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  • The Hour: Past imperfect Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:10PMDid they really smoke that much? Could Freddie really have afforded such a dapper cut of tweed? And how, exactly, did Bel get her hair quite that shade of honey blonde? Tonight, as audiences take in the first episode of the BBC's much-discussed drama The Hour, historians will once again commence battle over just how accurately period Britain has been portrayed. The show has a lot to live up to ...
  • Four-Year Survivor Finds Blessings in Cancer Battle Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:12PMWhen she was diagnosed with breast cancer 4 years ago, Debbie Simpson, 51, says it seemed like “the worst thing, the big ‘C’.” But since then, she says, she’s had many amazing experiences and received many blessings. One of those has been the opportunity to help other women with breast cancer.
  • Biotech Innovator Divine Skin Partners with Giant Ranbaxy to Sell Hair-Growth Treatments Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:23AMBiotech pioneer Divine Skin Inc. announced a partnership with India's largest pharmaceutical company, Ranbaxy Laboratories, to sell the DS Laboratories line of topical hair-growth treatments through its massive distribution pipeline.
  • How I Overcame Bipolar II (and Saved My Own Life) Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:17AM(Author’s note and disclaimer: The following piece details my story of overcoming a serious and potentially-fatal mental illness, bipolar II, between the years of 2000-2007. I have decided to write this story now, painful as reliving some of the history is, in order to provide inspiration and information to others currently struggling with mental illness, and to their families and loved ones. I ...
  • Local doctor uses magnetic therapy to treat depression Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:01PMFor more than 40 years, John G. struggled with profound depression that made working difficult, drove him to substance abuse and left him feeling "there was no point to my existence." Trapped in deep depression unrelieved by medication, the 60ish MetroWest resident, who asked not to be identified, began transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, a relatively new treatment offered by Dr. Richard ...
  • Court battles, unpaid bills and a would-be reality show sidetracked the Newark Bears franchise Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:17AMAristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerPrior to the start of a recent game outfielder Kyle LaMotta, right, greets owners Douglas Spiel and Danielle Dronet, left. Story on the minor league Newark Bears Baseball team co-owners Tom Cetnar, Danielle Dronet and her fiance Douglas...
  • Cancer program teaches women how to Look Good, Feel Better Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:07AMCosmetologist Linda Ackerman shows Janet Smith, 41, how to apply makeup Thursday in Houma.
  • 3. His face is his fortune Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:51PMMen no longer shy away from getting beauty treatments such as Botox and filler injections.
  • Veteran legislator Mike Hawker beats the odds Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:11AMSurrounded by old rifles and favorite books and a lifetime of collectibles in his Hillside home, Mike Hawker looks comfortable and happy. Healthy even. He's clawed his way to the other side after a yearlong struggle with a particularly aggressive prostate cancer. His body is riddled with scar tissue. His treatment is putting him through a sort of male menopause.
  • CCA Industries, Inc. Reports Twenty-Ninth Consecutive Dividend, Second Quarter Results and Tentative Settlement of Claim Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:43PMCCA Industries, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a dividend of $0.07 per share, payable to all shareholders of record as of August 2, 2011, and to be paid on September 2, 2011. Â This will be the Company's twenty-ninth consecutive dividend.
  • Glaxo's Revolutionary Lupus Treatment Benlysta Now EU Approved Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:22PMThe first treatment developed for lupus in over 50 years has finally been approved by the European Union this week. The watchdog, European Medicines Agency, has backed the injectable drug that will cost Europeans $23,000 USD a year. Already approved in the United States in March 2011, the drug costs Americans $35,000 USD annually. Benlysta's annual global sales are expected to reach $3.55 ...
  • Celebrating the 'Best of Best' in the Sanford/Springvale area Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:59PMThe auto technicians at Ballenger Auto (best auto mechanic): From left, Mike Lamontagne, Andy Gailloux, Armand Morin, Pat Hamel and Jason Baldwin. Missing: Ron Morin.
  • Multaq Heart Side Effects Under Review in Europe Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:55PMSanofi is facing an expansion of an ongoing review of its atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment, Multaq (dronedarone). The European Medicines Agency (EMA) found that a study revealed possible heart risks in patients using the drug, said FiercePharma. The Agency plans on reviewing data from the Multaq study, which was stopped by Sanofi last week following its [...]
  • Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Confirmed at Aria Resort in Las Vegas Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:10PMA Legionnaires’ disease outbreak has been traced to the Aria Resort & Casino, a posh Las Vegas Strip resort. According to various media reports, at least six people have become ill, and guests who stayed at the Aria Resort & Casino between June 21 and July 4 have been notified that they may have [...]
  • How blogging helped me beat cancer: Army of fans give woman strength to battle disease Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:52AMEmily Holt from Cotesbach in Leicestershire gained an army of fans after she decided to share her personal battle with the public, following her diagnosis in 2008.
