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Each of the largest 100 companies is meticulously scrutinised in a one-page individual assessment and is analysed using the most up-to-date and current financial data.

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Stem cell therapy used locally in dogs

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SIKESTON, MO (KFVS) -

Stem cell therapycan bea very controversial issue, but now some veterinarians are using new techniques to harvest those cells.

The cutting edge procedure helps fight degenerative diseases and has only been performed a few times in Missouri.

Experts say regenerative medicine using stem cells is a less invasive and more cost effective alternative for dogs suffering from osteoarthritis and cartilage injuries.

Googus is an 8 year old Boxer mix diagnosed with degenerative myelopathy.

This terminal disease affects the spinal cord causing loss of control in the hind legs.

"Even though they're unable to use their back legs they're still normal in their brain and they just don't understand why they can't walk," said Dr. Stephen Williams, Animal Health Center. "There's just not a good connection and transmission from the nerves to the back legs."

But new technology could slow, if not stop, its progression. Dr. Williams is using stem cell therapy to counteract this and other degenerative diseases in dogs.

"The stem cells from the patient are the ones that are going to benefit that same patient versus trying to take stem cells from a different dog and putting them in this dog," said Dr. Williams. "By harvesting the stem cells from the fat versus people have heard of stem cells from umbilical cords and stuff like that we're taking it from the fat tissue and harvesting those and actually activating with a fluorescent light."

Once the fat is extracted it's a two hour process to prepare the new stem cells. Those are then injected back into the patient along with platelets that work with the immune system to fight the disorder.

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SIKESTON, MO (KFVS) -

Stem cell therapycan bea very controversial issue, but now some veterinarians are using new techniques to harvest those cells.

The cutting edge procedure helps fight degenerative diseases and has only been performed a few times in Missouri.

Experts say regenerative medicine using stem cells is a less invasive and more cost effective alternative for dogs suffering from osteoarthritis and cartilage injuries.

Googus is an 8 year old Boxer mix diagnosed with degenerative myelopathy.

This terminal disease affects the spinal cord causing loss of control in the hind legs.

"Even though they're unable to use their back legs they're still normal in their brain and they just don't understand why they can't walk," said Dr. Stephen Williams, Animal Health Center. "There's just not a good connection and transmission from the nerves to the back legs."

But new technology could slow, if not stop, its progression. Dr. Williams is using stem cell therapy to counteract this and other degenerative diseases in dogs.

"The stem cells from the patient are the ones that are going to benefit that same patient versus trying to take stem cells from a different dog and putting them in this dog," said Dr. Williams. "By harvesting the stem cells from the fat versus people have heard of stem cells from umbilical cords and stuff like that we're taking it from the fat tissue and harvesting those and actually activating with a fluorescent light."

Once the fat is extracted it's a two hour process to prepare the new stem cells. Those are then injected back into the patient along with platelets that work with the immune system to fight the disorder.

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Copious community-associated MRSA in nursing homes

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Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology

More than one quarter of residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California carry community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which spread more easily, and may cause more severe infection than MRSA traditionally associated with healthcare facilities, according to a paper published in the November 2013 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

"Nursing homes need to be part of MRSA control strategies in healthcare facilities," says Lyndsey Hudson of Imperial College of London, the lead author on the study.

Community-associated MRSA are strains that did not originate in hospitals. Burden and transmission of MRSA in nursing homes are likely driven by the number of residents with chronic illnesses or indwelling devices according to the study, which is the first-ever to assess MRSA diversity in nursing homes at a population level and across a large region.

Hudson hopes these findings will help clinicians design prevention and mitigation strategies.

The investigators had suspected that community-associated MRSA strains were infiltrating nursing homes, as they had previously been shown to be appearing in hospitals. The low turnover of patients in nursing homes as compared to hospitals dictates a much lower frequency of potential introductions of MRSA into those populations. However, the investigators were surprised at how prevalent the strains turned out to be. A total of 837 nursing home residents, of 3,806 whose noses were swabbed by the investigators, carried community-associated MRSA.

Risk factors for MRSA include diabetic foot ulcers, especially in cases of hospital-acquired MRSA, and various studies have found MRSA to be present in 10-30 percent of diabetic wounds. Additionally, older age is an established risk factor for hospital-acquired MRSA, and indwelling catheters and other medical devices are also risk factors.

"These findings support the need for regional approaches to reduce MRSA," says Hudson. These might include having hospitals and nursing homes work together to identify patients with MRSA, and apply prevention strategies to stop the spread of infection.

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NASA uses telescopes to hunt ancient galaxies

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NASA is pooling the power of three major space telescopes to unravel some of the biggest mysteries of the universe.

