 Grass-roots effort in Egypt fights 'cutting' girls August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed has started to doubt whether she should circumcise her two daughters. A year ago, she had few qualms about female genital mutilation, the practice ... | |
 Once common on skin, anthrax is deadly in lungs August 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Seven years ago, Americans learned to fear anthrax as a white powder in the mail that claimed lives, forced the post office to change the way it handles letters and sparked contamination scares across ... | |
 More cities move aggressively to stop heat deaths July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The homeless woman was nauseated, dizzy, drenched with sweat, dehydrated and sobbing with fear. She had heat exhaustion and was on the verge of heat stroke. But she had come to the right place, a ... | |
Pediatricians nix heart tests before ADHD drugs July 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The nation's largest pediatricians' group says most children getting attention-deficit drugs don't need heart screening with electrocardiogram tests, challenging advice from a leading heart doctors' association. | |
Conjoined twin separated from sister in 2001 dies July 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A conjoined twin who was separated from her sister during a grueling, 100-hour operation eight years ago died Tuesday at a hospital in Nepal, a doctor said. | |
McCain vows to back changes to disabilities law July 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law. | |
Booming business helps patients navigate medicine July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- After three surgeries, Judy Sherer still had chronic pain in her left shoulder. She'd lost faith in her doctors, and in despair tried a new health benefit offered by her employer. | |
 Grown-up P.E. class has adults reliving childhood July 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- When "spastic ball" starts, it's better to duck first and ask questions later. This is Old School P.E., a two-hour exercise program strictly for adults, built around grown-up versions of gym class ... | |
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