Funding for Bloodless Surgery
From the Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey Rothman delivers funds for bloodless surgery institute BY JENNIFER KIM ENGLEWOOD — Rep. Steve Rothman came back to his birthplace Jan. 29 at Englewood Hospital Medical Center (EHMC) to announce the final $1.49 million in federal funds for the hospital’s Institute for Patient Blood Management and Bloodless Medicine and Surgery. "I am very happy to deliver this latest batch of federal funds from Washington, D.C. to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. This now brings the total for the hospital’s bloodless medicine program to $4.69 million," said Rothman. "Doing my part to help you [EHMC] ...
SIDS Linked to Low Levels of Serotonin
NIH-Funded Study Finds Abnormalities in Brain Region That Regulates Breathing, Sleep The brains of infants who die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) produce low levels of serotonin, a brain chemical that conveys messages between cells and plays a vital role in regulating breathing, heart rate, and sleep, reported researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. SIDS is the death of an infant before his or her first birthday ...
Scam of the Day-Work-at-Home Schemes
From: Snopes.com Scam: Advertisers offer kits that enable home workers to make money posting links on the Internet. Example: If you live in Canada or the US and you have been wanting to work from home, you might be in luck. Google has now released a new 'Work From Home Program' that will allow Americans to work for the titan from the comfort of their own homes. To thousands of North Americans this means that they will soon have a safe and bright future working for one of the fastest growing companies in the world. In the middle of this recession this country and ...
Tests to Spot Arthritis Explored
From Britain's National Health Service “A simple blood test could help predict if someone is developing rheumatoid arthritis years before symptoms appear,” according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper says the test could enable patients to be treated earlier, helping to prevent some of the most devastating effects of the disease. The news is based on a small study that examined blood samples from 86 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, taken before their symptoms developed. Researchers compared these samples with the blood make-up of 256 people who did not have the disease. They measured the levels of 30 substances that are linked to ...
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Funding for Bloodless Surgery
From the Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey Rothman delivers funds for bloodless surgery institute...
SIDS Linked to Low Levels of Serotonin
NIH-Funded Study Finds Abnormalities in Brain Region That Regulates Breathing, Sleep The brains of infants...
Tests to Spot Arthritis Explored
From Britain’s National Health Service “A simple blood test could help predict if someone is...
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Meat Plant Closed After Undercover Video
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Governor Unveils Record Proposed Education Budget
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Florida’s Education System Moves Up in Rankings
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Watching Wildlife in Florida
Watching wildlife is such big business in Florida that Gov. Charlie Crist proclaimed Jan. 25-31 Florida Birding & Wildlife Watching and Natural Resource Education Week. Osprey More people travel to Florida each year to view wildlife than to any other state, according to research by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). That... [Read more of this article]
Record Temps Lead to Record Manatee Count
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