By: Kathy Bliss and Dr. Mark Yurkofsky
Gloucestertimes.com

How we deal with death and dying says a lot about who we are and what we value as a society. In America, we tend to focus our efforts on doing everything medically possible to prolong life until an individual's last dying breath.

QuantRx Biomedical Corporation (OTCBB: QTXB - News), a broad-based diagnostic company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic products, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the Company 510(k) clearance on its RapidSense drugs-of-abuse (DOA) Methamphetamine test. The RapidSense Methamphetamine test is the first of QuantRx’ DOA tests based solely on its proprietary technology approved by the FDA.

Nyaya Health operates the regional health center and mobile medical care services in Achham, a large district in Nepal. Achham is one of the poorest regions in South Asia, and shoulders some of the world’s highest mortality rates, particularly among women. Following a decade-long civil conflict, the health infrastructure of the region has been ravaged. Nyaya provides essential primary care to the region, as requested and directed by community members. We work in partnership with local government officials as part of an initiative to rebuild the public sector health system.

By: Nathan Schulhof

In 1994, I was patenting and building the first devise known as "The MP3 Player," and making plans to engage the predominant cable companies for the delivery method. That same year, we received a lot of national Press and TV coverage over the announcement of our intentions to build the first portable digital downloadable player which drove mail and phone calls. Cable companies had the only infrastructure in place, high speed cable lines in place with which to send color and video for TVs. I could see a perfect marriage to download audio content through their high speed cable to your computer and then to a portable device… hence The MP3 Player ( www.nathanschulhof.com ).

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New treatments and clinical trials help a woman win her battle against breast cancer.

Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the cells of the breast in women and men. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer (10.4% of all cancer incidence, both sexes counted) and the fifth most common cause of cancer death. In 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths worldwide (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of all deaths).

The lifecycle of a G-type star, like The Sun.

In astronomy, a G V star is a main-sequence star of spectral type G and luminosity class V. Such a star, which can also be called a yellow dwarf, is small (about 0.8 to 1.0 solar masses) and has a surface temperature of between 5,300 and 6,000 K., Tables VII, VIII. Like other main-sequence stars, a G V star is in the process of converting hydrogen to helium in its core by means of nuclear fusion. Our Sun is the most well-known (and most visible) example of a G V star. Each second, it fuses approximately 600 million tons of hydrogen to helium, converting about 4 million tons of matter to energy. Other G V stars include Alpha Centauri A, Tau Ceti, and 51 Pegasi.

Source: About.com

It's common and completely normal for patients facing a terminal illness to experience loss of appetite with a decreased interest in food or drink and weight loss. As the illness progresses, patients will either be unable to take in food or fluid by mouth or they will refuse to eat or drink.

Source: About.com

The decision to voluntarily stop eating and drinking at the natural end of life is a choice a patient makes with the intent to hasten the dying process.

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