• There's a story living in your beer's DNA

    There's a story living in your beer's DNA

    Jul 10, 2015 06:18 PM EST

    ... focused on grey and Hawaiian monk seals, and studied the animals’ DNA, which she extracted from their tissue and fecal matter. But a diagnosis of Lyme disease crippled her immune system and derailed her scientific career. It was during her eventual recovery that she opened the small business with her ...

  • How Dr. Heimlich got his maneuver 40 years ago

    How Dr. Heimlich got his maneuver 40 years ago

    Jun 16, 2014 02:00 PM EST

    ... Editor’s note: Heimlich still insists that his method works for drowning victims.) For decades, Dr. Heimlich also advocated treating patients with cancer, HIV and Lyme disease by infecting them with malaria but both his theories and research on this issue have long since been discredited by other scientists and ...

  • News Wrap: Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuation of 100,000

    News Wrap: Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuation of 100,000

    Feb 15, 2014 01:23 AM EST

    ... a series of coastal towns today. JOHN RAY: It is unrelenting, barely a chance to catch your breath between crushing waves. From Chesil Beach to Lyme Regis and beyond, the wild southwest wet and windy, with worse still to come. You might watch in awe of nature, but much wiser ...

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    School Shooter: 'My Grand Plan Was Suicide by Cop'

    Feb 18, 2013 11:10 PM EST

    ... MILES: You said you were addicted to drugs...marijuana? MILES: It was pot.  I was drinking a lot, and my buddy’s mom had, had Lyme disease, so we used to steal her painkillers. MILES: Oh, so you had painkillers, pot and booze.  What kind of, what were you drinking ...

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    New Poll Reveals Stakes for Wednesday's Debate

    Oct 01, 2012 01:05 PM EST

    Mitt Romney campaigns last week in Wayne, Pa. Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Heading into Wednesday night's debate, President Obama holds a narrow lead over Mitt Romney nationally and a more sizeable advantage in the battleground states that will ultimately decided the November election. According to the latest Washington Post/ABC News...

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    Advisory Panel: Essential Health Benefits Package Must Be Affordable

    Oct 07, 2011 02:21 PM EST

    The government moved a step closer Friday toward defining what "essential benefits" would be offered by companies selling coverage to millions of Americans in new insurance exchanges. In a 297-page report, the Institute of Medicine, a federal advisory panel, laid out criteria and methods the Department of Health and Human Services should use in developing...

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    Baker: The Best Econ Books I've Read Recently

    Mar 10, 2010 07:27 PM EST

    This week, we are running guest posts from some of our favorite economists about the best economics book they’ve read in recent months. Dean Baker: Amidst all the tracts on health care written by policy wonks in the last couple of years, people are likely to find Sick and Tired: How America’s Health Care System...

  • What to know about lymphedema, a painful side effect of breast cancer treatment

    What to know about lymphedema, a painful side effect of breast cancer treatment

    Oct 19, 2025 09:35 PM EST

    The end of breast cancer treatment is cause for celebration, but for many patients, it can bring new challenges. Some studies show that up to 65% of women who undergo breast cancer surgery develop lymphedema, a painful swelling of tissue due to excess fluid retention. Ali Rogin spoke with two members of the nonprofit Lymphedema...

  • As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, Israelis lament incomplete return of dead hostages

    As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, Israelis lament incomplete return of dead hostages

    Oct 14, 2025 04:17 PM EST

    While Israeli officials understood there could be some delay in the recovery effort, the families of hostages and their supporters expressed dismay that only four of the 28 bodies were returned on Monday.

  • California board denies Lyle Menendez parole after rejecting his brother Erik's appeal

    California board denies Lyle Menendez parole after rejecting his brother Erik's appeal

    Aug 23, 2025 05:13 PM EST

    Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday by the same board that a day earlier rejected his brother Erik’s appeal for freedom after serving decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. The reason was the same: misbehavior behind bars.