To boost outdoor dining, Huntington Beach may extend Main Street closure for summer
The second block of Main Street, which has been closed since last summer to promote outdoor dining, could stay closed through Labor Day. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - February 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Szabo Source Type: news
Sir Peter Harper obituary
Researcher into the genetics of neurological disorders whose work has provided hope for a cure for muscular dystrophyPeter Harper, who has died aged 81, was a world expert on the genetics of inherited neurological disorders, particularlyHuntington ’s disease andmuscular dystrophy. He also advocated the idea of genetic counselling – helping people to understand the implications of inherited disorders that might affect them and their families.Finding a genetic link between the two wasting conditions has led to highly accurate diagnostic and predictive tests for at-risk individuals and their families. Peter played a leadi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Peter McGuffin Tags: Genetics Medicine Science Education Biology Huntington's disease Source Type: news
New insight into protein structures that could treat Huntington's disease
(University of Groningen) In Huntington's disease, a faulty protein aggregates in brain cells and eventually kills them. Such protein aggregates could, in principle, be prevented with a heat shock protein. However, it is not well known how these proteins interact with the Huntington's disease protein. New research by Patrick van der Wel (University of Groningen) and colleagues at the University of Texas has partially resolved the structure of heat shock proteins that bind to such aggregating proteins. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
About 60 Huntington Beach high school teachers take leave due to on-campus requirement
The Huntington Beach Union High School District has been requiring its teachers to be on campus since the second semester began on Feb. 2. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - February 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Szabo Source Type: news
Insights into the role of DNA repair and Huntington's disease gene mutation open new avenues for drug discovery
(IOS Press) DNA repair is an important factor that determines how early or late Huntington's disease (HD) occurs in individuals who carry the expanded CAG repeat in the HTT gene that causes HD. This special issue of theJournal of Huntington's Disease is a compendium of new reviews on topics ranging from the discovery of somatic CAG repeat expansion in HD, to our current understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved and the development of potential new therapies targeting these mechanisms. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
NIH Director Francis Collins Is Fighting This Coronavirus While Preparing for the Next One
In May 2020, Dr. Francis Collins, the longtime head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was called to the White House to meet with Jared Kushner, the then President’s son-in-law and adviser, and Dr. Deborah Birx, the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. A few weeks earlier, Congress had given the NIH $1.5 billion to try to speed up the process of developing new diagnostic tests for COVID-19, and the White House, which was dubious about increasing the rate of testing, wanted to know more about what the NIH was doing.
Collins is technically the boss of Dr. Anthony Fauci, but during the pandemic he ha...
Source: TIME: Health - February 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Belinda Luscombe Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Magazine Source Type: news
Researchers describe a molecular mechanism involved in the pathology's neurodegeneration
(University of Barcelona) Protein alteration in the family of lamins causes several diseases, known as laminopathies, such as progeria or precocious ageing. A study in which UB researchers have taken part states that alterations in the levels of one of these proteins, lamin B1, contribute to the degeneration of neuronal populations in Huntington's disease. Caused by a mutation in the huntingtin gen, this pathology features involuntary movements, cognitive deficit and psychiatric disorders, and has no cure yet. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Huntington Beach City Council to vote on removing Tito Ortiz as mayor pro tem
Tito Ortiz was elected with the most votes in city history in November, but he might have his title stripped at Monday's City Council meeting. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - January 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Szabo Source Type: news
EMT, Good Samaritans Pull Driver from Burning Car after NY Crash
Michael Sheridan
New York Daily News
(MCT)
A 34-year-old man was pulled from a burning car by an EMT and two Good Samaritans after crashing on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday, authorities said.
The unidentified driver was heading west when he lost control near Exit 43 in Woodbury and crashed his 2012 Audi just before 3 p.m., Nassau County police said Wednesday. The car smashed into a cement barrier before hitting the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway overpass.
Dale Bartolomeo, an FDNY EMT who also volunteers with the Huntington Manor Fire Department, saw the c...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Spotlight New York Source Type: news
EMT, Good Samaritans Pull Driver from Burning Car after NY Crash
Michael Sheridan
New York Daily News
(MCT)
A 34-year-old man was pulled from a burning car by an EMT and two Good Samaritans after crashing on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday, authorities said.
The unidentified driver was heading west when he lost control near Exit 43 in Woodbury and crashed his 2012 Audi just before 3 p.m., Nassau County police said Wednesday. The car smashed into a cement barrier before hitting the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway overpass.
Dale Bartolomeo, an FDNY EMT who also volunteers with the Huntington Manor Fire Department, saw the c...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Spotlight New York Source Type: news
EMT, Good Samaritans Pull Driver from Burning Car after NY Crash
Michael Sheridan
New York Daily News
(MCT)
A 34-year-old man was pulled from a burning car by an EMT and two Good Samaritans after crashing on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday, authorities said.
The unidentified driver was heading west when he lost control near Exit 43 in Woodbury and crashed his 2012 Audi just before 3 p.m., Nassau County police said Wednesday. The car smashed into a cement barrier before hitting the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway overpass.
Dale Bartolomeo, an FDNY EMT who also volunteers with the Huntington Manor Fire Department, saw the c...
Source: JEMS Latest News - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Spotlight New York Source Type: news
EMT, Good Samaritans Pull Driver from Burning Car after NY Crash
Michael Sheridan
New York Daily News
(MCT)
A 34-year-old man was pulled from a burning car by an EMT and two Good Samaritans after crashing on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday, authorities said.
The unidentified driver was heading west when he lost control near Exit 43 in Woodbury and crashed his 2012 Audi just before 3 p.m., Nassau County police said Wednesday. The car smashed into a cement barrier before hitting the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway overpass.
Dale Bartolomeo, an FDNY EMT who also volunteers with the Huntington Manor Fire Department, saw the c...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Spotlight New York Source Type: news
EMT, Good Samaritans Pull Driver from Burning Car after NY Crash
Michael Sheridan
New York Daily News
(MCT)
A 34-year-old man was pulled from a burning car by an EMT and two Good Samaritans after crashing on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday, authorities said.
The unidentified driver was heading west when he lost control near Exit 43 in Woodbury and crashed his 2012 Audi just before 3 p.m., Nassau County police said Wednesday. The car smashed into a cement barrier before hitting the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway overpass.
Dale Bartolomeo, an FDNY EMT who also volunteers with the Huntington Manor Fire Department, saw the c...
Source: JEMS Operations - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Spotlight New York Source Type: news
EMT, Good Samaritans Pull Driver from Burning Car after NY Crash
Michael Sheridan
New York Daily News
(MCT)
A 34-year-old man was pulled from a burning car by an EMT and two Good Samaritans after crashing on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday, authorities said.
The unidentified driver was heading west when he lost control near Exit 43 in Woodbury and crashed his 2012 Audi just before 3 p.m., Nassau County police said Wednesday. The car smashed into a cement barrier before hitting the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway overpass.
Dale Bartolomeo, an FDNY EMT who also volunteers with the Huntington Manor Fire Department, saw the c...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Spotlight New York Source Type: news
Protesters decry Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz for not wearing a mask during food drive
The mayor pro tem gave away Christmas dinners maskless on Wednesday, in association with the Kiwanis Club of Huntington Beach. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - December 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Szabo Source Type: news
