Miscellaneous

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Continues to Beat Tort Reform Drum

  Bret Hanna | May 05, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, through its Institute for Legal Reform, has taken its well-funded campaign to curb the rights of the injured to a new level and venue. Yesterday, The National Law...

• New Justice May Change Face of Supreme Court

  Bret Hanna | May 02, 2009 5:04 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  President Obama has gone on the record concerning the type of Justice he would like to replace Justice David Souter when he retires in June. The President will appoint someone who combines empathy...

• Safety Tips for Bicyclists- How to Avoid Accidents and Injuries

  Mark Williams | May 01, 2009 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  I would like to share with you a few safety tips that can help road cyclists avoid, as much as possible, those common traps that can lead to tragic injuries or even death. I have tried to...

• Swine Flu Medications Arrive in Utah

  Bret Hanna | April 30, 2009 10:31 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT

  According to an article in today's Salt Lake Tribune, four truckloads of anti-viral medications have been delivered to a secure warehouse in Utah. The 87,000 doses delivered represent 25% of the...

• Couple Injured in Home Explosion

  Amy Schauers | February 13, 2008 1:06 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A couple in Sanpete Utah was seriously injured after their home exploded today. The cause of the explosion may have been snow or ice falling from the roof and hitting and damaging an exposed propane line. The leaking propane was ignited after potentially two days of leakage into the crawl space of the home.Officials advise that once a propane tank is installed they should always be checked for...

• Human Embryos With DNA from Three People

  Amy Schauers | February 06, 2008 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Scientists in Britain have created human embryos with DNA from two women and one man. Patrick Chinnery, a professor of neurogenetics, said that the intent is not to alter genes but to exchange bad ones for good ones. They are trying to create healthy embryos in order to avoid passing on diseases such as muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, strokes and mental retardation.The genes being replaced are...

• Baby Products May Contain Harmful Chemicals

  Amy Schauers | February 04, 2008 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A new study released proposes that baby products including lotion, baby powder, and baby shampoo may be exposing babies to harmful chemicals called phthalates. Phthalates are used to make plastics flexible and stabilize fragrances and are found in many consumer products. The journal Pediatrics, Sathyanarayana, from the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues measured the levels of...

• War Concussions and Post Traumatic Stress

  Amy Schauers | January 30, 2008 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A study by The New England Journal of Medicine shows that troops that have returned from Iraq who have suffered concussion are at a greater risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder. Experts are concerned that head injuries sustained in combat may cause neurological deficits.Now that the prevalence is known, Dr. Levine said, the next step should be to assess troops' cognitive...

• Groundbreaking Cancer Specialist Dr. Judah Folkman Dies

  Amy Schauers | January 18, 2008 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  On January 15, 2008 the groundbreaking cancer specialist Dr. Judah Folkman passed away. Dr. Folkman was responsible for the cancer treatment known as anti-angiogenesis. Folkman had first theorized in the 1960s that blocking angiogenesis, the term given to blood vessel growth, would starve cancer tumors to death. The ideas were widely dismissed at the time, but came to the fore with the release...

• Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

  Amy Schauers | January 17, 2008 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Researchers have found a new way to detect a man's risk of getting prostate cancer in the future.Researchers have recently identified a series of gene markers that, when present with family history of the disease, increase a patient's risk of prostate cancer more than nine times. Those markers, say researchers, can be detected in a simple saliva or blood sample -- good news for a condition whose...