- Breaking News: * 2 killed in Oklahoma tornadoes; more bad weather expected * Opinion: Nigerians ask, are we at war? * Kicks and hits highlight the 2013 Billboard Music Awards * University professor, wife killed in Nebraska * 8 dead, 20 hurt in Dagestan bombing, security officials say * Renewed fighting for key Syrian town reported * Shiites targeted in Iraq in another day of sectarian strife * Opinion: It's smart politics to exaggerate terrorist threats * Hot air balloons collide in Turkey; 2 dead * Travel Photo of the Day * Paris Saint-Germain block Carolo Ancelotti's exit amid Real Madrid rumors * Opinion: What happened to Obama's promise? * Return of the Dreamliner: 5 things to know * Opinion: Kepler or not, we'll find life in space * Figuring out real-world etiquette for Google Glass * Blue jeans celebrate 140 years * Hofstra marks student's death with graduation moment of silence * Mel Brooks: A comedic torch to light the way * Nigerian forces tout 'massive deployment' against insurgents * Top politico killed in northern Afghan attack * Chelsea Flower Show turns 100 * Teen's prize-winning invention may charge your phone in 20 seconds * Firefighter trapped in six-alarm blaze at Dallas condo * 'Star Trek Into Darkness' blasts off with a $70.6 million weekend * Track severe weather in U.S. * North Korea fires more projectiles into sea off its coast, South says * 'Cheers': Where are they now? * AEG execs face questions about Michael Jackson's death * First Saudi woman summits Mount Everest * Inside a Bangladesh garment factory that plays by the rules * 14 now known dead, 14 missing in Indonesia tunnel collapse * High court to review church-state dispute over public prayers * 'Toilet of the future' solves global issues * Opinion: Cell phone made me a theater vigilante * Los Angeles sports teams go from good to bad * 7 ways budget cuts will hit national parks * Cloning stem cells: What does it mean? * China and India's smoldering problem * Former Chechen rebel: 'I have nothing to do with' Boston bombings * Police: Man who fired blanks on Cannes set 'wanted to change world' * Denmark wins Eurovision Song Contest * Damaged commuter rail snarls traffic into New York * Powerful earthquake hits off coast of Chile * Opinion: Use your money to buy happier time * Security forces, protesters clash in Tunisia * FBI mourns loss of agents in hostage rescue training * Anderson Cooper jilted at the aisle in 'SNL' wedding * Review: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' * Whose tech is better: 'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'? * 2 FBI agents die in hostage rescue training exercise
- Breaking News: * 2 killed in Oklahoma tornadoes; more bad weather expected * Opinion: Nigerians ask, are we at war? * Kicks and hits highlight the 2013 Billboard Music Awards * University professor, wife killed in Nebraska * 8 dead, 20 hurt in Dagestan bombing, security officials say * Renewed fighting for key Syrian town reported * Shiites targeted in Iraq in another day of sectarian strife * Opinion: It's smart politics to exaggerate terrorist threats * Hot air balloons collide in Turkey; 2 dead * Travel Photo of the Day * Paris Saint-Germain block Carolo Ancelotti's exit amid Real Madrid rumors * Opinion: What happened to Obama's promise? * Return of the Dreamliner: 5 things to know * Opinion: Kepler or not, we'll find life in space * Figuring out real-world etiquette for Google Glass * Blue jeans celebrate 140 years * Hofstra marks student's death with graduation moment of silence * Mel Brooks: A comedic torch to light the way * Nigerian forces tout 'massive deployment' against insurgents * Top politico killed in northern Afghan attack * Chelsea Flower Show turns 100 * Teen's prize-winning invention may charge your phone in 20 seconds * Firefighter trapped in six-alarm blaze at Dallas condo * 'Star Trek Into Darkness' blasts off with a $70.6 million weekend * Track severe weather in U.S. * North Korea fires more projectiles into sea off its coast, South says * 'Cheers': Where are they now? * AEG execs face questions about Michael Jackson's death * First Saudi woman summits Mount Everest * Inside a Bangladesh garment factory that plays by the rules * 14 now known dead, 14 missing in Indonesia tunnel collapse * High court to review church-state dispute over public prayers * 'Toilet of the future' solves global issues * Opinion: Cell phone made me a theater vigilante * Los Angeles sports teams go from good to bad * 7 ways budget cuts will hit national parks * Cloning stem cells: What does it mean? * China and India's smoldering problem * Former Chechen rebel: 'I have nothing to do with' Boston bombings * Police: Man who fired blanks on Cannes set 'wanted to change world' * Denmark wins Eurovision Song Contest * Damaged commuter rail snarls traffic into New York * Powerful earthquake hits off coast of Chile * Opinion: Use your money to buy happier time * Security forces, protesters clash in Tunisia * FBI mourns loss of agents in hostage rescue training * Anderson Cooper jilted at the aisle in 'SNL' wedding * Review: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' * Whose tech is better: 'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'? * 2 FBI agents die in hostage rescue training exercise
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Victoria's Secret Declines to Make ...Victoria's Secret Declines to Make 'Survivor' Bra Line
Allana Maiden and her mother, Debbie Barrett, of Virginia. Allana Maiden wanted her mother to feel beautiful again after she?d undergone a radical mastectomy. But Victoria?s Secret, the company she hoped would design sexy lingerie for women who?ve had breast cancer surgery, has rejected her...
