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Astronaut Glenn calls historic flight "best day" of his life
Feb 20, 2012 17:47 EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Astronaut John Glenn, marking the 50th anniversary on Monday of his historic flight as the first American to orbit the Earth, remembered it as the best day of his life.
Animal diseases increasingly plague the oceans
Feb 20, 2012 12:58 EST
When dead sea mammals started washing ashore on Canada's west coast in greater numbers, marine biologist Andrew Trites was distressed to find that domestic animal diseases were killing them.
Total rethink needed on dieting: scientists
Feb 20, 2012 12:29 EST
Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionize the way people tackle obesity.
Animal diseases plaguing the oceans: experts
Feb 20, 2012 08:12 EST
When dead sea mammals started washing ashore on Canada's west coast in greater numbers, marine biologist Andrew Trites was distressed to find that domestic animal diseases were killing them.
Total rethink needed on dieting, scientists say
Feb 20, 2012 00:35 EST
Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionize the way people tackle obesity.
Total rethink needed on dieting, scientists say
Feb 19, 2012 22:05 EST
Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionize the way people tackle obesity.
Fifty years after Glenn flight, U.S. buying rides to space
Feb 19, 2012 10:30 EST
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Fifty years after John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, NASA no longer has the ability to fly astronauts in space, a decision Glenn lays squarely on the shoulders of the Bush administration.
Stemming the tide of overtreatment in U.S. healthcare
Feb 16, 2012 08:39 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid more government intervention in how they practice.
Insight: How secure are labs handling world's deadliest
Feb 15, 2012 07:13 EST
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - To reach his office in Galveston National Laboratory, where scientists study deadly pathogens such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, director James Le Duc swipes his key card at the building's single entrance, which is guarded 24/7 by Texas state police.
How secure are labs handling world's deadliest pathogens?
Feb 15, 2012 07:13 EST
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - To reach his office in Galveston National Laboratory, where scientists study deadly pathogens such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, director James Le Duc swipes his key card at the building's single entrance, which is guarded 24/7 by Texas state police.
Insight - Containing the world's deadliest microbes
Feb 15, 2012 07:05 EST
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - To reach his office in Galveston National Laboratory, where scientists study deadly pathogens such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, director James Le Duc swipes his key card at the building's single entrance, which is guarded 24/7 by Texas state police.
Post-Grateful Dead player scores medical hit
Feb 14, 2012 17:26 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - For Jeff Chimenti, a rock keyboardist who plays with offshoots of the Grateful Dead, it has been anything but a "long strange trip" getting his medical product to market.
With no firm science, sleep standards are slipping
Feb 13, 2012 03:29 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids never got enough shuteye, even back in grandpa's day.
Cancer trial participants may have misconceptions
Feb 09, 2012 18:38 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People enrolled in early stage trials for possible cancer treatments may underestimate the risks involved and overestimate the potential benefits, suggests a new study.
French weight loss drug 'killed at least 1,300'
Feb 09, 2012 09:51 EST
Mediator, a drug licensed for use by diabetics that became widely prescribed in France as a slimming aid, "probably" caused at least 1,300 deaths before it was withdrawn, a study published on Thursday said.
Insight: Komen charity under microscope for funding, science
Feb 08, 2012 11:57 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity defines its mission as finding a cure for breast cancer. In recent years, however, it has cut by nearly half the proportion of fund-raising dollars it spends on grants to scientists working to understand the causes and develop effective new treatments for the disease.
Calories count, but not where they come from: study
Jan 30, 2012 11:14 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sticking to diets with strict proportions of fat, carbs and protein may not be more effective for people who want to lose weight and fat mass than simply cutting back on calories, according to a new comparison of four diets.
Santorum abandons Florida campaign
Jan 29, 2012 22:15 EST
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum appeared to concede defeat in Florida's primary on Sunday, announcing that he would begin campaigning in other states.
Ill daughter forces Santorum off US campaign trial
Jan 29, 2012 18:15 EST
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum put campaigning in Florida on hold Sunday, as his daughter, Bella, was hospitalized just days before a key primary vote.
Calories count, but not where they come from: study
Jan 29, 2012 15:48 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sticking to diets with strict proportions of fat, carbs and protein may not be more effective for people who want to lose weight and fat mass than simply cutting back on calories, according to a new comparison of four diets.
