AP – A parliamentary probe has found a former Tehran prosecutor responsible for the death by torture of at least three anti-government protesters detained in the turmoil following the disputed June elections, a conservative Iranian Web site reported Wednesday.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — While people who have braces don’t have to
switch to a special diet, there are foods that can cause problems and
should be avoided, the Nemours Foundation says.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Lactose intolerance is an inability to
digest a type of sugar in milk called lactose. It’s a common condition,
affecting some 30 million adults in the United States by age 20, the
National Library of Medicine says.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) — Each year, thousands of
Americans lose fingers, hands or entire limbs in terrible accidents.
Prosthetics can help amputees regain some function, and successful hand
transplants have recently been achieved.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) — A method that uses insect
cell-based technology produces vaccines for swine flu faster than
traditional egg-based vaccine production, say Austrian scientists.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) — A computerized scale can
help overweight kids lose weight by showing them how rapidly they eat,
researchers have found.
AP – The fight against fat is going high-tech. To get an inside look at eating and exercise habits, scientists are developing wearable wireless sensors to monitor overweight and obese people as they go about their daily lives.
AFP – A new device aimed at discouraging eaters from bolting their food is a useful tool in combatting childhood obesity, according to a study published online on Wednesday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
AP – Devan Downey scored 18 points to help South Carolina defeat Longwood 88-58 on Tuesday night and snap a two-game losing streak.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) — With new rules in place that
lifted restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell
research, health-care advocates are looking down the line and wondering
when the first medical advances based on stem cells might occur.