless I am very mistaken ... and I am very much mistaken", has a treatable form of lymphatic system cancer. ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257145/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:21 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257145/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Crown is proceeding by direct indictment against three men accused of conspiring to murder Lorry Anne Santos, the Saskatoon woman who was shot and killed after answering her door to ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257147/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:49:15 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257147/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c EDMONTON - When Daniela Munoz arrived in Edmonton as a refugee claimant 11 years ago from Colombia, she was thinking of suicide.Munoz, then 11 years old, felt she had to be the caretaker to her younger brother and sister because her mother, a lawyer, was also in a deep depression."Our experience at the beginning was traumatizing," said Munoz, now 23 and a third-year honours student at ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257148/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:49:12 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257148/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WILMINGTON, Del. -- A jury in Delaware says there was no medical negligence in a penile implant procedure that the patient said left him with an 8-month erection.The New Castle County Superior Court jury decided that urologist Dr. Thomas Desperito was not negligent in the procedure he performed in December 2009 on 44-year-old truck driver Daniel Metzgar.The News Journal of Wilmington reported ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257149/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:48:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257149/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Two long-awaited independent reviews of a controversial Medtronic Inc bone growth product show it works as well as traditional bone grafts taken from patients, but it may not be as safe. The analyses, published on Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, suggest that Medtronic's Infuse product was associated with a small, increased risk of cancer, and that ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257036/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:44:49 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257036/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it would pay up to $1 billion for Aragon Pharmaceuticals and its experimental drugs for prostate cancer, to bolster J&J's role in the field after it acquired another experimental prostate-cancer treatment four years ago that has become a leading ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257151/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:43:36 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257151/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c world's first hand transplant program for children , and doctors say it won't be long until face transplants and other radical operations to improve appearance and quality of life are offered to kids, too. The move shows the growing willingness to do transplants to enhance a patient's life rather than to save it as donated hearts, livers and other organs have done in the past. More ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257153/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:13 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257153/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c White children with autism appear to be receiving more medical care than black or Hispanic children who have the disorder, according to new research. For the study, which was published June 17 ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257154/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:12 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257154/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c JAMA Internal Medicine showed that eating red meat over time was associated with a higher chance of developing the most common form of diabetes. Diabetes is a disease in which a person's blood sugar, known as glucose, is too high. About 8.3 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes according to ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256962/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:10 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256962/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c If you're planning on buying health insurance on an ObamaCare exchange next year, be forewarned: Your personal health information (PHI) will be made available to a variety of government agencies, quite possibly including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).According to ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256015/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:04:28 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256015/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Former Formula One commentator Murray Walker is to have chemotherapy over the next few months after being diagnosed with cancer. The 89-year-old said he had a form of lymphatic system cancer, but said the condition was treatable. He told the BBC: "They've caught it incredibly early. It's treatable, the doctors say my condition is mild and I'm very hopeful." Walker was ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256016/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:18 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256016/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c weighing whether or not to officially classify obesity as a ';disease.'; While that move wouldn’t carry any legal ramifications, medical authorities speculate that it could encourage more private and public health insurance programs to offer health benefits for obesity as a standalone condition — and not just for obesity-related health problems, as many do now. In 2004, the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256017/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:49:39 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256017/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c An Ontario man with a history of mental health issues had recently been discharged from hospital when he fatally stabbed a talented young music producer in a vehicle, court heard Monday. On what was ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215255877/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:23 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215255877/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Arizona Governor Jan Brewer addresses the media about the Supreme Court's decision on SB1070 in Phoenix, Arizona, June 25, 2012. REUTERS/Darryl ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215255880/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:41:37 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215255880/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ouch: Boys know that toilet seats are an occupational hazard of potty training, but a new study suggests the number of genital injuries caused by falling toilet toppers is growing. Researchers found the number of emergency room visits for toilet-related injuries to the penis, while still rare, increased by about 100 visits each year between 2002 ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215255878/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:41:37 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215255878/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Watching and routinely examining men with early, slow-growing prostate cancer is more effective and cheaper than sending them to surgery or radiation right away, according to a new ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256018/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:40:23 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256018/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c With the 2013 CECAFA Kagame club cup due to Kick off in Sudan Tuesday, referees willing to officiate the regional event have under gone a physical fitness test examination late on Sunday. The competition is the first of its kind to be held in the war-devastated Sudanese regions of North Darfur and south Gordofan in a bid to encourage peace and reconciliation in the areas according to CECAFA ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256022/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:36:13 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256022/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c