Diagnostics

Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
Yahoo! | 4 minutes ago
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. ? Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

Chief: I didn't try to sell Parker-Broderick items
Yahoo! | 55 minutes ago
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio ? An eastern Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of the woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick says he never discussed selling items from the home.

Giants linebacker Pierce sidelined with neck injury
Reuters | 1 hour 5 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce will be sidelined indefinitely with a bulging disc in his neck, the team said on Friday.

Ohio Parker-Broderick surrogacy case goes to jury
Yahoo! | 1 hour 55 minutes ago
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio ? An Ohio police chief accused of burgling the home of a woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick abused his authority and tried to "blame it all on being a joke," a prosecutor said Friday in closing arguments of the chief's trial.

Surviving madness, mutilation and a mauling
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The | 4 hours ago
Awarded best actress at Cannes for a role that plumbs grief, Charlotte Gainsbourg enjoyed the extremes. - Sydney Morning Herald Online

McGrady wants to play, Rockets say no
Charlotte Observer (N.C.), The | 4 hours 3 minutes ago
ATLANTA Tracy McGrady says he is ready to play. The Houston Rockets say he'll have to wait.

Report: Bangladeshi mom doesn t want twins back
Las Vegas Sun | 4 hours 41 minutes ago
The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday.

Report: Bangladeshi mom doesn't want twins back
Seattle Times, The | 4 hours 43 minutes ago
The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday.

Bangladeshi mother tells newspaper formerly conjoined twins should grow up in Australia
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 4 hours 50 minutes ago
MELBOURNE, Australia - The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday.

FDA: GE, Bayer, Covidien MR agents carry highest risk
HealthImaging.com | 5 hours 39 minutes ago
After years of research regarding gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) used during MRI being linked to the skin disease nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), the FDA has found the greatest risk in GE Healthcares Omniscan, Bayer HealthCare's Magnevist and Covidiens Optimark.

Study: Neuroimaging may help characterize Alzheimer's risk
HealthImaging.com | 5 hours 42 minutes ago
Automated morphological analysis techniques (MRI, diffusion tensor imaging and neurocognitive assessments) have shown the association of apolipoprotein E (ApoE4) allele in the brain of healthy, non-demented older adults with decrease in cognition, according to a study published in this months Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

"Virtual colonoscopy" may be an option, study shows
Canada.com | 6 hours 59 minutes ago
So-called virtual colonoscopies -- done using souped-up x-rays -- detect tumors and precancerous lesions almost as well as standard colonoscopies using a camera threaded through the colon, Italian researchers reported on Tuesday.