Health

All-women crew makes debut in Air India Express New Kerala Sun, 27 Jul 2008 5:36 AM PDT Chennai, Jul 27: In a first-of-its-kind achievement, Air India Express, the international budget carrier of Air India, today operated an all-women crew flight to Singapore from Chennai. Rahul Gandhi on Hyderabad visit New Kerala Sun, 27 Jul 2008 7:21 AM PDT Hyderabad, July 27 : All-India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Gandhi Bhavan, the state Congress headquarters in Hyderabad today. Serious illness changes perspective Boston Herald Sat, 26 Jul 2008 9:18 PM PDT As small business owners, we are ambitious and driven, pouring our hearts and our lives into our companies. But it can all change in an instant. Nancy Michaels has built... Aging Could Be A Case Of Specific Genetic Instructions Rather Than Rust - Implying Halting Or Reversing Aging Process ... Medical News Today Sun, 27 Jul 2008 1:11 AM PDT Age may not be rust after all. Specific genetic instructions drive aging in worms, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage akin to rust, and implies science might eventually halt or even reverse the ravages of age. EPA working to ban pesticide carbofuran Courier-Post Sun, 27 Jul 2008 0:16 AM PDT The Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to stop the use of the pesticide carbofuran on all food crops, including those that are imported. Blood pressure high? Get it down or face health risks New Orleans Times-Picayune Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:02 PM PDT When their blood pressure flares at a checkup, patients have plenty of explanations, and Dr. Maureen Mays has heard them all. Bad traffic. Bad weather. Bad morning. Bad day at work. Bad weekend at home. Bad in-laws visiting. Bad argument on the way in. Bad coffee. Bad genes. Genentech Forms Special Committee Of Independent Directors To Review Roche Proposal Medical News Today Sun, 27 Jul 2008 1:10 AM PDT Genentech Forms Special Committee of Independent Directors to Review Roche Proposal Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) announced today that it has formed a special committee of its Board of Directors, composed of the company's three independent directors, to assess the proposal from Roche to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Genentech stock not owned by Roche at a price of $89. ALABAMA EXPOSURE: Former state health officer Myers dies The Tuscaloosa News Sun, 27 Jul 2008 1:53 AM PDT All Ira Myers wanted to be was a family doctor. Instead he became a public health officer and participated in the 1950s field trials of the Salk vaccine that helped eradicate polio in Alabama and the United States. Leave cancelled for Uttar Pradesh police personnel New Kerala Sun, 27 Jul 2008 4:21 AM PDT Lucknow, July 27 : A high alert has been sounded in Uttar Pradesh following the bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad and leave of all police personnel has been cancelled, officials said Sunday. Acupuncture Study on Stop Smoking (Smoking Cessation) PR.com Sun, 27 Jul 2008 6:57 AM PDT Acupuncture study on stop smoking (smoking cessation), shows that acupuncture will help resistant smokers quite smoking once and for all. [PR.com - July 02, 2008]