The space agency announced Thursday that its Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before. Together the telescopes should be able to find and study galaxies that are as much as 100 times fainter than what any of the telescopes can see on their own.

Scientists are hopeful that the project will enable them to find galaxies that existed when the universe was only a few hundred million years old. That would be a young age for the universe, which is considered to be about 13.8 billion years old.

Under the collaborative effort dubbed The Frontier Fields, astronomers will study six massive galaxy clusters over the course of the next three years. The astronomers will focus not only on what is inside the clusters but also what is beyond them.

Using what's known as gravitational lensing, scientists will use the gravitational fields around these massive star groupings to brighten and magnify even more distant galaxies so they can be studied for the first time.

"We want to understand when and how the first stars and galaxies formed in the universe, and each great observatory gives us a different piece of the puzzle," said Peter Capak, the Spitzer principal investigator for the Frontier Fields program. " Hubble tells you which galaxies to look at and how many stars are being born in those systems. Spitzer tells you how old the galaxy is and how many stars have formed."

The Chandra X-ray Observatory will image the clusters as X-ray wavelengths to help calculate their mass, measure their gravitational lensing power, and identify background galaxies that have supermassive black holes, according to the space agency.

"The Frontier Fields program is exactly what NASA's great observatories were designed to do; working together to unravel the mysteries of the universe" said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "Each observatory collects images using different wavelengths of light with the result that we get a much deeper understanding of the underlying physics of these celestial objects."

The first galaxy cluster to be studied is known as Abell 2744 or Pandora's Cluster.

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Father of in vitro fertilization weighs in on future of reproductive medicine

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Posted on October 24, 2013 at 5:13 PM

NORFOLK -- Reproductive medicine in America changed forever onDecember 28, 1981 when Drs. Howard andGeorgeanna Jones announced the birth ofElizabeth Carrat Norfolk General Hospital.

Elizabeth was the nation's first, so-called "test tube baby." The birth was controversial at the time. Some even called in vitro fertilization, the process by which an egg is fertilized by sperm outside the body, as immoral.

When Dr. Georgeanna Jones died in 2005, the controversy had faded and the Joneses had become the "grandparents" to thousands ofIVFbabies.

While Dr.Howard Jones is known as the co-founder of in vitro fertilization in America, he also played a major role in another historic, yet alsocontroversial, advance in medicine.

At Johns HopkinsHospital in Baltimore, Maryland in 1951, Dr. Jones examined married mother of five Henrietta Lacks, who had complaints of cervical pain. Suspecting cervical cancer,Dr. Jones removed tissue from the cervix that was used for a biopsy.

After 62 years, Dr. Jones says he still vividly remembers the examination. "It did not look like any cancerI had ever seen, and at that timeI had seenmaybe a thousand cancers of the cervix," said Jones.

The cancer diagnosiswas confirmed, and within the year, the disease claimed the life of the 31-year oldmother.

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Modernizing Medicine Wins 2013 Inc. Hire Power Award

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BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Modernizing Medicine, Inc., announced today that it is a winner of a 2013 Inc. Hire Power Award, recognizing private companies that are restoring lives and rebuilding the economy by putting Americans back to work. Modernizing Medicine was chosen based on the number of jobs added over the past three years and is ranked #14 in the health industry.

This is such an important award and we feel honored and validated to be named among the companies who are leading the way in American job creation, said Daniel Cane, President and CEO of Modernizing Medicine. I truly believe that we have formed a team of the best and brightest in both technology and medicine, and awards like this serve as a reminder of the excellent work our team is doing to improve physician workflow and ultimately patient health.

For the second year in a row, we are pleased to recognize the employers who are putting Americans back to work for a second time, says Eric Schurenberg, Editor-in-Chief of Inc. The Hire Power Awards are the only awards that single out job creators. We think its fitting to pay tribute to company founders not just for their business prowess but also for their immense contribution to the welfare of U.S. workers and the vitality of the U.S. economy.

Now in their second year, the Hire Power Awards have garnered significant attention, shining a light on the crucial role private businesses play in creating jobs and supporting the country's economic vitality.

Winners are recognized on the Inc. website and will be recognized in the November issue of Inc. Magazine, which will have a special feature on the 2013 Hire Power Awards. Inc. and Bank of America Merrill Lynch will also honor winners at an awards ceremony at the Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel in San Francisco, California on November 12.

For more information about the Inc. Hire Power Awards, please visit http://www.inc.com/hire-power. The Modernizing Medicine team continues to grow. For more information about careers at Modernizing Medicine please visit http://www.modmed.com/careers.