  • T3 Networks Inc. Reports from the Red Carpet of the 2011 Night of Super Stars Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:08AMT3 Networks Inc. reports from Red Carpet of the Night of Super Stars benefit at the Dallas Winspear Opera House honoring extraordinary children who are affected by varying types of disabling conditions and have overcome great adversity. (PRWeb July 15, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8642542.htm
  • Misha Glouberman's 'The Chairs are Where the People Go' essays are interesting mix of views: New in Paperback Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:06AMMisha Glouberman's essay collection delivers interesting mix of views: new in paperback.
  • Rookie skipper Morandini at home with Williamsport Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:13AMWILLIAMSPORT - When he broke in with the Phillies in 1990, he was a wiry kid with longish hair who looked like somebody's little brother. Now he is 45, broader in the chest and arms and wearing a buzz haircut.
  • Tori Anderson and Possum Holler will bow out as singer battles scleroderma Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:21AMA popular local band will be ending a 15-year run this year as its lead vocalist battles a rare disease. Tori Anderson and Possum Holler will hang up their spurs as Anderson fights systemic scleroderma, a disease that hardens the skin and organs and eventually will lead to death. The popular country band has performed at local events for years and has opened for well-known national county acts ...
  • Possible Cancer Cluster in Fort Detrick, Maryland Under Investigation Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:55AMBiodefense facilities in Fort Detrick, Maryland have nearby residents rightfully concerned about a host of diseases many believe are related to Army activities that include Agent Orange testing during the Vietnam War. Most recently, a possible cancer cluster has been the subject an intense investigation. “There’s fibromyalgia, there’s lupus, there’s cleft palate … there’s vitiligo, [...]
  • Prostate Prescriptions May Increase the Risk of Prostate Cancer Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:40AMNew safety information has been released based on the FDA's review of two large clinical trials: "The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial " and "Reduction by Dutasteride of Prostate Cancer Events" trial.
  • Syphilis cases spike in Halifax Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:10AMDoctors in Halifax are treating a rising number of syphilis cases, mostly among men.
  • New Milford students take an unusual field trip Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:33AMNearly 30 students from BF Gibbs Elementary School in New Milford took an unusual field trip last month, visiting a nearby salon and each donating about 10 inches of their hair to charity.
  • Stevenage cancer teenager rocks with Metallica at Sonisphere Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:49AMA young cancer patient had the thrill of a lifetime when he met his musical idols at Sonisphere Festival.
  • 5 Ways to Encourage Customers to Share Your Content Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:25PMNearly every brand has realized that integrating social elements into most or all of its marketing programs is essential. Companies are also th…
  • Step by step on a long road to recovery Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:54PMBRUNSWICK — Approximately eight months have passed since the symptoms of a rare autoimmune disease landed Caroline Hinckley, now 17, in the emergency room at Maine Medical Center in Portland and down a long road to diagnoses, treatment and painful baby steps toward recovery. In November 2010, an array of changing and rapidly worsening symptoms that included loss of feeling and movement from her ...
  • Key Alzheimer's Drug Development Stakeholders Join Forces To Establish Clinical Trial Safeguards And Accelerate ... Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:09PM- Unique alliance unites FDA, academic scientists, pharma industry & Alzheimer's Association - CHICAGO, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New recommendations to protect participant safety in clinical trials of certain Alzheimer's disease drugs have been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are already being incorporated into research studies. These safety ...
  • FIRST NEW LUPUS TREATMENT IN ALMOST 50 YEARS! Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:08PMTo view the Social Media Release, click here: http://smr.newswire.ca/en/lupus-canada/first-new-lupus-treatment-in-almost-50-years MARKHAM, ON, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Health Canada's recent approval of BENLYSTA(TM) marks the first new treatment available in almost 50 years to the over 1:1000 Canadian men, women and children who are living with Systemic Lupus ...
  • Ready to relay: July 15-16 Friday night Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:13AMMarch 11, 2010: Fatigue, fever, chills, night sweats, itching, and weight loss... and a healthy baby girl just four days old. Mom is only 24 but knows the ropes of motherhood thanks to Jaylum, age 2, and little Joshua, age 6. ...
  • WAOW - Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, SportsSenior Health News Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:10AMA new poll finds little support for privatizing Medicare, even though most people agree the government-sponsored health insurance program for older Americans needs major changes if it is to survive.
  • Specific miRNAs play a key role in melanoma metastasis Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:18AMResearchers at the NYU Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center at NYU Langone Medical Center, identified for the first time the key role specific microRNAs play in melanoma metastasis to simultaneously cause cancer cells to invade and immunosuppress the human body's ability to fight abnormal cells.
  • Summit Outside:The bright yellow heartleaf arnica Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:16AMThere is a bright, yellow, perennial we see blooming in carpets in our subalpine environment of Summit County. This is heartleaf arnica or "arnica cordifolia." The word "arnica" means "lamb's skin, Copyright 2011 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily News Summit Outside:The bright ...
  • Program seeks to reduce poverty Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:58AMMary Hollinghead watches her son, Donald Henry, eat a free lunch at Rayfield Baptist Church. Staff photo by Cathy Spaulding Tom Martindale.
