http://blog.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2011, Megite 30 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:14:22 -0700 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_1 fd37b1c35eee903ab95330a02c55393e This Tuesday to 7am, Irene is located to 20.6 degrees north and 70.6 degrees West, is currently moving at 17 km/h (10 mph) along a trajectory West Northwest, its center is currently located 191 km (119 mi) Northeast of Cap Haitien. This motion is expected to continue through tonight, followed by a turn toward the northwest on wednesday. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:18:57 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_2 6453b5ae83005531ab8b9c3ffde8dfa0 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:10:19 -0700 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_3 3cb7bfa2349887602629675d7e2813b7 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:00:00 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_4 4e085a8f670e1036229e0b809c108889 Concentrated HIV epidemics are emerging among men who have sex with men in the Middle East and North Africa, "and high levels of risky sexual behavior threaten to spread the AIDS virus further in the region, researchers said Tuesday" in a study published in PLoS Medicine, Reuters reports. The researchers "found evidence for concentrated HIV ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:30:00 EST http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_7 e1ee1515f790a02bb86146a5f8c81108 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:53:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_8 834dac68c1fdcc06bdff8acbf430840b Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:23:47 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_9 236d29d3550636f6ab18a874ac1afb8c TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A son of Muammar Gaddafi, previously reported captured, made a surprise appearance with jubilant supporters in Tripoli overnight, urging loyalists to fight off rebels who say they control most of the Libyan capital. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:22:31 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_10 a0aaa0801caa8f44e2082fbb9026f4f4 LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks, the euro and commodity prices rose on Tuesday, after gauges of Chinese and euro zone economic activity came in less gloomy than feared, encouraging investors to dip back into the market after a recent sharp selloff on global growth concerns. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:12:35 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_11 392e6f8d03c984ca62f8a3545364c63d Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:11:00 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_12 688a1744cbe18b44b4d3d636a525f25e SAN DIEGO, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSurplus announced today that Dr. Jaspreet Dosanjh has joined the company as product marketing manager. With this welcome addition to the team, the company increases its resources in the areas of customer education, expert valuation, and... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:00:46 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_18 49bda256ec26b4c345eb8cf0ee2c1008 About 8.5 million people in Britain suffer with back pain caused by arthritis in the spine. Teri Honeyfield was virtually housebound until she had a new operation. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:00:06 PDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_19 96aaa8a4b80bdb083644b89cdb84b16a One of the shocking and sobering aspects of social media  is the vast amount of contemporaneous value judging now pouring forth from those small devices. Electronically empowered consumers rate everything. It’s just part of the perceived fun of being connected. Sites such as Yelp have become a major source of consumer information for ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:00:00 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/1#item_20 13dd6c9a1b1d6f700c1ecf24cbe3dada Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:53:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_1 ea23a40a6a4b0a72567c1cc49f84d28f Whether forging steel from tyres or dancing with Feynman, the Ultimo Big Night of Science shows you've got to be a bit crazy to push the boundaries (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:42:23 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_2 5e5b95493c0c3933b7cd5dc2792cb89a LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp gave cash and benefits to the former editor of the News of the World tabloid when he worked for David Cameron in opposition, the BBC said on Tuesday, in a new embarrassment for the British prime minister. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:31:07 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_3 7f32b97730334f7ba6567c1168e13c36 Slimmers desperate to lose weight without rumbling stomachs or expensive protein shakes, should simply eat a smaller lunch, say scientists at Cornell University in New York. 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(Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:00:00 PDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_8 25c1f4a923fe75635ecfe0f2c90f16ea Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:09:11 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_9 124ce13c408a7a45c9b3145f24f0ecce (MedPage Today) -- In a span of five years, the initiative to improve door-to-balloon times for people experiencing out-of-hospital myocardial infarction has resulted in significantly lower transport and treatment times, a nationwide analysis showed. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:15:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_10 10589c69f49e28d2cc7c8b454317da52 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:00:43 PDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_11 f508ca11111a69c14b36e8faf61062a8 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:48:16 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_12 077b4748c324050b2a733b57e07aa8c7 NHS spending on locum and agency doctors in Wales rises 22% in a year as some health authorities find it hard to recruit junior doctors, despite a pledge to cut such spending. