Medicine News11-month old Dallas-born twins Justin and Jordan have different fathers, a phenomenon known as heteropaternal superfecundation that is so rare there are only a handful of documented cases in the world. Their parents Mia Washington and her fiancée James Harrison went public with their news last week when [...]
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Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor — whose is considered to be “near the top” of President Obama’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees to replace retiring Justice David Souter — could face criticism over a 2001 speech in which she stated that a judge’s ethnicity and gender “may and will make a difference in our [...]
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House Republicans on Wednesday sent President Obama a letter urging “open and constructive dialogue across party lines” on health care reform and calling on him to maintain current restrictions on federal funding of abortion services, Politico reports. The letter, signed by House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio), House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (Va.
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AP – It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago at least in the U.S., says new research that blames changes in cigarette design for fueling a certain type of lung cancer.
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AP – China, Britain, Japan and other countries urged the World Health Organization on Monday to be very cautious about declaring the arrival of a swine flu pandemic, fearing that a premature announcement could cause worldwide panic and confusion. WHO bent to their wishes.
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AP – Working a few years beyond retirement could help stave off Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new British study published Monday.
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A poll commissioned by comedy channel Gold and to be revealed shows that we Britons are the angriest people in Europe, losing our cool on average four times a day and topping even the Italians and French. And what do we believe makes us most angry? Queue jumpers. Yet, according to [...]
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The American Diabetes Association is challenging riders to take part in the annual Tour de Cure, a cycling event to raise funds to help fight diabetes. More than 40,000 cyclists will be participating in the Tour de Cure at [...]
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) launched its World Diabetes Day campaign under the slogan “Understand diabetes and take control.” Celebrated every year on November 14, World Diabetes Day is a campaign led by the International Diabetes Federation and its member associations. It was created in 1991 by IDF and WHO in response to [...]