By Erika Check Hayden The 25,000 US women who give birth at home each year received shocking news from the nation's obstetricians early this year. [More]
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Remote monitoring and other forms of "telehealth" are increasingly shown to be effective. Several recent studies reveal progress and greater interest in telehealth, according to reports.
Read More »MESSENGER spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Mercury
On March 17, after a roundabout, nearly seven-year journey, NASA's MESSENGER probe became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury , the closest planet to the sun.
Read More »Taking Waves: Nation’s First Tsunami-Resistant Building Could Be Built on the Oregon Coast
Plans to build the nation's first tsunami-resistant building are unfolding in Cannon Beach, Ore., in a region that is almost identical, seismically, to the subduction zone that triggered the earthquake and tsunami in Japan last week.
Read More »Man busted for polygamy after unfriending wife No. 1
It's probably a good idea to unfriend one wife on Facebook before marrying another. Generally speaking, a divorce would also be appropriate.
Read More »Return of rare giraffes brings promise of peace among warring Kenyan peoples
It has been 70 years since Rothschild giraffes ( Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi ), aka Baringo giraffes, disappeared from the Lake Baringo area of Kenya that gave them one of their names. But now eight of these critically endangered animals have returned to the lake, and with them comes an unexpected bonus: a promise of peace. [More]
Read More »Wall has 2-shot lead at Sicilian Open
Anthony Wall shot a 4-under 67 Friday to take a two-shot lead after the second round of the Sicilian Open.
Read More »Japan battles nuclear crisis, power effort crucial
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) - Exhausted engineers scrambled to fix a power cable to two reactors at Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear station on Saturday in a race to prevent deadly radiation from an accident now rated at least as bad as America's Three Mile Island in 1979. [More]
Read More »Welcome back, Sergio: hot in Tampa
PGT: Sergio Garcia fired a 5-under 66 at Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course to sit in solo second through the morning wave of the second round of the Transitions Championship.
Read More »Music is All in the Mind
By Philip Ball A pianist plays a series of notes, and the woman echoes them on a computerized music system. [More]
Read More »25 Years After: Scenes from Chernobyl–The Worst Nuclear Accident in History [Slide Show]
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine--The disaster at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, is currently ranked as the worst nuclear accident in history.
Read More »Designer drug 2 C-E: "concerning trend" for teens
Dr. Jennifer Ashton explains the dangerous risks of a legal, designer drug, 2C-E that lead to one death and 10 hospitalized in Minn.
Read More »How Far from Fukushima Will Fallout Pose a Health Risk?
As the condition of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan continues to deteriorate, nuclear safety experts, government regulators and health physicists are keeping close watch on the situation to determine the danger--both real and hypothetical--that the incident poses to people near the plant. [More]
Read More »FDA: Menthol makes it harder to quit smoking
Advisory panel says removing menthol cigarettes from the market would benefit public health
Read More »Few radioactive particles on U.S. west coast
By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Minuscule amounts of radioactive particles believed to have come from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have been detected on the U.S. west coast, two diplomatic sources said Friday. [More]
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