Kaiser Ordered To Pay $11.4 Million To Radiologist In Retaliation Case
A Los Angeles jury has ordered the Kaiser HMO and an affiliated physician group practice to pay $11.4 million in damages for retaliating against a staff radiologist who complained about poor patient care at one of its Los Angeles-area hospitals. The case, which led to a Dec. 11, 2008, decision favoring Dr. Michael Martinucci in [...]
DNA Duplication: A Mechanism For ‘survival Of The Fittest’
150 years after Darwin published his theory of evolution, VIB researchers connected to Ghent University have discovered that DNA duplications have given plants an evolutionary advantage. This mechanism enabled plants – in contrast to the dinosaurs – to survive the ‘Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction’ of 65 million years ago. With the aid of the latest bioinformatics [...]
Don’t Let Rabies Spoil Your Spring Vacation – Arizona Set For Record Breaking Year Of Rabid Animals
Arizona is on track for another record-breaking year for rabid animals. After last year’s astounding 176 laboratory-confirmed rabies cases, 47 animals have tested positive for rabies this year. Most of the animals came from the desert southeast area of the state and in the recreation areas near Flagstaff and Sedona. “With this great weather, people [...]
Aspirin Foundation: US Experts Recommend Aspirin To Prevent First Heart Attack Or Stroke
Aspirin should be recommended to reduce the risk of heart attack in men aged 45 – 79 and to reduce the risk of stroke in women aged 55 – 79 who do not have heart disease, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has recommended.(1) The USPSTF(2) states that men aged 45 – 79 should [...]
Adolescents From Poor Families Are More Likely To Be Victims Of Bullying
A new international study finds that adolescents from families of low affluence reported a higher prevalence of being victims of bullying. Researchers examined the socioeconomic distribution of adolescent exposure to bullying by surveying 162,305 students, ages 11, 13 and 15, from nationally representative samples of 5,998 schools in 35 countries in Europe and North America [...]
Genomic ‘fossils’ In Lemurs Shed Light On The Origin And Evolution Of HIV And Other Primate Lentiviruses
A retrovirus related to HIV became stably integrated into the genome of several lemurs around 4.2 million years ago, according to research led by Dr. Cédric Feschotte at the University of Texas, Arlington. Published March 20 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, the analysis of prosimian immunodeficiency virus (pSIV) offers new insights into the evolution [...]
Progress Toward An Alzheimer’s Drug That Saves Brain Cells
Leuven – VIB scientists connected to the K.U.Leuven have identified a molecule that can form the basis for a new therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. This is the first step toward a medicine that could actually stop the progress of Alzheimer’s. Existing medicines can at best limit the loss of memory during the first phases of [...]
