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San Diego council approves pot ordinance after years of debate SAN DIEGO -- After years of wrangling, delay and study, the City Council on Tuesday approved a zoning plan that will allow less than three dozen medical marijuana dispensaries within the city. The plan will allow no more than four dispensaries in each ...
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Virtual arm eases phantom limb pain Using computer-generated augmented reality, the patient can see and move a virtual arm controlled by their stump. Electric signals from the muscles in the amputated limb "talk" to the computer, allowing real-time movement. Amputee Ture Johanson says his ...
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PBS correspondent Miles O'Brien has arm amputated This 2010 photo released by PBS shows NOVA correspondent Miles O'Brien. O'Brien says his left arm was amputated above the elbow following after an apparently minor injury turned serious. Robert Severi, PBS/AP. Shares. Tweets; Stumble. Email; More +.
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Skin cancer linked to evolution of dark skin in early humans Skin cancer may have driven the evolution of dark skin in early humans more than a million years ago, a study has found. A British scientist has speculated that when early human species shed their body hair their light-coloured flesh would have been highly ...
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Patients more likely to die if treated by nurses without degrees Hospital patients are more likely to die after surgery if they are treated by nurses who don't have a bachelor's degree, a study has found. Researchers followed up more than 420,000 patients from 300 hospitals across Europe and discovered that staff training ...
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| MMR Vaccine Timing, Sequencing Tied to Fewer Hospitalizations Receipt of live measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine on schedule and in correct sequence is associated with a lower rate of all infection-related hospital admissions for young children, according to a study published in the Feb. 26 issue of the Journal of the ...
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Child dies from infected rat; family sues Petco SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego family is suing Petco after the death of their 10-year-old son from a bacterial infection they say he contracted from his pet rat. Attorney John Gomez told The Associated Press on Tuesday that his firm filed the lawsuit Monday in ...
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Zohydro Change.org petition seeks repeal of drug's FDA approval A collective of anti-substance abuse advocates and physicians are appealing to the head of the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider the agency's approval of a prescription painkiller many fear will only hinder efforts to stop the current epidemic of ...
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First Lady touts her healthy kid program at Miami event First lady Michelle Obama, campaigning in South Florida Tuesday for her "Let's Move!" healthy kids program, unveiled a widespread expansion of after-school exercise and snack programs. Her late-afternoon visit to Miami-Dade County's Gwen Cherry Park ...
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Strawberries boost heart health by lowering bad cholesterol A team of researchers has found that incorporating antioxidant-rich strawberries into a daily diet may help lower cholesterol and boost cardiovascular health. A team of volunteers ate half a kilo of strawberries a day for a month to see whether it altered their ...
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Dad May Join Two Moms for Disease-Free Designer Babies: Health A new technology aimed at eliminating genetic disease in newborns would combine the DNA of three people, instead of just two, to create a child, potentially redrawing ethical lines for designer babies. The process works by replacing potentially variant DNA ...
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Emotions run high at UT medical marijuana debate A medical marijuana debate was held at the University of Tampa on February 24, 2014. Attorney John Morgan and Alan St. Pierre of NORML argued in favor of its legalization, while Kevin Sabet, the director of the Drug Policy Institute, and Dr. Eric Voth of the ...
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Boynton Beach dad delivers daughter at hospital without doctor, nurse Indira Ali and her husband, Zaheer Ali, found themselves delivering baby Aaliyah alone in their hospital room, without a doctor or nurse, shortly after midnight on Feb. 23, 2014. The doctor was busy with another patient. The nurse told them to wait and left ...
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Teens Probably Not Spreading Lice By Taking Selfies, Expert Says The story that teens were getting lice by taking too many selfies went viral on Monday. But is it true? First, the source of the story. Marcy McQuillan, who offers lice removal services in Northern California, told SFist that she was seeing a "huge increase of lice in ...
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Children's weight is a big problem Children's weight is a big problem. Associate professor Jack Chen said the number of overweight young Australian's is on the rise. Tweet. Facebook. of. ╳. exit. THE number of overweight young Australians is on the rise. That's the basic finding of a recent ...
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