About Modernizing Medicine

Modernizing Medicine is transforming how healthcare information is created, consumed and utilized in order to increase efficiency and improve outcomes. Our product, Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), is a cloud-based, specialty-specific electronic medical record (EMR) system with a massive library of built-in medical content, designed to save physicians time. Available as a native iPad application or from any web-enabled Mac or PC, EMA adapts to each providers unique style of practice and is designed to interface with hundreds of different practice management systems. Today, Modernizing Medicine provides specialty-specific offerings for the dermatology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology and plastic and cosmetic surgery markets, and to more than 1,300 physician practices across the country. In 2013 Modernizing Medicine was listed on Forbes annual ranking of Americas Most Promising Companies.

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Old Crow Medicine Singer Talks Opry, Sharing a CMA Nomination With Bob Dylan

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The string band Old Crow Medicine Show was invited to become a member of a rather exclusive club in August: The Grand Ole Opry. "There always seems to be these dream moments in a country music life like when Merle Haggard whispers something in your ear," lead singer Ketch Secor tells Billboard. "Our lives have been full of these moments where you cant really believe they are happening."

To keep the word from leaking out, Opry brass decided to bestow the invitation far away from Music City. "It happened in Cleveland, so I think that helped us to be clearly confused when Marty Stuart appeared on stage. We had been led to believe that something else was happening with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that night. We had been deceived by our manager, and everyone fell for it."

The band was officially inducted as Opry members on September 17, and Secor says they can definitely feel a difference being a member of the country music institution as opposed to being a guest.

"We look up and down the hallways backstage a little differently. We saw Little Jimmy Dickens, whom weve seen and spoken to a number of times. But, now we were a part of the family. It was a powerful feeling. Ive met Jeannie Seely before, but her welcome into the family was something that never happened before. Being such an avid listener of the Opry for fifteen years, Ive really come to know who the old guard is. They all came out to welcome us out, like George Hamilton IV."

Darius Rucker whom the Old Crow Medicine Show replaced as the most recent inductee into the Opry figures into the bands success story as well as Secors this year. It was through their record that Rucker became reacquainted with the classic "Wagon Wheel," prompting him to record the tune. It became not only a top record but also earned an nomination for Song of the Year at the upcoming 46th Annual Country Music Association Awards meaning that Secor shares the nomination with the legendary Bob Dylan. Dylan penned the chorus and melody during the sessions for Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid. Never commercially released by Dylan, Secor landed a copy of the bootleg of the unfinished sketch, and penned the verses. How does it feel to be included in the category with one of Americas most respected lyricists?

"It made me think a lot about Bob Dylan as a country singer a country music pioneer," he says. "He grew up listening to Roy Acuff. When you hear his records, you hear Hank Williams. You hear a lot of Roy. He credits Wayne Raney as his harmonica inspiration. These are country music makers. I think that Bob has more to do with country music than anyone in country music is willing to take note of. I think 'Lay Lady Lay is one of the ten greatest country songs ever sung. Im real excited that hes nominated, as much as myself. Im just glad that hes being recognized by the music industry that is so hugely indebted to his talent over the past half-century."

The Old Crow Medicine Show is busy in the studio working on a new project due out in 2014. As Opry members, Secor says the pressure is on. But, they wouldnt have it any other way.

"Theres something different when it comes to being in the recording studio. Everything has a longer shelf life. I just feels like theres more of a legacy at stake with to the music that we make when it comes to being Opry members. Its been exciting to make a record where you know that in addition to our fans who will enjoy it, theres a whole lot of other new fans that havent heard us yet that will dig it too."

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Batman Arkham Origins ( PART 9 ) Deadshot and Copperhead vs. Liberty File Batman iOS Let’s Play – Video

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Liberty Island to reopen Monday with Sandy scars and all

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LIBERTY ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) - People came to Ellis Island for a new beginning, then last year Hurricane Sandy ripped it to shreds.

Ellis Island will reopen on Monday, but the National Park Service said it is still a work in progress.

It was the only path to freedom for millions of people from all over the world, then last year Ellis Island became a pathway of destruction.

Youll see a lot of signs of whats not there, but coming back, said John Warren of the National Park Service.

Right now, TV crews arent allowed on the island, and wont be until Monday. We asked and the National Parks Service answered. John Warren met us across the water at Liberty State Park island to tell us what visitors will see and what they wont see.

You will be able to see the first floor the baggage area, said Warren.

Youll be able to go on the second floor which is the great hall where 12 million immigrants went through the immigration process, added Warren.

During the hurricane, the water in New literally swept into Ellis Island.

The storm surge went directly through the ferry building, said Warren.

The park includes Ellis Island and Liberty Island. Since the Statue of Liberty has more visitors thats where officials said they focused their work first.

