College students today are less likely to "get" the emotions of others than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study suggests.  read more »

A panel of retired military leaders has joined the fight against childhood obesity, saying that unhealthy school lunches are making America's youth unfit for military service and therefore pose a thre  read more »

Bingeing on high-calorie foods may be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine, and could cause compulsive eating and obesity, according to a study published on Sunday.  read more »

Ciroma Mohammed is standing on the spot he says was once occupied by his house in north-east Nigeria.  read more »

Cost:

$940 billion over ten years.

Deficit:  read more »

For the first time, the genetic cause of a disease has been revealed by sequencing the patient's genome. The consequences, says Jeremy Laurance, could be enormous.  read more »

As he launched his healthcare summit Wednesday, President Obama said he hoped his televised effort to garner consensus for reform "isn't political theater, where we're just playing to the cameras and  read more »

A new study shows that abstinence-focused sexual education programs encourage a significant number of people to delay sexual activity, perhaps preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted  read more »

ScienceDaily (Dec. 6, 2009) — Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity.  read more »

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Bangladesh on Wednesday awarded a farmer who killed more than 83,000 rats and launched a monthlong campaign nationwide to kill millions more, to protect crops and reduce the need f  read more »

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S.  read more »

Certified school nurse Donna Martin is stocking up on face masks, hand sanitizer, tissues and information on disease prevention, but she needs parents to join her in the fight to keep H1N1, also known  read more »

Read the following article:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/02/swine_flu/

Some questions to consider:
1. What is the author's point of view?  read more »

Key developments on H1N1 (swine flu) outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:  read more »

Just as the invention of contraceptives freed sex from the concerns of baby-making, new reproductive technologies have freed baby-making from sex.  read more »

Lawmakers in tobacco-friendly Virginia passed a limited ban on smoking in bars and restaurants Thursday.  read more »

Chinese court rules that two men are to be executed after at least six babies died and 300,000 fell ill after drinking tainted milk powder  read more »

Researchers said on Thursday that four genetic variations appear to determine the speed at which people burn up food, a finding that could one day help doctors offer patients better individual care.  read more »

The amount of water in the world is limited. The human race, and the other species which share the planet, cannot expect an infinite supply.  read more »

Chinese authorities ordered a cover-up of a tainted milk scandal that has poisoned tens of thousands of babies because they feared social unrest if the news was made public, The Daily Telegraph has le  read more »

Last week, Senator Barack Obama said he was open to considering a "careful, well thought-out [offshore] drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage".  read more »

Barack Obama on healthcare  read more »

The Problem

John McCain on Health Care

Straight Talk on
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