Monday, July 27, 2009

2 more deaths linked to H1N1 virus reportedArizona reported its fourth death from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, health officials said Wednesday.


Study: Gov't not spending much on drug preventionSubstance abuse, addiction and its consequences cost U.S. governmental bodies nearly 0 billion in 2005 with only a fraction of state and federal dollars spent on prevention and treatment, according to a report released Thursday.


Thursday, July 16, 2009

Cancer drug erases man's fingerprints, doctor saysA Singapore man undergoing treatment for cancer was detained for four hours by U.S. immigration officials after the drug he was taking caused his fingerprints to disappear.


Thursday, July 9, 2009

Concern after spate of suicides at Fort CampbellThe 101st Airborne's senior commander in-effect ordered his soldiers Wednesday not to commit suicide, a plea that came after 11 suicides since January 1, two of them in the past week.


Many women shelve pregnancy plans in tough timesDiana Adam, 35, and her husband wanted to have a second child this year. The timing just seemed right. She had a job as a software engineer at a big market research company near San Francisco, California, and it had good benefits -- including paid maternity leave. He was looking for a faculty position after finishing his Ph.D. in sociology but had a steady job as a lecturer at a state university. Their first child, a boy, was three.


Saturday, July 4, 2009

Why we're sleeping lessWe hear about it all the time: Americans are getting less and less sleep as society moves closer to 24/7 activity. But is it really an accurate assessment?


Story 'epidemics' affect stock marketConfidence among investors as a whole is a key factor in determining how the market behaves, economists say; when investors collectively lose confidence in the market, it is more likely to drop. In fact, confidence is an example of an "animal spirit," a term referring to the psychological factors that move the market.