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How Do You ID a Dead Osama?

Osama Bin Laden is dead . At least, that's what we've been told, and I tend to believe such things. But how do they know it's him

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Video: How "Fat Talk" can affect body image

Dr. Jennifer Hartstein spoke with Erica Hill on a recent study from Psychology of Women Quarterly that reports 93% of college women engaged in frequent "fat talk" or speaking negatively their body weight.

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6 Steps to Avoiding BPA in Your Daily Life

BPA (bisphenol-A) is a potentially toxic estrogen-mimicking compound used in plastic production that has been linked to breast cancer, early puberty, infertility, and other maladies. It's dangerous enough that it has been banned in baby bottles in Europe, Canada, and even China--but not in the U.S. And it turns out that it's almost entirely unavoidable

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New Drugs for Hepatitis C On the Horizon

Some 3.2 million Americans have chronic hepatitis C , an infection that can linger in the body for years before producing symptoms. It can eventually lead to serious liver scarring and cancer. And most infections in the U.S

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Invisibility cloaks may be just around the corner

In 1897, H.G. Wells created a fictional scientist who became invisible by changing his refractive index to that of air, so that his body could not absorb or reflect light. More recently, Harry Potter disappeared from sight after wrapping himself in a cloak spun from the pelts of magical herbivores.

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Video: Survey: 97 percent of women have body image issues

Erica Hill talks to "Early Show" psychologist and contributor, Dr. Jennifer Hartstein and executive editor of Glamour magazine, Wendy Naugle about a new survey that shows most women have a negative thought about their body every day.

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