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Baroness Elaine Murphy decides to come clean on inventing 'cello scrotum,' which appeared in the British Medical Journal 34 years ago.
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The groundbreaking report also finds that donors have fewer kidney problems than the general populace, perhaps because of stepped-up screening procedures. >>
One rover, Spirit, failed to move after getting driving directions, a NASA scientist reports. It also did not record the day's activities. The rovers have been on Mars for five years. >>
Although Kaiser hasn't revealed conception information, observers say current methods try to avoid such large births because of high risks. >>
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Researchers examining brains of six deceased former NFL players find similar degeneration. All suffered emotional problems after their playing days, often culminating in drug abuse or suicide. >>
The class-action suit alleges that the system -- which received a failing grade in access to care -- is on the edge of a breakdown unless more funds are obtained. >>
More than 800 beds were lost from 1998 to 2007, with roughly half of those cuts in Los Angeles County. >>
Federal authorities investigating the nationwide salmonella outbreak identify 12 instances in which the plant found some type of salmonella. >>
Victor Vacquier Sr., a Scripps Institution of Oceanography geophysicist who developed key instruments for mapping the Earth's magnetic fields and whose research provided a strong experimental foundation for the now widely accepted theory of plate tectonics, died of pneumonia Jan. 11 in La Jolla. He was 101. >>
Researchers say that even if nations can get carbon dioxide levels under control, it would take 1,000 years or longer for the climate changes already triggered to be reversed. >>
Commissions and nonprofits charged with conserving parks, wildlife, water and mountain areas of the state are at risk of laying off staff or closing since the state stopped funding last month. >>
New findings show that although temperatures have dropped slightly in the continent's east, they have risen enough in the west to result in an overall warming trend. >>
The FDA approves the first clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells, which now appear safe enough to use on humans. >>
DNA from the H. pylori in modern human stomachs indicates that prehistoric humans lived in Australia and New Guinea for about 25,000 years first. >>
Three fish, one fish >>
Microsoft's Bill Gates says the grant will go to Rotary International. A World Health Organization expert estimates that it would cost $2 billion to stamp out the last traces of the polio virus. >>
HEALTHCARE
A state study finds facilities vary widely on mortality for eight common conditions and procedures. >>
More than 125 products have been pulled back. The outbreak has sickened hundreds and may have killed six. >>
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