Miscellaneous

• Teacher Dies of Heart Attack While Getting Root Canal

  Amy Schauers | December 18, 2007 6:10 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Chicago elementary school Principal Georgette Watson died today while undergoing a root canal. It is reported that she died of a heart attack while under sedation. It is still unclear whether she was unconscious or was given anesthesia. Office staff tried to revive Watson before paramedics arrived but were unsuccessful. Two of the dentists have been on probation since July "due to...

• Nearly 8 Million Died of Cancer in 2007

  Amy Schauers | December 17, 2007 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The number of cancers and cancer deaths are on the rise. This may be due to an aging population. As life expectancy rises we are seeing an increase of cancer deaths. The American Cancer Society reported 12 million new cases of malignancy diagnosed worldwide in 2007, with 7.6 million people dying from the disease.The report, Global Cancer Facts & Figures, finds that 5.4 million of those...

• Air Quality Tests In Louisiana

  Amy Schauers | December 13, 2007 8:54 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  FEMA issued several thousand trailers to residents of Louisiana and Mississippi after hurricane Katrina. Now residents are concerned about health problems linked to high levels of formaldehyde. Elevated levels of formaldehyde gas can cause headaches, burning in the eyes and throat, nausea and difficulty breathing.Approximately 46,700 families who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina live in...

• Red Meat Linked To Cancer Risk

  Amy Schauers | December 11, 2007 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A new study from the National Cancer Institute shows a link between people who eat a large amount of red and processed meats to a higher risk of developing several types of cancer. These cancers include lung cancer and colorectal cancer. Researchers examined data from a large U.S. diet and health study conducted by Amanda Cross and colleagues at the National Cancer Institute and is published...

• University of Utah's Mario Capecchi Wins 2007 Nobel Prize In Medicine

  Amy Schauers | December 10, 2007 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Capecchi and two of his colleagues Oliver Smithies, D.Phil and Sir Martin Evans, Ph.D received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work on developing technology to manipulate genes in mice. "This is a tremendous honor for our University, for our Department of Human Genetics, and, specifically, for all the members of my laboratory, past and present who have contributed to this work," said...

• Passengers at Risk of Catastrophic Accidents on Runways

  Amy Schauers | December 05, 2007 12:53 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  According to a report from the congressional Government Accountability Office, airline passengers may be at risk to catastrophic accidents of airline runway collisions. Collisions, which were narrowly or barely avoided, have occured about 30 per year since 2002.The FAA made significant progress with its 2002 national runway safety plan which dropped these occurrences considerably. This report...

• Centerville Teen Dies in Accident

  Amy Schauers | December 03, 2007 1:06 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Kristen Findley a Sixteen-year-old student of Viewmont High School was tubing with friends when she hit her head. Kristen suffered severe brain trauma and later died. Her parents, teachers and friends are feeling the devastating loss. She was said to be a star athlete and beloved by her peers. Kristen's principal said that she was a "bright student and with a bright future."This was the...

• EnergySolutions To Bring 20,000 Tons Nuclear Waste To Utah

  Amy Schauers | November 30, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  EnergySolutions applied to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to bring 20,000 tons of nuclear waste to Utah. This enormous amount of waste would come from Italy and could make Utah the worlds dump site. Before approving the license, the NRC must publish a notice in the Federal Register and allow comments from the public and affected government entities. The notice has not yet been...

• Cancer Risk Increased in Poor Black Women

  Amy Schauers | November 28, 2007 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A study found that women surveyed in public housing in Washington DC met none or one of the requirements for a healthy diet. Because of this, poor black women face a greater risk of cancer because of unhealthy diets. Study findings were presented at a conference in Atlanta of the American Association for Cancer Research."African-American women ... face a worse cancer incidence and mortality...

• Radon and Lung Cancer

  Amy Schauers | November 20, 2007 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Some Utah based researchers are urging people who live along the Wasatch Front to have their homes tested for Radon. This is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that can cause 10% of lung cancer even in those who don't smoke.Researchers say that it doesn't matter what the age of your home is. This is because many homes along the Wasatch Front are built on uranium-rich granite. Radon is a gas...