Researchers develop brain cancer modelMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:00PM LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers using mice have developed a model of the most common and deadly human brain cancer, a published study indicates.
Beating the credit card trapSunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:00AMTHERE is no secret to paying off your credit card debt quicker. All you need to do is source a lower interest rate card and increase your repayments.
US Treasury sets out rescue frameworkFriday, January 2, 2009 @ 8:25PMThe US Treasury set out for the first time yesterday a basic framework it uses to evaluate whether a troubled financial institution is systemically important enough to justify emergency aid.
The further adventures of Hank JamesFriday, January 2, 2009 @ 2:59PMA beautiful color plate from the 1963 Heritage Press edition. Leave it to Henry James buffs to stuff my inbox with charming, hilarious, thoughtful and well-written responses to my oddball account of my hairsplitting trials at attempting to read the...
Dangerously Paranoid? Overview and Strategies for a Psychiatric Evaluation of a Highly Prevalent SyndromeFriday, January 2, 2009 @ 12:07PMThe term “paranoia,” derived from the Greek &lduo;para” (beside) and “nous” (mind), was coined as a descriptor of psychopathology by Heinroth in 1818. 1 By the end of the 19th century, 50% to 80% of patients in asylums in German-speaking coun tries had received a diagnosis of paranoia. 1 Beginning in 1899, Kraepelin’s efforts to define paranoia more precisely resulted in a decrease in diagnoses ...
Vernon Healy Investigates On Behalf of Couple Who Lost More Than $2 Million On Fannie Mae Preferred Stock Based On ...Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:10AM NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 2, 2009 -- A couple who lost more than $2 million -- in under six weeks -- on Fannie Mae Preferred Stock has retained the Vernon Healy law firm to investigate disclosures by Merrill Lynch, the firm that recommended the investment and also profited as a managing underwriter of Fannie Mae Preferred Stock for its May 2008 offering.
How to Shave Costs With PrecisionFriday, January 2, 2009 @ 7:05AMThe global financial marketplace has recently become quite volatile, as fears of an American recession affect economies all over the world. Such fears can be especially dangerous for businesses. In times like these, many top managers panic and make unwise decisions such as firing quality employees and slashing important programs.
UPDATE: Euro Down Sharply To Session Lows In Last 2008 DayWednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:06AM(Updates with fresh euro lows and U.S. data with market response.) NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--After gaining all week, the euro fell sharply to intraday lows versus the dollar, yen and U.K. pound early in New York.
Also in the Dec. 30 JNCITuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 3:33PM( Journal of the National Cancer Institute ) The Dec. 30 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute also includes a study that may explain why cisplatin causes hearing loss while oxaliplatin does not, a study on the relationship between insulin levels and postmenopausal breast cancer risk and a study suggesting that an antibody-based prognostic test approved by the US Food and ...