We're sorry, your computer has been blocked from accessing the www.bizjournals.com site. It's possible that you may have a virus or malware on your computer that is sending malformed requests to us. If you are running a web crawler, it's possible that you were blocked because you didn't properly identify yourself, were not adhearing to our robots.txt file, or were executing ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256024/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:34:32 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256024/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c TO THE EDITOR: ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257152/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:22:27 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257152/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c TO THE EDITOR: ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256020/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:21:42 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256020/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c TO THE EDITOR: Re: ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256019/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:20:34 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256019/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Researchers have long argued that a heralded spinal treatment sold by the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260800/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:00:21 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215260800/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; A form of cancer killed the serial killer known as the Night Stalker who terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s, coroner's officials said ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254856/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:24 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254856/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Demonstrators on Parliament Hill Monday call on the government to reverse cuts to refugee health care, a policy that was announced almost one year ago. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254858/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:42:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254858/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Trump Hotel Collection is the latest hotel chain to join the health and wellness movement, launching services that offer low-calorie menus and fitness programs that allow guests to work out in their room. Debuting on Monday, the "Trump Wellness" program rolled out across the brand's luxury properties in the US, Canada and Panama in partnership with Technogym and sports apparel ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254859/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:41:58 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254859/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Teens with chronic pain should not be prescribed medical marijuana, according to the Mayo Clinic. Due to a lack of information on the risks and benefits of medical marijuana for adolescents, the Mayo Clinic is not recommending that youth be given pot for pain conditions. While the drug may help alleviate some of their other conditions or symptoms, marijuana can lead to some negative short-term ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254863/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:31:29 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254863/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The New York Office of Emergency Management said it spiked the scenting agent added to natural gas with cinnamon to prevent 911 calls during work. The office said Sunday it was masking the smell of mercaptan, an odor added to natural gas to allow residents to detect leaks, with cinnamon along a pipeline in Harlem to prevent an influx of 911 calls during work Sunday morning. "There's ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254825/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:42 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215254825/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c According to Jo Robinson, a food and nutrition writer whose informative new book, Eating on the Wild ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262471/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:07:13 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215262471/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c BEIRUT -- A lack of funding is forcing United Nation agencies helping in Lebanon to cutback on assisting Syrian refugees. Medical subsidies are to be reduced and so too is food assistance. Meanwhile, there are reports that Lebanese hospitals and shops contracted by the U.N. are profiteering. Half-a-million Syrians have registered so far in Lebanon as refugees and relief agencies are fast ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253850/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:22 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253850/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Parents of kids with food allergies seem to be complacent about warnings on product labels, regardless of their child's history of the potentially life-threatening allergic reaction anaphylaxis, a new study revealed. The research, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, a publication of the Australian Medical Association, involved parents of 246 children affected ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253686/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:51:30 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253686/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Teasing and fights between brothers and sisters may seem like a normal part of childhood, but for some kids the bullying can be associated with depression and anxiety, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. Bullying has been a hot topic as of late, but bullying amongst siblings has often gone unnoticed or defined as "normal". Generally, parents seem to tolerate siblings ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253680/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:51:30 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253680/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Monday regulators can challenge deals between brand-name drug companies and generic rivals that delay cheaper medicines from going on sale, which regulators say increase costs to consumers by billions of ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253708/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:33:57 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253708/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - For modern, harried lifestyles focused on getting and spending, fitness experts say tai chi, the ancient Chinese slow-moving exercise, can be an ideal way for anyone to stay ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253806/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:31:10 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253806/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Pediatrics shows that the aggression so commonly seen among siblings can negatively impact the mental health of children and adolescents. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) looked at sibling aggression data from the UNH Crimes Against Children Research Center’s National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), which samples 3,599 children with ages ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253807/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:31:01 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253807/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c When I received a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2009, my friend Caitlin was one of the first people I called. And when she came to see me, she said the perfect thing: nothing. Instead, she burst into tears, gave me a hug ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257134/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:29:47 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215257134/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c In her new book, ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253561/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:29:41 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253561/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c plunged from a 15-story apartment building in New Zealand and survived. An American emergency room doctor said the chances of living through a