Health and Medicine
Supreme Court ready to hear arguments over Obamacare
The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it would consider whether President Barack Obama's healthcare legislation is constitutional — and they've booked 5.5 hours for the discussion in the spring.
Teacher goes undercover, anonymously blogs about a year of eating school lunch
Sarah Wu, a teacher in Chicago Public Schools, ate school lunch for a year and blogged about it anonymously. She's revealed herself and is now out with a new book, Fed Up With Lunch....
Book warns that deadly pandemic may not be far off
If you've seen the movie Contagion, you have a good idea of what a deadly pandemic could look like in real life. A new book from a Stanford biologist says just such a pandemic may happen sooner than we'd like....
Leukemia patient turns to social media to save his own life
After being diagnosed with leukemia, Amit Gupta needed a bone marrow transfusion. Unfortunately, there's no one in the national registry that matches him. So, with friends, he's turning to social media to try to find the person that could save him....
Caught on tape: parents spanking to discipline children
Most parents say they spank their children only as a last resort, but audio research at Southern Methodist University shows most parents do the exact opposite....
Teen uncovers harsh chemicals left on clothes by dry cleaning
No one had quantified how much carcinogens linger in people's clothes after they get back from the dry cleaner's, until a high school student started asking questions....
Why long-haul truckers are turning to bikes, and spandex
Truckers now have an alternative to sitting around a truck stop -- a movement to encourage them to ride bikes as an antidote to their sedentary life is gaining speed....
Cantaloupes contaminated with listeria cause 16 deaths
Listeria outbreak the country's deadliest of food related illness in more than a decade -- as many as 72 people have fallen ill and 16 have died....
Natural gas boom may be making people sick
Residents around new natural gas pumps and rigs have been forced to abandon their homes, as health concerns around natural gas grow. ...
Drug shortages raise health care costs, endanger patients
Hospitals around the country are experiencing serious shortages of drugs -- those used for chemotherapy, infections and pain management are in short supply....- Israeli medical experience influential in Boston response to marathon bombings
- Monitoring infectious diseases online, on Twitter, gives early warning of outbreaks
- New contraception law in the Philippines indicative of decline of Catholic Church influence
- Parkinson's voice initiative uses voice-based test for potential detection
- Ethiopia moving to address doctor shortage; critics say corners being cut
- Cancer's New Battleground: Infectious diseases a leading cancer cause
- Cancer's New Battleground: In India, a simple test of vinegar makes all the difference
- Cancer's New Battleground: In Haiti, breast cancer presents stark choices
- Cancer's New Battleground: In Uganda, Jackson Orem fighting to establish cancer care
- Medical volunteers learn from mistakes made in rush to Haiti
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