  • Police, fire log - 07/9 Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 6:21AMCity police are seeking a man who pointed a gun at a South Lebanon Township man during a robbery Tuesday night. The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, about 20 to 25 years old, 5-foot-6 with a medium build and a scruffy face.
  • Beware of over exposure to radiation Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 2:40AMThere are two basic types of radiation: ionising and nonionising. • Nonionising radiation comes in the form of light, radio waves, microwaves and radar. This kind of radiation usually does not cause tissue damage.
  • Permanent makeup an option for lash and brow loss Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:31PMGODFREY — Alton resident Noel Merkle decided to try something new. "I called my daughter and said, ‘I’m getting tattooed,’" Merkle said when she decided to get permanent makeup eyeliner.
  • Multaq Trial Halted Due to Significant Increase in Heart Problems Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:10AMA clinical trial for Multaq (dronedarone) has ended early after a significant number of heart-related side effects were seen in the study. The trial, known as the PALLAS study, was testing Multaq’s as a treatment for permanent atrial fibrillation. The drug is already approved to treat temporary atrial fibrillation, or abnormal heart rhythm. [...]
  • Robertson Treatment Syndicated Column (RTSC): Six Questions with Author Terrence Dean Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 3:02PM*6 Questions with Terrence Dean Terrence Dean is perhaps the most notable black gay author to hit the literary scene since E. Lynn Harris. With more than 5 books to his credit, (including the bestselling “Hiding in Hip Hop,”), Dean has built a reputation creating stories that reveal the complex lives faced by black gay [...]
  • FDA Seeks to Clarify Dietary Supplement Rules Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 12:25PMWith about two-thirds of all Americans taking some sort of dietary supplement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking clarification on safety rules in effect for dietary supplements, and is issuing draft guidelines, said Reuters. The guidelines are in place for supplement makers, which must notify regulators about new ingredients used; the agency is [...]
  • World Leisure - ESPA Life launches at Corinthia Hotel London Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:42AMSpa management and skincare company ESPA revealed ESPA Life, its brand new spa concept, at the five-star, 294-bedroom Corinthia Hotel London, UK, yesterday (4 July 2011).
  • New Infuse Scandal Could Hit Medtronic Hard, Analyst Says Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:25AMA Wall Street analyst says the furor over the most recent Medtronic Infuse scandal could cause the device maker to exit the spine business. According to a Forbes report, Larry Biegelsen of Wells Fargo said the Infuse controversy could sour hospitals and doctors on the product, causing a drop in sales of 30 to [...]
  • 10 industries hurt by daily deals websites Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 6:49AMIs there a hotter trend for small businesses and consumers than deal-of-the-day websites? Yet the boom may hurt firms in certain industries, reports IBISWorld, an Los Angeles-based market research company.Especially vulnerable,...
  • Flotilla II: brave activists, spineless politicians Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:36AMIt doesn't look good.
  • Woman on a Mission Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:26PMStanding an easy 6 feet tall in her fashionable beige wedge sandals, Sandy Middleton strode into the Copiah County sheriff's station. She breezed past the unmanned reception desk, barely pausing, pushing her sunglasses up into her blonde hair and out of the way.
  • 3-generation Locks for Love donation Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:20AMIn the Sierer-Nichols family, donating hair to Locks for Love is a three- generation custom. Angela Nichols, 9 years old, just completed her third donation. Her mother, Hermine' Nichols, has now d...
  • Beauty and Skin Care Resource Store Launches Facebook Pages for Accessible Beauty News, Reviews and Tips Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:27AMSkincare-News.com, the comprehensive site for beauty and skin care information, expands its industry’s influential presence on the Web to Facebook to provide skincare and beauty news for social networkers.Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) July 06, 2011 For intelligent answers to beauty questions any time of the day or night, Skincare-News.com now offers Facebook sources with beauty news, tips, FAQs and ...
  • Musician Amanda Robb to cut her long locks for Locks of Love cancer cause Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:44AMAmanda Robb hasn't cut her hair for 25 years — but now it's coming off. "I'm looking forward to having a hairstyle again," said the local singer and musician. But Robb isn't chopping her three feet of long, straight hair for style reasons — she wants to help others.[...]
  • New test personalizes cancer treatment 0 Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 10:12PMVANCOUVER - Hair loss, fatigue and vomiting are some of the side effects cancer patients may be able to avoid in future thanks to a new personalized testing procedure announced Monday.
  • Songcology choir offers respite from cancer Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 2:44PMA new choir of courage shares more than melodious music.
  • Some With Histories of Mental Illness Petition to Get Their Gun Rights Back Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 11:40PMPULASKI, Va. -- In May 2009, Sam French hit bottom, once again. A relative found him face down in his carport "talking gibberish," according to court records. He later told medical personnel that he had been conversing with a bear in his backyard and hearing voices. His family figured he had gone off his medication for bipolar disorder, and a judge ordered him involuntarily committed -- the ...