Recent Findings from Sacred Heart Catholic University Highlight Research in Thyroid Disease.(Report)

According to the authors of a study from Rome, Italy, "Hyperthyroidism is a relative uncommon but important cause of atrial fibrillation. The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of routine thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) determination in the emergency department (ED) in patients presenting to the ED with stable, new-onset atrial fibrillation."

"We derive a set of clinical criteria in which TSH is likely to be normal and therefore thyroid function evaluation deferrable to a different time from ED visit. Cross-sectional observational study in a university hospital. Thyroid-stimulating hormone was measured in all patients admitted to the ED observational unit for …

POLAND OKS MEDIATORS.(Main)

Byline: Associated Press

Communist authorities agreed to let Catholic intellectuals mediate in two major strikes, a Solidarity activist said today after Lech Walesa had warned of "a bloody revolution" if workers didn't get a say in reform.

Poland's Roman Catholic bishops declared in a statement today that Polish society had "the right to seek to be in charge of its own fate." The statement urged authorities to find common solutions for Poland by meeting with representative groups.

It was the …

DEFIANT IRAQ CALLS UP 33-YEAR- OLDS TO FIGHT.(Main)

Byline: Associated Press

Iraq called up 33-year-old reservists Monday and insisted it would never submit to U.S. demands to quit Kuwait.

Both Washington and Baghdad professed support Monday for talks to resolve the Persian Gulf crisis, but neither side appeared willing to compromise on when to meet.

Baghdad newspapers reported Monday that Iraq's Ministry of Defense has recalled men born in 1957 to bolster the mobilization of almost 500,000 soldiers already in Kuwait and southern Iraq.

By mid-January, the United States will have deployed more than 400,000 troops in the gulf. Its allies have committed about 220,000.

U.S. Army planner …

Trade Slows on Colombia-Venezuela Border

Dora Gomez pays for her son's college by selling candies, such as Guava-flavored treats wrapped in dried banana leaves. But there's a problem: She's running out of sweets, and she's worried she won't be able to get any more.

Her supply has been cut off amid an international crisis over a Colombian raid on guerrillas in Ecuador that is threatening to bring Colombian-Venezuelan trade to a standstill. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, angry about the cross-border raid, says he will stop importing food from Colombia.

"This situation really worries me," said Gomez, 48, a widow who has supported her family selling candies at a market in this Venezuelan town …

HIV UPDATE

Here are the latest developments in AIDS.

There were 720 new cases of AIDS reported to the nationalCenters for Disease Control for the week ending March 28.

About 1 million Americans are infected with the AIDS virus, thecenters reported. Since 1981, more than 213,641 cases of acquiredimmune deficiency syndrome and 138,395 deaths have been reported tothe Atlanta-based centers. More than 484,148 cases of AIDS in 164countries have been reported to the World Health Organization. Research

The AIDS virus is 90 percent more likely to be transmitted froma man to a woman than vice versa, results of a nine-nation Europeanstudy indicated.

Both men and …

Robots assist nurses.(research)(Brief article)

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Japanese researchers have developed a robot to assist nurses to provide care for residents in aged care facilities.

The robot has high precision tactile sensors and can lift a patient up to 80kg in weight off floor-level bedding and into a wheelchair.

Japan …

Mise en place.(Brief article)

 "Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world." --Ada Louise Huxtable, American architecture critic (b. 1921) 

[??] Summer has different meanings for chefs. For those in the mountains or at the shore, the summer months promise an influx of tourists filling the dining rooms and clearing the walk-ins nightly. For those working in big cities, summer is leaner and quieter, the dining public having scampered off to find relief in the cool oceans and leafy parks. For others, summer might …