Jun 17 After Retiring, Bored Into Working EmbedVideo(6712, 482, 304); David Thompson is "semi-retired." After his official retirement, the NASCAR buff decided to take a part-time job at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. "I just did not want to totally quit working."… Continue reading
Jun 14 Do Dying Trees Lead to More Human Deaths? The Debate Continues The emerald ash borer has been attacking all 22 species of North American ash trees in the last few years, killing nearly every tree it infests. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Flickr user Darkroom Daze. The hypothesis: Trees improve people's… Continue reading
Jun 13 Share Your Thoughts: Supreme Court Rules Natural DNA Can’t Be Patented By Sarah Clune Photo courtesy of Flickr user dullhunk/ Alex Bateman at the Sanger Institute. Can someone else patent your genes? No, according to a closely watched ruling from the U.S. Supreme court Thursday morning. The Court http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf">ruled partially for… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch Doctors Add Appeals Process for Kids Waiting for Adult Lung Transplants Doctors Add Appeals Process for Kids Waiting for Adult Lung Transplants… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Out of Legal Options, Justice Department Drops Fight on Morning-After Pill Out of Legal Options, Justice Department Drops Fight on Morning-After Pill… Continue watching
Jun 10 America’s New Old Workforce: When Your Body Tells You It’s Time to Retire EmbedVideo(6653, 482, 304); Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger. When Floridian Mike Kemp bought a bike store in 2001, he had no problem pulling 40-pound bikes off the top shelf. Now 69 and with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease… Continue reading
Jun 10 How Removing Trees Can Kill You The trees died first. One hundred million of them in the eastern and midwestern United States. The culprit: the emerald ash borer, a beetle that entered the U.S. through Detroit in 2002 and quickly spread to Iowa, New York,… Continue reading
Jun 07 Alzheimer’s Disease: Your Questions Answered More than 5 million Americans now suffer from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the United States, and that number could easily triple by 2050 as the population grays. If the latest projections hold true, that will mean… Continue reading
Jun 03 From the Archives: Frank Lautenberg on Drinking Age, Secondhand Smoke EmbedVideo(6600, 482, 304); Frank R. Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, five-term senator, and the last World War II veteran remaining in the Senate, died Monday morning. He was 89. He appeared on the The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on… Continue reading
Jun 03 Health Reform’s Uncertain Impact on HIV Patients By Jason Kane In 2014, many HIV patients who receive medication through state-based drug assistance programs will be shifted to other forms of health coverage. It's an uncertain time for most HIV patients in the United States. A full two-thirds of them rely… Continue reading