Morning News Run
April 2, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Morning News
Light Therapy Spares Scapel and Chemo – WIRED
It might sound futuristic, but a select number of cancer patients already benefit from the method, called photodynamic therapy. An upgrade for the procedure could save thousands more cancer patients from the horrors of chemotherapy.
Heart Valve Grown from Stem Cells – BBC
British scientists grow part of a human heart from stem cells for the first time.
Massachusetts Moving Toward Mandatory Insurance – NPR (Audio & Copy)
Health care reform is back on the U.S. agenda. On the national level, it’s all talk. But things are already happening in some states.
Blood Sprays City Sewer Worker - WCCO
“We could tell it was blood, I mean large amount of blood,” said Minneapolis Sewer Maintenance Worker Ron Huebner. It happened about two weeks ago in Northeast Minneapolis near a lab that does medical testing and dumps blood into the sewer.
Gene Linked to Stroke Risk – Science Daily
One of the most common genetic defects passed on through families significantly increases a person’s chance of having a stroke, according to a study published in the March 27, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
