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Terror Attacks Divide Muslims And Non-Muslims Living In The U.S.

9:56pm December 09, 2015

by Shankar Vedantam

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, FBI hate crime data and census trends show that states with the strongest backlash against Muslims saw decreased rates of assimilation among Muslim immigrants in America.

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Former President Jimmy Carter said this month that immunotherapy treatment has shrunk melanoma tumors.

Cancer Treatments May Need To Be Tailored To Each Tumor

8:27pm December 09, 2015

by Angus Chen

Jimmy Carter seems to have gotten the perfect drug to treat his cancer. But scientists need to understand a lot more about tumors before personalized cancer treatments are available for everyone.

Stonehenge at dawn, December 2014, in Wiltshire, England.

Party Like It's 2,500 B.C.: Feasts At Stonehenge Were Epic Barbecues

8:21pm December 08, 2015

by Angus Chen

Researchers analyzing pottery fragments and bones at a neolithic settlement near Stonehenge believe roast pork and beef stew were likely main courses for people visiting the famous English monument.

A "speedball" mix of heroin and cocaine has caused overdose deaths for decades. Today, high-risk blends may alternatively include heroin or opioid pain pills plus Klonopin, Clonidine, or Fentanyl.

Drug Cocktails Fuel Massachusetts' Overdose Crisis

7:28pm December 08, 2015

by Martha Bebinger

A state analysis reveals that the majority of overdose deaths in 2014 came from heroin or prescription opioids taken in combination with cocaine, anti-anxiety medications or alcohol.

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While serving in Congress, Jay Dickey sponsored legislation that effectively restricts spending for research on firearms deaths.

Congress Still Limits Health Research On Gun Violence

6:48pm December 08, 2015

by Alison Kodjak

The wave of mass shootings in the U.S. is renewing a debate over treating gun violence as a public health issue. Congress has stood in the way of federal funding for studying injuries and deaths.

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Nobel laureate David Baltimore of Caltech speaks to reporters at the National Academy of Sciences international summit on human gene editing, on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of scientists and ethicists from around the world debating how to deal wi

Scientists Debate How Far To Go In Editing Human Genes

3:27pm December 04, 2015

by Rob Stein

The unusual meeting was called to consider a ban on certain uses of a new technique that can make precise changes in DNA. The main concern is altering genes in human sperm, eggs and embryos.

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A recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that Medicare recipients taking Revlimid for cancer could end up paying, on average, $11,538 out of pocket for the drug in 2016, even if the medicine is covered by their Medicare Part D plan.

Specialty Drugs Can Prove Expensive Even With Medicare Coverage

10:21am December 03, 2015

by Alison Kodjak

Medicare insurance plans for drugs vary widely in the medicines they cover. For 2016, some patients who pick the wrong plan could pay nearly $12,000 out of pocket annually for a single drug.

In a study of 1.3 million women, ages 40 to 74, having a false positive on a screening mammogram was associated with a slightly increased chance that the woman would eventually develop breast cancer. The extra risk seemed to be independent of the density

False Alarm Mammograms May Still Signal Higher Breast Cancer Risk

4:01pm December 02, 2015

Largest study to date finds women who have abnormal mammograms but negative results from further tests have a somewhat higher risk of developing breast cancer during the next 10 years.

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An artist's rendering of sauropods that once roamed in a lagoon area on Scotland's Isle of Skye.

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Before There Were Tourists, Dinosaurs Strolled Scotland's Isle Of Skye

3:54pm December 01, 2015

by Joe Palca

On a recent fossil-hunting trip to the island, researchers stumbled across a cache of dinosaur footprints in what was once a lagoon.

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International Summit To Debate Editing Human DNA

2:42pm December 01, 2015

by Rob Stein

Hundreds of scientists from around the world are participating in a three-day summit in Washington, D.C., to discuss the promises and dangers of powerful new gene editing techniques.

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