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2006
12/29/06 "Court Upholds
Pennsylvania's Fetal Homicide Law"
12/28/06 "President Gerald
Ford's Funeral Plans Announced"
12/22/06 "Returning Discovery
& Crew Home For The Holidays"
12/16/06 "Death Penalty
Executions Suspended In California & Florida"
12/15/06 "Cruelty To Farm
Animals In a New Jersey Lawsuit"
12/11/06 "Unity Displayed To
Save the Dead Sea"
12/10/06 "Discovery Lights
Up the Sky in a Fiery Nighttime Launch"
12/9/06 "EXCAVATION
OF REMAINS THOUGHT TO BE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL"
12/8/06 "Magnets in
Toys Can Cause Death"
12/08/06 "Signs of Water Found
on Mars"
12/05/06 "MATTERS
OF LIFE AND DEATH"
HOUSE TO VOTE ON BILL THAT REQUIRES GIVING FACTS BEFORE
ALLOWING ABORTION
11/24/06 "Warnings of
Mercury In Fish Insufficient"
11/21/06 "Salmonella Poisoning
From Poultry Meat A Hazard"
Featured: "The
Tree Of Life Cookbook" with
Recipes
For A "Meatfree"
Thanksgiving
-
"Let's Talk Turkey"
11/19/06 "Ministry's
Photo Gives Evidence of Forced Abortion"
11/18/06 "Leonid Shower
On View"
11/16/06 "Heart Valves Grown
From Womb Fluid Cells"
Featured Report:
"Human
Embrionic Stem Cell Research, Is There A Better Way?"
11/15/06 Study: "Red Meat Increases
Risk for Breast Cancer"
11/13/06 "Memorial-Groundbreaking
Ceremony For Martin Luther King Jr."
11/11/06 Remembering
Veterans'
Day -"OPERATION
OVERLORD"
11/09/06 "Supreme Court Hears
Two Critical Pro-life Cases"
...11/08/06
"International Tree-planting Campaign Begins In
Kenya"
Featured:
"A Pro-Life Message from
Dr. Alveda King"
11/7/06 "Momentum For
Conservatives With Prospects Of a Broad Turnout"
11/06/06 "Abortion
Tops Divisive Ballot Measures"
11/06/06 "National
Pro-life Radio.Net Set to Launch November 6th"
11/05/06 "Shiites & Sunnis
Differ On Saddam Verdict"
11/03/06 "Letters To GOD
Found
In Ocean"
11/02/06 Troops
send a message to America
11/01/06 Special Feature:
"OUR
AWESOME
MILITARY"
10/31/06 AN
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Brutal
abortions are being funded by taxpayers like you!
10/30/06 "Shingles Vaccine
Recommended For Older Adults"
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10/24/06 Study-"Dire Effect
of Neglecting-Adequate Sleep"
10/23/06 Research- "Risk Of Brain
Tumors From Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment"
10/22/06 "S. D. Task Force
Reveals Facts Unknown to Roe v. Wade Court"
10/20/06 "Eur. Space Agency
Weather Satellite Launched"
10/18/06 Featured
Report: "ABORTION.IS
MURDER"
Featured:
10/18/06 Research -"Virtual"
Colonoscopies "Just as Effective"
10/16/06 "Diabetics
Warned About Counterfeit Test Strips"
10/15/06 Research: "Gum Disease
Can Lead To Severe Illness"
10/14/06 "Flu Shots Available
In Ample Supply"
10/13/06 "Spinach E. coli
Outbreak Traced To Cow Manure"
10/12/06 "IT'S
A
"STRING
OF PEARLS"
ON
SATURN"
10/12/06 Study: "Some Alzheimer's
Drugs Increase Death Risk"
10/11/06 - Research - "Combo
Therapy Slows Breast Cancer Progression"
10/09/06 Get The Skinny
On "BREAST
CANCER NEWS"
10/07/06 "TRUTH
ON THE ABORTION - BREAST CANCER LINK"
10/07/06 "E.Coli Found In Recalled
Iowa Ground Beef"
10/6/06 "Groups
Stage Pro-Life Chain To Raise Awareness"
10/5/06 "Amish Day of Burial for "Our
9/11" - Featured: "Comfort
My people, Says The LORD"
10/04/06 "Opportunity's
Victory at Victoria Staggering To Scientists"
10/2/06 "Senate Democrats
Vote Down Interstate "Minor-Abortion-Parental-Notice Bill"
10/01/06 Study: "Dogs Suffer
Sickness, Fatalities From Sugar-free Items"
Special Report:
9/30/06 "U.S. Supreme
Court Set To Reconsider Landmark 1973 Doe vs. Bolton Abortion Decision"
9/28/06 "Mar's Opportunity
Rover Drives Through To Victoria Crater"
9/27/06 "Truth About E.
Coli Bacterium -Also Present In Meat, Etc"
9/26/06 "A New Survey's
Statistics On "Who Believes In GOD"
9/24/06 "Iraqi PM Calls For
Unity During Ramadan"
9/22/06 "Autumn
Begins"
9/22/06 "Drug Mix-up Kills Newborns
At Hospital"
9/21/06 "Atlantis
Glides Safely Home"
9/20/06 "Sunfish
Used To Detect Toxins In Water"
9/18/06 "Fifth Case of
'Mad Cow' This Year For France"
9/17/06 Study - "Once-a-Year
Drug: Reclast "Good News" For Osteoporosis Patients"
9/16/06 Grand Study: "Drug
Cuts Risk For Type 2 Diabetes"
9/15/06 "Warnings of Dangerous
E. Coli Bacteria in Fresh Bagged Spinach"
9/14/06 "How
Your Tax Dollars and Twisted Biomedical Research are Targeting the Unborn"
9/14/06 "Bionic"
Arm Utilizes Thought-Controlled Mobility"
9/13/06 "GENERATIONPRO-LIFE"
Holds
a Fundraiser.".
"Liberty
9/11/06
Remembers"
9/10/06 News
Report:
"EARLIEST
BIBLICAL SCROLL - FIND Proven To Be Real";
"THE MOST POPULAR
BOOK OF ALL TIME".
.9/09/06
"Atlantis" Successfully Launches To Space Station"
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News From Space"--"A Sign
of Life?"
9/09/06 "Extrasolar Planet
Discovered"
9/08/06 "Israel Continues
Its Withdrawal From Lebanon"
9/06/06 "First Woman
Leader Appointed By Muslim Group"
9/04/06 "Happy Labor
Day, U. S. A.".
.9/03/06
"No Stem Cell Triumph: Embryos were Destroyed"
9/03/06 "Warning About Tylenol Usage"
9/02/06 "John and Ernesto's
Damp Forecast"
9/01/06 Poll - "Support For Roe
Falls Below 50 %"
8/31/06 Research - "Earth's
Thinning Ozone Layer Is Recovering"
8/30/06 "Viruses Approved
To Add To Processed Meats To Kill Deadly Bacteria"
Featured:.
"Great
Tasting Meatless Entrees" from"The
Tree of Life Cookbook"
8/29/06 "Israel Awaits Pledged
Troops Despite U. N. Calls To Leave Lebanon"
8/28/06 "Hurricane
Ernesto Slams Haiti & Cuba, Threatens S.E. Florida"
Featured Report:
Hurricane Season: "HEED
THE WARNING CALLS" "FAITH AND READINESS
.8/26/08
"Canada's 7th & 8th Mad Cow Cases Halt U.S. Imports"
8/24/06 "Incredible Water System
Dating to Biblical Judea Found"
8/24/06 "Astronomers
Declare Pluto No Longer a Planet"
8/21/06 "Astronomers Find "Exciting"
Proof of Dark Matter".
