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• Early Fetal Sex Test Raises Ethical Concerns

  David Mittleman | August 24, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Boy or girl: it's usually the first thing people want to know after learning that they are pregnant. Thanks to advances in medical research, couples can now know the sex of their baby much earlier...

• Pharma’s Advertisements – What are our doctors being told?

  Gregory Spizer | August 24, 2011 9:57 AM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ

  A March 2008 article in USA Today reported that the pharmaceutical industry spent the following on advertising in 2006: 4.8 billion dollars in consumer ads and 7.2 billion marketing to doctors....

• Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny Takes on the Vatican

  Mike Bryant | August 24, 2011 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Interesting news this week as Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny told the Vatican that they should pay 1.4 billion-euro ($2 billion) for the abuse of children by leaders in the church....

• Minnesota State Patrol Looking For Hit And Run Driver Who Hit Man on I-94 (2 Update)

  Mike Bryant | August 24, 2011 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Tuesday night, a man was hit and killed on I-94 as he was putting gas in his stalled car. The pedestrian was near the ramp leading from westbound Interstate 94 to Riverside Avenue. The vehicle that...

• Craniofacial Differences including Cleft Palate tied to Fluconazole (Diflucan)

  Michael Monheit | August 24, 2011 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Early this month, the FDA issued a drug safety communication warning the public that long-term use of the anti-fungal drug fluconazole at high dosages during the first trimester of pregnancy may be...

• Company Responsible For Attorneys Fees If Peer Review Is Incorrect

  Scott Cooper | August 24, 2011 7:15 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA

  Attached is a copy to the link to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania opinion from August 23, 2011 in Herd v. State Farm. This is a peer review case where State Farm refused to pay chiropractic...

• Hit and Run Driver Sought For Deadly Motorcycle Accident

  M. Brandon Smith | August 24, 2011 12:22 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Cobb County Police are looking for the driver and vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run motorcycle accident on I-75 Saturday that claimed the life of Emanuel R. Mitchell, 31, of Norcross. The...

• Dismal Swamp Fires Creating Problems for Hampton Roads Residents

  Kevin Duffan | August 23, 2011 9:34 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Since August 4, 2011, when it was first spotted, the Great Dismal Swamp fire has been in the headlines nearly every day and has been affecting those of us living in the Hampton Roads area. And now,...

• Salads for Every School!

  Jessica Hoerman | August 23, 2011 6:35 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  If you haven't visited your local school cafeteria in a while - I would suggest that now might be a good time to do so. Does your school have a salad bar? If not, why not? Thanks to Whole...

• Bicycle Safety Tips That Will Hopefully Help Protect Bicyclists From Serious Injuries

  Claude Wyle | August 23, 2011 6:21 PM | 2 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  We all can agree that to most cyclists, safety is of high importance. Yet, many cyclists have vastly different ideas as to how to ride safely whether in traffic or even off road. Below, I make some...