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Wilhelmina Cottman just loved “Avatar,” absolutely raves about the film and says she’ll see it again. Yet as she ambled out of the Esquire Imax Theatre in Sacramento, Calif., after a recent … more

By Sam McManis
Sacramento Bee | 3/22/10 | 75 views

God of sight

HETAUDA, Nepal — Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at … more

By Margie Mason
AP Medical Writer | 3/22/10 | 57 views

Synthetic ‘incense’ drugs gain popularity

MEMPHIS — Beyond the Grateful Dead posters, lava lamps and candles, area head shops are doing a booming business in products labeled as “incense,” but often sold with the purchase of … more

By Michael Lollar
Scripps Howard News Service | 3/22/10 | 34 views

Double hand-transplant recipient recovering

When Chris Pollock was trapped alone in a farm field two years ago, his hands caught in a grinding, mechanized corn picker, “I asked God three times to let me die.” Today, with new hands … more

By Mark Roth
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 3/22/10 | 34 views

Study tailors drugs to breast cancer patients

Breast cancer researchers say they could cut years off the time required to test new drugs for treating certain kinds of tumors under a study about to begin at the University of Minnesota and the … more

By Maura Lerner
Minneapolis Star Tribune | 3/22/10 | 109 views

Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity with food companies

WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama is urging the nation’s largest food companies to speed up efforts to make healthier foods and reduce marketing of unhealthy foods to children. Obama asked the … more

By Mary Clare Jalonick
Associated Press Writer | 3/17/10 | 117 views

Study: Mini clip is safer than surgery for heart valve leak

ATLANTA (AP) — Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and … more

3/15/10 | 130 views

Nicotine gradually rises in the brain

WASHINGTON — Nicotine builds up gradually in smokers’ brains rather than spiking after each puff, according to a study that might help point to new ways to help people quit smoking. Dr. … more

By Randolph E. Schmid
AP Science Writer | 3/9/10 | 140 views

AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow, researchers discover

WASHINGTON (AP) — The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better … more

3/8/10 | 249 views

Parents: Doctors hastened death for ill youths

CHICAGO — It’s a situation too agonizing to contemplate — a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few … more

By Lindsey Tanner
AP Medical Writer | 3/2/10 | 212 views