8/20/06 "Fla. Gubernatorial
Race Heating Up Around Pro-Life Issues"
8/18/06 "Born Alive Baby,
Killed at Fla. Abortion Clinic"
8/18/06 "Good
News & Bad News Regarding Embryonic Stem Cell Research"
8/16/06 Study -"Nitrites In Hot
Dogs Linked To Cancer-Possibly Genetic Mutations"
8/15/06 "Israel - Hezbollah
Cease-fire Goes Into Effect"
.8/11/06
"A New Pathway Discovered Against Alzheimer's Disease"
8/10/06 "Deadly Airline Terrorist
Plot Thwarted By British Intelligence"
8/9/06 "It's "Onward to Victoria"
for Mar's Rover "Opportunity"
8/09/06 "North Korea Seeks
Flood Disaster Aid From South Korea"
8/08/06 "Hundreds of Thousands
Endangered by Floods In India"
8/05/06 "Thousands March In Pro-Terrorist
War Demonstrations"
Featured Report on
"Anti - Semitism"
8/04/ 06 "American Support
for Abortion Falling In Pew Poll "
8/02/06 "Operation
Save America" Rallies Against Abortion in Mississippi"
8/02/06 Study - "Unequivocal"
Results- Processed Meats Can Cause Cancer"
Featured Report:
"Great
Tasting Meatless Entrees" from"The
Tree of Life Cookbook"
7/30/06 "Qana, Hezbollah Rocket
Base Hit By Israeli Airstrike"
7/27/06 Featured:
"LET
VICTORY
BEGIN"..
7/27/06 "Bill to
Monitor Child Molesters Signed by President Bush".,
7/26/06 "Jury Finds Andrea
Yates Was Insane-Not Guilty"
7/25/06 "Ancient Book of
Psalms An "Amazing Miracle Find" In Ireland"
7/22/06 "The Red Sea Is Parting
...
Again"
7/22/06 "Past Nazi Abuses
Prompt Germany's Ban On Embryonic Stem-cell Funding"
7/21/06 Study- "Skin Patch For
Fewer Side Effects of Alzheimer's"
7/19/06 "Stem Cell Bill Vetoed
by Pres. Bush"
7/17/06 "Welcome Back, Discovery"
Special Report: 7/15/06
"Abortion A Growing, Worldwide Tragedy".
Worldwide estimates are at a minimum 46 - 53
million babies lost to abortions per year.
7/13/06 "Israel Defends
Herself Against the "Killing of Innocent Life"
7/12/06 "Two More Israeli
Soldiers Kidnapped In "An Act of War"
..7/11/06
"High Levels of Mercury Found In Seafood Endangers
Health"
7/8/06 "Tata The Crow, Considered
Oldest, Dies"
7/6/06 "Research - Blood
Test For Early Detection Of Alzheimer's Disease"
Join In the "July 4, 2006 Prayer
Across America"
7/4/06 "NASA Launches "Discovery"
7/3/06 "Supreme Court Halts Removal
of San Diego's Soledad Cross"
7/01/06 "Drug-Lucentis
Significantly Improves Vision In Elderly"
6/29/06 "More Fatalities,
Hundreds of Thousands Evacuated In Eastern U.S. Floods"
Featured Report: 6/28/06
"ISRAEL
TO MILITANTS: "LET MY PEOPLE GO"
6/28/06
"Wash. D. C. / 10 Counties In States of Emergency"
Join In the
"June 27, 2006 Prayer
Across America"
6/27/06 Research- "Pancreatic
Cancer Linked To High Red Meat Consumption"
6/26/06 "Another Recall For
Potentially Faulty Guidant Heart Devices"
6/26/06 "D.C. Area Besieged
By Unprecedented Downpour"
6/25/06 "News From The Animal
World"
6/24/06 Study- "Caution-Preventing
Children's Deaths In Hot Cars"
6/23/06 "U.N. Aims "Ban Torture"
Speech At The U. S. A."
6/22/06 "Good" Carbs Are Definitely
Good For You"
6/21/06 "Senate Votes Down Minimum
Wage Increase Amendments"
Join In the "Jun. 20, 2006
- Prayer Across America"
.6/19/06
"The Supreme Court To Hear Second Case Involving Partial-birth
Abortion"
.6/19/06
Research- "Arteries Stay Clearer/ Cholesterol Lower,
EatingVeggies"
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Report:
"CRUEL
& UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT:.For
Innocent.Babies,
Too?".
6/17/06 ''Court
Challenge To National Motto, ''In GOD We Trust'' Dismissed''
6/16/06 "Market Chain Bans
"Inhumane" Sale of Live Lobsters/Crabs"
6/16/06 "U.S.A. -World'sLargest
Ocean Marine Sanctuary Being Created"
6/15/06 "New Treatmemt for
Late-stage Cervical Cancer"
6/14/06 Special Report:.June
14 Is "Flag
Day"
6/13/06 Join In
the "June 13, 2006-
Prayer
Across America"
.6/12/06
"U.S. Supreme Court Allows New DNA Evidence & Challenging
of Lethal Injections"
6/11/06 "Study-Latest
U.S. Mad-Cow Disease Cases Are Abnormal"
Featured: "Great
Tasting Meatless Entrees" from"The
Tree of Life Cookbook"
6/11/06 "Alberto"- First
Named Atlantic Tropical Storm of 2006"
6/09/06 "Blood Pressure Drugs
Linked to Major Birth Defects"
6/08/06 "FDA Approves Merck's
Vaccine "Gardasil" To Prevent Cervical Cancer"
6/08/06 "Terrorist-Murderer-al-Zarqawi
Dead as Iraq's PM Approves Ministers".
6/07/06 Research - "Australian
Continent Likely Formed by Mega Meteor-Hit"
Join In the "June 6, 2006
- Prayer Across America"
6/5/06 "THE
AMENDMENT TO DEFINE MARRIAGE: IN DEBATE?"
6/4/06 "Global
Day Of Prayer"
6/3/06 "Louisiana Governor
Blanco To Sign Abortion Ban"
6/3/06 Research - "Newborns
Treated With Anti-parasitic Drugs Fights Toxoplasmosis"
Special Reports:
6/1/06 "PREVENTING
OSTEOPOROSIS"; Drugs
and Heredity Factors; Nutrition and
Supplements
5/30/06 RESEARCH: "OSTEOPOROSIS
DRUGS "BISPHOSPHONATES" CAUSING CONCERNS"-
-Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva with "POSSIBLE
ALTERNATIVES"
5/30/06 "Iraq's Ambassador to
the United States Visits the Oval Office"
Happy Memorial Day! Featured
Report:
"Celebrating
Freedoms & Service In The U. S. A."
5/29/06 Report: "Children's
Right To Treatment" Failing in HIV AIDS"
5/27/06 "Beef Contaminated
with Pieces of Metal Recalled"
5/27/06 "Indonesia Suffers Massive
Earthquake"
5/26/06 "FDA Approves ZOSTAVAX,
for Prevention of Shingles-Adults Age 60 Plus"
5/26/06 "Alaska-ANWR Oil Drilling
Bill Okayed By House"
5/25/06 "Visiting British
PM Tony Blair Urges a "Look at The Larger Picture" In Iraq"
5/25/06 "Wis. Governor
Signs Abstinence Education Bill"
5/24/06 "Israeli PM Olmert
Declares Willingness To "Partner In Peace" With Palestinians"
5/23/06 Report: "Fannie Mae
Found Manipulating Accounting"
5/21/06 "Iraq Successfully
Forms New Unity Govt."
5/20/06 "FDA Finds
Cancer-Causing Benzene in Popular Drinks"
5/20/06 "Antibiotic-Telithromycin
Linked to Serious Liver Problems"
5/19/06 "FDA Approves "Azilect"
to Treat Parkinson's Disease"
5/19/06 "American
Chestnut Trees Thought Wiped Out, Discovered"
5/18/06 "Merck's Cervical
Cancer Vaccine "Gardasil" Endorsed By FDA Panel"
5/17/06 Study "Clinical Trials Funded
by Drug Companies Found Biased"
5/16/06 "Biblical" Rains
Flood New England"
5/15/06 Study: "High Risk Skin
Cancer Hits Hispanic Farmworkers"
5/13/06 "Day of Reckoning"
For All States Failing Quality of PS Teachers".
