Doctor shares story of cat’s ability to sense death
The scientist in Dr. David Dosa was skeptical when first told that Oscar, an aloof cat kept by a nursing home, regularly predicted patients’ deaths by snuggling alongside them in their final hours.
Doctor: Haitians will die without U.S. airlifts
An apparent cost dispute has halted flights of Haitian quake victims to the U.S., and a doctor warns that some patients face imminent death.
Teen held in 80-year-old’s death
Police have arrested a man in the death of an 80-year-old Ohio woman who was shot in the head in her church parking lot after Mass.
Gandhi’s ashes scattered off S. Africa coast
Six decades after his death Saturday, some of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s ashes are scattered off the coast of South Africa.
Rihanna heartbroken by girl’s death
Singer Rihanna attends the launch of VEVO, a music-video website, at Skylight Studio on December 8, 2009 in New York City.
The mystery grows: What’s in Salinger’s safe?
So what about the safe? The death this week of J.D. Salinger ends one of literature’s most mysterious lives and intensifies one of its greatest mysteries: Was the author of “The Catcher in the Rye” keeping a stack of finished, unpublished manuscripts in a safe in his house?
Ont. ER doctors say standards needed for ER care
The death of an Ontario teen while being rushed to hospital should be a wake-up call for Canadians that emergency care standards are needed across the country, said a group representing ER doctors.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients have higher mortality rates
Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are at greater risk of death than the general population, say researchers.
Fatal Botox reaction blamed for girl’s death
The case of a mother who says her 7-year old daughter died from a fatal reaction to Botox treatments for cerebral palsy is believed to be the first case alleging a fatal reaction to the drug to reach trial.
New Treatment Approaches for Huntington’s Disease
Scientists at the Brain Research Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics have uncovered a key cellular mechanism that alters brain cell function in Huntington’s disease, and identified a possible treatment for the disease.The results …