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Fallout From the War at Home

By Coco Masters
There is no doubt that war claims casualties of the innocent. But injury is not expected among those far from the war zone. A new study in the Aug. 1 issue of the Journal of American Medical Association reveals that many of those who suffer from armed conflict are living within the […]

Big brain theory: Have cosmologists lost theirs?

It could be the weirdest and most embarrassing prediction in the history of cosmology, if not science.
If true, it would mean that you yourself reading this article are more likely to be some momentary fluctuation in a field of matter and energy out in space than a person with a real past born through […]

Shot can decrease hip fracture risk

A new once-a-year intravenous osteoporosis treatment significantly reduced the risk of additional fractures and death in men and women who had broken a hip, researchers reported Monday.
An estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis Д 20% of them men Д and each year more than 300,000 of them suffer a hip fracture, according to the […]

Is it a midlife crisis or a ‘jerk with a meltdown’?

NEW YORK: With the possible exception of “the dog ate my homework,” there is no handier excuse for human misbehavior than the midlife crisis.
Popularly viewed as a unique developmental birthright of the human species, it supposedly strikes when most of us have finally figured ourselves out Д only to discover that we have lost […]

Filling Holes in the Food Supply

By Gilbert Cruz/Washington
In the wake of a series of scares involving E.coli-laden spinach, poisoned pet food and salmonella-tainted peanut butter and snack puffs, it seemed safe to assume that the nation’s food supply wasn’t particularly well-safeguarded. On Tuesday, Congress made it clear just how vulnerable it is, in a House investigative hearing that identified […]