5/12/06 "Survival Rate Ranks
Low Worldwide For U.S. Newborns"
5/11/06 "Signs In Brain Predict
Alzheimer's Onset"
5/10/06 "Medicare Prescription
Drug Benefit Nears Sign-up Deadline"
Featuried Report: "HELP
IN UNDERSTANDING THE NEW MEDICARE DRUG PROGRAM".
With Links To Shed Light On All Aspects Of The Program
5/9/06 "Caged Chicken Egg
Farm Atrocities Caught On Film"
5/8/06 "PETA Shows
"Nightmare Footage of Middle East Animal Slaughter"
Featured:
Prepare a Heart healthy, vegetarian "Mothers'
Day Dinner"
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5/7/06 " Newborn's-Children's
Strokes Often Undetected For Emergency Treatment"
5/6/06 Poll -"High Gas Prices
Causing Hardship to Many Americans"
5/5/06 "Peace Plan for the Sudan
to be Signed"
5/4/06Is
"THE
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER"
Special Features:
Pres. Lincoln's Proclamation For
A National Day of Prayer in 1863 / "A
Nation In Prayer"
5/04/06 "Israeli PM Olmert' s
Vision Includes "Road Map" Peace Plan"
5/02/06 "Global Warming Data
Errors Corrected"
5/01/06 Mexico's Labor Day-"Some
Big Businesses Close In Immigrant Rally Support"
Featured Report:
"Gas, War and Labor Pains - A
Big Political Holiday Headache"
4/30/06 Study- "Light Imaging
Scan Could Eliminate Multiple Surgeries For Breast
Cancer"
4/30/06 Study- "Dementia-Alzheimers
Associated With Blood Clots From Heart"
4/29/06 Govt. -"Probably
a Few U. S. "Undetected" Cases of Mad Cow Disease"
4/28/06 "Arbor
Day" Is April 28" -Features
4/28/06 "NASA Launches 2
Climate, Weather Forecast Satellites"
4/27/06 "Violent Sex Offenders
Rounded Up Nationwide"
4/26/06 "States Becoming
Proactive Against Postpartum Depression"
4/26/06 "Study Teaches
Song Birds Grammar"
4/25/06 "Pres. Bush Suspends
Environmental Rules & Reserves For Gasoline"
4/24/06 "Red-eyed Bomb Sniffing
Rats Put To Work"
4/23/06 "Scientists "Reach
The Summit" In Bone Disease Discovery"
4/23/06 "Diet Affects Bladder
Problems"
422/06 Is "Earth Day".
4/22/06 "U.S. Rivers On The
Most Endangered List"
4/21/06 Report: "Clinical
Depression-Symptoms & Remedies"
4/20/06 Study- "Mentally Ill Drug
Addicts Respond Better To "BTSAS" Therapy"
4/20/06 Study-"Increasing Fatal
ODs on Rx Opioid Pain Relievers"
4/19/06 "Amer. Competitiveness
Initiative" Highlights Health Care Reform"
4/19/06 Study-"CNTF - Protein
Works Against Obesity"
4/18/06 Study-"Side Effects
Diminished In New Cancer Drug"
4/17/06 "British Columbia,
Canada Confirms New Mad-cow Case"
4/17/06 "New Web Site Rates Quality
of Health Care Journalism"
4/16/06 Happy Easter
Sunday!
.4/16/06
"Hollywood Seeks Its "Revival" By Producing Religious
Films"
4/15/06 Study - "COX-2 Painkillers
Raise Heart Risk"
4/14/06 "New "Venus
Express" Photos On View"
4/13/06 Report: May
15-Deadline ApproachingTo Sign Up For-The
"NEW MEDICARE DRUG PROGRAM".
with Information & Links
4/13/06 "F. D. A.
Approves "Vivitrol" Injection For Treating Alcoholism"
4/12/06 "Europe's First
Space Probe Enters Venus' Orbit"
4/10/06 Study- "Injected
Nanoparticles Isolate & Kill Cancer Cells"
4/10/06 "Balloon
Insertion Tested To Replace Surgery for Sinusitis"
4/9/06 Study -"Unprecedented
Doubling of Type 2 Diabetes Drug Use For U. S. Kids"
4/8/06 "Vaccinate All Pets
Yearly"
4/7/06 "Sacred Lands"
Expedition Reveals New Species"
4/6/06 SPECIAL
REPORT:."MEDIA
HARM" Quote:
"It's
a "major public health issue."
4/5/06 Study - "Sex in
Media Bad Influence on Teens"
4/4/06 "Tissue Engineering
Grows Body Parts From Patients' Own Cells"
Special Report:
"Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research"
- IsThere
A Better Way?
4/02/06 Research - "Closed-Heart"
a Radical Departure from Arduous Surgery"
3/31/06 "Researchers Identify
The Cause of Epilepsy"
3/29/06 "Kadima Party Is The Confirmed
Winner In Israeli Election"
3/29/06 "Afghan Christian
Granted Asylum In Italy"
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3/29/06 "TOTAL
SOLAR ECLIPSE" - "EARTH's
SUPER-STAR DISPLAYS A STUNNING
SOLAR SHOW"
3/28/06 "Brain Cells
and Computer Chips Combined For "Neuro-Chip"
3/27/06 "EU Warnings
Of Internet Sales Of Fake Anti-obesity Drug- "Acomplia"
3/27/06 "Death
To Christians", Shouted By Protesters In N. Afghanistan"
3/26/06 "Capital
Punishment Case Dismissed Against Afghan Christian Man"
3/25/06 "Abortion Ultrasound
Law Signed By Michigan Governor Granholm"
Featured News Report: "Ultrasound
Tech Views Wide Eyed-Walking Fetuses"
3/24/06 "Oldest Living Creature-Giant
Tortoise Dies"
3/23/06 "Latest
Louisiana -Katrina Death -Missing Tolls"
3/22/06 "Meatpacker
Calls For Testing All Cows For "Mad
Cow Disease"
3/22/06 "Forum - "Governments'
Responsibility To Improve Safe Public Drinking Water"
3/19/06 "Christian Afghan
Man Refuses Conversion Back To Islam-Faces Death Penalty"
3/17/06 Study: "U. S. Provides
"Woefully Mediocre" Health Care for All".
3/17/06 "Star Dust Brings
A Solar System Mystery"
3/16/06 "Cosmic 'DNA'
Discovery Indicates a "High Degree of Order."
3/13/06 "Ancient "Magnificent"
Architecture/Tunnels Discovered In Kfar Kana, Israel"
3/13/06 "U. S. Cow Tests
Positive for Mad Cow Disease"
3/09/06 "Predictions
of Deadly Bird Flu in U.S. Within Months"
3/09/06 "Packaged Meats
Spiked With Carbon Monoxide Called "Unsafe"
Featured:."Great
Tasting Meatless Entrees" from"The
Tree of Life Cookbook"
3/08/06- "International
Women's Day & Women's History Month"
3/07/06 "Congress Renews
the Patriot Act"
3/06/06 "S. Dakota Ban
on Most Abortions Signed Into Law"
3/06/06 "The 3T MRI
Scanner Improves Diagnoses"
3/4/06 "U. S. & Pakistan
"Together" for Democracy & the War on Terror"
3/2/06 "Pres. Bush Enters Into
Nuclear Agreement with India"
3/1/2006 - "FDA
Approves AN ANTI-DEPRESSION "PATCH"
2/28/06 "Supreme Court Upholds
Anti-Abortion Right To Protest"
2/27/06 "Testing Blood
Electrolytes Aids Health Maintenance"
2/26/06 "Green Tea Found To Protect
Brain Functions"
2/25/06 "South Dakota Gov.