One Year After Death, Marina Keegan...One Year After Death, Marina Keegan's Words Live On
On the one-year anniversary of her death at 23 in a car crash, Yale activist and writer of "The Opposite of Loneliness" has play performed, book deal and two memorial scholarships.
Parents of Murdered Kids in Nanny C...Parents of Murdered Kids in Nanny Case May Find 'Joy' in Pregnancy
After two of their children allegedly were stabbed to death by their nanny last fall, Marina and Kevin Krim announced Thursday they were expecting a baby. For parents who have experienced such a traumatic loss, a pregnancy can help with the grieving process even as it brings up other emotions, experts say.
Men Struggle With Wives' Breast Can...Men Struggle With Wives' Breast Cancer
Men struggle with their wives' breast cancer, but don't always speak up.
Mini-Movies May Boost IVF SuccessMini-Movies May Boost IVF Success
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Watch: Aimee Copeland Gets Bionic H...Watch: Aimee Copeland Gets Bionic Hands
Touch Bionics donated prosthetics to Georgia woman, 25, who lost her hands to flesh-eating bacteria.
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- Sunshine vitamin 'may treat asthma'
Sunshine vitamin 'may treat asthma'
The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on their health, researchers have suggested.Bunions 'blame family not footwear'Bunions 'blame family not footwear'
The risk of developing bunions - bony growths on the big toe - is linked to your family, not your shoes, a US study has shown.Cancer risk gene testing announcedCancer risk gene testing announced
A pioneering programme to test cancer patients for nearly 100 risk genes is to start in London and could represent the future of treatment in the NHS.Mental health 'bible' is updatedMental health 'bible' is updated
An update to one of the most important manuals in mental health - known as the bible of psychiatry - is published.Time-lapse imaging 'improves IVF'Time-lapse imaging 'improves IVF'
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Gay marriage law strains UK Cameron's leadership, government
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's flagship gay marriage policy is set to deepen a rift in his own party on Monday with many of his own lawmakers preparing to defy him in a sign of growing strains on his leadership and his coalition government.
Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billio...Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said it is buying blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the struggling Internet pioneer a much-needed platform in social media to reach a younger generation of users.
Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syr...Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria battle: activists
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday.
Dagestan bombs kill three, two dead...Dagestan bombs kill three, two dead in shootout near Moscow
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency.
Nigeria eases curfew in northeast, ...Nigeria eases curfew in northeast, fights on against Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Powerful tornadoes strike in four c...Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
(Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died.
