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New Genes Discovered for MS
The best way to understand a disease is to get at its root cause, and most of the time, that means hunting down the genes that trigger it. In three papers published this week, researchers report that they have identified two new genes that may contribute to the immune disorder multiple sclerosis .
My Body, My Laboratory
At the Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, England, in March 2002, doctors wheeled Kevin Warwick, a professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, into an operating theater for what has to be one of the world’s only cases of elective neurosurgery on a healthy patient. Warwick belongs to a rare breed of scientists who experiment on themselves
Germany: Why Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Has Merkel Worried
While authorities in Japan work desperately to prevent a nuclear catastrophe, on the other side of the world in Germany, Angela Merkel is facing the political fallout.
Women Who Don’t Realize They’re Pregnant
Women Who Don’t Realize They’re Pregnant How can you not know that you’re pregnant? Missed periods, nausea, ballooning belly — then all that tickling and kicking and shoving inside you. Well, quite easily, as it turns out. Studies in Germany and Ireland have revealed that one baby in around 600 is born to women who […]
Man blamed for Travolta mistrial to appear in court
The man who caused a mistrial in John Travolta’s extortion trial is expected to appear before a judge Friday morning. A Bahamian judge wants Picewell Forbes to explain why he publicly announced a not guilty verdict in Travolta’s trial before a jury announced its verdict.
Sweat lodge deaths won’t stop programs, Ray says
The self-help expert who ran a program at an Arizona resort where three people died this month says it has been a “difficult” period but that he will continue his schedule of events despite the deaths. James Arthur Ray, who ran the “Spiritual Warrior” program at the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona, also addressed the families of those who died.
Mistrial declared in Travolta extortion case
A mistrial has been declared in the trial of two people accused of attempting to extort millions from actor John Travolta after the death of his 16-year-old son, Jett. Judge Anita Allen thought someone in the jury had had inappropriate communications outside of the jury room, where jurors had been deliberating for eight hours
Three die in Detroit marathon
Three runners died Sunday during the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon in Detroit, Michigan, police told CNN.
Obama to make first visit to New Orleans as president
President Obama will visit New Orleans on Thursday for the first time since taking office, to address rebuilding efforts in the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina four years ago.