Rounds Approves Saving Lives in Abortion Ban"
2/23/06 "Totally New-Unexpected
Mystery Explosion Nearby In "Aries"
2/23/06 "Iraqi Govt. Implements
Curfew to Stem EscalatingViolence"
2/21/06 "Supreme Court Will Consider
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban"
Featured Report: Testimonies
& Facts About Partial Birth Abortion
2/14/06 Study - "ECGs
NeededTo Find Undiagnosed
Heart Attacks"
2/07/06 "Commerce & Greed Rule
the Day As Congress Fails to End Horse Slaughter"
2/07/06 "Gay - Bisexual
Men Increasingly Infected By Rare, Silent Chlamydia Strain"
2/04/06 Featured
Report:"HELP
IN UNDERSTANDING THE NEW MEDICARE DRUG PROGRAM".
With
Links To Shed More Light.
2/01/06 "Patients' Own Stem
Cells Successfully Treat Lupus"
Featured Report: "Human
Embrionic Stem Cell Research, Is There A Better Way?"
1/19/06 "Scientists Identify
DNA & Location In Alzheimer's Disease."
1/11/06 "Iraqi Baby
Noor's Life Saving Surgeries Begin"- Report-"Iraqi
Baby - Responsive & Smiling"
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12/31/05 "Mar's Spirit and
Opportunity Explorers Beyond Expectations"
12/30/05 Panda Cub Debut-
"A
Little Bit of Something Very Cute At The
San Diego Zoo"
12/30/05 Study- "Femara" Better
To Fight Breast Cancer Relapse"
12/19/05 "Study Finds Low
Brain Estrogen Could Enhance Alzheimer's Risk In Women"
12/18/05 Special Report:
"TOP
SCIENCE STORIES OF 2005: A YEAR OF INCREDIBLE IMPACT"
12/09/05 "Study-Pacifiers Reduce Risk
Of Deadly "SIDS" For Babies"
12/08/05 "Promising New Research
To Prevent/Treat Cancer's Spread"
12/07/05 "Study Deems Inhaled
Flu Vaccine-"FluMist" Safe"
11/18/05 Study: "Adolescent
Depression On The Rise-Counseling Needed"
11/16/05 "Pacific Coast Whales
& Puget Sound Orcas on Endangered List"
11/06/05 "Possibly Oldest Christian
Church Discovered Near Armageddon Site"
11/04/05 Study-"Screening
All Postmenopausal Women for Osteoporosis Recommended"
11/03/05 "Pilot Tracks Millions
of Monarchs On Winter Migration"
11/02/05 "Vegetarianism
Works a Lifetime of Wellness For Kids, Too"
10/31/05 "Recommendation:
Flu Vaccinations For All"
10/31/05 "Heart Defibrillators-New
Data-Better Decisions"
10/27/05 "Hepatitis-A Vaccinations
Recommended For Children"
10/26/05 "Whooping Cough
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12/22/06 "Returning Discovery & Crew
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CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla.; AP - Space shuttle Discovery and 7 astronauts safely returned to
Earth with construction of the international space station back on track.
Its arrival announced by its signature twin sonic booms, the spaceship
touched down on a floodlit runway in the early Fri. evening darkness after
a smooth, 13-day flight during which the astronauts rewired the space station
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12/11/06 "Unity Displayed To Save the Dead
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Jordan; (AFP) - The U.S.A., France, the
Netherlands, & Japan have committed $9M to finance a 2 yr. study to
try to save the rapidly vanishing Dead Sea, estimated to cost around $15.5M.
Jordan's Planning Minister Suhair Ali urged the international community
to chip in with the rest; & a statement said Spain, Canada & some
European countries had indicated their willingness to finance the study
as well. The study will examine the feasibility of building a canal to
channel water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, where the level has been
falling by about a meter - over 3' each yr., it said. The agreement was
reached between Jordan's Water Minister Zafer al-Aalem, Israeli Infrastructure
Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer & Mohammed Mustafa, the economic adviser
to Palestinian Authority pres. Mahmud Abbas. "We pray that this type of
cooperation will be a positive experience to deepen the notion of dialogue
to reach solutions on all other tracks," Mustafa said in reference to the
Palestinian-Israeli crisis.
12/10/06 "Discovery Lights Up the Sky in a Fiery Nighttime
Launch"
NASA; CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the first nighttime launch in
four years, space shuttle Discovery with electricians on a mission, lit
up the skies on their way to make a cosmic nighttime service call. After
a fiery late Saturday ascent that turned night into day, the shuttle &
team headed to the international space station to rewire the orbital outpost.
12/08/06 "Signs of Water Found on Mars"
NASA; The Journal Science; AP- After decades
of scouring images of Mars for signs of water, scientists believe they've
found stunning evidence that water may even now be flowing through the
Red Planet's frigid surface. If the finding is confirmed, scientists say,
all the ingredients favorable for life on Mars would be in place: liquid
water and a stable heat source.
.11/18/06
"Leonid" Shower On View"
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge-AP
- Stargazers in New England, New York and western Europe could see an "outburst"
of hundreds of meteors this weekend during the annual Leonid meteor shower
if the skies are clear enough. A typical Leonid shower in Nov. brings 10
to 20 meteors an hour under ideal viewing conditions: a dark sky filled
with stars and free of light pollution. But this year, the Earth is passing
through a denser trail of debris left by the Comet Tempel-Tuttle, causing
a higher concentration of meteors, said Brian Marsden, a senior astronomer.
11/16/06 "Heart Valves Grown From Womb Fluid
Cells"
Amer. Heart Assn.; AP- With yet more evidence of the
value of stem cell research without killing human embryos, scientists
for the first time have grown human heart valves using stem cells from
the fluid that cushions babies in the womb, offering a revolutionary approach
that may be used to repair defective hearts in the future. Created are
these new valves in the lab while the pregnancy progresses to have them
ready to implant in a baby with heart defects after it is born; which could
lead to homegrown heart valves for infants & adults that are more durable
and effective than artificial or cadaver valves. The Swiss experiment follows
recent successes at growing bladders & blood vessels, & suggests
that some people may one day be able to grow their own replacement heart
parts, even before they're even born. "This may open a whole new therapy
concept to the treatment of congenital heart defects," said Dr. Simon Hoerstrup,
a U. of Zurich scientist who led the work, which was presented Wed. at
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11/08/06 "International Tree-planting
Campaign Begins In Kenya"
NAIROBI, Kenya; AP; - Destroying trees
through burning contributes to global warming, releasing about 370M tons
of greenhouse gases every year, about 5 % of the world total, scientists
say. Planting trees can offset climate change in part because they absorb
carbon dioxide. Wangari Maathai, who in 2004 became the first black African
woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, a Kenyan environmentalist, called on
people around the world to plant 1B trees in the next year, saying
the effort is a way ordinary citizens can fight global warming. The project
calls on participants, including individuals, schools and governments to
sign up on UNEP's Web site and register the trees they planted.
10/24/06 Study-"Dire Effect of Neglecting-Adequate
Sleep"
Journal of Neurophysiology; Reuters- In the latest study
on the dire effects of common, low-level sleep deprivation, lead study
author Dr. Ilana Hairston - U of Ca./ Berkeley said, "It slows learning...lack
of adequate sleep is "definitely not good for the brain in the long run."
