diagnostics

  1. Energizer

    [General Question?] I want some FREE benchmark software recommendations

    I'm looking for some benchmark software, is one of them someone could recommend what I should use other than the 3DMark programs. It would be better if they were free too.
  2. FTA Hacker

    Wal-Mart Pulls Baby Formula Off Shelves Nationwide

    LEBANON, Mo. (AP) -- Wal-Mart says it has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy became gravely ill with a suspected infection and died after being taken off life support. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Dianna Gee said Wednesday the move is cautionary...
  3. CASPER

    Canada set to sell AECL unit to SNC-Lavalin: report

    The Canadian government is set to announce the sale of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd to SNC-Lavalin Group Inc, the Globe and Mail newspaper said on Tuesday. SNC-Lavalin, Canada's biggest engineering and construction firm, was the sole bidder for AECL's commercial nuclear power division and had...
  4. No Warranty

    Costco Doctor -Too Funny

    One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Joe says to Mike behind him, "My elbow hurts like hell. I guess I'd better see a doctor." "Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies "There's a diagnostic computer down at Costco. Just give it a urine sample and the...
  5. CASPER

    Comfort or conflict: Earlier Down syndrome test

    NEW YORK – The results of the blood test revealed only a risk, but when she saw them, she still threw up. Now she had to find out for sure. So she lay on her back at a doctor's office, praying, comforted by her Christian faith and her mother at her side, while a needle was slipped into her...
  6. E

    Yankees RHP Chamberlain has torn elbow ligament

    NEW YORK – Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain has a torn ligament in his right elbow, a startling injury that's likely to require Tommy John surgery and end his season. A test Thursday morning revealed the tear. It came a day after New York put Chamberlain on the 15-day disabled list with a...
  7. No Warranty

    Doctors quit Fredericton sexual health clinic

    Three doctors have quit their duties at a sexual health clinic in Fredericton to protest the province's decision to reduce services. The doctors are upset the province will no longer allow people from the ages of 20 to 24 to use the clinics. The Fredericton Sexual Health Clinic will also see...
  8. E

    Brain scan shows mark of bomb blasts, study finds

    NEW YORK – Servicemen who suffer concussions from wartime explosions struggle with symptoms even though brain scans generally show no damage. Now a specialized type of scan has spotted brain abnormalities in some of these patients. The new work is a first step toward better understanding what...
  9. FTA Hacker

    Octuplets doctor loses California medical license

    Los Angeles (CNN) -- The California fertility doctor who implanted a dozen embryos in Nadya Suleman, resulting in the birth of eight babies, will lose his medical license on July 1, state officials said. The California Medical Board ruled that Dr. Michael Kamrava committed "gross negligence"...
  10. FTAGOD

    UN puts off destroying last smallpox viruses

    GENEVA – Health ministers from around the world agreed Tuesday to put off setting a deadline to destroy the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus for three more years, rejecting a U.S. plan that had called for a five-year delay. After two days of heated debate, the 193-nation World Health...
  11. No Warranty

    Gary Carter has 'very small' brain tumours

    Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter says doctors discovered four "very small" brain tumours after he had an MRI on Friday in Florida. The 57-year-old Carter said the tumours were "very small" and he expects to learn more about his diagnosis when he is examined again on Thursday at Duke Medical...
  12. CASPER

    Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, 74, dies of cancer

    MINNEAPOLIS – Harmon Killebrew, the affable, big-swinging Hall of Famer whose tape-measure home runs made him the cornerstone of the Minnesota Twins, died Tuesday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., after battling esophageal cancer. He was 74. The Twins said Killebrew passed away peacefully with...
  13. CASPER

    MRIs Can Tell Endometrial, Cervical Cancer Apart: Study

    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can distinguish between endometrial and cervical cancer in most cases where a biopsy fails to do so, a new study says. It found that radiologists using MRI were able to correctly identify the type of cancer in 38 of 48 patients, or 79 percent, who had...
  14. CASPER

    Izzard finds his kind of role in Showtime's 'Tara'

    Eddie Izzard says he'll never abandon stand-up, but he's looking for more than laughs as an actor. Izzard decided to guest star in a multi-episode arc on Showtime's "United States of Tara" this season, because of the show's complexity. "I normally try not to do comedies, but it's a dramatic...
  15. S

    lexmark printer x5340 refill reset Help?

    I refilled both black & color but i treyed turning it off 6 times while waiting 5 min between, Took the bar code off, nothing seems to work, shame on lexmark, we wont be buying another ever.
  16. J

    how do i reset my brother hl-3040cn laser printer?

    its brand new and the data light is blinking and the lcd reads self-diagnostics, unable to print 6A, turn off then on again. it does it everytime.
  17. CASPER

    "Xena" heroine dusts off sandals for "Spartacus"

    LOS ANGELES – Lucy Lawless doesn't mind being typecast. The 42-year-old actress, who became a household name through the 1995-2001 TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" and who can currently be seen on Starz's "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena," admits that playing Xena may have pigeonholed her into...
  18. Scammer

    Radiologists want accreditation and peer review

    The Canadian Association of Radiologists wants to expand accreditation programs and bring in more peer review — a project that appears timely in light of new investigations of medical scans at three facilities in British Columbia. In recent years, disturbing cases also have surfaced in...
  19. CASPER

    Doctors order tests out of fear of lawsuits

    SAN DIEGO – CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor's benefit than the patient's, new research confirms. Roughly one-fifth of tests that bone and joint specialists order are because a doctor fears being sued, not because the patient needs them, a...
  20. CASPER

    Machine trounces man on "Jeopardy!" quiz show

    Under the category of artificial intelligence, it represents both a loss and a triumph for humans. What is "Watson"? An IBM computer handily beat two human competitors on the popular U.S. quiz show "Jeopardy!" in a three-day showdown that ended on Wednesday, highlighting at the same time the...
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