The TSA answers passenger questions about the extra screening added after the Dec. 25 incident aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253, saying measures will vary from airport to airport and that travelers on international flights to the U.S. should expect additional checks.
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$128 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Kentucky
One ticket sold in Kentucky won the $128.6 million Powerball jackpot, drawn on numbers 32, 36, 37, 41, 53 and Powerball 30. Another 714,000 players shared more than $5.9 million in smaller prizes. The jackpot odds are 1 in 195,249,054.
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Can This Natural Hormone Actually Heal Brain Injuries & Strokes?
Neuroscientist Donald G. Stein and colleagues report that progesterone, which shields the fetal brain by suppressing damaging neuronal excitation, also protects and heals injured brain tissue, improving outcomes and reducing mortality after brain injuries including stroke.
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New Year's Resolutions for the Drug Industry
A satirical list of resolutions for drug makers, framed by 2009's record settlements, Eli Lilly's $1.42 billion over Zyprexa and Pfizer's $2.3 billion, plus new black box warnings and Congressional scrutiny of industry-subsidized journal articles and drug-funded patient groups.
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Tips for a Stress-Free Christmas This Year
Mercola writes that money worries, a new diagnosis, grief or job loss can make Christmas hard, and that less vitamin D, sweets and a packed schedule strain physical health too. Therapists typically see about 15% more people seeking help at this time of year.
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The Links Between Sugar and Mental Health
British researcher Malcolm Peet's cross-cultural analysis found a strong link between high sugar intake and both depression and schizophrenia. Dr. Mercola points to two possible mechanisms: sugar suppresses the brain growth factor BDNF, and it promotes chronic inflammation.
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Caution to Pet Owners – Pet Treats and Toys May Cause Problems for Your Pet
The FDA warns that pet treats and chew toys can break into pieces that lodge in a pet's airway or gut. Drooling and frantic behavior suggest a throat obstruction, repeated gulping and regurgitation an esophageal one, and vomiting, appetite loss or abdominal pain a stomach or intestinal blockage.
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Mom of 18 kids gives premature birth due to high blood pressure
Michelle Duggar delivered her 19th child by emergency C-section almost three months early after pre-eclampsia developed in her third trimester. The piece reviews the condition's symptoms and risk factors, noting it most often appears in first pregnancies.
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Brittany Murphy Dead at Age 32
Actress Brittany Murphy died of cardiac arrest at 32 after a 911 call from her home, TMZ reported. The piece sets her alongside Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Stratten, and notes that cardiac arrest is not the same thing as a heart attack.
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Philadelphia Airport exeriences snow storm
A snowstorm delayed arrivals at Philadelphia's airport by an average of six hours and cancelled many flights, according to Nj.com; the post reprints the airport's December 19, 2009 departure board.
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Expert Explains the Flu Vaccine Deception and the Swine Flu Hoax
Dr. Mercola introduces Dr. Shiv Chopra, a former drug company and Health Canada insider, who argues that no flu vaccine has ever worked and that swine flu and avian flu are hoaxes.
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Rackspace outage is over
The writer chatted with a Rackspace representative during an afternoon outage and was told a network problem at a peering location outside the company's data centers had been fixed. The chat transcript is reproduced in full.
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Lung cancer, melanoma genomes decoded
Sequencing a small-cell lung cancer patient's tumor turned up more than 23,000 mutations and a new gene, CHD7, at roughly one mutation per 15 cigarettes smoked. A companion Nature paper found over 33,000 mutations in a melanoma genome, many traceable to ultraviolet light.
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What is one of the deadliest crimes in the U.S.?
December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. Accidents tied to drunk and drugged driving kill thousands of Americans a year, and NHTSA's Stop Impaired Driving site gathers resources, alongside state DUI laws and SAMHSA materials.
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Sounds During Sleep Can Boost Your Memory
Northwestern researchers taught people to place 50 pictures paired with related sounds, then replayed 25 of those sounds during a nap. Sleepers recalled the locations of the cued pictures more precisely, though none realized the sounds had played.
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The World's Fattest Countries
WHO surveys compiled between 2000 and 2008 put American Samoa first at 93.5 percent overweight, then Kiribati at 81.5, the U.S. at 66.7, Germany at 66.5 and Egypt at 66. Imported and processed Western foods and sedentary lifestyles take much of the blame.
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People of Hawaii Pass Resolution Against Forced Vaccination
County of Hawaii directors voted almost unanimously for a resolution urging state and federal legislators to amend vaccine laws to include medical, religious and philosophical exemptions from any vaccine program, including programs health officials declare urgent.
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When was the Wright Brothers' first successful flight?
Congress designated December 17 as Wright Brothers Day, marking Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful flight of a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and asked the President to proclaim it each year.
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