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It sounds like the opening line of a joke: French wife sues her ex-husband over his refusal to, uh, perform during their marriage. But the widely publicized lack-of-passion lawsuit raises the question: How much is marital sex worth?

The Kindle tablet is coming. (You may have heard a little about this.) Amazon 's just redesigned its main website with changes that make it more tablet-friendly, and one writer is even claiming to have used the device.

Study of two population surveys found obesity rates among marijuana smokers were 8 percent lower than rates among non-users

New findings published Tuesday appear to undermine a controversial study - oft-cited by those who downplay the human impacts of climate change - that claimed variations in cloud cover are driving temperature changes across the globe. The analysis confirms - as most atmospheric scientists have long held - that the reverse is true: Clouds change in response to temperature changes.

What is diverticulitis? What causes it? How is it treated?

Nitrogen-rich forest bedrock -- the geologic rock formation located under forest soil -- may aid trees in better sequestering carbon, according to a recent study that offers a new understanding on why some forests store greenhouse gases more efficiently than others. While geologic rock isn't a carbon sink itself, it plays an important role in helping the soil and trees above absorb CO 2 , say the study's authors, who published their findings last week in Nature . But a lack of research on nitrogen has left it largely ignored by climate scientists and policymakers scrambling to identify carbon sinks that mitigate carbon dioxide pollution from large emitters.

“Economics: supply and demand.” That’s Father Guido Sarducci... [More]

By Gerard Wynn and Stuart McDill 500 MILES OFF THE NORTH POLE (Reuters) - As polar bears stalked their ship, scientists drilled into the Arctic sea ice this week to try and figure out why it's disappearing so fast. [More]

Study of 14,000 patients didn't clearly show how safe Xarelto was, or if it's as effective as anticoagulant warfarin

By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Firefighters were gaining ground [More]

Is there ever a good time or right way to break bad news?

Sex not a given in marriage; Should it be?

New report shows medical schools give little or no instruction on health needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients

Light to moderate consumption of alcohol tied to greater chance of successful aging, researchers find

Matchingdonors.com is part of a growing number of living donor websites being used as an alternative to the government's national donor list.