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Hospital envisions adding MRI’s to its servicesMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:27AMA magnetic resonance imaging machine could be installed at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital as early as next summer, hospital officials say.

Kirkland microscopes can examine matter one atom at a timeMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:10AMA Kirkland company is pushing the scientific frontier by building electron microscopes capable of seeing and identifying every atom in thin sheets of material.

How to deal with pesky hiccups, nosebleeds and shiversSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 11:05PMHiccups, nosebleeds and the occasional twitch or shiver -- they're annoying, embarrassing, all too common and rarely serious enough to warrant a trip to the doctor.

Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute treats first patientSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:08PMGround was broken for cancer-treatment center in 2007. — When Ronald Cosman was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October, his uro-surgeon handed him a list of treatment options. He chose one that included complete removal of his prostate.

Once promising breast cancer drug could get FDA bootSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:00PMThe diagnosis was Stage 4 breast cancer. The prognosis: grave."I got the impression that it was just like, 'Well, you're going tocome here for chemo every week … kind of until you die,'" ErinHowarth said with a sardonic laugh.

Childhood cancer survivors 5 times more likely to get cancer again: StudySunday, September 5, 2010 @ 9:57PMAccording to a new study, children who survive cancer are at a higher risk of cancer later in life or may die early of other cause. The study included almost 900 young cancer survivors treated at Sydney Children's Hospital, from 1972 to 1999, alongside new cancer cases and early deaths. The risk of cancer was five times higher in childhood cancer survivors, the results showed, compared with the ...

Dogs taken from hoarder arrive in ColoradoSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:06PMDENVER - More than 95 dogs were rescued from the home of an animal hoarder in Montana, and some of them hope to find new homes in the Mile High City.

Drug lab listing can stick with a property, warranted or notSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 12:58PMRain muddied the driveway leading to the property of Dean Scroggins, weeks after the Brendan McGee shooting. Rain filled wheel marks scarred the dirt path amid the remnants of a shattered gate. Rain pattered down on the junked cars strewn about the lot.

Late PV girl's friends, family honor lost loved oneSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:35AMSaturday afternoon, among the loud, lime green streamers and table cloths inspired by Sydney Tackett's favorite color, the community gathered together to celebrate her 15th birthday less than a month after the Paint Valley freshman died.