Four men arrested after Greenbrier County car chase
Four men Timothy Brannon Chad Evans Gary Kane and Gregory Hardiman were charged with transport of stolen property fleeing in a vehicle and other offenses after a lengthy pursuit by conservation officers and local police. The 1992 Chrysler LeBaron stolen from Maryland was recovered along with a 3.03 carat diamond ring and credit cards.
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C. W. Schollar
Timothy Brannon
Lewisburg
Chad Evans
Tomsbrook
Gary Kane
Ronceverte
Gregory Hardiman
Hardiman
Brannon
Monroe County
Maryland
Fairlea
Schollar
Alderson
Rookstool Road
Muddy Creek
Sylvester
Low fat diets may not cut heart risk say researchers
A Circulation report questions ultra low fat diets vs moderately low fat ones. Dr Linda Van Horn notes insufficient data for blanket recommendations while some studies show risk reduction tied to weight loss and lifestyle changes. Experts warn against overreaching beyond AHA guidance of less than 30 percent of calories from fat.
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Dallas
American Heart Association
Linda van Horn
Ms. van Horn
Northwestern University Medical School
van Horn
Montaz Wasser
National Heart, Lung and Blood
Maryland
AHA
Wasser
U.S
Dean Ornish
Ornish
Preventive Medicine Research Institute
California
Gene variant raises breast cancer risk in Jewish women
Studies on Ashkenazi Jews link an APC gene variant to higher breast cancer risk, especially with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Offit notes about a 50 percent lifetime increase for Ashkenazi women, though overall effect is smaller than BRCA mutations and not enough to justify broad screening. Brody stresses need for research in other groups.
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New York
Kenneth Offit
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Offit
Lawrence Brody
Brody
Nature Genetics
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Cancer Institute
Johns Hopkins Oncolo
Gy Center
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Implants may rival surgery for localized prostate cancer
A Northwest Hospital ten year study of 147 men treated with seed brachytherapy and external beam radiation finds 64 percent disease free with low PSA, and only three prostate cancer deaths. Lead author Dr Haakon Ragde says brachytherapy matches surgical results and outperforms conventional radiation in long term effectiveness.
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Atlanta
Northwest Hospital
Seattle
Haakon Ragde
Cancer
Ragde
Northwest Prostate Institute
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