Article: Minorities face pain-med bias.(News)

Article: As American as baseball, Nation citizens take oath.(News)
The Boston Herald;  October 21, 2004 ;     527 words ... ... All I have to do is wear my Red Sox shirt and my hat and say, `go Red Sox,' and I can do it as a citizen," said Magalie Jean-Michel, 29, originally of Haiti, as she toted a small American flag in her bag. Even a Yankee fan among them was ready ...

Article: Blessed by amnesty; I was here illegally; now I'm proudly ...
Concord Monitor;  July 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The recent political debates about illegal immigration, particularly amnesty, have forced me to introspection in an attempt to define my position. I am reluctant to admit - to the dismay of my fellow Haitians and other immigrants - that I cannot choose a position that is decisively on either side

Article: U of I study: exercise to avoid gallstones!
Health & Medicine Week;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Nutritional Sciences and an Assistant Professor in Kinesiology and Community Health. Gallbladder disease affects 10 to 25 percent of adults in the United States, although some persons who are affected may not have symptoms. It has the second highest cost ...

Article: UMass Medical School study finds patients diagnosed with coronary ...
Health & Medicine Week;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... recommendations. When examining AHEI components, only 12.4 percent of the participants met the optimal daily consumption of vegetables and 7.8 percent for fruit. Only 8 percent of the patients met the cereal fiber recommendation, and 5 ...

Article: Scientists at Army detail research in chemical warfare.(Report)
Health & Medicine Week;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... assay). Cells were imaged using comet analysis software and three parameters of DNA fragmentation measured: tail length, percent DNA in the tail, and tail moment arm. Repeated low-dose exposure to sarin produced a dose-dependent response in leukocytes ...

Article: New kidney cancer study findings recently were published by J.C. ...
Health & Medicine Week;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... response rate 4% to 27%) and responses were seen in patients who had previously not responded to IL-2. Thirty-three percent of patients experienced a grade III or IV immune-mediated toxicity. There was a highly significant association between autoimmune ...

Article: Neck Pain Task Force of Bone & Joint Decade of World Health ...
Health & Medicine Week;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... is a common adage for a good reason -- it is a widespread, annoying, aggravating and disabling problem affecting up to 70 percent of the population annually," explains Dr. Clum. "While this type of condition does not carry the life-or-death reality ...