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Published May 15th, 2013 - 12:34AM
Dr. Jan Brunstrom-Hernandez gently but sternly admonishes a teenage cerebral palsy patient who clearly hasn't been doing his exercises, stressing the importance of keeping muscles loose and limber.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 6:54PM
The government said Tuesday it is pursuing a "vigorous" investigation into a road-building company's near destruction of one of the largest Mayan pyramids in Belize.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 2:49PM
In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob."
Published May 14th, 2013 - 9:59AM
A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 9:39AM
An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive assisted suicide.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 9:29AM
States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half- from .08 blood alcohol level to .05-matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a federal safety board recommended Tuesday. That's about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds, two for a 160-pound man.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 9:19AM
A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it's not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 8:49AM
One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring - removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be beautiful."
Published May 14th, 2013 - 7:54AM
A hospital says a Turkish woman who was the first to get pregnant with a transplanted donor womb has had her pregnancy terminated.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 4:54AM
The Indian government announced Tuesday the development of a new low-cost vaccine proven effective against a diarrhea-causing virus that is one of the leading causes of childhood deaths across the developing world.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 2:49AM
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie disclosed Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene mutation that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. A look at the procedure:
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:59AM
Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts - moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:29AM
Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:14AM
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 7:49PM
A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 2:34PM
New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies - bed rest - doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 1:59PM
Another volcano in Alaska is heating up, with seismic instruments signaling a possible eruption, scientists said Monday.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:34PM
U.S. health officials say last year was the worst ever for West Nile virus deaths.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:29PM
Berlin's renowned Charite hospital said Monday it plans to investigate allegations that patients in communist East Germany were used as unwitting guinea pigs in medical trials for Western drug companies.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:29PM
A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities announced on Monday.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 10:09AM
The sun has fired off a massive flare, the strongest solar eruption this year.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 8:44AM
Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 8:44AM
The government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 8:09AM
The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 6:41AM
Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 2:41AM
In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:01AM
The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.
Published May 12th, 2013 - 11:16AM
France has confirmed a second case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, authorities said Sunday, as they increased efforts to inform the public about how to avoid the illness and watch for its signs.
Published May 11th, 2013 - 2:06PM
The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone.
Published May 11th, 2013 - 4:56AM
The French Health Ministry says a second case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has been confirmed.
Published May 11th, 2013 - 12:01AM
Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 2:41PM
The government has halted a study testing treatments for a brain condition that can cause strokes after early results suggested invasive therapies were riskier than previously thought.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 2:21PM
In a surprise move Friday, federal health regulators denied a request by Endo Health Solutions to block generic versions of its painkiller Opana ER, which the company argued are more easily abused than its branded product.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 2:06PM
Years of progress fighting cholesterol might have stalled with the recession, says a huge study from one of the country's largest health laboratories.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 12:36PM
Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 12:16PM
President Barack Obama says Congress must give more homeowners the chance to refinance their mortgages to save money.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 11:16AM
A new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a decade.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 10:31AM
The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 8:51AM
A judge on Friday refused to delay enforcement of his decision giving women of all ages broad access to morning-after birth control, calling the government's appeal frivolous, a "silly argument" and an insult to the intelligence of women.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 2:46AM
The London Zoo is urgently seeking a female mate for the last-known males of a critically endangered fish species.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 1:26AM
French health officials said Friday they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, in people who had close contact in the hospital with France's only confirmed case.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 12:31AM
President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul and staving off yet another challenge from Republicans.
Published May 9th, 2013 - 9:11PM
Historians and doctors have debated for decades what medical complications caused the death of legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, felled by friendly fire from his troops during the Civil War.
Published May 9th, 2013 - 7:31PM
The moon glided between the Earth and sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light, for the few skygazers lucky enough to see Friday's "ring of fire" eclipse in northern Australia and the South Pacific.
Published May 9th, 2013 - 4:11PM
Two astronauts will make a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station.
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