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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Colorado Star.com http://www.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a1e025da3c02ca7c/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:30:34 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:30:34 -0500 30 Former Australian pacer Nathan Bracken is suing Cricket Australia for 1.07 million US dollars for failing to adequately deal with a knee injury that finished his playing career. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203348459/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:49 -0500 ANI http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203348459/cs/1/ Researchers have suggested that coronary artery disease may be a risk factor for prostate cancer. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203345936/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:30:05 -0500 ANI http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203345936/cs/1/ In a new study, scientists have revived a theory first proposed in the late 1800s and studied organ development in mice to reveal how breast cancers, and possibly other cancers, develop in people. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203327692/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:30:25 -0500 ANI http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203327692/cs/1/ An important step forward has been taken in understanding how insulin secretion is regulated in the body. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203327677/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:30:02 -0500 ANI http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203327677/cs/1/ The morning-after pills, which are otherwise not available on drug store shelves, can easily be bought by college students at Shippensburg University through a vending machine at the student health ce http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203327068/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:41:36 -0500 ANI http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203327068/cs/1/ Zac Efron has revealed that Demi Moore's eldest daughter Rumer Willis is coping well with her mother's recent health crisis. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203323107/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:24 -0500 ANI http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203323107/cs/1/ Among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, increasing age is associated with a higher risk of death from breast cancer, a new study has found. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203323091/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:10:02 -0500 ANI http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203323091/cs/1/ The debate over health care reform has all but ended in the Virginia General Assembly, but a Senate subcommittee has endorsed a legislative approach for further study. The commerce and labor ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340770/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:25 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340770/ Debate on the controversial proposal to means test the 30 per cent rebate is scheduled to resume in parliament's lower house on Thursday.While the Greens support the change, they are opposed to ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339627/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:02 -0500 SBS http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339627/ Bee file, 2011. Construction cranes and open steelwork mark the progress of Sutter Medical Center's $724 million expansion program. The project includes renovating Sutter General Hospital and ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340771/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:53:57 -0500 Sacramento Bee http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340771/ A group of California business organizations today announced the launch of a website to help the state's business operators understand the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.The ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340772/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:53:42 -0500 Sacramento Bee http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340772/ Strap on the goggles and fire up your DeLorean, it's time to go back to the future of American health care. Unfortunately, Marty McFly's booked. So our traveling companion is Mary -- a ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340741/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:02 -0500 PBS http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340741/ This much-awaited breakthrough came from least expected quarters; comprehensive unlimited health insurance cover for civil servants valued at an initial ceiling of Sh12 ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339611/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:00 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339611/ Two recent studies published in The Lancet indicate that cleansing of the umbilical cord during childbirth could substantially reduce the risk of infection and rate of mortality in babies in ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340726/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:44:39 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340726/ Parkinson's disease in lab-made neurons. Their findings, which they write about in the 7 February issue of Nature Communications, reveal some potential new drug targets for Parkinson's ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340727/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:44:23 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340727/ ideal weight , depends on several factors, including their age, sex, body type, bone density, muscle-fat-ratio, overall general health, and height. Over the last few decades, using BMI (body mass ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340728/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:52 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340728/ An investigation by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery reveals that individuals who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are approximately 4 to 5 times more likely to ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340729/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:25 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340729/ In order to avoid leaving surgical items, such as needles, sponges, retractors, blades and other items used during operations, in the body, surgical teams have relied on counting and recounting the ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340730/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:10 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340730/ Millions of football fans will experience withdrawal symptoms now that the Super Bowl and football season is over. When an individual experiences pleasurable activity, such as watching a football ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340731/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:01 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340731/ Pro basketball legend Oscar Robertson opens up about his recent prostate cancer surgery and sounds off about today’s NBA. A preview: The Heat is still a piece short of ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339472/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:42:34 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339472/ After a year of promising a new "front of the pack" label that will help customers distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods, Walmart, the nation's largest super-market chain, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340732/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:42:18 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340732/ (4) Comments Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare has sold its stake in Affinity Health System, which operates hospitals in Appleton, Oshkosh and Chilton, to Ministry Health Care. Ministry, a health ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340769/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:36:47 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340769/ The parents of a seriously depressed daughter who hanged herself a day after being allowed home from a mental hospital have won a groundbreaking legal battle in the Supreme ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339532/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:09 -0500 The Independent http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339532/ (2012), that most of the effort and massive expenditure in combating the major