Health and Medicine
Romney, Obama tangle on issue of access to contraception
Gov. Mitt Romney is taking heat for his previous actions around access to birth control, while President Barack Obama takes criticism for a new mandate requiring religious-affiliated health plans to offer access to contraception.
Paula Deen says she has diabetes, will endorse pharmaceutical company
Paula Deen, the celebrity chef known for her love of butter, has announced she has diabetes. Instead of using it as a reason to lighten her cooking, she's becoming a paid spokeswoman for a pharmaceutical company....
Bioethicist discusses why hospitals may deny transplants for intellectually disabled
Amelia Rivera has a genetic disorder that has presented her with many challenges in life. She also needs a kidney transplant. Her mother says a hospital told her she wouldn't be getting the transplant because of her mental disability....
FDA makes confusing, conflicting statements on antibiotic use in farm animals
Late last year, the FDA said it would no longer seek to formally regulate the use of the most common antibiotics in farm animals. A month later, though, the FDA said it would regulate the use of cephalosporins, which represent less than 1 percent of the antibiotics used on farms....
Battle to stem childhood obesity expected to be a focus of 2012
New research shows that kids who eat school lunches are more likely to be obese than kids who bring lunch from home. The battle to cut back childhood obesity is expected to be of increasing importance in the next few years....
Alzheimer's research funding difficult to come by
Despite its position as a leading cause of death and debilitating disease afflicting many Americans, funding for research on Alzheimer's is sparse. Critics say that's hurting efforts to find a cure....
VIDEO: Rare cancer linked to breast implant in thousands of women
The French company PIP is accused of using industrial grade silicone, rather than medical grade material, in its breast implants, and now the implants have been linked to a rare form of cancer....
Government urges caution as scientists release study on gene mutations in bird flu virus
Scientists in Wisconsin and the Netherlands have successfully mutated the bird flu virus so that it can more easily spread among humans. The idea isn't bioterror, but rather to give us more information to use in the event of a natural or inflicted pandemic flu....
VIDEO: Canadian scientists get go-ahead for HIV vaccine testing
Canadian scientists are beaming as the country's first attempt at an HIV vaccine moves out of the lab and into early clinical trials. But it will be years before they know if the vaccine will be effective....
Mysterious kidney disease killing thousands of laborers in Central America
In Central America's sugarcane field, more and more workers are coming down with a disease that shuts down their kidneys. Researchers are struggling for a cause. Chemicals on the fields? Heat? Overwork? No one knows, but it's a leading cause of death for men in El Salvador and Nicaragua....- Doctors question effectiveness, morality of taking an obese 8-year-old out of his home
- Romania's healthcare system leaving poor without access to care, for years
- For Movember (moustache November), men are letting their whiskers grow
- American midwife discovers challenges of medicine in Haiti
- Larger social networks — especially earlier in life — leads to larger brain development
- CDC urges boys also now get HPV vaccine, starting at age 11 (with video)
- Obama administration considering whether to test anthrax vaccine on children
- VIDEO: Officials continue frantic rescue efforts after Turkish earthquake
- Book traces history of AIDS back to 1930s, examines current outbreak's history
- Two forms of birth control put women at risk for HIV
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Anonymous (09 February, 2012 08:19:34)Frost and Danny, you are right, and this is the beginning. I just hope the Georgia Guidestones are not torn down by the religious nuts, ... -
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Frost (09 February, 2012 02:20:00)We're using more and more water, which is only a problem as long as we expect mother nature to always provide it in the location ...
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Bill (08 February, 2012 09:44:02)We have lots of water up here in Canada for you to use. But wait- you'd need a PIPELINE to get it to Texas. ...
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palaciosn (08 February, 2012 09:29:40)If the Tripoli government doesn't help the zoo out financially, the animals will continue to become ill and die. Lions should be living in large ...