Why? Skimping on sleep actually impairs the brain's ability to create new
brain neurons. Test results showed that sleep-deprived rodents had a much
harder time remembering how to navigate a maze & learned more slowly
than did the rats that were well-rested. In addition, the rats that got
enough sleep sprouted neurons in the hippocampus, a part of the brain known
for spatial learning, which increased the growth of brain cells; &
did not happen in the animals whose sleep was restricted. "Our findings
indicate that mild, chronic sleep restriction may have long-term deleterious
effects on neural function," the Berkeley team reported. 8 hours is still
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Journal Nature Medicine; (Reuters) - Research-
Injecting human embryonic stem cells into the brains of Parkinson's disease
patients may cause tumors to form, U.S. researchers Steven Goldman &
colleagues at the U. of Rochester Medical Center in NY reported on Sunday.
They said that stem cells injected into rat brains turned into dividing
cells that looked like early tumors. Scientists have long feared that human
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10/20/06 "Eur. Space Agency Weather Satellite
Launched"
MOSCOW - AP-
After a series of delays, a Russian booster rocket successfully launched
a European Space Agency weather satellite on Thursday. The MetOp satellite
was launched atop a Soyuz 2 booster from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan and reached a designated orbit, said Russian Federal Space
Agency spokesman Igor Panarin.
10/18/06 Research -"Virtual" Colonoscopies "Just
as Effective"
Journal Radiology; (Reuters) -Colonoscopy is recommended
for everyone every few years starting at age 50. The procedure can identify
pre-cancerous growths and in many cases these polyps can be removed at
the time of screening. "Virtual" colonoscopies are done using a computer-assisted
X-ray. Dr. Perry Pickhardt of the U. of Wis. Med. School/Madison said,
"The advantages of virtual colonoscopy over optical colonoscopy at our
inst. are that it is safer, faster, less costly, more convenient, involves
an easier bowel prep, and yet is just as effective for detecting important
polyps and cancers." The standard colonoscopy findings were the same as
the virtual colonoscopy findings in 65 of the 71 patients.
10/15/06 Research: "Gum Disease Can Lead To
Severe Illness"
Nat. Inst. of Dental & Craniofacial Research - HealthDay
News -Research finds that gum or periodontal disease can lead to a wide
variety of other problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, blood infection
& low birth-weight babies. 4 out of 5 Americans suffer from some form
of gum disease, according to the N. I. D. C. R. "When you're looking at
people who have gum disease, they are suffering from a chronic low-grade
infection,"said Jean Connor, a dental hygienist in Mass., & pres.-elect
of the Amer. Dental Hygienists' Assn. "Your whole body is a little bit
compromised. If you had an infection in your finger & you left it,
it eventually would affect the rest of the body, it's the same with your
mouth," Connor added. "Blood infection from gum disease can even cause
joint replacements to fail by aiding the body's efforts to reject the artificial
implant," said Diann Bomkamp, V. P. of the A. D. H. A., adding, "Thorough
brushing & flossing is the first line of defense against gum disease.
A good diet that avoids sugary snacks and sodas is another. Regular check-ups
can provide early detection of oral problems, and lead to treatments that
can prevent further damage."
10/12/06 Study: "Some Alzheimer's Drugs Increase
DeathRisk"
Thurs. New Eng. Journal of Medicine-AP -The first major
study on Alzheimer's sufferers outside nursing homes tested Zyprexa,
Risperdal
& Seroquel, newer drugs developed for schizophrenia.
Doctors are free to prescribe them for any use, which carry a strong warning
of increased risk of death for elderly people with dementia-related psychotic
symptoms. Findings: widely prescribed anti-psychotic drugs do not
help most Alzheimer's patients with delusions & aggression & are
not worth the risk of sudden death & other side effects. Lead researcher
Dr. Lon Schneider, dir. of the Alzheimer's Disease Center of Ca. &
U. of So. Ca. prof., said docs should try the drugs if necessary,
but watch patients closely & switch to something else after a few weeks
if there is no improvement, or side effects are too severe. Dr. J. Karlawish
of the U. of Penn.'s Alzheimer's Disease Center wrote in an editorial
that the drugs did help a small group of patients who had little or no
side effects. He said Zyprexa and Risperdal were both better than Seroquel
or the placebo in treating the behavioral problems.
10/07/06 "E.Coli Found In Iowa Recalled Ground
Beef"
U.S. Dept. of Agric.; (Reuters) - An Iowa-based
company has recalled 5,226 lbs. of ground beef after tests detected a harmful
strain of the E.Coli bacteria. That strain, 0157:H7, which can be deadly,
is found in cattle's intestines and manure. USDA's Food Safety & Inspection
Serv. reported no known illnesses from the contaminated beef, which was
produced on 8/31 and 9/1 by Jim's Market & Locker Inc., that voluntarily
recalled the beef after tests found in it, the deadly strain of the bacteria,
the USDA said.
10/04/06 "Opportunity's Victory at Victoria
Staggering To Scientists"
SPACE.com -
NASA's Opportunity Mar's rover at Victoria Crater have scientists elated.
The sightseeing on Mars from Opportunity's vantage place "is staggering,"
explained William Farrand, a research scientist at the Space Science Inst.
in Boulder, Co. & a member of the Mars Exploration Rover science team.
"For the first day or two after we saw the initial images we were just
overwhelmed," said Steve Squyres, lead Mars Exploration Rover scientist
from Cornell U. in Ithaca, NY. The enormous impact crater has been the
six-wheeled robot's long-term destination for the past 21 Earth months.
"I think the thing that most impresses me is the sheer size of Victoria
crater and the associated outcrops compared with things we've seen thus
far in the mission, ...With regards to what the rocks will tell us or whether
it is what we expected, it is just too early to say. We have a lot of work
ahead of us to understand the crater and its outcrops," Farrand stressed.
"It is like a whole new mission."
10/01/06 Study: "Dogs Suffer Sickness, Fatalities
From Sugar-free Items"
(Reuters) - Journal of the Amer. Veterinary Medical Assn.
- Report - A commonly used sweetener might cause liver failure in dogs,
and perhaps even kill them: in a study that strengthens the suspected
link between the sugar substitute Xylitol. Xylitol, a naturally
occurring product, is found in many sugar-free chewing gums, candies, baked
goods & toothpastes. Researchers Sharon Gwaltney-Brant and Eric Dunayer
with staff at a poison unit of the Amer. Soc. for the Prev. of Cruelty
to Animals in Urbana, Il., gathered information on 8 dogs treated between
2003-05 after eating products containing xylitol. Each dog became ill,
and five died or had to be put down because of liver failure, possibly
from ingesting xylitol. Gwaltney-Brant said for dogs, ingesting even a
small amount of xylitol can trigger significant insulin release, which
drops their blood sugar and can be fatal.
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9/29/06 "Japan's 29th Case of
"Mad Cow" Disease Confirmed"
Kyodo- A 6 year old Holstein cow that died
Sunday, tested positive in separate screenings at a Hokkaido Animal Health
Center and at the Nat. Inst. of Animal Health outside Tokyo, for
the 29th mad cow disease case in Japan, farm ministry officials
said Thursday. The Hokkaido govt. said it will analyze the cow's feed to
look into the route of inflection of the disease, also known as bovine
spongiform encephalopathy. The cow was born in the town of Horonobe,
northern Hokkaido, in June 2000, before the Japanese government imposed
a ban in 2001 on meat & bone meal feed suspected to be a cause of the
disease. It was raised at a farm in the town of Nakagawa, also northern
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9/28/06 "Mar's Opportunity Rover Drives Through
To Victoria Crater"
NASA's Jet
Propulsion Lab., Pasadena Ca. -AP- The road to Victoria Crater, a half
mile wide & 230' deep impact crater, was tough. "We made it!" said
rover principal scientist Steve Squyres of Cornell U. The 6 wheeled Mar's
Opportunity Rover drove through what scientists called a "wasteland." At
one point, it spent five weeks stuck hub deep in a slippery sand dune before
freeing itself. Opportunity, marking a milestone in its exploration for
clues about the Martian past, reached the rim of a deep crater Wed. after
an arduous 21 month trek. The rover beamed black & white images back
to Earth showing the crater interior complete with hanging rocky cliffs
and rippling sand dunes on its floor. The rovers, Spirit & Opportunity,
managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab., have outlasted their primary, three
month mission. This week, the space agency extended the rovers' mission
for at least one more year.
