VIDEO: Former probation officer says changing the diet changes the behavior -- Is it possible that the problems so many children and schools have these days are food related?
Time for Pentagon to do more with less -- The Pentagon must do better, especially with defense spending poised to shrink. The bottom line: The days of lavish defense budgets are over. If America is to adequately equip its forces, it must figure out how to get more for less.
Probing Doctors' Ties to Industry -- Can you trust your doctor? Patients might well ask themselves this question when they learn that 94 percent of physicians have "a relationship" with the pharmaceutical, medical device or other related industries, according to a national survey of physicians published two years ago in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Climate plan calls for forest expansion -- New forests would spread across the American landscape, replacing both pasture and farm fields, under a congressional plan to confront climate change, an Environmental Protection Agency analysis shows.
Cannabis treats prostate cancer, study finds -- Following the growing interest in medical benefits of cannabis, a new study finds that the compound can help fight prostate cancer. According to the study published in the British Journal of Cancer, chemicals found in cannabis can stop prostate cancer cells from growing in the laboratory.
Tamiflu puts 600,000 at greater risk of a stroke -- A Government watchdog is concerned that the anti-swine flu drug can interact with the blood-thinning medication warfarin, which is taken by more than 600,000 people in the UK.
Breast screening info 'misleads' -- Women undergoing routine breast screening in the UK are being misled about the risks involved, warn a group of UK experts.
New York Sate requires Flu Shot for Health Care Workers -- The State Health Department is requiring tens of thousands of health care workers across the state to be vaccinated for flu, amid fears that swine flu will return in the fall.
Blackwater tied to CIA assassination plot -- Millions were spent on program, which did not capture or kill any suspects.
Taliban threats deter Afghan voters -- Taliban threats kept voter turnout low in the capital and the militant south Thursday as Afghans chose the next president for their deeply troubled country. Militants launched scattered rocket and bomb attacks, violence that closed some polling sites.
Some smokers start growing tobacco -- Driven largely by ever-rising tobacco prices, a growing number of smokers who have turned to their green thumbs to cultivate tobacco plants to blend their own cigarettes, cigars and chew.
Hal Turner was an FBI trained agent provocateur, his attorney told reporters in Hartford -- A New Jersey blogger facing charges in two states for allegedly making threats against lawmakers and judges was trained by the FBI on how to be deliberately provocative, his attorney said Tuesday. Read the rest...
Environmental Mercury Contamination Found To Be Widespread -- The federal government is considering new rules to limit mercury emissions from cement kilns, which makes two new studies released this week timely. The first study, from the federal government, shows how pervasive mercury is in our environment," while the second, from Duke University chemists, "explains how that mercury becomes toxic to us," as "particles released into the air from cement kilns or coal-fired power plants can settle on lakes and rivers where they accumulate in fish and other wildlife. And since we humans are at the top of the food chain, some of that mercury eventually ends up in our bodies."
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* Mercury found in all fish caught in U.S.-tested streams
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Reverse Mortgages Leave Seniors at Risk, GAO Says -- Reverse mortgages, which are usually backed by HUD's Federal Housing Administration, enable seniors to withdraw equity from their homes. The loan and the accumulated interest do not have to be paid back until the owner dies or sells the home. But the upfront costs are substantial.
Time for Pentagon to do more with less -- The Pentagon must do better, especially with defense spending poised to shrink. The bottom line: The days of lavish defense budgets are over. If America is to adequately equip its forces, it must figure out how to get more for less.
Probing Doctors' Ties to Industry -- Can you trust your doctor? Patients might well ask themselves this question when they learn that 94 percent of physicians have "a relationship" with the pharmaceutical, medical device or other related industries, according to a national survey of physicians published two years ago in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Climate plan calls for forest expansion -- New forests would spread across the American landscape, replacing both pasture and farm fields, under a congressional plan to confront climate change, an Environmental Protection Agency analysis shows.
Cannabis treats prostate cancer, study finds -- Following the growing interest in medical benefits of cannabis, a new study finds that the compound can help fight prostate cancer. According to the study published in the British Journal of Cancer, chemicals found in cannabis can stop prostate cancer cells from growing in the laboratory.
Tamiflu puts 600,000 at greater risk of a stroke -- A Government watchdog is concerned that the anti-swine flu drug can interact with the blood-thinning medication warfarin, which is taken by more than 600,000 people in the UK.
Breast screening info 'misleads' -- Women undergoing routine breast screening in the UK are being misled about the risks involved, warn a group of UK experts.
New York Sate requires Flu Shot for Health Care Workers -- The State Health Department is requiring tens of thousands of health care workers across the state to be vaccinated for flu, amid fears that swine flu will return in the fall.
Blackwater tied to CIA assassination plot -- Millions were spent on program, which did not capture or kill any suspects.
Taliban threats deter Afghan voters -- Taliban threats kept voter turnout low in the capital and the militant south Thursday as Afghans chose the next president for their deeply troubled country. Militants launched scattered rocket and bomb attacks, violence that closed some polling sites.
Some smokers start growing tobacco -- Driven largely by ever-rising tobacco prices, a growing number of smokers who have turned to their green thumbs to cultivate tobacco plants to blend their own cigarettes, cigars and chew.
Hal Turner was an FBI trained agent provocateur, his attorney told reporters in Hartford -- A New Jersey blogger facing charges in two states for allegedly making threats against lawmakers and judges was trained by the FBI on how to be deliberately provocative, his attorney said Tuesday. Read the rest...
Environmental Mercury Contamination Found To Be Widespread -- The federal government is considering new rules to limit mercury emissions from cement kilns, which makes two new studies released this week timely. The first study, from the federal government, shows how pervasive mercury is in our environment," while the second, from Duke University chemists, "explains how that mercury becomes toxic to us," as "particles released into the air from cement kilns or coal-fired power plants can settle on lakes and rivers where they accumulate in fish and other wildlife. And since we humans are at the top of the food chain, some of that mercury eventually ends up in our bodies."
Related Articles:
* Fish in streams across U.S. tainted with mercury
* Mercury found in all fish caught in U.S.-tested streams
* Federal study reveals widespread mercury contamination in fish from air pollution, mining
* Duke study finds easily inhalable ash bits carry most toxicity
Reverse Mortgages Leave Seniors at Risk, GAO Says -- Reverse mortgages, which are usually backed by HUD's Federal Housing Administration, enable seniors to withdraw equity from their homes. The loan and the accumulated interest do not have to be paid back until the owner dies or sells the home. But the upfront costs are substantial.
