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Does Abortion in First Trimester Raise Risk of Mental Ills'
Return? MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a history of mental illness do not seem to be at increased risk of readmission to a psychiatric hospital after having an abortion in their first trimester, a new study suggests.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:04:06 GMT Metformin Preferred Drug for Type 2 Diabetes, Experts Say MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) --When it comes to the treatment of type 2 diabetes, the first line of defense is lifestyle changes such as losing weight and exercising more often.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:04:06 GMT New Criteria Could Change Who Is Diagnosed With Alzheimer's MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines for diagnosing the mental decline that can come with several diseases of aging may create confusion among doctors and patients about who has early Alzheimer's disease and who simply has mild co...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:04:05 GMT Spanking Produces Troubled Kids, Study Contends MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Adding more fuel to the controversial topic of children and spanking, two Canadian child development experts have published a new analysis that warns that physical punishment poses serious risks to a child's ...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:04:05 GMT Diet supplements recalled on unlabeled drug worries WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said. The seven brands of ...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:50:29 GMT
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Robots Encountering Socks Suppose you're a robot. If you had a camera in your head, and you could watch a human doing a simple task, like bunching a pair of socks, could you, just by watching, learn to do it too?
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:55:00 -0500 Two Deaths: A Poet And A Beetle Poet Wislawa Szymborska had an eye for the smallest, the gentlest, the hard-to-notice creatures on Earth and this week she bid them all adieu. Krulwich remembers Wislawa Szymborska.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:58:00 -0500 20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake Russian researchers in Antarctica are on the verge of piercing a hole through two miles of ice into an ancient lake, untouched by the light of day for some 20 million years. But it'll be a delicate process to break through without disturbing the pristine waters. Guest host David Green speaks with Antarctic researcher John Priscu about the process.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:25:00 -0500 'Arctic Oscilliation' Behind Season's Mixed Winter Weather For snow fans in the contiguous US, this winter has left much to be desired. The warm and mild season in the lower 48 and the wild snow dumps and cold weather up north in Alaska can be blamed largely on a weather pattern called "arctic oscillation." Audie Cornish gets an explanation of the weather phenomenon from meteorologist Jeffrey Masters.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0500 New USDA Map May Mean Earlier Planting In North A new map from the USDA has some northern gardeners hoping to grow plants that used to be considered too fragile for cold weather zones. The hardiness zone chart is about a half zone warmer than the last one issued in 1990. The USDA says the changes are not due to global warming, but to more sophisticated mapping methods. Seed sellers and buyers say that, whatever the reason, the warmer temperatures expand possibilities for planting this spring.
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