Imperial Valley News Center
Diagnosing cancer with help from bacteria
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- Written by Anne Trafton
San Diego, California - Engineers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have devised a new way to detect cancer that has spread to the liver, by enlisting help from probiotics - beneficial bacteria similar to those found in yogurt.
Study Shows Helping Pregnant Moms With Depression Doesn’t Help Kids
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- Written by Diana Harvey
Durham, North Carolina - A long-term study of mother-child pairs in Pakistan has found that the children turn out pretty much the same, whether or not their mothers received treatment for depression during pregnancy.
First Lady Michelle Obama To Harvest The White House Kitchen Garden, Highlight Pollinators
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Washington, DC - June 3rd at 3:30 PM – The First Lady will welcome students from across the country who participate in the ten Let’s Move! sub-initiative programs to harvest the White House Kitchen Garden. In 2009, Mrs. Obama planted a vegetable garden on the South Lawn to initiate a national conversation around the health and wellbeing of our nation—a conversation that evolved into her Let’s Move! initiative.
Statement by the Office of the Vice President Joe Biden
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Washington, DC - Later this week, there will be services to honor the life of Beau Biden. These services will be open to the public.
Moorpark Man Who Produced Child Pornography in Sextortion Case Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
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Los Angeles, California - A Moorpark man who used social networking websites to trick, extort or threaten more than a dozen girls and boys into sending him naked photos and videos was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
Valley Duo That Bilked Medicare by Billing Nearly $2 Million for Unneeded Power Wheelchairs Found Guilty of Federal Fraud Charges
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Los Angeles, California - A Los Angeles-area woman and man who were responsible for more than $1.8 million in fraudulent Medicare billings—almost entirely for medically unnecessary power wheelchairs—have been found guilty of health care fraud.
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