fall from that height are about 100 to 1. The man, identified by ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253808/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:27:49 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253808/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Despite ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256935/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:13:11 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215256935/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c XO1 Ltd, a University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital spin-out company, has raised $11 million in funding to develop a new anticoagulant medication which prevents stroke and heart attacks without causing bleeding. The company explained that the new drug, a synthetic antibody called Ichorcumab, has the potential to save millions of lives. Funding for the Ichorcumab research came ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252679/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:49:55 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252679/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have produced a computer program that helps individuals practise interpersonal skills so they feel more comfortable in job interviews or going on a first date. The individual interacts with an on-screen computer-generated face, while the program monitors and gives feedback on their body language, eye contact, pace and speech. ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252680/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:49:55 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252680/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The majority of doctors, nurses and front line health workers were not vaccinated against flu last winter, official figures have ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252681/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:35:27 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252681/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c After a serious car accident, an Australian woman has fully recovered from her injuries, except for one very bizarre side effect: She now speaks with a French accent. Leann Rowe's ordeal began eight years ago, when she woke up in Melbourne's Austin Hospital after her accident with a broken back and jaw. As her jaw began to heal, Rowe regained her ability to speak, but she noticed that ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252682/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:29:18 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252682/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Rates of whooping cough in the United States are at their highest level in decades, yet most adults don't know whether they are adequately protected against the disease, results from a new poll suggest. In the poll, 61 percent of adults said they didn't know when they were last vaccinated ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252683/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:29:17 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252683/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Larry Swilling's months-long quest to find a kidney for his wife has touched hearts around the world, but so far has not yielded a vital organ for the 76-year-old woman. The story of Swilling's wife, Jimmie Sue, has prompted calls from every U.S. state and from countries as far away as Sweden and Egypt, but the process of finding a living donor to give up a kidney is complex, according ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253337/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:29:16 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215253337/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c diabetes . The agency changed its position on the drug after requesting further information from its manufacturers. NICE said it expected to publish final guidance on Forxiga in June 2013 "We are pleased to recommend dapagliflozin for some people with type 2 diabetes. It is a serious problem in the UK and dapagliflozin provides another treatment option for some people with this ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251601/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:47:20 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251601/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Pollution caused by emissions of PM2.5 from 196 coal-fired power stations in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province could have led to the premature deaths of 9,900 residents in 2011, and 152 thermal plants are to blame for 75 percent of the assumed deaths, according to a Greenpeace report released Monday. The figures for the deceased include nearly 2,000 in Beijing, 1,200 in Tianjin and 6,700 in ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251602/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:22 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251602/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c PCSO general manager Jose Ferdinand "Joy" M. Rojas II The prohibitive costs of hospitalization and medical care have prompted many Filipinos--the average worker earning below the minimum wage, just over P300 a day before deductions--to self-medicate, not knowing that the price they pay for self-diagnosis might in fact cost them their lives. The good news is, anyone can seek medical and ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251605/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:32:14 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251605/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Salem did not correct deficiencies identified by the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses in February, and it did not stop admissions into programs progressing toward a nursing degree until it complied with state requirements, the board said in a June 13 letter to Dr. Susie White, director of Salem's nursing ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252222/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:31:51 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215252222/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Edie Falco 's titular character was overwhelmed when she struggled to adjust to a new feeling: happiness. In a bid to gain control over the newfound sensation, Jackie does the unthinkable just as she's preparing to celebrate one year of sobriety: She pops a pill and heads to the ceremony -- attended by friends and family -- high as a ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251565/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:27:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251565/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Pig kidneys get cleansed of their porcine cells in a laboratory at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The university is experimenting with various ways to create replacement organs for human implantation, from altering animal parts to building them from scratch with a patient's own ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251607/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:19 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251607/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Liverpool have moved a step closer to offloading Andy Carroll with the striker set for a medical at West Ham.The England international has been out of the country on holiday but it is understood that he will fly in for his physical assessment with the Hammers ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251608/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:15:58 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215251608/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON -; An outside group supporting President Barack Obama's agenda plans to air a series of ads this summer promoting Obama's health care ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250268/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:49:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250268/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c As a result of numerous requests to bring this series to the region, September 2013 will see the launch of a specifically tailored event catering to this life science hub.?With an agenda covering topics relevant to pharma, biotech, virtual and medical device companies, this event offers a unique opportunity to tailor your visit and take away the most valuable and relevant information and network ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250270/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:44:29 