Archive: 09/25/2009
The Medical Minute: Robotic surgery for treatment of prostate cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States (excluding skin cancers) and is second only to lung cancer as a contributor to cancer deaths in American men.
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Behind the scenes of 'Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'
(AP) -- The cast of the action-adventure sequel "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" are doing something most video game actors never do: They are rehearsing together in a room.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Shanda Games IPO gets tepid reception
(AP) -- Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Device approval exposes political pressure on FDA
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has taken the unprecedented step of acknowledging that it buckled to "extreme" pressure from Capitol Hill in its approval of a knee repair device last year. While FDA officials call ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Hard-drive makers see big run-ups on PC recovery hopes
Investors willing to make early bets on the recovery of the PC sector have scored big with Seagate Technology and Western Digital Corp. -- two makers of hard-disk drives that have seen their market values more than triple ...
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Oracle's Larry Ellison says Sun losing $100 million a month
Declaring that Sun Microsystems is losing $100 million a month, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has expressed frustration over an extended European antitrust review that has delayed his plans to acquire the struggling computer maker.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Study: Unlicensed spectrum space worth $100 billion for wireless use
A study commissioned by Microsoft Corp. estimates that the unlicensed "white spaces" spectrum coveted by the software giant and other technology companies could be worth more than $100 billion over the next 15 years.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Yahoo director to step down at end of year
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. director Maggie Wilderotter plans to step down from the slumping Internet company's board at the end of this year. The resignation will leave Yahoo with 11 directors.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Google digs deeper into Internet search results
Google on Friday said it has enhanced its popular Internet search engine to dig deeper into pages to uncover the exact tidbits of information people seek.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Man pleads guilty in Vt. in border child porn case
(AP) -- A Vermont man pleaded guilty Friday to charges he had child pornography on his laptop computer when he entered the United States from Quebec nearly three years ago.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Can stress be healthy?
Stress doesn't just motivate us to get things done. Short bouts of it may actually boost the immune system and protect against one type of cancer, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who ...
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Drug-eluting stents better than bare-metal stents for heart attack patients
Late-breaking data from the landmark HORIZONS-AMI clinical trial, presented at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, demonstrated that after two years, in heart attack patients, ...
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Facebook's new status feature may cause headaches
Facebook has just announced another feature that should make you scramble to update your privacy settings.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Erie County home to plant never before recorded in Pa.
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) scientists have discovered a plant in Erie County that has never been recorded in Pennsylvania.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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US says first swine flu vaccine to arrive Oct. 5
(AP) -- The first swine flu vaccine should be in some doctors' offices as early as Oct. 5, U.S. health officials said Friday.
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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