FGM, also known as "female circumcision" or "female cutting," is still practiced in many cultures around the world.
Feb 19, 2009
With all the bad news lately about peanuts and salmonella, it’s probably time for somebody to point out that George Washington Carver had nothing to do with it!
Feb 19, 2009
A comprehensive set of insurance, payment, and system reforms could guarantee affordable health insurance coverage, improve health outcomes, and slow the…
Feb 19, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. ? There are approximately 7.1 million injury-related emergency department (ED) visits by children younger than 15 in the United States annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Feb 18, 2009
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. ? Physicists at Rutgers University have discovered unusual electronic properties in a material that has potential to improve solar cell efficiency and computer chip design.
Feb 18, 2009
ATLANTA, Feb. 19, 2009 ? A new study released today found blacks remain less likely than whites to undergo total knee replacement, an important intervention for reducing pain and improving physical function among those with disabling knee osteoarthritis.
Feb 18, 2009
The findings are being published in an Early Edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week.
Feb 18, 2009
It ain't love of god that gets people to rally around suicide killers.
Feb 18, 2009
“Suicide by Cop” (SBC) is a suicide method in which a person engages in actual or apparent danger to others in an attempt to get oneself killed or injured by law enforcement.
Feb 18, 2009
Irvine, Calif. ? Individuals with diastolic blood pressure under 70 mm Hg coupled with an elevated systolic blood pressure may have a greater risk of heart…
Feb 17, 2009
Alexandria, VA ? The American Geological Institute (AGI) Workforce Program has released the second chapter, entitled Trends in Geoscience Education at Four Year Institutions, of the Status of the Geoscience Workforce report.
Feb 17, 2009
For more than 40 years, the prevailing explanation of why we get old has been tied to what is called oxidative stress.
Feb 17, 2009
Only two years after launching an ambitious effort to save endangered crop species, the Global Crop Diversity Trust announced today it is on track to save from extinction 100,000 different varieties of food crops from 46 countries.
Feb 16, 2009
ABSTRACT: The myth of the churning of the milk ocean is analyzed. The words given in the myth are interpreted.
Feb 14, 2009
