Four Lakewood, Washington police officers were shot and killed Sunday morning while sitting at a coffee house near Tacoma when a gunman entered and opened fire without warning. Police are searching for the suspect, and what triggered the shooting remains unknown.
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Disease
Delaney Starcher, 5-yo girl, suffers rare brain cancer
Delaney Starcher, 5, was diagnosed in October 2009 with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a brain-stem tumor that cannot be removed by surgery and carries an average survival of six to nine months. A caringbridge.org post asks readers for prayers and donations toward her treatment.
Environment
Phthalates soften both plastics and boys' behaviors
Researchers questioned parents of 145 preschoolers and found boys whose mothers had higher prenatal urine levels of DEHP and DBP scored, on average, 8 percent further from the masculine end of a play-behavior scale than the sons of less-exposed mothers.
Miscellaneous
Reality TV: Have we Created a Monster?
An opinion piece on the Salahis crashing a White House dinner for India's prime minister, arguing that lax screening, with guests checked for ID in the dark rather than passing metal detectors, could have ended far worse, and tying the stunt to a wider hunger for reality-TV fame.
Miscellaneous
What did rmolek say?
A post rounding up what a message board user called rmolek reportedly said about Notre Dame's coaching search, quoting a blogger's excerpt of the message and noting the search terms it appears to concern.
Lifestyle
Keeping Holiday Stress at Bay
Opening with a Thanksgiving-weekend family killing in Jupiter, Florida, the piece notes holidays can sharpen anxiety, depression and family resentment, and suggests keeping expectations realistic, skipping some invitations, and putting every December event on a calendar.
Disease
Dire Diabetes Predictions Challenge Medicare Debates in Congress
A University of Chicago study projects US diabetes cases rising from 23.7 million to 44.1 million by 2034, with spending climbing from $113 billion to $336 billion even if obesity rates hold flat. Federal diabetes spending could go from $45 billion to $171 billion.
Drug
Can it Get Much Worse? Drug Company Now Claims Statins Recommended for Swine Flu
Among 2,800 people hospitalized with lab-confirmed seasonal flu, those on statins died at about half the rate of those not taking them, though researchers say this does not prove statins treat flu. Mercola calls the drug industry's statin pitch part of an over-hyped swine flu campaign.
Lifestyle
College Students Getting Smarter, Shunning H1N1 Vaccine
A Washington Post-ABC News poll found nearly seven in ten people aged 18 to 29 did not plan to get the H1N1 vaccine. CDC officials said young people's lack of concern worries them enough that they are running surveys to work out what lies behind it.
Miscellaneous
IQ Isn't Everything: Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart
IQ tests predict academic and work success moderately well but miss the ability to weigh information critically or override cognitive biases, researchers argue. Stanovich says a rationality-quotient test is feasible but would need a multimillion-dollar research programme; none exists yet.
Drug
Swine Flu Alert -- Shocking Vaccine Miscarriage Horror Stories
Mercola notes that package inserts for the H1N1 vaccines say safety in pregnant women has not been established, and points to personal accounts from women who miscarried hours or days after vaccination. He urges pregnant women not to take the shot.
Environment
Leading Experts Give Advice on How to Reduce Your EMF Risk
Camilla Rees of ElectromagneticHealth.org presents a video overview of exposure to microwave radiation from wireless technology and the conditions her group links to it, with advice on limiting exposure. The site also offers ten free audio interviews with researchers in the field.
Miscellaneous
What is the Ryan White Act?
A government information page on how HIV spreads and where to find testing and prevention resources, noting that the 2009 extension act signed by President Obama lifts the ban on people with HIV entering the United States from January 1, 2010.
Miscellaneous
Grand Canyon Skywalk
A visitor guide to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a bridge 4,000 feet above the Colorado River open daily since March 2007 and visited by nearly a million people. Adult tickets run $29.95 plus tax, children $22.46, seniors and military $26.96, at Grand Canyon West near Las Vegas.
Miscellaneous
U.S. Debt Clock Real Time
US national debt stands at about $12 trillion, $7.611 trillion held by the public and $4.398 trillion by the government, or $39,028 per citizen and roughly 61 percent of GDP. Social Security, defense and Medicare take the largest shares of spending; Japan and China are the biggest creditors.
Miscellaneous
Tiger Woods injured in car accident
Tiger Woods struck a fire hydrant and then a tree near his Florida home at 2:25 a.m. and was treated and released from Health Central Hospital the same day. His spokesman called the crash minor; officials were investigating and charges were pending.
Disease
Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034
University of Chicago researchers project 44.1 million Americans will have diabetes within 25 years and that spending on the disease will triple to $336 billion by 2034, with Medicare's share climbing from $45 billion to $171 billion.
Disease
Diabetes on the Rise? Bah, Humbug
Researchers told Diabetes Care that without lifestyle change the number of older adults with diabetes will double by 2034 and treatment costs could triple to $171 billion. The piece points at obesity, noting 65% of American adults are overweight and a third are obese.
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