"AS we face $4.50 a gallon gas, we also know that alternative energy sources — coal, oil shale, ethanol, wind and ground-based solar — are either of limited potential, very expensive, require huge energy storage...
Women have been told to be breast aware but now research seems to show that those that do are no safer from cancer than those that don't. Many women it is thought will still choose to self-examine and report when a...
I supposed non caffeine coffee suit for woman, or perhaps...drink plain water instead..."Four cups of coffee a day seriously damage a woman’s chances of having a baby, research suggests. The effect is almost as bad...
Vegetarians beware. Those that eat lots of any kind of specific food might be in danger of too much or too little of one chemical or another. After all in the end that's all that food is - a combination of chemicals....
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. The...
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"Wireless systems used by many hospitals to keep track of medical equipment can cause potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving devices such as breathing and dialysis machines, researchers reported Tuesday in a...
My heart breaks reading this story."MANSFIELD, Ohio — A pregnant woman was held at the Richland County Jail on Wednesday after police said sheadmitted to giving her 11-month-old daughter an overdose of prescription drugs.Cynthia Redman was charged with aggravated murder,...
A UK-based health expert has warned about the dangers of chemicals found in common household and industrial materials which, unavoidably, are also found in medical care institutions. I've always had that queasy feeling when in hospitals." Unknown to many,...
A judge in Montana has refused to delay the federal government request that environmental and animal rights groups want to put gray wolves back on the endangered species list. "A federal judge in Montana has rejected...
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Two children and their mother lived for about two months with thedecaying body of a 90-year-old woman on the toilet of their home's onlybathroom, on the advice of a religious "superior" who claimed thecorpse would...
""I started shooting heroin at age 15." Heather says, describing her 25 year junkie career as a vicious cycle of getting high, homelessness, methadone programs, and prison. "I've gone to prison three times... I had three different CDC numbers... all...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWith National Victims Awareness Week underway, those advocates for Victims Rights want to ensure serious time for serious crimes complete with restitution for victims,...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHow can two apparently intelligent people, Muslims, one a PhD Student, the other a Masters of Engineering student in this day and age think all is well with the...
"Police probing the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews have arrested a woman in West Yorkshire on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. There are unconfirmed reports that the 32-year-old is Shannon's...
Hat's Off To Journalist Amanda Witherell of the San Francisco Bay Guardian For Her Undercover Investigations of San Francisco's Tax Funded Homeless Shelter System.They both deserve nominations for The Pulitizer Prize for their factual and unbiased, in depth, first-hand ...
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