9/27/06 "Truth About E. Coli Bacterium -Also
Present In Meat, Etc"
Live Science.com - E. Coli, ( Escherichia coli,) is a
bacterium with hundreds of strains, most relatively harmless in healthy
individuals. E. coli is ubiquitous in the innards of cows & humans
and is spread from cow to cow & from human to human through feces,
which is why hand-washing is so important. Cows are cramped into pens,
ankle-deep
in the manure of hundreds to thousands of cows, where E. coli tends to
spread. Bacteria can splash up on udders & get into milk; or
get into intestines and contaminate meat during the slaughtering process;
or pass through the cow in manure and ultimately end up on crops directly
as fertilizer or indirectly by leaching into the water supply. Most E.
coli outbreaks in the United States are caused by a particular virulent
and deadly strain called O157:H7. If you eat beef, you are at risk
because most beef is loaded with harmful bacteria, often the bad E. coli,
and needs to be cooked. Vegetarians aren't spared, as evidenced by
the spinach E. coli outbreak. Organic consumers aren't spared; organic
spinach can have E. coli. And raw food advocates are most certainly
at risk, because cooking is the best way to kill the bacteria.
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9/22/06 "Autumn
Begins"
Astronomers say that this year,
the September equinox occurs at exactly at 10:03 p.m., Mountain Daylight
Time today (Sept. 22). At that moment, autumn (or fall) begins for the
Earth's Northern Hemisphere.
9/21/06 "Atlantis Glides Safely
Home"
CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla. - Ending a 12 day mission to the International Space Station, space
shuttle Atlantis with six astronauts glided to a safe landing early Thurs.,
A. M. "Nice to be back. It was a great team effort," said commander
Brent Jett immediately after touchdown at Kennedy Space Center.
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Used To Detect Toxins In Water"
AP- Intelligent Automation Corp., Ca. - Federal law requires
nearly all community water systems to assess their vulnerability to contamination.
S.F, N.Y, & other big cities are using bluegills, also known as sunfish
or bream, to safeguard their drinking water. Small numbers of the fish
are kept in tanks constantly replenished with water from the municipal
supply, and sensors in each tank work around the clock to register changes
in the breathing, heartbeat & swimming patterns of the bluegills that
occur in the presence of toxins. "Nature's given us pretty much the most
powerful & reliable early warning center out there," said Bill Lawler,
co-founder of a So. Calif. company: Intelligent Automation Corp.,
that makes and sells the bluegill monitoring system. "There's no known
manmade sensor that can do the same job as the bluegill."
9/14/06 "Bionic"
Arm Utilizes Thought-Controlled Mobility"
AP- CNN- Doctors describe Jesse Sullivan as the first
amputee with thought-controlled artificial, prosthetic arms. He can climb
a ladder & paint his house; & with a weed-whacker, he bends his
elbow & rotates his forearm to guide the machine, &
best of all is hugging his grandchildren. Claudia Mitchell lost her left
arm in a motorcycle accident & has the thought-controlled "bionic"
arm. The motions are coordinated and smooth because the arm is a device
controlled by the brain, thru the amputated arm's nerves salvaged &
implanted in the chest. Thought is, "Close hand," & electrical signals
sent through surgically re-routed nerves make it happen. The "Nat. Institutes
of Health has supported the research, plus the military's research through
the "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency".
9/09/06 "Atlantis Successfully
Launches To Space Station"
FOXNEWS -CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -
Space shuttle "Atlantis" with 6 astronauts, successfully launched through
a partly cloudy sky at 11:15 a.m. EDT, Sat. on a mission to resume construction
of the 'international space station' for the first time since the "Columbia"
disaster 3 1/2 years ago. Brent Jett, Atlantis' commander said, "By our
count, it has been almost 4 years, 2 return- to- flight missions, a tremendous
amount of work by thousands of individuals,...We're confident that in the
next few weeks, & the next few years for that matter, NASA is going
to prove to our nation and our friends ... that it was worth the wait and
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9/09/06 "Extrasolar Planet
Discovered"
SPACE.com - A planet slightly larger than Jupiter was
recently spotted as it passed in front of a Sun-like star 500-light-years
away. Called TrES-2, the new extrasolar planet is the second to be discovered
using telescopes built from off-the-shelf components similar to those used
by amateur stargazers. It is also the first to be spotted in a swath of
sky that NASA has targeted for a future mission that will specifically
look for Earth-like worlds. The finding will be detailed in an upcoming
issue of Astrophysical Journal.
9/03/06 "No Stem Cell Triumph: Embryos were
Destroyed"
Orange County Register- The Calif. Biotech Co. that grabbed
headlines last week for sparing human embryos while creating stem cells
for research, had in fact, destroyed all 16 of those used in the experiment.
"Advanced Cell Technology's" V. P. & sr. author of the research, Robert
Lanza was widely quoted that his study would lead to acceptance and expansion
of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
9/03/06 "Warning About Tylenol Usage"
AP- If you frequently use Tylenol for your daily aches
and pains, beware. Healthy adults who took the maximum recommended doses
of Tylenol for two weeks-which is the equivalent of eight extra-strength
tablets daily-had abnormal liver test results, in a new study from the
U. of So. Calif. and the U. of North Carolina. "I would urge the public
not to exceed four grams a day. This is a drug that has a rather narrow
safety window," said study co-author Dr. Neil Kaplowitz. He also advised
heavy drinkers to take no more than two grams a day.
9/02/06 "John and Ernesto's Damp Forecast"
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico
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John was a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds when it struck land near
isolated hamlets N.E. of Los Cabos Fri. night, but the Nat. Hurricane Cent.
in Miami said it had slipped to Category 1 status with winds near 85 mph
Sat. AM. It was centered about 10 miles N-NW of the state capital of La
Paz , a city of more than 150K.
Mex. extended hurricane warnings northward along the
E. of the peninsula to the community of Mulege & as far as Punta Abreojos
on the W. coast; expected to churn up the E. coast Sat. before crossing
the narrow stretch of land & heading out to sea.
Northeast USA - Rain & wind will be
the operative weather words across parts of the N.E. on Sat. thanks to
the remnants of Ernesto & strong high pressure in E. Canada. Rain will
work its way N. thru Penn. into upstate N. Y. during the day. Some flooding
may occur across parts of Penn. & So. N.Y. this weekend. Because
the heaviest rain will stay E. of the mountains, river flooding should
be much less than originally expected. Dry air at the surface will keep
the advance of the rain to a crawl over So. New Eng. on Sat. &
rain may not reach Boston until late in the day or in the evening. It will
be quite windy from Penn. to So. New Eng., also. Gale-force winds are likely
along the coast. High temperatures in the 60s will dominate the region
N. of the Mason-Dixon Line on Sat. but the 70s & 80s will creep N.
through the Mid-Atlantic Sun. & Labor Day.
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8/31/06 Research - "Earth's
Thinning Ozone Layer Is Recovering"
Ga.. Inst. of Technology; (Reuters) - Ozone in the stratosphere,
outside the polar regions, stopped thinning in 1997, & may be fully
recovered by mid century, climate scientists said, after analyzing 25 yrs.
of observations. The ozone layer shields the planet from the sun's harmful
ultraviolet radiation, but human made chemicals like hlorofluorocarbons
found in some refrigerants and aerosol propellants depleted this stratospheric
ozone, causing the protective layer to get thinner. The scientists said
the ozone layer's comeback is due in large part to compliance with an 1987
international agreement called the Montreal Protocol, which aimed to limit
emissions of ozone depleting chemicals. "These results confirm the Montreal
Protocol & its amendments have succeeded in stopping the loss of ozone
in the stratosphere,...At the current recovery rate ... the global ozone
layer could be restored to 1980 levels- the time that scientists first
noticed the harmful effects human activities were having on atmospheric
ozone-- sometime in the middle of this century," said Eun-Su Yang of the
Ga. Inst. of Tech., team leader that analyzed the data.
