| A Rush to Operating Rooms That Alters Men's Lives Prostate cancer is a dark and mysterious country, and the authors Ralph H. Blum and Dr. Mark Scholz are good, levelheaded guides through these thickets. feeds.nytimes.com |
Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen By SETH BORENSTEIN 2010-09-07T22:15:23ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating "dead zones" where fish cannot survive.... hosted.ap.org |
Big renewables pledge for Northern Ireland Northern Ireland's new energy strategy sets a target of 40% of electricity to come from alternative energy sources by 2020. bbc.co.uk |
Vital Signs: Mental Health: Fog May Be From Cancer, Not the Chemo Cancer survivors often complain about the mental fog of “chemo brain.” But the problem may not be limited to cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy, a new study suggests. feeds.nytimes.com |
Patients protest Chinese doctor's risky surgery By GILLIAN WONG 2010-10-19T14:37:41ZBEIJING (AP) -- At one moment, the Chinese urologist seemed to be at the height of his career: He had invented a surgical procedure to help patients overcome incontinence and was training doctors in America and elsewhere. The next, Dr. Xiao Chuanguo was in handcuffs, confessing that he'd hired thugs to attack two persistent critics who called him a fraud.... hosted.ap.org |