Women’s Fest to help launch ‘New’ initiative at RiverView (Crookston Daily Times)

RiverView Health in Crookston is hosting “Women’s Fest” on Monday, May 12 from 3-7 p.m. The event, being held on National Women’s Check-up Day, will feature four health educational presentations, several health screening opportunities, an acupuncture demonstration and a tour of the new breast health programs offered in RiverView’s radiology department, including the new digital mammography … Read more…

71-Yr-Old McCain Appears Healthy (ABC News)

Three-time melonoma survivor appears cancer free and healthy, records show. Full story…

Radcliffe upbeat despite stress fracture (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe said on Thursday she had a stress fracture of her left femur and that some specialists had told her it would be impossible for her to compete in the Beijing Olympics. Click here for more…

Slain shopper’s sickening secret (Daily Telegraph)

HIS murder rocked a nation - but even more shocking than the crime itself are revelations of the victim’s identity and details of his sickening criminal past. Continue…

Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital (MedicineNet.com)

Title: Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital Category: Health News Created: 5/22/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/22/2008 Click here for more…

Repeat Colonscopies Underused in High-Risk Patients (HealthCentral.com)

Copyright 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — The people who most need to have repeat colonoscopies to detect precancerous growths are less likely to get the potentially lifesaving procedures, new research shows. Full story…

Injured New York Officer Begins Recovery (Officer.com)

Swift work by a surgical team has led to hope for Officer Kenneth Baribault. More…

Blood test for early lung cancer shows promise (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The pattern of active genes in white blood cells can accurately distinguish people with early-stage lung cancer from cancer-free people, researchers report. They are hopeful that such a test may one day be used alongside lung CT scanning in patients with suspected lung cancer. Click here for more…

TSA Certifies Reveal CT-80DR EDS at 226 Bags Per Hour (Centre Daily Times)

Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced security inspection systems, announced today that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has certified its new CT-80DR explosives detection system (EDS). The Reveal CT-80DR is a dual row EDS that has the ability to scan checked baggage for a wide variety of explosives at a TSA-certified rate of up to 226 bags per hour. More…

Coming to a marketer near you: Brain scanning (San Francisco Chronicle)

U.S. advertisers spent nearly $500 per American last year. But what makes one ad persuasive and another a dud? Two Bay Area firms have adapted brain scanning technology to gain insight into the science of spending. “We can’t read your mind, I assure you,”… Continue…

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