Whether a Jackson firm advertised home security system installation without a license will soon be decided in Jackson County District Court.
At the conclusion of a preliminary examination today, Judge Michael Klaeren said there was probable cause to bind over the case involving the Total Security Agency but only by the “barest margin.”
Russ Jennings, who is [...]
Much of the research effort around MRSA to date has focused primarily on hospitals, said Carmel Hughes, lead review author.
MRSA spreads easily — most commonly via the hands of health care workers — and first-line antibiotics, like penicillin, are ineffective against the organism. Nursing home residents are particularly vulnerable because infection with the bug tends [...]
In a new study published in the December 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online, researchers tracked the developing drug resistance of one particular strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis over 12 years. They found that at the time of the 2001 adoption of the DOT+ strategy for multi-drug resistant strains, the strain was already [...]
Identity theft struck more than 27.3 million Americans between April 1998 and April 2003, reports Timothy L. O’Brien, with more than a third being victimized in the last year alone. In that one-year period, businesses and banks lost $48 billion while individuals had to personally pay $5 billion in order to straighten out their [...]
Running a pro sports franchise seems simple compared with running a retail empire. The Atlanta Falcons, with about 200 employees, generate an estimated $185 million in annual revenue. Home Depot, with 350,000 employees, generates about $80 billion.
But recent events suggest football team may be tougher to run.
“In certain ways, it is,” said Arthur Blank, the [...]
Running a pro sports franchise seems simple compared to running, say, a retail empire. The Atlanta Falcons, with about 200 employees, generate an estimated $185 million in annual revenue. Home Depot, with 350,000 employees, generates about $80 billion.
But recent events suggest that maybe the football team is tougher to run.
“In certain ways, it is,” said [...]
Running a pro sports franchise seems simple compared to running, say, a retail empire. The Atlanta Falcons, with about 200 employees, generate an estimated $185 million in annual revenue. Home Depot, with 350,000 employees, generates about $80 billion.
But recent events suggest that maybe the football team is tougher to run.
Rich Addicks / AJCArthur Blank, who [...]
An increasing number of people in India are developing stomach cancer induced by carcinogenic monosodium glutamate (MSG) — a common ingredient in Chinese food. A retrospective history of 134 patients with stomach cancer revealed many of them were addicted to Chinese food. According to Ashish Mukhopadhyay, medical director of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer [...]
New research shows that the genetic roots of Down syndrome may protect
against cancer.
The finding may lead to the creation of new cancer drugs, researcher Roger H.
Reeves, PhD, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, tells
WebMD.
Such drugs are a long way [...]
Moderate physical activity (such as walking and climbing stairs) may help prevent dementia in people aged 65 and older.
Italian researchers report that news in today’s online edition of Neurology.
They studied 749 Italians aged 65 and older for four years.
When [...]