Doctor’s notes: American Ebola survivor is back in Liberia
Wow! Sunday evening, it’s 9:30 p.m., and I am beat. Might fall asleep. Guess I will find out how the Patriots did in the AFC playoff tomorrow (the game would…
Category: Health
Coffee May Cut Melanoma Risk
Researchers used health and dietary data on 447,357 non-Hispanic whites ages 50 to 71 who were cancer free at the start of the study and followed them for an average…
42 measles cases linked to Disneyland
There’s a measles outbreak at Disneyland, and one of California’s top public health officials recommended that children under 12 and people who’ve never had a measles vaccination stay away from…
Want to lose weight or quit smoking? Love may be the key
That will more than double your chance of succeeding at making a positive lifestyle change, according to a new study that is running in the latest edition of the journal…
North Dakota Pipeline Leaked 3 Million Gallons Of Brine In Oil Drilling
Nearly 3 million gallons of saltwater generated by oil drilling have leaked from a North Dakota pipeline, an official said Wednesday, the largest such spill since the state’s current oil…
Ebola: Who is patient zero? Disease traced back to 2-year-old in Guinea
Virtually no one knew the 2-year-old by name. Now the world knows him as patient zero. Researchers from The New England Journal of Medicine say they believe Emile was the…
50 Amazing, Adorable Cats, Dogs, Birds, And Bunnies — Even A Pig! — Looking For Homes
This little teddy bear of a dog had a loving home for the first 9 years of his life, but Chewy’s situation changed and his family could no longer keep…
Your Commute Could Be A Whole Lot Cooler Now That There’s A Motorized, One-Wheeled Skateboard
An avid snowboarder has reinvented the wheel — all in the name of making his commute more fun. “I wanted to make a vehicle where I could experience powder snowboarding…
Our Polar Regions Are Simply ‘Melting Away,’ And It’s A Beautiful Disaster
The Earth’s polar regions are some of the planet’s most fragile places. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as anywhere else on Earth, and snow and ice cover are…
U.S. Coal Declines, Bucks Global Trend
This story originally appeared on Climate Central. Technological progress has been brutal to the yellow pages and compact discs. Coal may be headed the same way in the U.S., partly…
Study Shows Brain Stores Seemingly Trivial Memories, Just in Case
The surge of emotion that makes memories of embarrassment, triumph and disappointment so vivid can also reach back in time, strengthening recall of seemingly mundane things that happened just beforehand…
Kid Rock Poses With Dead Mountain Lion And Ted Nugent Loves It
Animal rights activists are taking aim at Kid Rock over a photo of the rapper holding a dead mountain lion, but rocker Ted Nugent doesn’t seem to mind. – As…
Bad News For Salad Lovers
www.weather.com: Your lettuce might cost a little more at the beginning of 2015 due to a shortage on California and Arizona farms that’s being blamed on the weather.
Sitting will kill you, even if you exercise
Our entire modern world is constructed to keep you sitting down. When we drive, we sit. When we work at an office, we sit. When we watch TV, well, you…
The One Question Great Husbands Ask Themselves Every Day (VIDEO)
Sarah and Jason say their eight-year-marriage is filled with conflict as a result of meddling in-laws and Jason’s controlling ways, but both agree that they want to work through their…
Several Disneyland employees diagnosed with measles
The announcement comes after public health officials in California and Utah confirmed earlier this month nine cases, all of them visitors of either Disneyland or Disney California Adventure Park in…
Passenger hospitalized in New Jersey is Ebola-free, released
The passenger was kept overnight at Hackensack University Medical Center for further evaluation “in an abundance of caution,” spokeswoman Nancy Radwin said. – CNN’s Catherine E. Shoichet, Susannah Cullinane and…
NASA’s crab cakes … try this at home
3lbs crab Meat, large lump 205g bread crumbs, Panko 340g Duke’s Mayonnaise 120.2g egg beater, eggs – Bake in an oven preheated to 350F [or 325F if convection] for 12…
Fukushima Worker Dies After Falling Into Water Storage Tank
A worker at Japan’s wrecked nuclear power plant died after falling into a water storage tank, the latest in a growing number of accidents at the site still struggling to…
Why It’s Taking The U.S. So Long To Make Fusion Energy Work
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Hidden in the woods two miles from Princeton University’s main campus sits a drab white building easily mistakable for a warehouse. Inside is one of the Ivy…
Some Exciting Things Could Happen By 2050. Here Are 5 Creepy Ones.
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VICTORY: Zoo Cancels Plans To Break Up Chimps’ 20-Year Friendship
Thanks to calls for compassion from animal welfare advocates, officials at a zoo in India have been forced to cancel plans to separate two chimpanzees who’ve been companions for the…
Why A Controlling Husband Says His Wife Should Be Submissive To Him (VIDEO)
Sarah and her husband of eight years, Jason, who is a pastor, admit that Jason has used the tracking device on Sarah’s cell phone, has asked her to put the…
U.S. Research Lab Lets Livestock Suffer In Quest For Profit
At a remote research center on the Nebraska plains, scientists are using surgery and breeding techniques to re-engineer the farm animal to fit the needs of the 21st-century meat industry….
These Wild Orcas Don’t Need A Tank To Put On A Show (VIDEO)
Who needs SeaWorld when you have wild and healthy killer whales as friendly as these guys? – German says he takes his SUP out everyday and has seen all types…
This Will Make You Think Twice Before You Complain To Your Mom About Your Husband (VIDEO)
Sarah says her parents, Bill and Laura, don’t approve of her pastor husband of eight years, Jason, and won’t stop meddling in her marriage. “My parents hate Jason,” she says….
California’s Forests Have Lost Half Their Big Trees, And Climate Change May Be To Blame
California’s biggest trees are doing a disappearing act, and researchers say the disturbing pattern may be strongly driven by climate change. A study published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of…
23-Year-Old ‘Sugar Baby’ Says She Has ‘Best Job In The World’ (VIDEO)
Wish you could have someone take you on over-the-top shopping sprees, bring you on lavish vacations, and shower you with gifts like designer handbags or expensive lingerie … when all…
What No Father Wants To Hear From His Little Girl (VIDEO)
Michelle, 23, moved to Southern California to attend college, but is not attending this semester to spend her time as a “sugar baby.” She’s unapologetic about her decision to spend…
Plane passenger hospitalized after landing in Newark from ‘Ebola-affected country’
Luke Punzenberger, a spokesman for United, said an ill passenger was on a flight that arrived in Newark from Brussels Monday afternoon. – CNN’s Catherine E. Shoichet, Susannah Cullinane and…