8/30/06 "Viruses Approved To Add To Processed
Meats To Kill Deadly Bacteria"
WASHINGTON
- A mix of bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on cold cuts,
hot dogs and sausages to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people
a year, U. S. federal health officials said recently, in granting the first-ever
approval of viruses as a food additive. Featured:."Great
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"Hurricane Ernesto Slams Haiti & Cuba, Threatens S.E. Florida"
Miami Herald- Forecasters placed the Florida Keys under
a hurricane watch Sunday, and prepared to issue a similar alert for Broward
and Miami-Dade counties, and Gov. Jeb Bush declared a state of emergency,
as Ernesto, the first hurricane of the year threatened the entire peninsula.
Though Ernesto was temporarily downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday night,
forecasters issued a hurricane watch for the Keys and for Andros Island
in the Bahamas, meaning that hurricane conditions were possible within
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8/24/06 "Astronomers Declare Pluto No
Longer a Planet"
PRAGUE, Czech
Republic - Leading astronomers declared that Pluto is no longer a planet,
under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine
planets to eight. After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence
of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the
planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930.
8/24/06 "Incredible Water System Dating to Biblical
Judea Found"
Proof of part of the New Testament may have been been
found in archaeologists' discovery in a cave in Israel, of an ancient,
underground water system in the biblical kingdom of Judea,
now, Ramat Rachel, Israel. Recent excavations have
unearthed about 750 square feet of a complex network of reservoirs,
drain pipes and underground tunnels. Yuval Gadot, a biblical archaeology
expert from Tel Aviv U., who is taking part in the excavation, told Reuters
that it's unclear exactly how the water system worked. "Probably rainwater
came down on the roof of the houses," he said. "From there, it was collected
by drains into pools or to the underground reservoir and taken to nearby
fields for crops or nice gardens."
8/21/06 "Astronomers Find "Exciting" Proof of Dark
Matter"
AP- "This is really exciting," said U. of Chicago physicist
Sean Carroll, about the findings that demonstrate the existence of dark
matter "beyond a reasonable doubt." Astronomers say they have found the
best evidence to date for "dark matter," - that mysterious invisible substance
that is believed to account for the bulk of the universe's mass. Using
a host of telescopes, researchers focused on the collision between 2 galactic
clusters. They found that most of the gravitational pull from the aftermath
of the encounter comes from a relatively empty looking patch of sky, a
strong suggestion that there is something more there than meets the eye.
"This provides the first direct proof that dark matter must exist," said
Doug Clowe, a research astronomer at the U. of Arizona. Clowe and his colleagues
used NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope and several
ground-based observatories to examine the "bullet cluster," a clump of
galaxies that formed over the last 100M yrs. from the violent collision
of 2 smaller galactic clusters. Using a technique known as gravitational
lensing, Clowe and his colleagues show that the force of gravity is actually
stronger in a part of the cluster that appears to be emptier. They will
publish their results in a future issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters.
8/18/06 "Good News & Bad
News Regarding Embryonic Stem Cell Research"
Fla. Baptisi Witness -Americans
who value human dignity received mixed news in mid-July. There was good
news: The Senate passed a bill that bans “fetal farming,” a practice in
which scientists create human embryos for the purpose of harvesting “spare
parts.” Then there was bad news: The Senate approved a bill that would
allow federal money to support embryonic stem cell research. In other words,
scientists could kill “excess” human embryos and use the remains in research
funded by taxpayer money. It gets worse. The bill permitting embryonic
stem cell research passed 63 to 37, which means some supposedly pro-life
Republican senators voted in favor of the unethical research. Full
Story.
8/16/06 Study -"Nitrites In Hot Dogs Linked To Cancer-Possibly
Genetic Mutations"
LiveScience.com; Journal of Agric. & Food Chemistry;
U. of Nebraska Medical Center-Omaha - In a new study chemists find hot
dogs may contain DNA-mutating compounds that might boost one's risk
for cancer. Scientists note there is an up to 240-fold variation in levels
of these chemicals across different brands. Researcher Sidney Mirvish,
chemist at the U. of Nebraska Med. Cntr. & colleagues examined hot
dogs because past research had linked them with colon cancer. Hot dogs
are preserved with sodium nitrite, which can help form chemicals known
as N-nitroso compounds, most of which cause cancer in lab animals. Extracts
from hot dogs bought from the supermarket, when mixed with nitrites, resulted
in what appeared to be DNA-mutating compounds. When added to Salmonella
bacteria, hot dog extracts treated with nitrites doubled to quadrupled
their normal DNA mutation levels. Triggering DNA mutations in the gut might
boost the risk for colon cancer, the researchers explained. The possible
hazard presented here is not just limited to hot dogs. Processed meats
like bologna, ham and salami, salted dried fish and seasonings
such
as soy sauce may contain similar levels of these chemicals, Mirvish said.
Future research is underway.
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8/11/06 "A New Pathway Discovered Against
Alzheimer's Disease"
Thursday's - the journal Science; (AP) - "It's a whole
new way of thinking in the Alzheimer's field,'' said Dr. Andrew Dillin,
a biologist at Ca.'s Salk Institute for Biological Studies who led the
new research, discovering molecular janitors that clear away a sticky amyloid
buildup, blamed for Alzheimer's disease - until aging hampers that clean-up.
It suggests a new weapon: drugs that give nature's cleanup a boost. Thursday's
study reveals one way that cells fend off amyloid buildup, and that natural
aging gradually erodes that detoxification process. That was a key finding,
Dillin said: Until recently, scientists thought amyloid clumps, or plaques,
were the bigger problem. His research supports more recent findings that
smaller amyloid tendrils inside cells are the really poisonous form. "Every
pathway we can discover that modifies amyloid provides us with new drug
targets,...This now opens up a new pathway for developing anti-Alzheimer's
drugs,'' said Dr. Sam Gandy, a neuroscientist at Phila.'s Thom. Jefferson
U. & an Alzheimer's Assn. spokesman.
8/9/06 "It's "Onward to Victoria" for Mar's Rover
"Opportunity"
SPACE.com;
NASA's Spirit and Opportunity
rovers remain productive as they gather new science data from their respective
spots on Mars. Opportunity has just concluded a survey of Beagle Crater,
a relatively young feature, said William Farrand, a research scientist
at the Space Science Inst. in Boulder, Colorado and a member of the
Mars Exploration Rover science team. Opportunity will next be examining
a banded ripple and then resume its drive towards Victoria crater, Farrand
said. The 115 ft. (35 meter) Beagle Crater and the rover are both about
1,837 ft. (560 meters) from the rim of Victoria. Victoria Crater is nearly
half a mile (800 meters) in diameter. That's nearly 6 times wider than
Endurance Crater, the feature that Opportunity explored for several months
in 2004 studying rock layers affected by ancient water. Onward...to Victoria!
7/22/06 "The Red Sea Is Parting ... Again"
This week's issue of Journal "Nature"; LiveScience.com
- Satellite images show that the Arabian tectonic plate and the African
plate are moving away from each other, stretching the Earth's crust and
widening the southern end of the Red Sea, scientists reported in this week's
issue of journal Nature. Using the images gathered
by the Euro. Space Agency's Envisat radar satellite, researchers looked
at satellite data before and after these activities. Over a period of 3
weeks, the crust on the sides of the rift moved apart by 26 feet and magma,
enough to fill a football stadium more than 2K times, was injected along
a vertical crack, forming a new crust. This is the largest single rip in
the Earth's continental crust during the satellite monitoring era.