adult diseases like cancer and heart disease are focused on trying to cure the disease. This is a losing battle, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340753/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:29:04 -0500 Forbes http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340753/ Doctors and nurses are turning to tablets and smartphones to aid their everyday work, as a new generation of medical professionals lean on gadgets to make healthcare more efficient and ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340754/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:27:17 -0500 Forbes http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340754/ Health minister Edith Schippers will tomorrow submit draft legislation to parliament allowing hospitals to pay dividend to private sector investors, the NRC reported on Wednesday. At the moment, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340768/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:21:37 -0500 Dutch News.nl http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340768/ By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 – A small-scale medical exercise under way in Tanzania is having a big impact on the local population and building strong ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340703/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:18:53 -0500 Defense Link http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340703/ A panel of cancer experts voted against a new use for Amgen's Xgeva in prostate cancer on Wednesday, saying the drug's ability to slow the spread of the disease did not translate into ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340699/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:14 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340699/ One expert says you can get fit faster if you add certain foods to your exercise routine. A registered dietitian from "Cooking Light Magazine" came up with this list of the foods and ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340744/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:26 -0500 News 13 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340744/ Quakers Hill 2763 The New South Wales Government says it will cost at least $140 million if sprinkler systems are installed across the state's nursing homes, in the wake of a fatal fire in ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340686/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:09 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340686/ copper surfaces in hospital and surgical rooms - door knobs, taps, bed rails, table tops, IV poles and call buttons - have been found to reduce deadly hospital-acquired infections by almost 50%. ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339883/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:45 -0500 Times of India http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203339883/ EDMONTON - The provincial government is in talks with the Department of National Defence to use the runway at the Edmonton Garrison for medical flights from rural Alberta and the Canadian ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340752/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:30 -0500 Edmonton Journal http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340752/ In a small but tantalizing study, participants played a video game in which they learned the locations of stores in a virtual city. They recalled the locations better if they learned them while ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340221/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:36 -0500 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340221/ ' ); } writeAuthHeader(54, true, 'http://www.walesonline.co.uk/registration/index.cfm', null, false, 'http://www.walesonline.co.uk/community/profile/', 2 ); ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340716/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:07 -0500 IC Wales http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340716/ Symptoms of the brain disorder include tremors and stiff, jerky movements that can affect walking and other activities. Medications and surgery can help, and doctors often recommend exercise or ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340724/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:21 -0500 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340724/ Angry doctors say the burden effectively pushes Australians down waiting lists.More than 30,000 foreign citizens were treated in Victoria's hospitals in 2010-11, leaving the state's ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340743/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:33 -0500 News.com.au http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340743/ Carpal tunnel syndrome is often caused by repetitive strain, which can cause the ligaments in the wrist to become inflamed and pinch a nerve. Symptoms include tingling, numbness and pain in the arm ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340756/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:27 -0500 Fox News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340756/ WASHINGTON – Teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. have dropped to a 40-year low, according to a study released Wednesday. The Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit sexual health research group that ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340757/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:24 -0500 Fox News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340757/ Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat. The ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340758/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:21 -0500 Fox News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340758/ As a doctor, I get a lot of health questions both in my practice and in my email inbox. Today, I found one from a mom whose 8-year-old child suffers from migraines. How do you deal with an ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340759/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:17 -0500 Fox News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340759/ Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers today that certain stomach acid drugs may increase the risk of a serious intestinal bacteria infection. drugs, including Nexium, Prilosec, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340760/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:15 -0500 Fox News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340760/ Washington state health officials are investigating a stomach bug that sickened dozens of cheerleaders after a weekend competition involving 52 high schools, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340761/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:11 -0500 Fox News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340761/ tuberculosis due to a possible exposure to TB at the clinic, the Hartford Courant reported. After working for the clinic for five years, the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she is angry ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340762/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:08 -0500 Fox News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340762/ U.S. won't breach 'mixed treatment' medical insurance rules in TPP talks ": It would seem to me that the Japan Medical Association (JMA), which consists of mainly nonhospital ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340705/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:12:21 -0500 Japan Times http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340705/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives as an assault on "religious freedom" ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340706/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:11:27 -0500 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340706/ Still image taken from video shows Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker making an address which aired on the organization's website on February 1, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340707/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:11:21 -0500 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340707/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reproductive rights advocates on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Brooklyn to make the "morning-after pill" immediately available to girls of all ages without a ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340708/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:11:14 -0500 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340708/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In women