The intimate Nevis beach resort was named the No. 1 Caribbean Hotel in the 2011 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards for the second year in a row. As part of the celebration, travelers are invited to experience Nisbet Plantation Beach Club with a travel deal of two nights free plus extras for savings of [...]

The Parrish Collection Kauai Offers a “HI Five” Anniversary Deal. The Parrish Collection Kauai, known for Kauai luxury vacation rentals, celebrates its anniversary with a “HI Five,” 50 percent off promotion at Waikomo Stream Villas. The one and two bedroom Poipu condos, regularly priced between $115 and $270, are offered at $58 to $135 nightly, from now through [...]

One of the leading Newport, RI hotels announces new meeting special, which grants access to exceptional Newport meeting rooms and rewards. Meeting Planners that have wanted to hold a meeting in historic Newport, Rhode Island, but haven’t found the right opportunity to do so recently need wait no longer. The Newport Marriott Hotel, with its [...]

Health officials have issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory after a positive test for West Nile Virus Health officials in Seminole County, Florida, have issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory after a positive test for West Nile Virus in several chickens. Recent rains and summer heat have made Florida, and other parts of the country, prime breeding [...]

Parkinson disease (PD) is a devastating incurable disease in which degeneration of dopamine neurons in the brainstem leads to tremors and problems with movement and coordination. An increasing proportion of patients appear to be genetically predisposed to disease. Now, two independent research groups have identified a mutation associated with an inherited form of PD. The [...]

Incidents of young athletes collapsing during sports practice due to an undiagnosed heart condition are alarming, and have led some health care professionals to call for mandatory electrocardiogram (ECG) screenings before sport participation. Others, however, question the validity of such a mandate. A new study soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics examines the [...]

People suffering from restless legs syndrome (RLS) experience unpleasant sensations in the legs at night for which the only remedy is movement. Now, an international consortium from Europe, Canada and the US has identified new genetic risk factors for the disease. Carriers of these risk variants have an increased likelihood of developing RLS. This finding, [...]

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators reported markedly improved survival of pediatric patients transplanted for high-risk leukemia regardless of donor; cite treatment advances and better donor selection Bone marrow transplant survival more than doubled in recent years for young, high-risk leukemia patients treated at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, with patients who lacked genetically matched [...]

Bariatric surgery is not only cost-effective for treating people who are severely obese, but also for those who are mildly obese, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings support making bariatric surgery available to all obese people, the researchers say. Patients who have the surgery are [...]

Variance in rates offered by lenders at 2011 high Average mortgage rates fell this week according to the LendingTree Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse, which tracks the lowest and average mortgage rates offered by lenders on the LendingTree network. On July 12, average home loan rates offered by LendingTree network lenders were 4.77% (4.94% APR) for 30-year fixed [...]