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:57:42 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_13 b4013c73111034b154896dea4b657c86 For years, scientists thought they understood the skeleton. It serves as structural support for the body. It stores calcium and phosphate. It contributes to blood cell development. And it serves, indispensably, as the creepy mascot of Halloween. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:40:07 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_14 25139a9ada704a52774ea39619c226a6 David E. Williams is co-founder of MedPharma Partners LLC, strategy consultant in technology enabled health care services, pharma, biotech, and medical devices. Formerly with BCG and LEK. MBA (Harvard), BA (Wesleyan) (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:13:12 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_15 f54c9f9d4205b727d25c3764ca25f682 The Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Technical University of Denmark teamed up to track the source of the Haitian cholera outbreak last year that killed more than 6,000 people and sickened 300,000. Cholera is an infectious disease of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It is characterized by profuse ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:56:45 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_16 6dbb387645f50f1b96c273c365b6980a HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that's shown promise against ovarian cancer caused by mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes may also be effective against ovarian cancer not caused by those gene mutations, according to a new study. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:40:07 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_17 be557d919a59c18fb10c1f8281f2edf7 Narcolepsy cases were caused by the death of brain cells that were probably killed by autoimmune reactions following winter infections like flu and strep throat, researchers said. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:13:49 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_18 2e4b2c3b6488ebf4d3cd3100984cee04 With merely a week to go before the tenure of the Constituent Assembly (CA) expires, Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal has proposed amending the interim constitution of Nepal for the 10th time and extending the legislative body's term by another three months. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:24:06 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_19 61bce6eba0520030b02acfa91f955d96 Three Colorado health care officials have made Modern Healthcare's "100 Most Influential People in Healthcare" list for 2011 -- including one in the top 15 -- and two Colorado businesses made the magazine's "Best Places to Work list." Kent Thiry, CEO of Denver-based kidney dialysis-service provider DaVita Inc., topped the locals by being ranked ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/21#item_20 d98d9c270c26c4bbb0b0f54a74e00d75 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:00:00 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_1 002e6b7084f16b7252ab6faad6ae68c3 Dear Dr. Donohue: I am 25 and the oldest of five boys. All of us have been active in sports. My 14-year-old brother had an examination to play football. The doctor heard a murmur and had further tests done, including an echocardiogram (soundwave picture of the heart). It turns out my brother has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. My mother called to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:00:00 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_2 53a3c8798e2f1c2d28ac1eb7dc7eb9e2 Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-23T12:00:00+01:00 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_3 29bb5a5183104b7072f17403b289a020 Ahoy there! Here is Part II of my chat with the Amazing Svava. You can read Part I here. 7. Your number came up on the random number generator and you won a place on the UAR Summer 5K course. Had you been thinking about running before you entered? Did you have any concerns/fears about running before you started? Thanks again for that one! I had ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:40:07 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_4 d6b92231bb1894b367081169764a84c0 I was in a neurologist’s office to discuss the results of my brain scan. For the past month and a half, I’d had headaches that felt as if my skull was underwater, punctuated by frequent electric jolts through the right side of my brain. Two CT scans and an M.R.I. had revealed nothing. All the drug treatments tried by my doctor had ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:00:31 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_5 c6eb4be1470fc7e4d68e29233f5cde52 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:39:33 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_6 c46c4b71d046441e19d1c0de9a68b4a5 Every once in awhile, I like to snoop around my old diaries. Besides personally being one of the best non-fiction reads to me, it gives good insight into who I was and potentially who I will be. One of the jewels of wisdom I recently picked up from a 7 year old Winnie the Pooh [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:01:00 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_7 f29bd74ce2f8cbeebed5f4e8bcd0969f Lawmakers and political groups like to point to government spending that they say is wasteful — especially in tough economic times. And one popular target has been scientific studies that either sound silly, or involve foreign countries or have to do with sex. But researchers defend the studies and don't always welcome the attention. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_8 ee297733a8965da4b463d73d6f6445e9 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:54:17 PST http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_9 13d9923882dea391cf3622d4bd395a38 (HealthNewsDigest.com) - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a $44.9 million, 6-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute to fund the Data and Coordinating Center (DCC) Consortium involved in supporting the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:31:33 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_10 a897fe11dc2225c2dd723ed66d3312f9 Most anti-aging creams contain the same ingredients, whether you buy them at the drug store or the makeup counter. But how do you get the most bang for your skin care buck? Click for more of TODAY’s do-it-yourself “Detox your life” tips. