Science

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 67 Documents

SpaceX rocket blasts off for space station - First Coast News

CAPE CANAVERAL -- A private company sent its unmanned capsule off to the International Space Station early Tuesday, heading for what could be the first nongovernmental docking there.The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with an unmanned Dragon capsule ... [ Published 2 hours ago by First Coast News ]

Entities: SpaceX, NASA, Elon Musk

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 32 Documents

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Texas firm flies burial ashes of James 'Scotty' Doohan, others to space

WASHINGTON -- James Doohan, Scotty from Star Trek, spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America's famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA's spacecraft to ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Star-Telegram ]

Entities: James Doohan, Gordon Cooper, Pasadena (Texas, United States), Jet Propulsion Laboratory

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 12 Documents

National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence

UK & World News: New advice on opium-based drugs

Patients suffering from chronic or incurable illnesses are also exacerbating the problem because they are wary about long-term use of opium-derived painkillers because of possible side-effects and addiction, according to the National Institute for Health ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Liverpool Daily Post ]

Entities: opioid, National Institute for Health & Clinical Excell..., United Kingdom, congestive heart failure

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 12 Documents

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Study's findings challenge key industry argument for expanding use of chemicals Black and Latino toddlers may have significantly higher levels of toxic flame retardants in their bodies than white children, according to a new study that challenges one ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Chicago Tribune ]

Entities: Chemical, fire, African-Americans, Toxic

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 13 Documents

Editorial: Cancer findings called into question

Two-and-a-half years ago, a government task force created controversy when it seemed to undermine decades of preventive efforts in the area of breast cancer.The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of preventive and primary care experts appointed ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Delco Times ]

Entities: Task Force, Mammography, Cancer

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 12 Documents

Trapped Zimbabwe miners found uninjured

HARARE DOZENS of miners trapped underground after a fire at a platinum mine in Southern Zimbabwe have all been accounted for with no-one injured, the mine’s owners said on Tuesday.Implats and Aquarius Platinum, the joint owners of Mimosa mine in the small ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Qatar Tribune ]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Mineral, Harare, Platinum, Zvishavane (Zimbabwe)

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated 3 hours ago - 33 Documents

Bulgaria: SOS Children projects unaffected by earthquake

In 2004, SOS Children's Villages Bulgaria began a new programme in Sofia to prevent child abaondment. The aim is to provide financial support to poor families so that they can send their children to the nursery so they will have the benefit of a pre-school ... [ Published 8 hours ago by SOS Children ]

Entities: Bulgaria, Earthquake, Pernik (Bulgaria), Sofia, Radomir (Bulgaria)

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 9 Documents

Osteoporosis drug might be linked to rare bone breaks

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) -New research shows common drugs for osteoporosis may increase the risk for a certain type of fracture.Researchers have found a link between taking bisphosphonates and an atypical fracture of the femur.These bone breaks are relatively ... [ Published 6 hours ago by WLBT ]

Entities: Osteoporosis, Internal Medicine, Geneva

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated 6 hours ago - 138 Documents

No one has the right to a child on the NHS

We've had a spate of stories in recent weeks about elderly people being sent home from hospital in the middle of the night. This is because, in the well-intentioned but inefficient, cash-strapped, clunking monolith that is the NHS, bureaucracy invariably ... [ Published 6 hours ago by Mail Online UK ]

Entities: National Institute for Health & Clinical Excell..., NHS, Pornography, Infertility

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated 8 hours ago - 53 Documents

Third of Malaria Drugs Worldwide Are ‘Fake’

The global fight against malaria is possibly under threat as report suggests that a third of malaria drugs are counterfeit.The report, conducted by the Fogarty International Centre at the National Institutes of Health, revealed that roughly 36% of drug ... [ Published 8 hours ago by The Fresh Outlook ]

Entities: Malaria, Fake, Counterfeit, Mortality, Plasmodium Falciparum

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated 12 hours ago - 199 Documents

New era in space: Commercial rocket speeds toward space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a spectacular, middle-of-the-night ... [ Published 12 hours ago by Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

Entities: Elon Musk, SpaceX, NASA

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated 12 hours ago - 61 Documents

Kodak Loses Trade Ruling In Patent Case

International Trade Commission Judge Thomas B. Pender has issued another setback to Kodak in its patent case against Apple and Blackberry maker Research in Motion.Judge Pender ruled that the Apple iPhone 3G and RIM products infringes claim 15 of the 218 ... [ Published 12 hours ago by What They Think ]

Entities: Eastman Kodak Company, Patent, Apple Inc, Research In Motion Limited

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...said endocrinologist Richard Reitz, medical director, Quest Diagnostics, and chair, Endocrine Division, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute. "We designed our new CAH panels to aid in assessing the different patient populations affected by CAH using the most advanced analytical-test method available. We believe these panels will improve the quality and timeliness of diagnosis of CAH for many patients."

Quest Diagnostics Extends Endocrine Diagnostic Menu [Individual.com - 1 hour ago]

"It’s working with pregnant women to get the message out there that binge drinking is seriously damaging their child’s health for the rest of their life" he said, referring to high levels of foetal alcohol syndrome

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