Latest Health Articles for Neurology

• Pa. dad gets 7 years for not helping scalded girl

  article 2008-07-25  |  Author: Staff
  A man convicted of murder for failing to seek medical help for his handicapped daughter for more than a week after she suffered third-degree burns in a scalding bath was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison.Shawn A. Lockett Sr. was given the same 7- to 14-year sentence as his ......

• Father struggles to carry on slain family's legacy

  article 2008-07-21  |  Author: John Christoffersen And Susan Haigh
  A year ago, Dr. William Petit had a thriving medical practice. He lived in a comfortable colonial house adorned with flower gardens in an upscale Connecticut suburb with his wife and two daughters admired for their charitable works.Then two intruders turned the tranquil setting into a suburban nightmare. The hours-long ......

• Obituaries in the news

  article 2008-07-19  |  Author: The Associated Press
  Lila T. AbunzaMANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Lila T. Abunza, former first lady of Nicaragua, died Thursday. She was 79.A former aide, Doris Lopez, did not give a cause of death Friday. But relatives told local media that Abunza's health had been deteriorating for months.Abunza was the wife of former President ......

• Beekeepers coming to West Virginia for conference

  article 2008-07-07  |  Author: John Raby
  The buzz around Marshall University this week will be about the importance of honeybees.About 300 beekeepers were expected to join 12 vendors and dozens more presenters at the Heartland Apiculture Society's annual conference starting Thursday in Huntington.Speakers will educate conference attendees about bees and stress their importance at a time ......

• Hundreds of beekeepers to meet at US university this week for annual conference

  article 2008-07-07  |  Author: John Raby
  The buzz around Marshall University in the U.S. state of West Virginia this week will be about the importance of honeybees.About 300 beekeepers were expected to join 12 vendors and dozens more presenters at the Heartland Apiculture Society's annual conference starting Thursday in Huntington.Speakers will educate conference attendees about bees ......

• Plastics expert wins $500K Lemelson-MIT award

  article 2008-06-25  |  Author: Mark Jewell
  Joseph DeSimone's expertise in chemistry has yielded advances in environmentally sensitive plastics manufacturing, medical devices for blocked coronary arteries and minuscule engineered particles that may someday help diagnose and treat disease.For those achievements, the 44-year-old professor has won this year's $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, to be announced Wednesday at the Massachusetts ......

• Neurologist, choir explore music's healing power

  article 2008-06-01  |  Author: Karen Matthews
  Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.Sacks, the best-selling author of "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat," shared the church stage Saturday with the famed gospel choir ......

• Doctor of dead British autistic boy says he will treat patients after DA drops charges

  article 2008-05-08  |  Author: Dan Nephin
  A doctor who had been accused of causing the death of a 5-year-old autistic British boy through a controversial treatment said he plans to continue treating patients now that criminal charges have been dropped.Butler County prosecutors on Tuesday withdrew charges of involuntary manslaughter and related counts against Dr. Roy Kerry, ......

• Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers

  article 2008-05-05  |  Author: Lindsey Tanner
  Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die.Now, an influential group of physicians has drafted a grimly specific list of recommendations for which patients wouldn't be treated. They include the very ......

• Anti-psychotic drug use soars in UK children, too

  article 2008-05-05  |  Author: Lindsey Tanner
  American children are being under-treated?Experts say that's almost ......