with a history of mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, getting an abortion does not increase their chances of landing in a psychiatric ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340710/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:11:03 -0500 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340710/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A widely implemented school program aimed at improving kids' behavior helps to slow the increase in bullying during the elementary grades, according to a new ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340714/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:43 -0500 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340714/ by letter that it was "unable to identify the legal and policy support" that would allow the state to require copayments to Medi-Cal under the Social Security Act. The decision means ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340776/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:53 -0500 IBTimes http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340776/ Northwestern Memorial Hospital ."This is an important milestone in his recovery and a step toward the next phase, rehabilitation," Fessler said in the statement. Kirk, 52, was ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340755/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:03:29 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340755/ President Obama pledged $130 million for Alzheimer's disease research over the next two years, and an additional $26 million to support caregivers. But, will that funding be enough to make a ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340746/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:01:57 -0500 CBS News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340746/ (Credit: CBS) (CBS/AP) Born weighing 15.52 pounds in central China, Chun Chun is possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949. The 29-year-old mother in Henan ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340745/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:01:55 -0500 CBS News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340745/ (Credit: istockphoto) (CBS/AP) Americans get too much sodium, according to a new government report. That fact may not come as a shock to a fast food nation, but what's surprising is where ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340748/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:01:47 -0500 CBS News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340748/ The next time you get your blood pressure checked, ask your doctor to test in both your right and left arms. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips speaks about a new study on blood ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340749/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:01:42 -0500 CBS News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340749/ Photo by Jonathan Mooney | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license A former employee at Hanscom Air Force base has sued executives at a private company that placed her there, alleging ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340734/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:01:10 -0500 Business Journal http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340734/ Follow this company Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a $500,000 grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama, according to a press release. The foundation has made ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340733/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:59 -0500 Business Journal http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340733/ Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that an official from Hawaii Pacific Health told senators at a briefing Tuesday that the healt-care company would immediately reopen the emergency room at the Ewa ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340698/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:58:23 -0500 Pacific Business News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340698/ Three US citizens who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in both eyes. There was some improvement after the genetic fault in one ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340691/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:04 -0500 BBC http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340691/ A severely disabled man with "locked-in syndrome" has urged a judge not to decide to halt his High Court action to let a doctor end his life. Tony Nicklinson's barrister presented ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340693/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:58 -0500 BBC http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340693/ A Stockport couple whose severely depressed daughter hanged herself after being allowed home from hospital have won a six-year legal battle. The Supreme Court ruled Pennine Care NHS Trust failed to ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340694/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:54 -0500 BBC http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340694/ Teenagers at nine schools in Southampton have been offered contraceptive implants at their in-house sexual health clinics. The schools are not required to tell parents if their children have had ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340695/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:51 -0500 BBC http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340695/ Dr David Owen claimed only the prime minister could stop plans for NHS reforms in England and he should back track as he did on a planned forest sell-off. Now Lord Owen, the former foreign ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340696/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:48 -0500 BBC http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340696/ Deborah Feldman was unprepared for her arranged marriage to her orthodox Jewish husband Eli, a man she had only met for 30 minutes. Like other young brides in the Hasidic tradition of Brooklyn, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340763/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:53:18 -0500 ABC News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340763/ Students try free samples of AeroShot, an inhalable caffeine packed in a lipstick-sized canister, on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston, Jan. 23, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340764/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:53:12 -0500 ABC News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340764/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; pageId = '15533189'; playlistIds = ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340765/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:53:08 -0500 ABC News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340765/ WASHINGTON - Trust your doctor? A survey finds that some doctors aren't always completely honest with their patients. More than half admitted describing someone's prognosis in a way they ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340718/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:43:04 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340718/ Injured St. Croix Lutheran hockey player Jenna Privette, center, reacts as she speaks with her friend, and softball teammate, Jessika Simonson, right, during a visit to Privette's room at ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340719/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:53 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340719/ WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!" fitness campaign. ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340720/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:37 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340720/ The Kansas Medical Society announced in mid-January that it supports many provisions of KanCare, a proposal by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's administration to provide Medicaid enrollees more ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340701/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:58 -0500 Amed News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340701/ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340736/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:56 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340736/ Hemophilia, which affects 20,000 Americans, is a genetic disorder in which the body lacks a clotting factor needed for blood to coagulate. Depending on severity, it can lead to life-threatening, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340739/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:30:07 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340739/ Science generally succeeds in bringing some order to human existence - except when it does just the reverse, imposing a structure that never quite fits properly no matter how much it is tweaked. ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340509/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:30:07 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340509/ >Are you there? Send us your images or video(CNN) -- Four straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340767/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:12:16 -0500 CNN http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340767/ Critics say the product is not without risks. The product, called AeroShot, went on the market late last month in Massachusetts and New York, and is also available in France. A single unit costs ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340722/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:06:56 -0500 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340722/ The move follows Irvine-based Allergan's announcement last week that it would stop selling the device to companies affiliated with the ad campaign. The New Life Surgery Center in Beverly Hills and ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340723/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:48:49 -0500 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203340723/ WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman who submitted nearly $100,000 worth of fake cancer treatment insurance claims for herself and her husband must repay the money while she serves nearly ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331096/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:23:13 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331096/ "It's easy to quit smoking; I've done it hundreds of times." -- Mark Twain There are many different ways to quit smoking. Some experts advocate using pharmacological products to ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203330638/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:59:22 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203330638/ More salt in the average US diet comes bread and rolls and not from salty snacks like potato chips, pretzels and popcorn, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331019/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:59:16 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331019/ heart attack - a reaction that is probably both natural and harmless, but should be borne in mind when people seek emergency treatment for chest pain, reveals a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331020/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:59:12 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331020/ stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic techniques using these cells ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331021/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:59:07 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331021/ Using whole-genome sequencing, a team led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Broad Institute has traced the path of the E. coli outbreak that sickened thousands and ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331023/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:59 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331023/ stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels. Their success offers hope that such stem cells may be used to grow tissue patches to repair infant hearts. "We want to come ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203330566/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:50 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203330566/ Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have successfully created and implemented an emergency general surgery registry (EGSR) that will advance the science of acute ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331025/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:45 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331025/ congenital heart diseases keeps the critical organ from developing properly. According to the new research, mutations in a gene called SHP-2 distort the shape of cardiac muscle cells so they are ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331026/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:41 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331026/ infertility . The researchers' discovery of a new gene mutation provides hope for new screening methods. Published in the early online issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, the study explored an ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331027/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:36 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331027/ The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. New research published online in February ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331028/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:32 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331028/ When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331030/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:23 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331030/ Experts from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center are presenting their latest research and clinical findings on diseases of the muscle, tendon, bone and joint at the ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331031/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:18 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331031/ A large Scandinavian study, that has been running for 30 years, has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331032/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:13 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331032/ Welders who are exposed to manganese from welding fumes, risk developing increased clumsiness - and the result may remain decades after exposure has ceased. This is the finding of a study at the ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331033/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:08 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331033/ Edward Mills of the University of Ottawa, Canada and colleagues argue in this week's PLoS Medicine that the HIV/AIDS response in Africa needs a more balanced approach to gender, so that both ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331034/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:03 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331034/ In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment - an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331035/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:58 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331035/ Contrary to current convention by which infection with the organism Clostridium difficile is regarded as an infection that is acquired by contact with symptomatic patients known to be infected with ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331036/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:52 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331036/ One way to tackle a tumor is to take aim at the metabolic reactions that fuel their growth. But a report in the February Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press Publication, shows that one ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331037/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:46 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331037/ body weight . According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, about one-third of U.S. adults are obese, a number that continues to climb. "While we don't usually think of it this ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331038/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:41 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331038/ Now in its 14th year, Superbugs & Superdrugs is a well established antibacterial event that promises to be the perfect forum for networking and problem solving with senior industry executives ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331039/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:35 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331039/ Susceptibility to anthrax toxin is a heritable genetic trait that may vary tremendously among individuals, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331040/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:30 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a1e025da3c02ca7c/id/203331040/