lifestyle
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 hours 50 minutes ago
The latest face of Chile's HIV crisis is a woman with no face at all. Hidden behind dark glasses, her head swathed in a shawl to hide her identity, the 25-year-old woman known as "Lorena" or "L.C.C." filed a lawsuit in the city of San...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 17 hours 50 minutes ago
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe nears 300 as the water and sanitation situation "worsens", the UN says.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 8 hours 50 minutes ago
Continuing a tradition among Washington's power elite, President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have decided to send their kids to Sidwell Friends School. Michelle Obama confirmed yesterday that Malia and Sasha, the incoming first daughters, will enroll at the pricey private school when the family...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 18 hours 50 minutes ago
Two months before Barack Obama won the election, Dionne Warwick asked the largest hotel in Washington to hold space for her inaugural party. The Newseum, the newest potential party venue along Pennsylvania Avenue, was booked by New York promoter Jay Norris a month before Election...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 10 hours 50 minutes ago
An implant which works by firing infrared light into the inner ear is being investigated by US researchers.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 8 hours 50 minutes ago
Reuters - Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 11 hours 50 minutes ago
Reuters - Women who are heavy in their middle years are at greater risk of Alzheimer's disease, especially if they have large waists. However, for men, being underweight during that period of life actually increases the likelihood of developing the degenerative brain disease, researchers report in...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 12 hours 50 minutes ago
Reuters - Diets high in saturated fat appear to increase the risk of cancer of the small intestine, a study shows.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 16 hours 50 minutes ago
Reuters - Children born "small for gestational age" -- that is, significantly smaller than most babies born after the same number of weeks of pregnancy -- appear to be at increased risk for rapid gains in weight and body fat during adulthood, researchers from Paris, France...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 20 hours 50 minutes ago
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Autism is a childhood developmental disorder that has no cure. Autistic children have problems with social interaction, communication, and may engage in repetitive behaviors.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 17 hours 50 minutes ago
Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, a psychiatrist, earned income from drug makers that he didn’t report on his radio show.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 7 hours 50 minutes ago
NEW DELHI -- She was a gutsy student leader known for hunger strikes and provocative street theater at universities across the country, exposing the plight of India's beleaguered lower castes. He was a worldly gadfly with a passion for ending nuclear proliferation and exposing environmental...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
