Heart can repair itself by forming new muscle cells
AAP reports researchers challenge dogma showing damaged hearts produce new cardiac muscle after a heart attack. Across 13 hearts examined, divisions rose near damage 70-fold and 24-fold remotely, suggesting potential therapies using patient derived cells to boost heart repair.
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Marban
Land Journal of Medicine
Piero Anversa
New York Medical College
Valhalla
N.Y
Anversa
Pentagon probing possible crimes tied to corps river project
The Defense Criminal Investigative Service reportedly opened questions about possible criminal wrongdoing linked to an Army Corps of Engineers cost benefit study used to justify a $1 billion river expansion project. The inspector general had found misconduct by three top corps officials. Sweeney’s whistleblower suit and subsequent inquiries focus on altered analyses to aid lake and lock expansions benefiting agribusiness interests.
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Army Inspector General
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Bob Ruch
Don Sweeney
Defense Criminal Investigative Service
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DCIS
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Sweeney
Mississippi
Illinois
Inspector General’s Office
Corps
Congress
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
Defense
William Cohen
Inspector General
Ruch
Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility
Dress code bill targets teachers and students in NC House debate
The North Carolina House debated a bill amending character education to require local school boards to adopt dress codes for students and teachers. Critics argued it erodes local control while supporters cited classroom decorum and safety. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Walter Dalton, passed initial approval 101-15 and awaits House floor action before Senate concurrence.
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Russell Capps
Wake
Capps
Leubke
Wilma Sherrill
R-Buncombe
Martin Nesbitt
D-Buncombe
General Assembly
Walter Dalton
D-Rutherford
State Board of Education
House
Senate
Bridge Damage on I 85 Northbound Lends to Surface Crack
Reports indicate a strike damaged the northbound I 85 bridge causing falling concrete. Immediate repair not planned as damage is surface level. Officials will monitor the structure with annual and monthly inspections. Possible repairs require coordination with state and local highway officials and lane closures. Highway Patrol investigates cause.
Arizona woman surrogacy yields quadruplets for friends
In Phoenix a Glendale couple welcomed four babies born by Caesarean after friend Deborah Wibber volunteered to carry the child. The four, David Austin and three sisters Michele Lynn Kylee Sleen Shiann Nicole, weighed between 2 pounds 15 ounces and 4 pounds 3 ounces and were in fair condition at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
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Stacey
David Beehler
Glendale
Deborah Wibber
Angel
Stacey Beehler
David Austin
Michele Lynn
Kylee Sleen
Shiann Nicole
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Michele
Jane Walton
Wibber
California
Louisiana
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
Craig Fischer
County budget fight focuses on cuts not people
Commissioners face a 20.2 million shortfall and consider job cuts under federal rules. Budget plans leave 30 DSS positions empty while emphasizing essential front line social workers. County officials promise careful staffing only with commissioner approval as they meet three times next week to finalize a month-end budget.
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Crabtree
Thompson
Charles Vinson
Vinson
Department of Social Services
DSS
Keith Moon
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