Illustration of HLX-1 (blue star on the upper left ), an intermediate mass black hole. Credit: Heidi Sagerud/ESA
European Space Agency discovers 'missing link' black holes
There’s one less secret of the universe today.
By digging through old observatory data obtained by a satellite launched in 1999, astronomers with the European Space
Health reform director’s industry ties questioned
They’re not claiming she’s directly involved in wrong-doing but journalists investigating Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, found that she ...The unexplained disease of Multiple Sclerosis
Dan Abshear has been a medic with the Navy and Marine Corps, a physician assistant, a sales and marketing rep for large pharmaceutical corporations, and ...
The Weekend Special: E. Coli with Cheese
Really? More tainted food? The recent recall has now been expanded to 380,000 pounds of E. coli-tainted beef. JBS Swift Beef Company, located in Colorado, is the likely company ...-
CERN web site explains the science in Angels & Demons
CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory, had a starring role in the movie Angels & Demons. In the movie, Tom Hanks plays Harvard academic
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British society remembers gardeners' contributions to horticultural science
Toby Musgrave, an authority on garden history and author of The Head Gardeners (Aurum Press Ltd, 2009) wants to spread some love to gardeners. Not
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Fall flu immunizations could present health, logistical challenges
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gears up for the fall flu immunizations it shares that this year citizens will be encouraged
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Interview: Science journalist files suit alleging H1N1 ‘swine flu’ a hoax to sell vaccines
Jane Burgermeister, an Austrian science journalist and investigative reporter has filed criminal charges with the FBI against the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and
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Vaccine market expected to double by 2013
One industry not hurting in today’s economy: biomedical. Global vaccine sales grew 21.5 percent in 2008 to reach $19.2 billion. The growth was fueled by direct-to-consumer -
AFL-CIO releases results of national survey on health care
The AFL-CIO has just released findings and personal stories generated from a national survey on health care in advance of a major rally for reform.
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The Uptake livestreaming Congressional health hearings this week
The UpTake, the online news channel powered by citizen and professional digital journalists, will be live streaming Congressional health care hearings the week of June
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FDA releases searchable 'Peanut Product Recall Widget'
The list of recalled products containing potentially contaminated peanuts is nearing 4,000 as of today. The FDA has created a nifty tool for searching through the
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President Obama’s speech to the American Medical Association June 15, 2009
President Obama took his message on health care reform directly to some of those who oppose his public option plan. It was covered by C-SPAN. “Today,
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Pygmy Jerboa is the world's smallest rodent
Maybe you’ve seen this video of the Pygmy Jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus) making the rounds. At only about an inch or two long and
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Surgeon Generals weigh in on child obesity
With one-in-five children in the United States considered obese, this generation may be sicker and die younger than their parents. This would be the first -
Oncologists update guideline on reducing breast cancer risk
The American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) new guideline states that post-menopausal women who are at increased risk for breast cancer could reduce the risk
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Eight physician groups issue support for Obama’s ‘public option’
Pressure mounts on the American Medical Association (AMA) to re-think its opposition to the public health option advocated by President Obama as part of a -
AARP dodges position on health care reform
Maybe it was the way many seniors were burned by Medicare Part D, but AARP, the 40 million-member senior association that threw its power behind
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Biggest cause of U.S. bankruptcies? Medical bills
Over 60 percent of all U.S. bankruptcies in 2007 were driven by medical incidents, according to a new article published in the August issue of
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Massachusetts mandatory insurance law resulted in higher costs
A study May 28 in Health Affairs finds that a Massachusetts law requiring all to show proof of health insurance has resulted in higher costs. -
Are primary stroke centers living up to potential?
Thirteen years have passed since intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) was approved for treating patients with acute ischemic stroke, but some experts think hospitals—even those
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Washington, D.C. promises some kind of health care reform by this summer
After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the House would have a health care reform bill on the floor by the end of July,
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Teen birth rates, STDs on the rise
After a 15 year national decline, American teen pregnancies are on the rise again in 26 states. According to the CDC’s National Center for Health
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Obama selects Native American woman to lead Indian Health Service
If President Obama gets his wish, the next director of the Indian Health Service will be a Native American woman. Obama nominated Yvette Roubideaux, a
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Calif. hospital fined for X-ray overdose of a child
The California Department of Public Health has fined a northern California hospital $25,000 for giving an excessive radiation dose to a 2-year-old boy last year. Carrie -
California Supreme Court to hear arguments on Proposition 8 today
The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the amendment that banned same-sex marriage. The NBC affiliate in
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Obama moves quickly to overturn Bush rules on medicine, science and the evironment
Image: The Union of Concerned Scientists created the interactive A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science to document the manipulation and suppression of science that
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How will Universal Health Coverage Affect Native Americans? -- Tim Giago
Health care in America is a failing proposition. An estimated 47 million Americans do not have health insurance. And yet Health and Human Services Secretary -
Weekly Pulse: The Push for a Public Plan
Healthcare reform is back in the news, as legislators and interest groups spar over the promised public component of Obama's healthcare plan. In very simple -
Health care is more than a privilege - Sen. Bernie Sanders
Let's be clear. Our health care system is disintegrating. Today, 46 million people have no health insurance and even more are underinsured with
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Billions invested in tobacco industry calls insurers’ role in health care into question
When people use tobacco insurance companies charge them higher premiums. So smoking and chewing must be unhealthy, right? Right. More smokers means more lung cancer,
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Informed criticism of Gallup “pro-life” poll
The strategically timed release of a poll showing a sudden 10-point flip in American views on abortion should raise a few eyebrows. Gallup’s press release claimed,
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Could a clean energy bank wreck the economy? Well, yes...