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250270/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c OMICS Groupis delighted to invite you to attend the2ndInternational Conference on Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designing,which is to be held onOctober 15-17, 2013atLas Vegas, USA. The2ndInternational Conferenceon Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designingwill schedule and coordinate all meetings with our Editorial Board Members and other experts in various research ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250269/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:44:28 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250269/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The England international has been out of the country on holiday but Press Association Sport understands he will fly in for his physical assessment with the Hammers on Tuesday. Carroll missed the national team's end-of-season friendlies against Republic of Ireland and Brazil with a heel problem, with fears it could sideline him for up to four months. It remains to be seen whether that has ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250271/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:42:12 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250271/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c David Behan, chief executive of Care Quality Commission, which is considering how to assess whether a high number of deaths at a care home would spark an investigation. Photograph: Martin Argles for the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250272/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:41:51 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250272/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Public health advocates and doctors from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center have begun work on an ambitious new project in which mental health experts will electronically train primary care doctors how to identify and treat mental and substance abuse disorders. The groups say the initiative will help more Americans — particularly those living in rural and medically ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250115/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:35:46 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250115/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c announced that it will begin recording sexual orientation and gender identity information along with other demographic data in its electronic health records system. As is currently the case with demographic information such as race and ethnicity, patients will now be invited to voluntarily share their sexual orientation and gender identity with providers, either in person or through a ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250273/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:35:45 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250273/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fewer doctors in the United States are choosing to become primary care physicians - especially in rural areas of the country, Medical Daily reported. In fact, the rate at which U.S. medical schools are producing primary care physicians is "abysmally low," said Dr. Candice Chen, from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Human Services. Chen and her fellow ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250276/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:24:22 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250276/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK (Reuters) - ViroPharma Inc is attracting preliminary interest from several pharmaceutical companies about buying the orphan drugmaker, according to three people familiar with the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250277/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:23:36 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250277/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The "scaffolding" for replacement ears, noses and other body parts sit on a bench in a laboratory at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., May 8, 2013. The university is experimenting with various ways to create replacement organs for human implantation, from altering animal parts to building them from scratch with a patient's own cells. Growing lungs and other organs ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249956/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:09 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249956/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A Swedish woman who tried to get out a prison sentence by faking terminal cancer will serve an additional two months, authorities said. The Court of Appeals in southern Sweden said the 46-year-old woman had been sentenced to prison for aggravated fraud and produced a medical certificate saying she was dying of cancer in an attempt to get out of the sentence, The Local.se and the Swedish news ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250278/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:16:01 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250278/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c 'It's important to keep an open mind and stay heathy and fit if you want security in your senior years,' says Trish Bongard Godfrey, a realtor with Bosley Real Estate Ltd., as she bikes near one of her listings in Toronto. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249022/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:48:39 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249022/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Havana, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) With the development of several training courses, the activities of the 15th Cuban congress on nursing, will start today at the Conference Center in Havana. Issues related to sexual and reproductive health, conform the scientific agenda of the event, which will discuss healthy lifestyles, gender, family planning/birth control methods, and responsible sexual ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249024/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:45:19 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249024/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A new molecular pathway involving the gene ZNF365 has been identified and abnormalities in that pathway may predict worse outcomes for patients ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249026/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:42:47 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249026/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Health advisories were issued Monday for all three of Milwaukee's beaches after heavy rainfall Saturday. Elevated bacteria levels at South Shore Beach prompted the advisory, which was issued by the city, while pre-emptive advisories were issued due to rainfall at Bradford and McKinley beaches. ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249027/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:41:40 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249027/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy hospital ship "Peace Ark" provided free medical checkups for members of the public on Monday morning.The Chinese Navy hospital ship arrived here Sunday afternoon to make a port call and participate in the ASEAN Defense Ministers ' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) and Military Medicine (MM) ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215248974/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:39:40 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215248974/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c By Ransdell Pierson June 17 (Reuters) - Johnson and Johnson said it would pay up to $1 billion for Aragon Pharmaceuticals and its experimental drugs for prostate cancer, bolstering J&J's role in the field after it acquired another experimental prostate-cancer treatment four years ago that has become a leading brand. J&J on Monday said Aragon's lead product, called ARN-509, has potential to ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250274/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:32:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215250274/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Venezuela's Congress will discuss legislation this week that would prohibit bottle feeding of infants to try to encourage breast feeding and reduce the use of baby formula, said a lawmaker of the ruling Socialist Party. Legislator Odalis Monzon said the proposal would "prohibit all types of baby bottles" as a way to improve children's health. "We want