Prep Girls Basketball: Sultan’s Richardson back after dealing with bowel disease

February 17, 2012

Brittany Richardson would slip away during halftime to the bathroom in the locker room. The Sultana girls basketball player often spent that eight-minute break throwing up, trying to make her stomach feel better. Then it was back on the court where she was still a proficient player, averaging 7.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and [...]

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Spotted: Kristin Davis and Gemma Play Ball

February 17, 2012

Beautiful! I wished more couples or single folks would adopt. There are a lot of children/babies just waiting for someone to LOVE them and give them so much love back! to NatVess…your comment is completely wrong. I’m adopted and my parents knew nothing about my genetic heritage. There are many companies that wll do a [...]

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2 more horses at San Juan stable have herpes virus

February 17, 2012

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Two more horses at Rancho Sierra Vista Equestrian Center have the potentially deadly virus known as neuropathogenic equine herpes virus-1, bringing the total number with the disease to 11, state officials said late Tuesday afternoon. Officials from the California Department of Food and Agriculture also said that a horse with the [...]

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Imperial Valley News

February 17, 2012

San Diego, California (NAPSI) – according to the Society of Interventional Radiology, 20 to 40 percent of women, age 35 and older, have uterine fibroids of a significant size. Learning more about these common, benign growths—and how they affect women’s health—can be a smart idea. Q: what are uterine fibroids? A: Uterine fibroids develop in [...]

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Local Doctor Uses New Technique To Fight Pancreatic Cancer

February 17, 2012

A local doctor has a new way to detect and help prevent pancreatic cancer.  It’s an inexpensive screening program he says could save lives. Dr. Gordon Hixson has been in radiology for more than 40 years.  He now hopes to use his experience in imaging to identify pancreatic cancer early. Dr. Hixson spends most of [...]

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Lawmaker introduces bill requiring ‘epi pens’ in all school systems

February 16, 2012

“Literally, it can be minutes between life and death,” he said. Shank said 10 school systems in Maryland have policies on epinephrine and eight do not. Six did not respond to a survey. Washington County Public Schools do not have a formal policy. School board member Jacqueline B. Fischer said the district is aware that [...]

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FDA panel votes against wider use of Amgen drug

February 16, 2012

An advisory panel on Wednesday recommended that U.S. health regulators reject the use of Amgen Inc’s drug Xgeva to delay the spread of prostate cancer to the bone, dimming the chance of a wider use for one of the company’s key growth drivers. The outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 12-to-1 that [...]

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British lambs face viral danger

February 15, 2012

The Schmallenberg virus causes serious birth defects and has spread from Germany to Britain A new livestock disease – first detected six months ago in Germany – threatens farmers in northern Europe, including Britain. it causes a high level of miscarriage and birth defects in lambs and calves. Veterinary scientists are scrambling to understand Schmallenberg [...]

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AB Science Reports Positive Clinical Study Data: Masitinib Significantly Extends Overall Survival as compared to Pfizer’s Sutent® in Gleevec®-resistant GIST

February 15, 2012

PARIS–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Regulatory News: “given this substantial advantage in survival coupled with lower toxicity of masitinib as compared with Sutent®, we believe that masitinib is an important step forward in the treatment of GIST.” AB Science SA (Paris:AB) (NYSE Euronext – FR0010557264 – AB) today announced encouraging results from a phase 2 study with [...]

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Google Prepares For Christmas With Array Of Easter Eggs

February 15, 2012

Unless you live somewhere east of New York, there’s still at least several hours left before December 23rd comes to an end.  but Google is eager to help everyone with kids get Christmas Eve off to a good start, and so the company’s put together lists of all the Santa-related treats its engineers have concocted [...]

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