Dr. Nassir Marrouche, Dr. Marcos Daccarett and their colleagues will be presented the Eric N. Prystowsky Fellow Clinical Research award at the Heart Rhythm 2008 conference this weekend in San Francisco.

Scientists announced Thursday that studies have revealed rising global temperatures may increase the incidences of kidney stones because global warming will probably increase incidences of dehydration, and dehydration has been linked to stone disease, particularly in warmer climates.

The studies from United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Tufts University were presented Wednesday at the European Congress on Obesity in Geneva. Researchers found that when mice were exposed to these chemicals during early development, it lead them to become obese in later life.

The 57-year-old man who received a kidney from the same donor is also infected with the hard-to-detect lymphocyte choriomeningitis virus or LCMV, the Boston Globe said Tuesday.

Paul Roscoe died in his home Saturday morning after he collapsed. The cause of his death was Kawasaki disease - a medical condition that affects children and results in aneurysms and blockages in blood vessels. It is common in boys under the age of 5.