These days, clean energy ranks right up there with Mom, apple pie and ice cream as an All-American attribute. You can barely sit through a -
H1N1 Swine Flu: Barack Obama and the First Deadly Mistake - Lifegen.de
Lifegen.de is a German lifescience magazine. This article was translated using Google translation. Illustration by Ben Heine. The H1N1 swine flu hits the US, and for the
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Proposed dental care cuts would be costly in Minn.
by Anthony J. DiAngelis, DMD, MPH There is widespread agreement that the state's budget shortfall will result in necessary, difficult and likely unpopular decisions. There is -
Health care reform: Still on the table
It seems everyone and their brother is accusing President Barack Obama of trying to do too much given the many crises facing the nation. Political -
Retirement community hires sharpshooters to kill woodpeckers
Birders United relates that residents of some retirement communities in Walnut Creek, Calif., have employed severe measures to stop acorn woodpeckers from boring holes in their
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May 3 is the international day for laughter
Laughter is good for you. The old saying, “Laughter is the best medicine,” has now been backed up by scientific and unscientific research. So many people
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Nuns see upsurge in free health clinic visits
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet have operated St. Mary’s Health Clinics with a network of nine neighborhood clinics throughout the "twin cities" of
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Public embraces holistic healing, conventional medicine follows
Ruth Ann Plourde suddenly interrupted the workshop as her class was trying to recreate the graceful but agonizingly slow T’ai Chi forms she’d taught moments
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A relationship journey to wholeness
Image: CC DerrikT "Relationships are work because they relate to creating a third entity and they are not about personal benefits." -- Bernie Siegel MD Pam
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Heal your body by giving voice to your soul: An interview with John Fox
John Fox is a certified poetry therapist, an adjunct associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, and author of two
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PBS to air 'Healing Words: Poetry & Medicine' this summer
A growing body of medical studies, including one recently published in The Oncologist journal, demonstrate that writing helps patients change their thoughts about their illness
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Divine Will
Our snow white cat, Will, drops his leather mouse at my feet, begging me to throw it so he can do the chase, and return
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Energy healer David Nelson explains Qigong to a novice
Back in 1984, Minnesota medical device and technology companies, health plans and insurance companies, hospitals and consultants of all kinds, formed a trade association, named it
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Neuro Scans
Women, pregnancy and epilepsy About 500,000 U.S. women of childbearing age have epilepsy and many of them take medications to control seizures. An analysis of several
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Neuro Scans
Stem cell ban lifted but researchers must remain vigilant to protect scientific integrity Earlier this month, President Obama through executive order lifted the ban on federal -
Neurology Scans
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) urges Senate to include $10 billion for NIH in economic recovery plan Support increased federal funding for scientific research? The SfN says
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Neurology Scans - a new Flesh & Stone feature
The field of neurology intersects with so many aspects of research, culture, business and politics that it seems important to pass along some of the interesting finds that might not
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The Arts Catalyst bridges art and science
Arts Catalyst, a UK-based organization, commissions artists to “experimentally and critically engage with science.” By commissioning projects that explore big topics such as air and
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H1N1 (swine flu): 'Menace or media hype?'
Now that the country has mostly moved beyond H1N1 stage 4 or 5 alerts from the WHO, nonstop breaking news flashes, knee jerk outbursts from politicians (er, scratch
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Mime uses humor to put cancer in its place
When the brother traveled to Italy to bolster his sister after she was hospitalized with a stroke, it seemed inconceivable that they’d soon both be
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Embrace the Wheel - poems by Roy M. Nuzzo, MD
Embrace the Wheel On the grit of mortality It is heavy. Lightened by goodness You float. Empty hands let it roll. Break for innocence. Renewed as a child. Embrace the wheel, but make it sing
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Where do Minnesota robins go in the winter?
I was surprised to look out my window this morning and see a flock of six or seven robins on my step. Why? Well, first,
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