Smoking linked to mutation in key cancer gene
Boston researchers from Johns Hopkins report in the New England Journal of Medicine that smoking increases damage to the pa3 gene, a cancer-protecting gene, in the most common form of cancer. Lead author Dr. Joseph A. Brennan and colleagues note tobacco mutagens may inactivate pa3 in affected cells.
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Boston
Joseph A. Brennan
Johns Hopkins University
New England Journal of Medicine
Backers Urge Quayle to Reenter Presidential Race
Financial backers urged former Vice President Dan Quayle to reconsider his decision against seeking the Republican nomination. Marilyn Quayle said she would be surprised if he re-entered, noting there are good candidates and the aim is to support a strong candidate to defeat Bill Clinton. She spoke after a Birmingham Business Fair luncheon.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dan Quayle
Marilyn Quayle
Bill Clinton
Man in Disguise Worked as Nurse Without License
Darnell Bowmar allegedly posed as Adrian L. Williams to work as a nurse at Green Valley Health Care Center in Dickson, administering shots and medications. Indicted for practicing medicine without a license, he is being sought as investigators probe work at other nursing homes in four towns. He was fired in December after an anonymous tip and then vanished.
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Charlotte
Tenn
Darnell Bowmar
Adrian L. Williams
Green Valley Health Care Center
Dickson
Ted Tarpley
Bowmar
Ben Nelson invites Nebraskans with his name to meet
Gov. Ben Nelson announced a campaign to locate others named Ben Nelson in Nebraska. He asks all holders of the same name to mail their contact details by May 1 and promises a shared celebration day with a special event funded by the governor for the group.
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Lincoln
Ben Nelsons
Ben Nelson
Nelson
Nebraska
Boy who was declared dead dies after life support
In Roseville California a 15 month old boy Wesley Scott who was found alive 35 minutes after doctors initially pronounced him dead died Wednesday night soon after life support was removed. The body had been found breathing by a nurse moments before removal. Family and investigators described the effort to revive him as heroic.
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Roseville
Calif
Sutter Memorial Hospital
Nancy Turner
Wesley Scott
Wesley
Placer County Sheriff's
Steve J. Fader
Orange County urged tax hike to climb from bankruptcy
Orange County interim chief executive William Popejoy broke a taboo by saying the county cannot emerge from bankruptcy without a prompt tax increase. He urged a referendum on a half cent sales tax boost to 8.25 percent. the county treasurer’s pool loss helped make the bankruptcy the largest municipal failure in U.S. history.
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Los Angeles
Orange County
William Popejoy
Fine particle pollution trumps ozone in killing lives
A study by Brigham Young University and Harvard researchers links fine airborne particles from diesel and industry to a 15 to 17 percent higher mortality risk in the 150 largest U.S. metro areas. Los Angeles cited among the most polluted, with life expectancy reduced by one to three years in the most affected cities.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Brigham Young University
C. Arden Pope
Pope
Harvard School of Public Health
American Cancer Society
Health Science Center faces 7000 jobs at stake in Syracuse
The Health Science Center with four colleges educates over 2100 people annually and employs more than 4700. Staff warn that closing Syracuse University Hospital would devastate the region, complicate medical education, and trigger broader hospital-education cuts as SUNY hospitals pursue reforms and local control.
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Ine
Science Center
Gregory Eastwood
University Hospital
Irving Memorial Hospital
Eastwood
Crouse
Syracuse
Irwin Davis
Metropolitan Development Association
Weiglans Adminstration Medical Center
Bartlett
Albany
SUNY
Students
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse Overview
The Health Science Center in the SUNY system includes University Hospital with 350 beds and four colleges Medicine Nursing Health Related Professions and Graduate Studies. It employs 4700 staff, treats over 11 000 inpatients and 100 000 clinic visits yearly, serves 1.9 million residents across 15 counties, supports 204 9 million in construction this decade, and spends 32 2 million locally with 62 million in student expenditures.
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Jefferson
Lewis
Madison
Oneida
Onondaga
Oswego
St. Lawrence
Tigoa
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Pataki and leaders agree on higher New York revenue
State leaders agree New York will have about 300 million more to spend than Pataki estimated, a bipartisan starting point for final budget talks due in 16 days. Brunos and Pataki plan to use extra funds for tax cuts and to offset education and Medicaid reductions while negotiating needed state spending cuts.
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Syracuse
University Hospital
Albany
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Pataki
Claudia Hutton
Hutton
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Senate
Joseph Bruno
Brunswick
Bruno
Assembly
Long Island
Manhattan Assembly
Angelo del Toro
Mario Cuomo
Patakiville camp protest planned outside Albany Capitol
Advocates for the poor say they will set up Camp Patakiville a tent city near the New York State Capitol on March 27 and 28 to protest Gov Pataki budget cuts. Hunger Action Network lead Mark Duniea and two groups seek permits or a court challenge if denied AD.
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Albany
Duntea
Thomas Tubbs
State Office of General Services
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