A rare and difficult condition called Perthes Disease had soap opera actor and a veteran of "Dancing with the Stars," Cameron Mathison, in leg braces as a child. Cameron's own mother, Loretta Mathison, thought he...
" Genetic flaws that increase the risk of the most common form of childhood leukaemia have been uncovered by British scientists. The three variants each raise the risk by between 30% and 60%, said the Institute of...
Terri-Lynne McClintic, one of the suspects in the Tori Stafford murder case, along with ther boyfriend Michael Thomas Rafferty, is only 18 years old, but according to her paternal grandmother, it could be because...
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Apparently unaware of the existence of mass media, school officials are up in arms over the resurgent microtrend of "smoking smarties", in which schoolchildren forcibly exhale powdered candy. The idea here is that...
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Updates have been made to the 2009 Immunization Schedules for children and adolescents, which were jointly released by the Centres for Disease Control (CDC), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American...
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.... of the year!”
Before Staples appropriated part of that song for its back to school sales campaign, featuring parents gleefully gliding through the aisles shopping, with children glumly dragging their...
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Nearly One million people are killed every year by malaria.Although half of the world's population lives in areas where malaria is rampent, and these are worlds poorest countries.The launch of the vaccine of...
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With more than 35 million diabetics patient, India is sitting on a volcanic diabetes epidemic, the scale of which far surpasses anything previously witnessed. With huge urban migration and socio-economic transition over the last decade, people have...
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In our turbulent times, the slow going elephant is a reassuring presence. Babar is in New York, not for one of his family outings with Celeste and their children but as the star of Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors an exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum. ...
"tired of all of the criticism that is brought down on them, the corn refiners association (cra) has gone on the offensive and have started an ad campaign to debunk the myths about high fructose corn syrup. seems that some of the bad press that the substance received,...
Gov. Sarah Palin proves to be good to her friends and unforgiving to her enemies."Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes Heath Family, via Associated Press The Wasilla City Council, with Sarah Palin, the future governor and vice-presidential nominee, at the...
New research in the UK points to disease as a possible cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS):"The Archives of Disease in Childhood study found samples from babies who had died for no apparent reason...
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Why am I not surprised about the cartoons part??"NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Jackson celebrated his 50th birthday Friday, but he's still young at heart. ...
The selling off of public playing fields for housing development has been and continues to be a hot potato for the British Government which more than 5 years ago committed itself to halting the practice. It has...
It’s funny how a couple of hours can changes one’s perspective. On Friday night as I headed off to work, the Canadian medal count was still, zero and the prospects of presenting an article of this tone...
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