New Tech Treats Brain Injuries Without Injecting Drugs Directly Into The Head
Traumatic brain injuries come in many forms, from a mild concussion caused by playing football to a blow in a violent car crash that leads to unconsciousness and memory loss. These injuries can be difficult to treat without causing undesirable side effects, but a new technology may help doctors deliver helpful drugs to specific areas […]
Weight Loss Myths You Should Stop Believing Now
Tammy Chang and Angie Wang, University of Michigan. This article was originally published on The Conversation. The estimated annual health care costs related to obesity are over $210 billion, or nearly 21 percent of annual medical spending in the United States. Americans spend $60 billion on weight loss products each year, trying everything from expensive […]
When Parents Don’t Get Paid Leave, Their Happiness Suffers: Report
Having a child is a decision that can, and will, affect almost every aspect of a person’s life. On one hand, children can bring happiness, fulfillment, and a true sense of family to a couple. On the other, babies are expensive, time consuming, and can challenge the patience of even the most laid-back parents. In […]
Coaching legend Pat Summitt dies: Rutgers’ C. Vivian Stringer loses incredible friend
Women’s college basketball pioneer Pat Summitt was born and raised in Clarksville, Tenn., a deep South city that also had been the hometown of Olympic trendsetter Wilma Randolph and, for a short time in the 1960s, legendary rocker Jimi Hendrix. A few states to the North, C. Vivian Stringer became a trendsetting coalminer’s daughter who […]
US Airports Beef Up Security After Istanbul Attack
Airports across the United States have stepped up security in the wake of suicide bombings at Istanbul Atatürk Airport Tuesday. Turkish officials have blamed Islamic State group militants for the attack that killed at least 36 people and injured nearly 150 at Turkey’s biggest airport. Additional police force has been deployed across U.S. airports. Following […]
Benghazi report: No new sign of wrongdoing by Clinton
The US army did not do enough to protect four Americans who were killed in Libya in 2012, a long-awaited Congressional report has concluded, without, however, finding any new evidence of wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton, the then US Secretary of State. The 800-page report released on Tuesday faulted the Obama administration for lax security and […]
The Dig: Investigating the Safety of the Water You Drink
The Dig An investigative reporter’s candid advice for uncovering life’s everyday truths T. Christian Miller Today, The Dig dives into water. Pun totally intended. I’ve received a lot of questions about applying investigative reporting techniques to figuring out whether your water is safe — the stuff in your taps, the stuff in your rivers, the […]
New records paint picture of chaos at Pulse, raise question about exits
MIAMI — New records released in the Orlando nightclub massacre offered a glimpse into the chaos of that bloody night while spurring confusion about whether an exit door may have been blocked as clubgoers fled the killer. The log of 911 and police calls chronicled 193 minutes of chaos, with terrified callers describing a gunman […]
Effective gun control does not threaten the Second Amendment
WASHINGTON, JUNE 28, 2016 – After Orlando, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech too many mass murders with the use of firearms, it is clear that we have a serious problem. Since 1968, more Americans have died from gun violence than in all the wars in our history. In recent years, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has […]
Toyota Recalls 1.4M Prius, Lexus Vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. announced late Tuesday it would recall 1.43 million of its Prius, Prius Plug-in Hybrid and Lexus CT 200h cars globally to replace airbags. About 482,000 of the vehicles being recalled are in the United States. The models affected are the 2010 to 2012 Prius, the 2010 and 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid, and […]