Health and Science
Health scare of the week: Closing the heart-attack gap 
Rising obesity rates among women may be offsetting the protection from heart attacks and strokes offered by hormonal influences.
Health & Science
Even doctors discriminate against the obese; Why Grandma should Google; What makes men miserly?; Bears prefer minivans; Cavemen on Mars
Health scare of the week: Men’s dirty hands
A new study found more than two-thirds of men do not adequately wash their hands after using the toilet.
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How men react to political losses; Our growing family of planets; A taste for fizz; A cave of her own; Why won’t that dog stop barking?
Health scare of the week: The blob that ate the ocean
“Sea-mucus blobs” can stretch for more than 100 miles and their gooey mass teems with harmful viruses and bacteria.
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Proof that secondhand smoke kills; Say that again?; Chronic fatigue: Not imagined; A spider that doesn’t eat bugs
Health scare of the week: Your candy or your life
A new study suggests that children who eat a lot of candy and other sweets are more likely to grow up to be criminals.
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When 100 years old is normal; Menu calorie counts: No effect; Flu medicine is for the birds; Making hard things look easier
Health scare of the week: Spanking hurts kids’ IQs
Researchers say the stress and fear caused by frequent physical discipline may interfere with brain development.
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Bad times are good for health; Is ‘Ardi’ the missing link?; Paying the price for heels; Keeping teen drivers safe
Health scare of the week: Cow poop in the water
Federal regulations do not closely regulate agricultural runoff, so chemicals and manure sprayed on farmland can easily seep into groundwater and rivers.
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T. rex’s miniature ancestor; Water in an unlikely place; Progress on an AIDS vaccine; Struck by stupidity; Stress makes acne worse
Health scare of the week: Taking a shower of germs
Nearly a third of shower heads harbor high levels of Mycobacterium avium, a pathogen known to cause respiratory disease.
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How to avoid the flu; A foreign snake invades Florida; One small step for mice; A new global warming threat; Bad news for small guys
Health & Science
Hubble’s new eye on the universe; When dogs were cows; Your brain on Tetris; Time to eat
Health scare of the week: Arsenic in seafood
Now scientists aren’t so sure. In a small study, volunteers who ingested organic arsenic later excreted far less of it than expected, which suggests the chemical is accumulating somewhere in their tissues.
Health scare of the week: Too much radiation from testing
Imaging procedures such as computed tomography, or CT, scans expose a patient to far more radiation than a standard X-ray does.
Health & Science
Why tennis players shriek and grunt; How to have a rotten marriage; Tears as a survival strategy; The origins of ‘eek!’; Butter from 1000 B.C.
Health & Science
The truth about multitasking; Did strep kill Mozart?; Going in circles; Lightning that goes upward
Health scare of the week: Car seats aren’t cribs
Infant car seats save lives during traffic accidents, but babies can develop respiratory problems if they spend too much time in them.
