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Hugh Hefner Movie Shows Down Side to Sexual Excess

by Martha Rosenberg Chicago Looking more like a seasoned Maurice Chevalier or elder statesman than Bathrobe Erectus, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner received a standing ovation at the

How long did the Great Depression last?

The Great Depression The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn that started in 1929 and ended around 1939. It was the largest economic depression in modern history, ...
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No More "Fat" Looks -- These Winter Fashions Are Slimming

Say what you want about Lindsay Lohan but her desire to sell a line of leggings is absolutely right on. Leggings are as liberating as the ...
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Email from President Barack Obama

Friend --Right now, the same special interests that we've fought for two years are flooding the airwaves with negative ads. They don't have the courage ...
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Study Suggests Pediatricians Should Screen for Postpartum Depression

A new study published in Pediatrics, the journal published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, recommends that pediatricians screen new mothers for postpartum depression.Depression after ...
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New CDC Resources: Safe Teen Driving

CDC's Injury Center is committed to preventing teen crashes and related deaths and injuries. Learning to drive is often considered a rite of passage for teenagers. ...
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FDA: Anti-Osteoporosis Bisphosphonates Linked to Leg Fracture

On October 13, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that use of anti-osteoporosis drugs or bisphosphonates, may boost the risk of atypical thigh ...
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Vivitrol Approved to Treat Opiate Addiction

A drug previously approved for treating alcoholism has been given the go ahead to be marketed as a viable treatment for addiction to opiates, such ...
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How many Americans get the flu?

The National Institutes of Health estimates that 5 to 20 percent of Americans come down with the seasonal flu each flu season. Influenza (Flu) According to the National ...
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Columbus Day

Columbus Day is the annual U.S. commemoration of Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World (at San Salvador Island in the Bahamas) on October 12, 1492. ...
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