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Ashwell receptor reduces mortality during sepsis EurekAlert! Sun, 18 May 2008 10:20 AM PDT In research that solves the longest-standing mystery in glycobiology – a field that studies complex sugar chains called glycans – researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that a molecule in the liver of all animals, called the Ashwell receptor, is critical in helping the body fight off the abnormal and lethal blood clotting caused by bacterial ... How to cure America’s health system Financial Times Sun, 18 May 2008 10:29 AM PDT In US public policy, all roads lead to healthcare. Remorseless pressure on public spending? Blame Medicare. Economic insecurity? Fear of losing health benefits is a chief cause. Stagnant wages and worsening inequality? Look to the cost of employer-provided insurance. Yerkes researchers develop first transgenic nonhuman primate model of Huntington's disease EurekAlert! Sun, 18 May 2008 10:05 AM PDT Transferring 30 embryos into eight surrogates. This resulted in six pregnancies and five live births (two sets of twins and one singleton); all carried the mutant htt and GFP genes. Two continue to survive. Myanmar health system strained by cyclone Fort Worth Star-Telegram Sun, 18 May 2008 6:43 AM PDT Saw Htin's cheeks were wet with tears after waiting in line with hundreds of sick, desperate cyclone survivors. The 18-year-old mother clutched her wheezing baby boy. "He coughed and cried all night," she explained hysterically to a volunteer doctor. "Is he going to die?" Myanmar's ragged health system has been stretched to the limit after the cyclone two weeks ago left up to 2.5 million people ... Health care reform is needed now The Buffalo News Sun, 18 May 2008 4:34 AM PDT The horror stories we have heard of late should have all of us clamoring for reform in the health system. Majority of insured take medication The Cincinnati Enquirer Sun, 18 May 2008 2:30 AM PDT TRENTON, N.J. - For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. Muar folk getting all hot and bothered The Star Sat, 17 May 2008 4:14 PM PDT MUAR: There's a new hit movie in town. And it's not Iron Man . Video clips of a man making love to several different women are being circulated here via handphones. Family fights disease, honors 'angel' in 5K Deseret Morning News Sun, 18 May 2008 0:10 AM PDT With a bum knee and a weak heart, Juli Larsen was feeling a lot of things at the end of Saturday's Running With Angels 5K: out of breath, sore, fatigued. But she didn't feel at all discouraged, despite coming in next to last. Seattle Laces Up To Beat the Bridge and Diabetes PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Sun, 18 May 2008 11:42 AM PDT On Sunday, May 18, over 9,000 runners, walkers and all manner of fleet footed fundraisers in the fight against diabetes gathered at University of Washington's Husky Stadium to participate in the 26th Annual Nordstrom Beat the Bridge to Beat Diabetes event which benefits the Northwest chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation . New Carle center ready to roll out the red carpet The Champaign News-Gazette Sun, 18 May 2008 6:18 AM PDT URBANA – You can't help but sense the spirit of Linda Mills throughout this place. In the colors chosen to soothe and uplift, in the cozy touches and abundance of natural light, in the sheer determination to win this war on breast cancer for all women, even though it couldn't be won in time for her.

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