When carcinoid tumors become advanced, surgery may not be an option. Fortunately, there are other treatments available to help manage your tumors and ease your symptoms.
Continue reading …Carcinoid tumors are a slow-growing type of cancer that can be cured if caught early, but is difficult to diagnose.
Continue reading …Verizon tweaking low-end data plans, using ’3G’ distinction to upcharge for LTE
January 24, 2011 No Comment
Well, that didn’t last very long at all: looks like Verizon is killing off its $15 150MB data plan for smartphones altogether, instead corralling folks into the $30 unlimited option. Of course, with the proliferation of data-hungry smartphone apps on Android ( and soon, the iPhone ), 250MB per month of usage is becoming less and less reasonable by the day, so we can’t say we’re terribly surprised. Meanwhile, the $9.99 25MB feature phone data option is getting a bump up to 75MB with $10 per 75MB overage, a slight drop from the 20 cent / MB overage that those customers deal with currently. Finally, you’ll notice that the $30 unlimited plan is now qualified as applying to “feature phones and 3G smartphones,” not merely “smartphones” as they were before — a nod to the fact that Verizon’s upcoming LTE handsets won’t be eligible for the same pricing. What, did you think you were going to be blazing on your ThunderBolt at 20 or 30Mbps without a care in the world? [Thanks, anonymous tipster] Verizon tweaking low-end data plans, using ’3G’ distinction to upcharge for LTE originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Carcinoid syndrome is a set of symptoms caused by carcinoid tumors that grow from endocrine cells. Carcinoid tumors are slow-growing and can arise in several places throughout the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract and the lungs.
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Frozen cars sputtered, schools canceled classes and cold-weather enthusiasts opted to stay inside Monday as a bitter blast of below-zero temperatures with promises of minus-50 wind chills gripped the Northeast. (Jan. 24)
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Photo: PBS Humans activities now leave an impact on the natural world in just about every manner imaginable — from harvesting resources for consumption to emitting CO2 as a byproduct of generating energy to burning fossil fuels to power our transportation, the collective footprint of those various activities is massive indeed. But what about other widespread acts that humans have engaged in throughout history? What else has left a mark on the world’s climate? What, for instance, is the carbon footprint of war? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Chrome and Firefox adding new opt-out features to prevent third-party cookies from snooping on you
January 24, 2011 No Comment
Ever been freaked out by an online ad that seemed to know you that little bit too well? It’s the result of good old advertisers tracking your net-navigating habits and delivering targeted commercials to your eyeballs, but it can be prevented . Both Google and Mozilla have stepped up (or perhaps been pushed by the FTC ) to try and tackle this issue of pernicious tracking cookies, but they’ve gone about it in different ways. The Chrome solution is a Keep My Opt-Outs browser extension that remembers the sites you don’t want personalized information from, while Firefox will start beaming out a Do Not Track HTTP header that should be respected by advertisers and result in you receiving generic, repetitive ads. The important commonality between the two is that they don’t rely on you preparing a cookie file with all your anti-advertiser bile contained within it (which was the FTC’s original, somewhat impractical idea). Google intends to open-source its extension and bring it to other browsers as well, though obviously it’s taking care of Chrome first, which can benefit from the add-on right now. Chrome and Firefox adding new opt-out features to prevent third-party cookies from snooping on you originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …An Illinois appeals court struck Rahm Emanuel’s name from Chicago’s mayoral ballot today, according to the Chicago Sun-Times . In a 2-1 ruling, the court declared that Emanuel hadn’t met the residency requirements to run. “We order that the candidate’s name be excluded (or if necessary, be removed) from the ballot,…
Continue reading …Does Protecting Endangered Rhinos Conflict With Traditional Chinese Medicine?
January 24, 2011 No Comment
10 critically endangered black rhinos were killed in South Africa in 2010. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons A report released in the first weeks of 2011 announced that in the previous year a record number of endangered rhinoceros had been killed by poachers —333 in 2010 compared to just 133 in 2009. The next day, South African police cornered a band of poachers and—after a protracted firefight— shot and… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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