Facing the threat of death, a Nebraska man decided to no longer wait for
the ambulance to come and performed a tracheotomy on himself, which, according
to doctors, was very well done.
Steve Wilder of Omaha
has previously suffered throat cancer and therefore, his throat is shrunken
because of radiation treatments he underwent four years ago. On April 30, he
woke up in the middle of the night, struggling to breathe.
His wife, Cora, immediately called an ambulance, but...
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Research In Motion doesn’t plan
on making it easy for Apple, especially now, when everyone expects a 3G iPhone…
and what better way to counteract with the iPhone-mania than by introducing the
latest, most innovative smartphone to date: Blackberry Bold 9000.
“The new Blackberry Bold
represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smartphones and lives up
to its name with incredible speed, power ad functionality, all wrapped in a
beautiful and confident design,” it’s how Mike...
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Close to 35,000 people were present to raise money and awareness for breast cancer at the 16th Annual Susan G. Komen Race for Cure on Sunday.The event took place at Flagstaff Hill in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh and involved a 5-kilometer (3.1 miles) run or walk and also a one-mile fast walk.The race was preceded by a parade and tribute to the 3,000 breast cancer survivors present and also for the ones beaten down by the disease."Our message to everyone who is fighting this disease is simple:...
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According to Climate Counts, a nonprofit group, Apple trails far behind when it comes to climate friendliness.The environmental group, funded by organic yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm, used publically available information in order to create its Climate Counts Company Scorecard, which ranked on a scale from one to one hundred the eco-friendly strategies of a large list of companies from numerous departments. The main concerns regard the efforts to tackle global warming and to stop climate...
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A medical helicopter belonging to the University of Wisconsin Hospital crashed today, killing the three people on board. According to hospital officials, the Med Flight helicopter left Madison on Saturday night with the mission to drop off a patient at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. It then departed at around 10:30 p.m. and from that point on there was no further communication received from the crew. The helicopter was found close to 8:30 a.m. at about four miles away from...
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