Boxing champion Patterson dies
Winston-Salem Journal - Floyd Patterson, an undersized champion who avenged a humbling loss to become the first boxer to regain the heavyweight title, died yesterday. He was 71. Patterson died at his home in New Paltz, N.Y. He had had Alzheimer’s disease for about eight
The AdCare Mission:
Times Gazette - Setting the standards for senior living, AdCare faces new obstacles and new opportunities with sensitivity and imagination. AdCare manages, develops and acquires nursing homes, assisted living, independent living, dementia/Alzheimer s units, sub
Korea indicts cloning researcher
Baltimore Sun - SEOUL, South Korea // Prosecutors indicted disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk today on fraud and bioethics law violations linked to faked stem cell research, officials said. Five members of Hwang’s research team were indicted on the same
South Korean stem-cell scientist faces charges
CBC News - A South Korean scientist, who was disgraced after it was revealed that he faked human stem cell research, has been indicted on a series of charges that include fraud, embezzlement and bioethics violations. Hwang Woo-suk publicly apologized in January
Q&A with ‘American Fugitive’ filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond
Macleans - His ideas were forged in the fires of May ‘68. He found his vocation as a filmmaker in Quebec at the height of the independence movement. And now, as husband of Governor General Micha lle Jean, this former French philosophy professor is Rideau Hall
More Than 50 Million Americans Report Some Level of Disability
WebWire - MAY 12, 2006 (FRIDAY), About 18 percent of Americans in 2002 said they had a disability, and 12 percent had a severe disability, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Among people with disabilities, more than half of those
New Phase-contrast Microscopy Developed At PSI Enhances X-ray Images.
Medical News Today - Imaging techniques are increasingly at the forefront of progress in science and technology. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is among the leaders in this development. Imaging techniques turn objects visually inside out, allowing ever greater