Music Review | ’Aimee Mann’: A Nod To The Season Doesn?t Come Without A Touch Of Melancholy
Aimee Mann brought a Yuletide variety show, with comic banter, special guests and a hangover included, to Town Hall on Tuesday night....
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Heart Therapy Strains Efforts To Limit Costs
The nation’s most common cardiac malfunction, once thought harmless, is now being treated with costly medical procedures....
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Hamas-Fatah Coalition Misses West’s Goals
The Palestinian government announced a unity coalition with Fatah. But the document does not fulfill international demands....
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Miracle Workers?
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Health News

Novelties: Cleaner Water With a Wand (No Magic Required)
2008-03-05 04:52 - Travelers who don?t trust the water from a mountain stream or a hotel-room faucet have a portable high-tech option for purifying drinking water.

Vital Signs: Having a Baby: Blood Pressure Troubles Linked to a Virus ...
2008-03-05 04:51 - Pre-eclampsia may be associated with a virus infection of the fetus, an Australian study has found.

Vital Signs: Hazards: Sleeping Through Noise, but Still Feeling Its Ef...
2008-03-05 04:51 - Noise while you are sleeping can significantly raise your blood pressure, even when it does not wake you up, a new study suggests.

Vital Signs: Nostrums: To Prevent Pain in Infants, How About Sugar Wat...
2008-03-05 04:51 - A new study finds that there is an anesthetic that is not only effective but also easy to administer and safe: sugar water.

A Donor Match Over Small Talk and Coffee
2008-03-05 04:51 - After years of small talk at the cash register, a barrista at a Starbucks offered to donate a kidney to a longtime customer suffering from polycystic kidney disease.

Menu Fight Over Calories Leads Doctor to Reject Post
2008-03-05 04:51 - Dr. David B. Allison drew criticism from some members after he wrote an affidavit as a paid consultant on behalf of the restaurant industry.

Court Allows Suit Against Drug Maker
2008-03-05 04:51 - A 4-to-4 vote left the Supreme Court unable to decide a pharmaceutical pre-emption case, permitting a lawsuit to proceed against the Warner-Lambert Company, the maker of the diabetes drug Rezulin.

Check Point: Into the Fray Over the Cause of Autism
2008-03-05 04:50 - Senator John McCain entered into one of the most politicized scientific issues in a generation.

The DNA Age: Gene Map Becomes a Luxury Item
2008-03-05 04:50 - On a cold day in January, Dan Stoicescu became the second person in the world to buy the full sequence of his own genetic code.

Mind: When People Drink Themselves Silly, and Why
2008-03-05 04:50 - The dynamics of bingeing may have more to do with personal and cultural expectations than with the number of upside-down margaritas consumed.


 
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