Month October 2014

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Stephen [email protected] 718-220-3682Wildlife Conservation Society WCS study confirms that endangered musk deer still live in Nuristan Province — some 60 years after last sighting IMAGE:The unusual fangs of a musk deer are used by males…

Call it drugs for the departed: Medicare’s prescription program kept paying for costly medications even after patients were dead. The problem was traced back to a head-scratching bureaucratic rule that’s now getting a second look. A report released Friday from…

As most everyone is aware, meditation is increasingly popular in the West. There has also been a marked increase in clinical, neuroscience, psychological and social science investigations of meditation, focusing on long-term practitioners and those participating in short-term mindfulness and…

PARIS — What works up a moralist more than anything else? Women. Why? Because the most political organ that exists lies right between their legs — and moralists would just love to get their hands on it. Do you know…

All my life, I have loved Halloween. I know that’s nothing special, especially for gay men (or boys). For many of us, the chance to dress up, pretend to be someone else, express ourselves in creative and fanciful ways was…

Sriracha has captured hearts and taste buds around the world, inspiring its own cult following. Today, you don’t have to settle for slathering Sriracha sauce on your sandwich — you can do it while wearing a Sriracha-logo hoodie and holding…

When Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital failed to diagnose the first known case of Ebola in the U.S., the hospital initially blamed its electronic health record (EHR). As it turned out, the problem was the humanware, not the software. The culprit…

Downing Street has declined to back calls by health minister Norman Lamb for retailers to stop selling outfits that demonise mentally ill people at Halloween, saying it is a matter for consumers and companies. Lamb, the Liberal Democrat care minister,…

Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY SCOTT F. SMITH/THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX On January 27, 2011, from a stage in the middle of the San Antonio Convention Center, Jonathan Haidt addressed the participants of the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and…

By Christina Farr and Sarah McBride (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook on Thursday became the most prominent American corporate leader to come out as gay, saying he was trading his closely guarded privacy for the chance to help…

If you’ve never been fitted for a bra by a specialist, you should speed-read this article, run to the nearest lingerie retailer and make an appointment. Truth time: More likely than not, you’re wearing the wrong size bra. Yes, bras…

How to burn it off: It would take more than 15 minutes of jogging to burn it off. Go large on the Chablis with a 250ml glass and you could be glugging down 228 calories, the same as a Cornetto…

Cheer up, our persistent gloomy mood is all down to our genes, apparently, says Rowan Pelling

Police find interviewing and interacting with witnesses and suspects with autism a real challenge, a new study from researchers in our Department of Psychology has revealed – highlighting that the ways officers have been taught to interview could be at…

Of the nine Ebola virus disease patients known to have been treated in the United States, seven are now free of the disease. By almost any measure, that’s an impressive success rate for a disease that the World Health Organization…

After a long period of expansion in the number of children living in out-of-home care, most modern child protection systems around the world have been labouring to prevent such placements. Instead, they’re choosing to work more closely with families to…

Coca-Cola has announced it will launch its newest soft drink in the Australian market in April 2015. Strongly promoted as “healthy” Coke elsewhere, Coca-Cola Life may do more to improve the company’s finances than the health of its consumers. The…

In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one night has reached almost one in ten. This rate is almost ten times higher than non-Aboriginal children and has steadily increased…

Flickr / August Brill This last week, my working week started in London and ended in Mexico City. Beginning on one side of the ocean in the Queen’s Capital and 6 days later, finishing up in a very different megacity,…

Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease affecting almost 25,000 Australians and more than 2.4 million people worldwide. It’s one of the leading causes of disability in young adults. Typically, the illness is first experienced as an episode of blurred vision,…

i i Don’t look for leading Ebola researchers at the Sheraton New Orleans. Louisiana health officials told doctors and scientists who have been in West Africa not to come to a medical meeting in town. Prayitno/Flickr Louisiana health officials say…

In order to save the Amazon, it’s not enough for deforestation to stop; areas that have been denuded also need recuperation. A Brazilian research scientist has released a report with the World Wildlife Fund that suggested actions to curb the…

i i Confused about all the different sustainability ratings out there? The simplest option may be to shop at your local farmer’s market. iStockphoto hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto Confused about all the different sustainability ratings out there? The simplest…

Decorative gourd season has arrived, and we decided to celebrate by investigating the science and history of pumpkins. Do you know what happens when you feed ostriches pumpkin seeds? Or when the first pumpkin beer was brewed? Or what to…

Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: As we mentioned, last night’s explosion didn’t just destroy a rocket and thousands of pounds of cargo. Also…

The hunt to find genes that cause autism has been a long slog, one hampered by a lack of technology and families willing to be tested. But the effort is starting to pay off. On Tuesday, researchers at more than…

Interested in knowing just how many times you check your phone per day? There’s an app for that. Checky not only shows you a numerical figure of how many occasions you glanced at your phone, but it also offers a…

On any given morning, a favored haunt of mine, Irving Farm Coffee Shop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, has at least one table full of pre or post workout Soul Cycle Moms. These women are so visible everywhere,…

Retired teacher Leighton Jones, 80, rides 35 miles a week around the hills and valleys near his home in Caerphilly, South Wales and walks up to two miles every other day. “I have followed the healthy steps for many years…

The figures show that among women, survival is worsening for those with thyroid and bladder cancers, while progress has stalled in pancreatic cancer. For men, survival has worsened for testicular and thyroid cancer, with no improvement in survival for mesotheliomia,…

Separate figures show that over the last decade, there has been a 40 per cent rise in the number of people who died from liver disease in England, while deaths from other causes have declined. Rosanna O’Connor, director of Alcohol,…

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Patients with tinnitus hear phantom noise and are sometimes so bothered by the perceived ringing in their ears, they have difficulty concentrating. A new therapy does not lessen perception of the noise but appears to help patients cope better with…

During the first 24 hours after a stroke, attention to detail —such as hospital bed positioning—is critical to patient outcomes. Most strokes are caused by blood clots that block blood flow to the brain. Sitting upright can harm the patient…

(HealthDay)—For older patients undergoing revision lumbar surgery, preoperative depression influences patient satisfaction two years after surgery, according to research published in the Sept. 1 issue of Spine. Owoicho Adogwa, M.D., M.P.H., from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and…

Exciting results from an innovative, multicultural, five-year initiative, known as the Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes (Alliance), have been published in ten peer-reviewed articles in the November 2014 supplemental issue of Health Promotion Practice (HPP). The findings reveal that…

The White House said there’s an emerging consensus among governors, the federal government and the military about dealing with suspected Ebola cases. In reality, what appears most striking about Ebola protocols is not consensus, but confusion, CBS News’ Major Garrett…

Drinking lots of milk could be bad for your health, a new study reports. Previous research has shown that the calcium in milk can help strengthen bones and prevent osteoporosis. These benefits to bone health have led U.S. health officials…

Last Updated Oct 29, 2014 11:54 AM EDT WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a recommendation by military leaders that all U.S. troops returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa be kept in supervised isolation for…