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Eyelash Extension Adhesives May Cause Bad Reactions
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I'm also an abduction survivor
Only those of us who have experienced the terror of threatened captivity may truly appreciate the heroes that three Cleveland women became as they seized the chance of escape.'They call me burnt toast''They call me burnt toast'
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Coffee Drinking Tied To Lower Risk For Rare Liver Disease PSC
New research from the US shows that regular consumption of coffee is linked to a reduced risk of a rare autoimmune liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Study investigator Craig Lammert, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is presenting the findings at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Florida this week...Researchers Identify Target To Prev...Researchers Identify Target To Prevent Hardening Of Arteries
The hardening of arteries is a hallmark of atherosclerosis, an often deadly disease in which plaques, excessive connective tissue, and other changes build up inside vessel walls and squeeze off the flow of oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. Now, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have described the molecular and cellular pathway that leads to this hardening of the arteries - and zeroed in on a particularly destructive protein called Dkk1. Their study was published online today by Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology...Physicist's Tool Has Potential For ...Physicist's Tool Has Potential For Brain Mapping
A new tool being developed by UT Arlington assistant professor of physics could help scientists map and track the interactions between neurons inside different areas of the brain. The journal Optics Letters recently published a paper by Samarendra Mohanty on the development of a fiber-optic, two-photon, optogenetic stimulator and its use on human cells in a laboratory. The tiny tool builds on Mohanty's previous discovery that near-infrared light can be used to stimulate a light-sensitive protein introduced into living cells and neurons in the brain...Our Emotions Match Music To ColorsOur Emotions Match Music To Colors
Whether we're listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. For instance, Mozart's jaunty Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major is most often associated with bright yellow and orange, whereas his dour Requiem in D minor is more likely to be linked to dark, bluish gray. Moreover, people in both the United States and Mexico linked the same pieces of classical orchestral music with the same colors...Proximity Of Fast Food Restaurants ...Proximity Of Fast Food Restaurants Has Impact On Body Mass Index Of Low Income African-Americans
African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index (BMI) than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and this association was particularly strong among those with a lower income. A new study published online in the American Journal of Public Health indicates higher BMI associates with residential proximity to a fast food restaurant, and among lower-income African-Americans, the density, or number, of fast food restaurants within two miles of the home...Health Care Professionals Should Pr...Health Care Professionals Should Prepare For Increased Numbers Of Pregnant Women With Disabilities, Suggests Study In Medical Care
Like the general public, health care professionals may hold certain stereotypes regarding sexual activity and childbearing among women with disabilities. But a new study finds that women with chronic physical disabilities are about as likely as nondisabled women to say they are currently pregnant, after age and other sociodemographic factors are taken into account. The findings are reported in the June issue of Medical Care, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health...
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Gene-Swapping Soil Bacteria Harbor Antibiotic Resistance
As drug-resistant infections become an increasingly serious threat worldwide, new research show the problem may be spreading right under our feet. A new study in the journal Science shows that disease-causing germs and harmless bacteria in the soil are exchanging genes that make them resistant to antibiotics ? a finding that may have implications for the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock. Antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria ? the kind that make people sick ? ...Study Reveals Alarming Levels of Dr...Study Reveals Alarming Levels of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Alarming levels of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis have been found around the world. A new study says the findings signal an urgent need for improved testing and the development of better drugs to fight the deadly lung infection. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tested samples from more than 1,200 TB patients from eight countries who were classified as having multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The infection was resistant to one or both ...American Pediatrics Group Cites Ben...American Pediatrics Group Cites Benefits Of Male Circumcision
Circumcision for baby boys was a common practice in the United States but, in the past several years, many parents and health insurance companies have decided against it claiming it was not be medically necessary. Now, a group of American pediatricians says the health benefits of male circumcision outweigh its risks. In many African countries, adult men are getting circumcised to stop the spread of HIV. That's because research shows that male circumcision can protect both men and their ...CDC Says Worst Nile Outbreak in USCDC Says Worst Nile Outbreak in US
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there has been a 40 percent increase in the number of West Nile virus cases in the United States since last week. The virus was first reported in the U.S. in 1999. According to the CDC, this is the worst West Nile virus outbreak ever in the United States, with 1,590 cases reported so far in 2012. Sixty-six deaths have been reported so far. Except for Alaska and Hawaii, every state has found evidence of the virus in mosquitoes, ...Searching for Animal Disease Transm...Searching for Animal Disease Transmission
Researchers are not waiting for the next new disease to emerge. They?re studying our near and distant primate relatives to try to prevent future epidemics. HIV/AIDS is a well-known zoonotic disease, an illness transmitted from animals to humans. The disease ? linked to African primates - has killed tens of millions and more than 30 million people are now living with the disease. Dr. Natalie Cooper said there may be many more diseases ready to jump from animals to humans. The Trinity College ...Kenyan Officials: Alcohol Abuse Is ...Kenyan Officials: Alcohol Abuse Is National Catastrophe
NAIROBI, Kenya ? The World Health Organization says about 2.5 million people die annually, and many more succumb to illness and injury, as a result of harmful alcohol use. The WHO also says that alcohol increasingly is affecting younger generations and drinkers in developing countries. Kenya is one such country that is experiencing these negative repercussions from alcohol abuse. In a 2011 report, the Kenyan National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Authority, or NACADA, says alcohol and drug ...