7/22/06 "Past Nazi Abuses Prompt Germany's Ban
On Embryonic Stem-cell Funding"
BRUSSELS (Reuters)
- Germany, with an aversion to genetic (human) experimentation rooted partly
in the legacy of Nazi abuses, effectively bans Embryonic Stem-cell funding.
"The European Union science programme should not be used to give financial
incentives to kill embryos, ...The current proposal from the EU Commission
and the Eur. Parliament does not rule this out," German Research Minister
Annette Schavan wrote in a letter on Thurs., before a meeting on EU science
funding on Monday. A narrow majority in the Eur. Parliament voted last
month in favor of allowing continued public funding for stem-cell research.
Germany seeks an amendment in the council of EU governments, for parliament
to reconsider the issue on a second reading. Featured
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7/21/06 Study- "Skin Patch For Fewer Side Effects
of Alzheimer's"
ZURICH (Reuters)
- Alzheimer's patients wearing a once daily skin patch experience fewer
side effects than those who take the drugs in an oral pill, according to
the results of a 6 month drug trial released on Wednesday. The Exelon
Transdermal Patch developed by Swiss drug maker Novartis AG, the first
of its kind for sufferers of the degenerative brain disease, releases medicine
into the bloodstream in a controlled, continuous manner to ensure a steady
dose. Lead study investigator Bengt Winblad said the patch showed potential
to allow patients to tolerate higher doses of medicine meant to boost neurotransmitter
activity in the brain, currently available in capsule form. "The patch
represents an important new option for people with Alzheimer's disease
and their families, ...A transdermal patch may prove the best way to deliver
Rivastigmine
to treat Alzheimer's," said Winblad, referring to the scientific name forNovartis'
Exelon, already approved in many countries to treat mild to moderate
Alzheimer's & the dementia associated with Parkinson's disease.
.7/17/06 "Welcome
Back, Discovery"
CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla. - 9:14 a.m.; NASA's Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of
six returned to Earth at a cloudy Kennedy Space Center, after a 5.3 million
mile journey that began on July 4th; ending a successful mission that prompted
NASA to declare victory after some initial speculation about safety issues.
The crew delivered supplies to the International Space Station and did
3 successful space walks that assured the shuttle's safety. "Welcome back
Discovery and congratulations on a great mission," Mission Control told
Lindsey after Discovery rolled to a stop. "It was a great mission. A really
great mission," Lindsey replied.
7/11/06 "High Levels of Mercury Found
In Seafood Endangers Health"
WASHINGTON; Defenders
of Wildlife; AP- The fed. govt.
advises pregnant women, nursing mothers & young children to avoid fish
with high levels of mercury in shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish.
Many imports of canned tuna have mercury levels higher than the fed. limit,
according to analysis by Defenders of Wildlife-environ. group. They
found the highest levels of mercury in tuna from Ecuador and Mexico, known
for setting nets where they see dolphins to catch large tuna swimming below.
Elevated mercury levels have been linked to learning disabilities &
developmental delays in children & to heart, nervous system & kidney
damage in adults. Mercury poisoning is accumulative in continued consumption.
Traces of mercury are found in nearly all fish and shellfish. Released
through industrial pollution, mercury falls & accumulates in streams
& oceans as methylmercury that builds up in fish & shellfish as
they feed, in some types more than others.
7/6/06 "Research - Blood Test For Early Detection
Of Alzheimer's Disease"
7/6 online edition of "The Lancet
Neurology"; A Dutch report concludes that increased blood
levels of specific forms of the abnormal molecules, beta amyloid proteins,
found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, were associated
with its increased incidence & other forms of dementia. "Beta amyloid
comes in different lengths," explained Monique M. B. Breteler, a prof.
of neuroepidemiology at Erasmus Med. Center, in Rotterdam. "High blood
levels of beta amyloid 1-40 & low levels of 1-42 were associated with
an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease." Those numbers refer to the number
of amino acid components that make up the different versions of the protein.
"This report is the first good indication that measuring blood levels of
beta amyloids could be a step toward a potential test of risk," said Dr.
John C. Morris, dir. of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Wash.
U. in St. Louis.
7/4/06 "NASA Launches "Discovery"
AP; CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla. - Space Shuttle "Discovery" and a crew of 7 blasted off
on Independence Day afternoon for a spectacular 4th of July display seen
on TV worldwide. After two weather delays and last minute foam trouble,
the first NASA shuttle launch in a year, flew to bring needed supplies
to a space station despite objections from those within NASA who argued
for more cautionary fuel-tank repairs.
6/29/06 "More Fatalities, Hundreds of Thousands
Evacuated In Eastern U.S. Floods"
NEW YORK (AFP) - N. Y. gov. Pataki
said of the flooding that killed at least 7 people, & forced hundreds
of thousands across the N E to evacuate, "We have never seen a natural
disaster this bad in the state of New York." Numerous states of emergency
are declared throughout the N E., & the mayor of Wash. D.C., declared
a state of emergency for the U.S. capital. In E. Penn., county officials
ordered the evacuation of up to 200K from low-lying areas around the Susquehanna
River amid fears that the river would spill over the dikes as waters crest.
A leaky dam, swollen to near-bursting after days of torrential rain, forced
2,300 people to evacuate their homes in Montgomery County, Maryland.
6/28/06 "Wash. D. C. / 10 Counties In States
of Emergency"
The Nat. Weather Serv. - Torrential rains and floods
have left at least six dead & three people missing as of Wednesday.
Rain on the East coast forced the evacuation of more than 2,200 people
near a rising lake in Maryland and washed out part of a 4-lane highway.
Lake Needwood on the N. side of Rockville was approaching 25 feet above
normal Wednesday, Montgomery County officials said. The Nat. Weather Serv.
had issued flash flood warnings for 38 of Penn's 67 counties. Forecasters
predicted the Susquehanna River would crest at 17 feet above flood level.
6/27/06 Research- "Pancreatic Cancer Linked
To High Red Meat Consumption"
Karolinska Inst. in Stockholm; International Journal
of Cancer- 6/1/06; Reuters Health - Swedish researchers report that a diet
high in red meat appears to raise the risk of developing pancreatic cancer,
one of the most deadly cancers, seldom detected at an early, curable stage.
Surgical removal offers the only chance for a cure, but only a small percentage
of patients are candidates for this therapy. In many cases, removal is
not possible when surgery reveals that the cancer has actually spread outside
the pancreas. "Findings from our study," lead investigator Dr. Susanna
C. Larsson said, "suggest that high consumption of red meat is associated
with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer."
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6/26/06 "Another Recall For Potentially
Faulty Guidant Heart Devices"
AP; Boston Scientific Corp. has recalled nearly 23K pacemakers
& defibrillators that could fail because of an electrical flaw, asking
doctors to check 27K patients already implanted with potentially faulty
devices of the former Guidant Corp. The announcement was the second recall
for Boston Scientific since the Natick, Mass. based company bought Guidant
in April for $27B. Jim Tobin, Boston Scientific's pres. & CEO said,
"The problems involve far more than just Guidant's shortcomings in promptly
notifying doctors, patients and regulators about flaws, ...In truth,
there are deeper issues that will require time to address, that will lead
to problems that will then have to be communicated."
6/26/06 "D.C. Area Besieged By Unprecedented
Downpour"
AP; WASHINGTON -
Flooding from a weekend of unusually heavy rain with more on the way, has
shut down the Justice Dept., Internal Revenue Serv. headquarters, the Commerce
Dept., the National Archives; & the Nat. Gallery of Art, closed because
of weather related problems with its steam system. An official said that,
4 " in 4 hrs. was like "nothing he had ever seen." Commuters suffered
with washed-out roads, mud blocking the Capital Beltway & delays on
the area's rail lines; & a lot of other roads disabled due