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:47:51 PST http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_11 89752a1624c647f6362aabe89788d501 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:37:59 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_12 ae5a5f41b61df91e660b63758c2ce59b AP - A Kentucky doctor said Monday that he saved a truck driver's life when he amputated part of the man's penis after discovering a rare and deadly cancer, but the man told a jury he wanted to escape from the hospital when he learned it was removed without his knowledge. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:22:40 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_13 b1bd27dad72e62aa01bb485b7a2ebe9b Sad tales? Not anymore. USA TODAY received more than 100 nominations for the Paw Print Post 2011 Shelter Stars Contest. Our staff read through the entries and narrowed the finalists to five dogs and five cats. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:18:17 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_14 a9e91333bb602d39bf05adbe79e14955 Government health advisers laid out a plan for testing all newborn babies for a life-threatening heart problem. Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_15 cb35cd4508d2ed5c3614a85b8fd9f4ff LIFE expectancy in the Lothians' more wealthy areas is among the best in the world, a leading health boss has said. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_16 ac26e804876b128e283e554f20ca23ce Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-23T00:00:00Z http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_17 245d7ef8d011551ca81197c040d2c1b4 Background: Up to this date, prevalence rates of obesity are still rising. Aside from co-morbid diseases, perceived discrimination and stigmatization leads to worsen outcomes in obese individuals. Higher stigmatizing attitudes towards obese individuals may also result in less support of preventive and interventive measures. In light of the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_18 7e3c24bc2b255bdd2de010a7221eda4b Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_19 369e35e351e41ae3cb3c9968e357c0a2 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:00:54 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/41#item_20 eda60805061cc825e6ebbf7206b0c543 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:44:15 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_1 a3ded9cdcf5e8f04f1f22797361d3210 Awareness about bowel cancer is still "stubbornly low" despite it being the second biggest cause of cancer deaths in the UK, a study suggests. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:36:02 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_2 a41c7270a678c2015e38d6de55033772 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:02:41 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_3 56dd0d1aec10cc4e09bc9720437f64f9 Researchers are working to combine different vegetables or fruits that are known to have anti-cancer properties, in hope of developing foods that will target specific cancers. NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports. (Nightly News) (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:39:49 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_4 759bb50eb9836329da01c363684724fb It was women who came to the rescue of the desperate economy during World War II. Remember the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter and the message: Uncle Sam Needs You! By the end of the war, 6 million women had answered the government's call. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:29:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_5 3d43c5fb9028102825d77ef90d6542e0 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:29:00 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_6 3355349baa245d32f6f2a8f347b011f4 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:06:33 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_7 933d017fca920db193dfa75c0c4c037c Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:58:00 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_8 05c8ac6e512782cee73dbd0045717e48 A powerful new 570-megapixel digital camera is headed to Chile, where it will help scientists explore the mysteries of dark energy — which seems to be making the expansion of our universe speed up. The camera will peer out at faint galaxies at the distant reaches of space. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:00:00 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_9 129a0ccb833783c64ebe619f3acba82e Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:42:42 PDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_10 b9d5597d519687b439f3896461180502 With the highest percentage of uninsured residents, Texas would be one of the biggest beneficiaries of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:42:42 PDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_11 304dd71dd867163865e0118ba931f903 One of my greatest lessons was learning you need to clear the path you walk on for yourself because no one else is really interested in clearing it for you. (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T11:30:00-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_12 135737d3f82f6ec2a5a25c1ebde3efd3 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:13:13 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_13 dfe05cdd5b81b9166aa00fb8212d5064 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:39 PDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_14 f5d87d448e844d6f3970c6da9c100453 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:13:13 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_15 572655038f1e0ed217731f10a3c659f2 Many communities aren't pedestrian-friendly—so people have to choose between being unhealthy and being a bull's-eye I suppose it should come as no surprise that sprawling, Sun Belt metro regions built completely around the automobile are the nation's most unsafe places to walk. In a new report analyzing traffic fatality data over the last ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:13:13 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_16 f3d16458f0ac4af6f5ea1e7fe9bd8bbb AUSTIN — City residents reported seeing 755 coyotes in Austin since January 2009, but Gov. Rick Perry is the only person known to have shot and killed one inside the city limits. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:37:13 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_17 3c000a4618cc275a3b2017854e2973b3 Passengers riding on an Amtrak train headed to Virginia from Boston on Aug. 17 may have been exposed to measles, according Virginia health officials. A passenger who was riding Amtrak Northeast Regional Train #171 that day was diagnosed Sunday with the infectious disease. (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T11:30:00-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_18 6c8af2b072101b583f31400cecb19ead What goes on within the human skull is more complex and fantastic than anyone imagined. And scientists are finding ways to delve even deeper into what we know of the mind. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:21:31 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_19 b4a0c57dd950ca4b836d0c7106543a58 OK so I plan to start writing posts more frequently starting... now! I'm not sure what happened last week. Last week must've slipped on the wet bathroom floor and hit its head in a classic seventh season amnesia storyline. One... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:16 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/61#item_20 fa96f37c0d4104ea5229380d69d989e4 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:47:21 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_1 771b0ae2a9351e563131205d76231e84 Agriculture Department rejects plan from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to prohibit use of food stamps for purchase of sugary drinks (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:47:21 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_2 3f245b95dedeec33aaadcd4c5ce43fae Most brides obsess over every last detail of the big day and scour racks for the dream dress, but Ph.D. candidate Kjerstin Gruys has taken on a prenuptial challenge of more unique proportions. The teaching fellow at the UCLA Department of Sociology has sworn off looking in a mirror for an entire year—six months of which will lead up to her ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:26:15 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_3 78f337cc39e736125e820cd42f95762b A white Mississippi teen accused of intentionally running over a black man with a truck could face the death penalty if convicted. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:07:14 CST http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_4 e9db48ff70cff9fd3016f0d4dbfa901f Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:29:56 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_5 1a103d32e703861e1be93864d906a23d As demand grows for more explosive-detection dogs, the TSA is studying ways to develop the perfect pooch for the job. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:29:55 EST http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_6 15fc61392a8827a2cd6b25a4b25fa5b2 A walking school bus isn't yellow, burns no gas, and is fueled by human energy. The "wheels" on this "bus" go round and round when small groups of children pedal their bikes or walk to school as adults supervise them along the route. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:00:19 PDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_7 6516a29dad5180bd15f9a3cac75cca45 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:55:00 EST http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_8 5210f61f7f997c54afc1c2a7912ef87a Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have discovered ice, and possibly methane, on the dwarf planet 2007 OR10, which is nicknamed Snow White. Snow White was discovered in 2007. At the time it was nicknamed Snow White for its presumed white color, but the planet is actually one of the reddest objects in the solar system. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:54:40 EDT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_9 40bad922d99533937308af8cf2a5b537 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:02:26 EST http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_10 5bfe2e72fa7dd4848aa2d53f4833b21d Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have trouble expressing themselves in writing than children who do not have ADHD, and this skill becomes increasingly important as children enter high school or college. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:00:38 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_11 2c99c398b281e8acbbb9d74275644843 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:43:16 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_12 a442b3b1a6dc7692d55750dfe966852b Happily married people who undergo major heart surgery are three times more likely to survive than those who are unmarried, according to a new study. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:59:12 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_13 a901be9f6b18e56b4fd662070e23de3d Richer people are less likely to care for their elderly parents than those earning lower salaries, according to a new study. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:02:20 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_14 b3f2740bd6ed24528afce99367181562 CHICAGO (AP) -- More than 5,000 U.S. children and teens are injured each year in falls from windows, according to a study that suggests the problem stretches beyond urban high-rises.... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:13:53 EST http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_15 3a33e466f8835015cbd2042194cfe08a New type 2 diabetes medications are bringing more options and convenience to diabetes care. 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(Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:02:20 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/81#item_20 ab7b48de814c445a62fab287ceab1574 "The people who live around all of these places which have leases should be concerned," said Peters resident Jet Miskis, a member of the Peters Township Marcellus Shale Awareness group. Peters council members recently enacted new regulations governing the gas drilling industry. "Because of the Oil & Gas Act, they are permitted by law to drill ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:02:20 GMT http://blog.megite.com/health/1314107520/101#item_1 c8c87c9fa5d05e31aacc40e7f5c4c3a5 Brett Hazen, an energy engineer for Honeywell makes post-retrofit measurements and verifications of installed heating, ventillator and air conditioning units at the Anoka County government center Thursday morning August 18, 2011. (Pioneer Press: John Doman) (Read on Source) ]]>