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Bike ban pushed Libertarian into local politics

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A lone cyclist on Providence Road pushed Eric Cable to run for City Council.

Commuting to his uptown job, Cable grew annoyed with the man who always rode his bike during the morning rush, zigging through cars as they backed up at lights.

So annoyed that in June he created a website and stood at the corner of Providence and Sharon Amity holding a sign that advertised it: banbicyclesonprovidence.com.

The sign, along with the site, a petition and a series of homemade YouTube videos decrying Bicycle Boy and other bikers using major roads at rush hour landed Cable on local TV news. His campaign went viral as bicycle advocates from around the world reacted strongly.

It also sparked something in Cable.

That kind of lit the fire, he says. I always was kind of interested in ... city politics. But that was the catalyst.

Now Cable, 41, is making his first try for office. The sole Libertarian running, hes seeking an at-large seat on City Council.

An Ohio native, he moved to Charlotte in 2006. He works at Wells Fargo as a database developer. The U.S. Navy veteran has eclectic interests.

He plays bagpipes with the Shriners. He sings chorus with Opera Carolina. And, pursuing an interest sparked during the 2002 Winter Olympics, he helped start a Charlotte-area curling club.

Cable became a Libertarian in 2008. Before that he was a self-described Reagan Republican. He says he left the party after Sarah Palin.

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S Korea in disputed islands drill

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South Korean forces have carried out a drill aimed at repelling foreign landings on disputed islands at the heart of a row with Japan.

The drill took place at an outcrop known in South Korea as Dokdo and in Japan as Takeshima.

The long-running row over the islands has affected ties between the two nations.

Both Japan and South Korea say they have long-standing historical ties to, and claims over, the island grouping.

The drill, which included destroyers and combat jets, took place on what South Korea has designated "Dokdo Day".

"It is a regular drill aimed at repealing non-military forces that approach Dokdo via a sea or air route," an unidentified military official told Yonhap news agency.

A defence ministry official said that it was important to show the area "would be defended by South Korea, in whatever circumstances".

Tensions over the disputed islands between South Korea and Japan have worsened recently, reports the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul, with both sides taking their conflict online and posting videos supporting their claims on the YouTube website.

The islets have become a lightening rod for unresolved historical issues between the two neighbours - a symbol, say many Koreans, of Japan's lack of remorse for its colonial past, our correspondent adds.

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Channel Islands National Park Open for Visitors

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Channel Islands National Park reopens for visitors today. The five islands within Channel Islands National Park have been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in CongressionalAppropriations.

Channel Islands National Park is part of a system of over 400 National Park Service sites across the country that serve over 300 million visitors eachyear.

We are happy to be back at work serving the American people and welcoming visitors to their national park, said Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau. Now is a great time to visit the Channel Islands with the fall conditions showcasing some of the best diving in the world along with opportunities to kayak, surf, hike, or camp on theislands.

The winter season is a great time to go whale watching and see the gray whales as they migrate in the Santa Barbara Channel from January through March. About one-third of the cetacean species found worldwide can be seen in the prolific waters of Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National MarineSanctuary.

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Contractors blame government for health care website woes

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Posted on: 6:50 pm, October 24, 2013, by CNN Wire, updated on: 07:04pm, October 24, 2013

WASHINGTON (CNN) It was the governments fault, contractors on the problem-plagued website for President Barack Obamas signature health care reforms told a congressional hearing on Thursday.

In more than four hours of testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, officials of companies hired to create the HealthCare.gov website cited a lack of testing on the full system and last-minute changes by the federal agency overseeing the online enrollment system.

Angry exchanges between Republicans who oppose Obamacare and Democrats defending it erupted repeatedly, while the contractors insisted their work went fine even though the software buckled when the system went online on October 1.

Complaints about logging in, lengthy delays, incorrect information relayed to insurance companies and other problems have fueled continued GOP attacks on the 2010 Affordable Care Act that was upheld by the Supreme Court last year.

The White House and administration officials say the enrollment problems are being fixed. On Thursday, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) that oversees the new programs under the health care reforms said almost 700,000 applications have been submitted online on either the federal or state websites.

While the applications dont mean that many people have fully enrolled for health insurance under the new system, the figure represents a significant increase in those who have been able to start the process in recent days.

However, Julie Bataille, the CMS director of communications, was unable to say how many of the 700,000 applications were submitted on the federal website.

Bataille seemed to agree with some of the criticism by contractors at the hearing, saying that due to a compressed time frame, the system just wasnt tested enough, especially for high volume.

At Thursdays hearing, committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan called the launch of the website nothing short of a disaster, noting that contractors at the hearing previously looked us in the eye and assured us repeatedly that everything was on track, except that it wasnt.

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