A new census report says more Americans than ever are living past age 90. Dr.
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Read More »More and more Americans living past 90
Nearly 2 million Americans are older than 90 and the very elderly may number 9 million by 2050; Health care system strained
Read More »Quantum Theory’s ‘Wavefunction’ Found to Be Real Physical Entity
By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine At the heart of the weirdness for which the field of quantum mechanics is famous is the wavefunction, a powerful but mysterious entity that is used to determine the probabilities that quantum particles will have certain properties. [More]
Read More »Video: HealthPop: Danger drinks, brush benefits, shocking sex
Middle-aged women who drink two or more sodas a day increase their risk of heart disease; Also, twice-annual visits to get your teeth professionally cleaned lower the risk of heart attack and stroke; And, many patients with defibrillators have trouble enjoying sex.
Read More »Weather Data Gap Now Appears Certain
A House-Senate deal to fund the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration includes enough cash to stabilize the nation's struggling environmental satellite program, a top agency official said yesterday. [More]
Read More »Man pleads guilty to penis pump Medicare scam
Accused sent unsolicited penis pumps to patients, told them "regular use" had health benefits; billed Medicare for costs
Read More »Mass Appeal: To Study Backward-Finned Dolphin, Researcher Sources Crowds for Cash
No, it's not photoshopped--that dolphin's fin really is on backward. It is a type of spinner dolphin that lives in the eastern tropical Pacific
Read More »Moon May Outshine Leonid Meteor Shower Tonight
The Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight (Nov. 17), but bright moonlight is threatening to wash out this year's light display. [More]
Read More »LinkedIn Editorial Director Dan Roth Taps Users To Streamline Content
Media companies aren't the only ones in the content-providing business these days.
Read More »Instead Of Whining About The Skills Gap, Use Training To Close It
It is a tragic irony that there are over 3 million open jobs in the U.S. economy today, while over 14 million Americans remain unemployed.
Read More »Green tea may lower bad cholesterol
New study finds positive effects of antioxidant compounds on "bad" cholesterol - but no effect on "good"
Read More »LinkedIn Cofounder Reid Hoffman In The U.K.: Silicon Valley Can Be Exported
For the fourth year in a row, LinkedIn cofounder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman is co-leading "Silicon Valley Comes To The UK"
Read More »Many Teens Rely on the Pill for Non-Sexual Reasons
Many women are popping the pill for more than its pregnancy-prevention benefit, according to a study by the Guttmacher Institute. The study finds 33 percent of U.S
Read More »Low intelligence causes obesity? What research shows
New study of Swedish men links big bellies at midlife to low IQ scores
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