State Health Care Reform: Retargeting Medicaid Hospital Payments to Expand Health Insurance Cover (Heritage Foundation)

State officials committed to reforming health care must make a threshold decision: whether to use exist ing government health care funding to help individu als and families purchase their own health insurance or to continue funneling taxpayer dollars into existing health care institutions to defray the costs of caring for the uninsured in emergency rooms.

Sean Lamontagne's Gumb-ALS car rally at Westfield Tekoa Country Club to raise funds to fight Lou Gehrig's Disease (The Republican)

ALSFacts about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease: Definition: A disease of the motor neurons, muscle-controlling nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement Cause: Generally unknown, although genetic factors are thought to play a role; about 10 percent of cases are clearly genetic, with a family history Onset: ...

Cells change identity in promising breakthrough (AP via Yahoo! News)

Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.

Scientists Pull Off Extreme Makeover in Cells (ABC News)

Cell identity change could mean a breakthrough in developing therapies.

Cell discovery may aid in disease treatments (Boston Herald)

NEW YORK - A Harvard University scientist driven to find a cure for his diabetic infant son led a team to transform one type of cell into another in living mice, a radical...

Support Groups (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Need support? Here are some organizations that may help. Many of the groups listed have several locations and times from which to choose. You may obtain these by calling the main office?s number.

Scientists transform cells' identity inside living organisms (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

WASHINGTON ? Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a plethora of illnesses. Through a series of painstaking experiments involving mice, the Harvard biologists pinpointed three crucial molecular switches that, when flipped, completely convert a common cell in the pancreas ...

Living Cells Reprogrammed to Make Insulin (Animal Planet)

Cells transformed inside a diabetic mouse become successful insulin-producers.

EPA-Qualified, High Efficiency Wood Boilers Combat Soaring Heating Oil Prices (wallstreet:online AG)

The high cost of oil is causing many people to panic about winter heating bills as homeowners brace

Lefko: Week 10 picks

August 28: If you were wondering where Waldo is; we'll tell you where to find him in today's gallery.

Buono, Lions all business in Montreal

Coach says it's time for CFL team to 'improve commitment to winning' 1:18 PM ET CBC Sports Lions head coach Wally Buono says he believes in the team but wants improved play from its key players.

Mr. Consistency nears milestone

Some of the names have changed in the six years since Ben Cahoon last failed to make a catch for the Alouettes.

Transgendered refugee charged with murder

An Iranian refugee is behind bars - accused in a deadly shooting in Twin Falls. Police say the crime occurred Monday morning on 5th Avenue East.

TEAL Exploration & Mining Inc. - Report for the year-ended June 30, 2008

TORONTO, Aug. 29 /CNW/ - > In releasing its results for the twelve month period ended June 30, 2008, TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated has announced that the Konkola North Copper Project feasibility ...

RE: Ambulance service

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Als not well for Leos

In need of a fix, the B.C. Lions leave the West behind and travel to Montreal for a tilt with the East Division-leading Alouettes .

Hit the Post with Cjad's Rick Moffat, Voice of the Als & the Canadiens

So how did a 10-year old blind boy from Hampstead become Cahoon's special motivation against BC? Gregory Krychman was a CJAD Sports Intern for a day on the eve of the game and requested an interview with the ...

8th Annual Walk to Defeat ALS September 27

Continuing the success of past years, the ALS Association of Greater New York announces the date of Saturday, Sept.

Cells change identity in promising bre

Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.