By Daniel Magnowski KABUL (Reuters) - As the Afghan governments Western backers pour in cash, and tens of thousands of foreign soldiers patrol the country, a French human rights activist is trying a ...
Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Christina Jewett Supporters of a proposed $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes argue lives and billions of dollars could be saved by the ballot measure. But they...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The troubled healthcare industry, recently a problem for Democrats facing voter anger over President Barack Obamas overhaul law, is now plaguing Republicans hoping to take the ...
SAO PAULO -- A 114-year-old Brazilian woman is the worlds oldest living human, Guinness World Records said Wednesday. Maria Gomes Valentim attributes her longevity to eating a daily roll of bread for...
HOUSTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recovery isnt slowing down while her astronaut husband speeds around the Earth. Giffords will undergo surgery Wednesday so doctors can replace a piece of her skull ...
ATLANTA — An official presidential candidate for less than a week, Newt Gingrich already finds himself in hot water with conservatives for suggesting he supports health care mandates while at t...
ATLANTA â Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has apologized to congressman Paul Ryan for criticizing his proposal to overhaul Medicare. Spokesmen for both Gingrich and Ryan tell The As...
This post was co-authored by Sandeep P. Kishore How many Huffington Post readers know that there is a major UN High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) this September? Or, for that matt...
WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) played no role in the process by which health care waivers were granted to a number of businesses in her district, according to the company...
Psychology Today blogger Satoshi Kanazawa sparked a firestorm with his latest posting entitled, "A Look at the Hard Truths About Human Nature." In it, the evolutionary psychologist at the Lon...
Foodily, the recipe site that allows users to "browse recipes like a magazine," has unveiled its latest magic trick: nutrition information. Foodilys recipes are culled from multiple web sourc...
WASHINGTON -- "Tracking" in politics usually refers to poll numbers. But for prospective Wisconsin Senate candidate Tommy Thompson, it had another, more literal meaning when he sat on the boa...
During a trip to the key early primary state of Iowa, newly-minted Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was confronted by a voter unhappy with critical remarks he recently made about a con...
For anyone who still doubts the amazing healing effects of nature connection, heres the proof: Rigorous new research by the University of Illinois reveals: ⢠Access to nature and green environments...
Newt Gingrichs dismissal of the House Republican plan to overhaul Medicare provoked a rebuttal from the proposals author, Rep. Paul Ryan, highlighting a split in the party over how hard to push a pri...
WASHINGTON -- In recent months, the management at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System has approached workers with a set of proposals that include layoffs and cuts to pensions and health benefit...
As an infertility specialist, the first, and sometimes hardest, thing I have to accomplish is to assess a coupleâs understanding of how the whole getting pregnant thingânaturally or otherwiseâw...
If youre like most people, a little voice inside your head has probably been telling you for a while that its time to get back to a more natural way of living and take a more serious look at the toxi...
Red, ripe and delicious, strawberries are a little fruit that work overtime for your health. Peak strawberry season is just around the corner, so now is the perfect time to add strawberries to your m...
Access to rogue online pharmacies may be driving a rapid increase in the abuse in the United States of prescription drugs like powerful painkillers Percocet and Oxycontin, a new study shows. The phar...
WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are considering adding dosing instructions for children younger than 2 years old to Childrens Tylenol and similar products, a change favored by drugmakers and m...
-- There may be a whiff of truth to claims by allergy sufferers who sniffle that this season is, well, a bigger headache than years past. And now, more bad news: Its also lasting longer, prolonging t...
May is National Mediterranean Diet Month, so what better time to think about adopting healthy food habits that have been shown incontrovertibly to benefit just about every conceivable portion of your...
WASHINGTON -- The bad economy is worsening the already-shaky finances of Medicare and Social Security, draining the trust funds supporting them faster than expected and intensifying the need for Cong...
Most people take bladder control for granted -- until its gone. But for about a third of people ages 30 to 70, incontinence is a big issue. "Urinary incontinence is embarrassing and isolating,...
ROBBINS, Ill. -- Rocky Clark sometimes dreams hes running track, racing around the oval as he once did, his heart pumping fast and his long legs a blur as he crossed the finish line. Just thinking ab...
For years, Ive been telling my patients that planning is the key to successful weight loss. You wouldnt build a house or tackle some other large project without a plan, would you? Weight loss is no e...
Root canals... If theres any one dental topic that is misunderstood, its root canals. Maybe its because of the name. If you think about it, almost every other dental treatment term sounds fairly harm...
The Chuck E. Cheeses chain of restaurants uses the slogan, "Where a kid can be a kid." But to one San Diego mother , the chain is really where a kid can develop a serious gambling habit. Debb...
The nationâs major health insurers are barreling into a third year of record profits, enriched in recent months by a lingering recessionary mind-set among Americans who are postponing or forgoing m...
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