Gary Coleman, 42, remains in critical condition at a Utah hospital. His manager said the actor fell into a coma and is on life support; his wife cited a serious medical condition without detail, and TMZ reported his brother attributing the hospitalization to head injuries from a fall.
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Gene Linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
A team led by Mario Capecchi cured mice of compulsive hair-pulling with bone marrow transplants, and produced the symptoms by transplanting in reverse, tracing the behaviour to the bone-marrow gene Hoxb8. The Cell paper points to a causal link between the immune system and psychiatric illness.
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Stenting and Surgery Produce Similar Results
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that Minerals Management Service director Elizabeth Birnbaum resigned amid the Gulf oil spill controversy. Critics in both parties had questioned her fitness for the job since 2009. Salazar also said the agency will be split into three parts.
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2-year-old boy smokes 40 cigarettes a day
A video circulating online shows Ardi Rizal, a two-year-old Indonesian boy who reportedly smokes up to 40 cigarettes a day after his first at 18 months. His father says the boy throws tantrums without them and looks healthy. Media reports call 3 percent of Indonesians aged 2 to 15 smokers.
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Cow Beating Video Ignites Fury
Hidden-camera footage that Mercy for Animals shot at Conklin Dairy Farm in Ohio shows workers hitting cows with crowbars, punching calves and stabbing animals with a pitchfork. Owner Gary Conklin fired the workers and said he would cooperate with investigators.
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Lindsey Lohan Demonstrates Classic Behavior of an Addict/Alcoholic
After a judge ordered Lohan to wear an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet, the writer argues her case matches that of any alcoholic: the incidents will keep repeating until she gives up the hope of drinking socially, because one or two drinks do not get her where she wants to go.
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Why the AMA Wants to Muzzle Your Doctor
After a Florida urologist posted a sign turning away Obama voters, the AMA questioned whether doctors should air political views to patients, which many physicians read as a gag. Hal Scherz wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the AMA's medical coding monopoly earns it $70 to $100 million a year.
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Marine Oil Spills
Background on marine oil spills, written after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank about 50 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana with an estimated 700,000 gallons of fuel aboard. EPA leads response in inland waters and the Coast Guard in coastal waters.
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Study shows that vaccinations do not interfere with brain development
Researchers reviewed health records of more than 1,000 children born between 1993 and 1997 and ran 42 neuropsychological tests. Lead author Dr. Michael J. Smith found delaying shots offered no benefit and said delay leaves children open to the diseases the vaccines prevent.
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Woman loses breast after brown recluse spider bite
Victoria Franklin, 51, of Georgia waited until her breast turned black before seeking care after a brown recluse bite; surgeons removed the breast and the muscle beneath while she lay in an 11-day coma. The venom kills tissue over days, and the U.S. has no antivenom.
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Childhood Mortality Rates on the Decline
Researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimate global deaths of children under five fell from 11.9 million in 1990 to 7.7 million in 2010, with 31 of 187 countries on track to meet the UN's Millennium Development Goal 4.
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Small Business Owners Eligible for Tax Break
The IRS says small businesses paying at least half of employees' single health insurance premiums may claim a credit worth up to 35 percent of those premiums, rising to 50 percent in 2014, with up to 25 percent for tax-exempt organizations. The article lists the eligibility steps.
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How Deeply-Flawed Medical Studies Lie About Drug Safety…
Dr. Mercola argues double-blind placebo-controlled trials carry less authority than they appear to, noting that most studies of psychiatric drugs run only six weeks and say nothing about whether the drugs keep working or start causing harm after that.
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What is a recession?
A plain explainer: a recession is a significant decline in economic activity over two consecutive quarters, visible in GDP, income, employment, production and sales. The Federal Reserve usually responds by lowering interest rates.
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How can I prepare for a hurricane?
A primer on hurricanes: they need warm tropical oceans and light winds, become hurricanes once winds hit 74 mph, and are rated one to five on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The Atlantic season runs June 1 to November 30 and averages six hurricanes, with links to federal preparedness pages.
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New global coffee research initiative announced (PR)
Specialty coffee roasters and agricultural researchers, working with the Specialty Coffee Association of America, launched the Global Coffee Quality Research Initiative with $250,000 in pledged funding to study how to expand specialty green coffee supplies and improve cup quality.
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CDC: Violations Identified from Routine Swimming Pool Inspections
CDC analyzed 121,020 routine pool inspections reported by 15 state and local agencies in 2008. Serious violations closed 12.1 percent of inspected pools immediately, and 10.7 percent of inspections found disinfectant level violations, though the sample may not represent US pools generally.
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Where can I find resources for older Americans?
A USA.gov roundup tracing Older Americans Month from President Kennedy's 1963 designation of Senior Citizens Month through President Carter's 1980 renaming, and pointing to federal health, nutrition and exercise resources for seniors.
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