Benefit for Newly Disabled Portlander Raises Funds for Home, Accommodations
Portland man lost both hands and feet to Meningococcal Septicemia
2012-06-07
Bruce Poinsette Of The Skanner News
Family, friends and the Sierra Leone community are holding a fundraising dinner for Issa this Saturday at St. Charles Church. He was diagnosed with Meningococcal Septicemia nearly three months ago after returning home from a trip to Sierra Leone two weeks prior. Read the complete article
Beyond Meat: Americans Preoccupied With Protein
Americans are seeking more- and more unique - sources of protein
2012-06-03
Michael Hill The Associated Press
(AP) -- Carbs? Calories? Fat? They are so very last decade. Dieters and would-be healthy eaters know the nutrient of the moment being tallied, sought and bought is protein. Read the complete article
Kidney Donors Begin First Intercontinental Organ Exchange
So far, one Greek and four American lives have been saved
2012-06-02
Lindy Royce-Bartlett CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A 31-year-old Oklahoma woman helped make medical history and started a chain of "paying it forward" when she decided to donate her kidney to a stranger halfway around the world, a man in Athens, Greece, officials announced Friday. Read the complete article
Schizophrenia Makes Finding Love Difficult, But Not Impossible
Couple that met in mental-health therapy demonstrates that dating is still a possibility
2012-06-02
William Turner CNNMexico.com
(CNNMexico.com) -- A decade ago, when they didn't even know each other, Carlos and Adriana were diagnosed with schizophrenia; from that moment their love lives became a more complex issue than most people have to deal with. Read the complete article
Study: African Americans Hit by Lack of Living Kidney Donations
Kidney failure is at an epidemic level in part because it is linked to the obesity epidemic
2012-06-01
Of The Skanner News
Research published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, used data gathered from all 275 transplant centers in the U.S., and showed that those facilities serving predominantly African American populations had even higher rates of living donor transplant disparities. Read the complete article
CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Live Poultry
93 people in a total of 23 states have been infected with strains of the disease
2012-05-31
Elizabeth Landau CNN
(CNN) -- You've probably heard a lot about salmonella in reference to food poisoning, but the latest outbreak isn't about eating cooked animals - it's about touching live ones. Read the complete article
Foods that Soothe Headaches
Various foods have now been researched by chemistry
2012-05-31
Technically: headaches are the response of nociceptive areas of scalp and brain to a stimulus, however there are thousands of causes of such stimuli. Most foods seem to have some medicinal property as well as just having energy. In connection with headaches various foods have effects that have now been researched by chemistry.
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House GOP Releases Documents on Health Care Deals
The documents shed light on the saga of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul
2012-05-31
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House played political hardball with drug industry honchos to get a 2009 deal that helped keep health care overhaul legislation from bogging down in Congress, according to internal emails released Thursday by House Republicans. Read the complete article
Obama's Health Care Aid to Small Firms Disappoints
"They completely missed the target on this thing," one Republican says of the tax credit
2012-05-30
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It seemed like a good idea at the time. But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama's health care law that gets strong support in public opinion polls, has turned out to be a disappointment. Read the complete article
Radioactive Tuna From Japan Found Off California Coast
The tuna have carried the radioactive contamination 6,000 miles from the waters near Japan's crippled nuclear plant
2012-05-29
Christine Miceli KTLA News
Los Angeles, CA (KTLA) -- The tuna have carried the radioactive contamination 6,000 miles from the waters near Japan's crippled nuclear plant. Read the complete article