to increase the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249360/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:29:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249360/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Cancer Council Victoria says there has been a massive 1033 (1033) per cent increase in the number of calls its helpline is receiving following the decision by Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a double mastectomy.In response, the Cancer Council is hosting an hour-long free national webinair on June 25 from 7.30pm dealing with breast cancer in the family.Guest speaker Mary-Anne Young, ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249028/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:24:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249028/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is no clear evidence that osteopathic manipulation helps treat kids and teenagers with a range of ailments from asthma to ear infections, according to a new review of the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249029/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:20:58 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249029/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A former bodyguard of Nelson Mandela's is criticizing the medical treatment of the former president. Debora Patta reports from Pretoria, South ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249030/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:19:27 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249030/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c RIYADH, Saudi Arabia MERS, an infectious disease called a coronavirus that has sickened more than 60 people since last Sept., has claimed four more lives. Saudi Arabia announced Monday that four more people have died from the new respiratory virus which is related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths to 32 in the kingdom at the center of the growing crisis. Overall, nearly 40 people have ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249031/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:19:24 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249031/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c It's fun to imagine a retirement filled with travel and leisure, and your retirement years could very well start out that way. But later on in retirement, there's an increasing possibility that you will need a significant amount of health care services. You will also need to find a way to pay for ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247869/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:48:25 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247869/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Washington Examiner June 17, 2013 A new rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program that will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Service. Personal health information, or PHI, is highly protected under federal law, but the latest ruling from ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247871/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:44:11 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247871/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Prison Planet.com June 17, 2013 With only two states in the US currently allowing recreational use of marijuana and six more states with pending legislation to legalize medical marijuana, it is no wonder that Big Money and Big Government are looking for a way to capitalize on a market that has been overrun by special interest restriction and underground 'pushers' for hundreds of ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247870/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:44:09 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247870/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c studies showing a diet high in fruits and vegetables reduced cancer risk sparked interest in commonly available foods as anti-cancer ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247872/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:43:12 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247872/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Prognosis for Medical Device Security Medical devices can be hacked - but how much of a danger is it? Danny Bradbury asks the ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247873/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:39:30 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247873/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Patients are often responsible for an average of nearly 24 percent of their medical bill and have their insurance claims processed inaccurately 7 percent of the team, the American Medical Association ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247667/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:38:10 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247667/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Pulp Fiction star, who is fronting a new charity called One For The Boys, believes men should talk more about the disease and other illnesses.Jackson, 64, said: "Guys don't talk about their health issues, unless they've got a sprained ankle. We'll talk about our injuries but we won't talk about our illnesses, so I think it's time we do that."The actor said ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247748/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:34:46 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247748/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:32am EDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Federal Trade Commission can challenge deals brand-name drug companies make with generic rivals that keep cheaper products off the market. In a 5-3 vote, with Justice Samuel Alito recused, the court handed a loss to the companies involved in a settlement it was ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249740/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:32:49 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215249740/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c By Mark Murray, Senior Political Editor, NBC News Organizing for Action -- the old Obama campaign apparatus -- is out with its first TV ad, and it defends the federal health-care ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247875/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:42 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247875/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Long Island Medium ." While there, she connected with three siblings who'd lost both of their parents. Their mother passed away about ten years ago, while they lost their father to cancer just a month ago. "My whole world fell apart. My heart completely ripped in half," said John, the eldest child. "Did you feel your mother's soul with you the day your dad ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247876/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:21:54 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247876/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Men wearing surgical masks as a precautionary measure against the novel coronavirus, speak at a hospital in Khobar city in Dammam May 23, ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247877/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:20:58 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247877/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Sunny afternoons by the pool, cookouts with family and friends, a family road trip, camp. The sacred rituals of childhood summer. But as parents relax, pediatricians are warning them to be on high alert, in a commentary published today in the journal Pediatrics. Injuries -- injuries that parents can prevent -- are the leading cause of death in children, according to the report. One ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247878/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:17:39 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215247878/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fewer than a fourth of Americans have confidence in newspapers, the lowest level in five years, a Gallup poll has indicated. The poll found only 23 percent of those surveyed had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence about what they read in newspapers, Gallup reported Monday. That's a drop from 25 percent in 2012 and 28 percent in 2011. The poll, which began in ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215248582/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:12:46 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215248582/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c down a diarist , as Kim Kardashian gave birth to--or "hatched," in the parlance of your blogger's mother--a baby daughter on Saturday. Though the baby arrived about five weeks early, ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246763/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:47:45 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246763/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Houriya Kazim, a leader in the battle against breast cancer, addresses a meeting hosted by the women's network 85 Broads. Christopher Pike / The ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246764/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:46:48 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246764/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c New research in Switzerland reveals that vitamin C consumption can reduce the risk of developing bronchoconstriction caused by exercise. ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246765/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:40:47 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246765/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) have discovered that a fifteen minute walk after each meal appears to help older people regulate blood sugar levels and could reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Participants in the study completed three randomly-ordered exercise protocols spaced four weeks ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246766/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:39:18 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246766/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c importance of moonshots to present a vision that offers a meaningful break from past practices, open new markets and inspire teams to do extraordinary things. Given how technology and social connectivity have institutional foundations on constantly shifting ground, you'd think more organizations, and bold leaders within, would follow this script and look closely at how innovators like Google ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246593/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:37:30 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246593/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c fast-tracked several anti-abortion measures they hope to squeeze in before this year’s legislative session ends. Gov. Scott Walker (R) has ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246767/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:32:16 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246767/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Calgary criminal lawyer Kaysi Fagan rushed to aid a woman in medical distress while speaking to a crowd of 1,000 at the Cochrane High School graduation ceremony last ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246768/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:29:17 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246768/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Angry kids who throw excessive, explosive tantrums now have their own disorder: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Whereas this new addition to the mental health dictionary, the DSM, has prompted protests that psychiatrists are ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246769/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:20:58 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246769/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c It may seem a little hard to digest, but a man who hasn't eaten three solid meals a day in months claims he has stumbled upon the secret to good health -- and it doesn't involve calorie counting and exercise. But Rob Rhinehart isn't on a fad diet or starving himself in a bid to lose weight. He simply wanted to revolutionize his life when he created what he says is a formula ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246770/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:20:57 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215246770/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON - With less than seven months until President Barack Obama's health care reforms take full effect, Tennessee Republicans in Congress contend steep premium increases, job losses and denial of access to needed care lie in wait for constituents. But liberal policy analysts say such claims reflect an insurance industry scare campaign and that significantly increased access and more ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215245710/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:49:30 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215245710/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Employees at the No. 30 organization on our 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list have well-developed career plans -- and the training to help them achieve their ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215245570/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:20:34 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215245570/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c ';Good Morning America'; co-anchor Robin Roberts, appeared on ';GMA'; today to share the secrets to eating better. Beller, the author of the new ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215245711/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:19:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215245711/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Across the U.S., parents, educators, doctors and other experts have rallied to protect children from bullies. However, bullying by brothers and sisters is often chalked up to normal sibling behavior. Now a new study finds ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215245718/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:08:52 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215245718/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A protein that is active in growing embryos but not normal adult tissue, has also been found in various types of cancer. Now a new US study suggests it may switch on metastasis, the ability of cancer cells to spread and form new tumors in other parts of the body. The researchers say it offers a new target for anti-cancer treatments that block the protein without harming healthy cells. ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244699/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:44:09 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244699/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Britain is to spend tens of millions introducing 'supercrops' to boost the health of millions of undernourished people in Africa and Asia, in a controversial move that campaigners have branded a "techno-fix" which ignores the root causes of food ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244673/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:42:13 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244673/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists have finally discovered the single genetic mutation responsible for a cyclist's inability to store fat that has puzzled doctors for ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244611/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:42:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244611/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Alcohol and your weight have a tricky relationship. So tricky, in fact, that experts have had a tough time nailing down exactly why some women wind up with a beer gut (or butt) while others drink daily and never seem to gain a pound. Here's what we know: Your average drink--beer, wine, martini, pick your poison--is usually a combination of carbs, sugar and ethanol (pure alcohol). When it ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244700/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:24:22 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244700/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A US district judge has ruled that a Georgia hospital did not discriminate against a nurse supervisor who was disciplined after she made remarks critical of homosexuality. In 2009, Amanda Dix, a nurse, told Pamela Hall, a colleague who sometimes held the position of nursing relief supervisor, that she was a lesbian after Hall accused Dix of having an affair with her husband. In 2011, Hall, a ... http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244634/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:23:05 -0400 http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/sid/215244634/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c