Month: April 2013

By Steve Olafson OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A lawyer for an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of using improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools that may have exposed patients to HIV and hepatitis said on Wednesday his client had an impeccable record and provided dedicated care. The attorney for Dr. Scott Harrington did not address the specific allegations of improper care that have been lodged by state regulators. Instead, Tulsa lawyer James Secrest II issued a statement that defended Harrington’s professional history. “For almost 35 years, Dr. …

Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer’s is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year, according to a new study that looked at this in unprecedented detail.

By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) – A women’s rights organization will protest outside Reebok’s Manhattan store on Thursday, demanding the athletic goods retailer cut ties with rapper Rick Ross over a song whose lyrics it says boasts about drugging and raping a woman. The Miami-based rapper released the song “U.O.E.N.O.” in January featuring lyrics that seem to reference drugging and having sex with a woman who is unaware of what is happening. …

President Obama announced on Tuesday that he wants to launch a $100 million project that will map the human brain. The project, labeled the “Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies,” or more literally, the BRAIN Initiative, will seek to figure out “how individual cells and complex neural circuits operate in time and space,” according to the official explanation of the project’s goals published by the National Institutes of Health.

New Film Examines if Internet Addiction Led to a Baby s Death by Neglect

BEIJING (AP) — In a worrisome sign, a bird flu in China appears to have mutated so that it can spread to other animals, raising the potential for a bigger threat to people, scientists said Wednesday.