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The FDA mentions a few dozen cases of esophageal cancer in patients who took Fosamax, Actonel or Boniva. And a dentist sees a high incidence of osteonecrosis of the jaw. >>
Australian researchers work on a way to infect them with a parasite that cuts their life span by more than half, minimizing the time the insects are able to spread disease. >>
A database for animals' DNA helps nab cattle rustlers in Argentina. >>
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Questioning theories is usually a healthy pursuit, but in some cases -- such as Christine Maggiore's HIV theories -- the risks outweigh criticisms. >>
The impact caused an ice age that killed some mammal species and many humans 12,900 years ago, researchers report. They say the discovery of tiny heat-formed diamonds is proof of the catastrophe. >>
Michael Griffin's wife circulates an online petition to Barack Obama, and NASA publishes a book of his speeches. 'The only thing left is to stencil [him] on the side of a shuttle,' an expert jokes. >>
The seven shuttle astronauts who died were in an 'unsurvivable' situation. But the space agency cites several equipment flaws in the 2003 disaster. >>
Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek, the brilliant yet deeply flawed pediatrician, virologist and anthropologist who won the 1976 Nobel Prize in medicine for his identification and description of kuru, the exotic disease of a remote tribe in New Guinea that was caused by a family of mysterious agents called prions, died Dec. 12 at the hotel where he lived in Tromso, Norway. He was 85. >>
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The closer teens live to where alcohol is sold, the greater the seeming risk of binge drinking and driving under the influence. >>
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is being revised under a cloak of confidentiality. Critics say the process needs to be open, and cite potential conflicts of interest. >>
Ovens made of super-heated rocks allowed primitive humans to cooks lily bulbs, wild onions and other plants for days to make them edible. >>
Long derided as wimpy and a waste of time, nostalgia nonetheless often sweeps in this time of year and settles in for the holidays. Now psychologists are rethinking the purpose of that peculiar sentiment -- and are drawing some surprising conclusions. >>
A series of trials also shows that taking vitamins and minerals has no effect on preventing strokes, heart disease or other ailments. In some cases, they can even cause harm. >>
Researchers debunk conventional wisdom about poinsettias, sugar and holiday suicides -- and note that Coca-Cola can only do so much. >>
Fossilized bones found in brooding positions near eggs were found to be male, confirming scientists' theories. >>
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A new study appears to shed some light on why holiday gift-giving may be such a touchy matter and why your mother-in-law is still angry that you missed last year's holiday get-together. >>
The last-minute Bush administration declaration lets doctors, clinics, receptionists and others refuse to give care they find morally objectionable. >>
His selections as science advisor and NOAA head are two advocates for mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Environmentalists are heartened, and conservatives dismayed. >>
Obama's transition team wants to know about the agency's basic money management, including cost overruns. >>
Cleveland Clinic doctors describe the 22-hour surgery. The unidentified patient is pleased with the results, surgeons say. >>
The region is actually one of the safest in the country, researchers say. Extreme heat and cold are far more deadly than earthquakes and wildfires. >>
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic replace about 80% of her face with skin and muscles harvested from a cadaver. It's the most extensive such operation ever performed and the first in the U.S. >>
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