The Bush Administration's "conscience" rule regarding health care workers that's been threatened for months finally became official yesterday. It's so wide-ranging that a hospital or clinic could forbid employees from doing anything from selling antibiotics or birth control to performing abortion.
Rachel Maddow had a great segment explaining what this new rule means last night:
Ginger. It’s hot,
it’s delicious and
it may just open new and
important frontiers in
treating that common and
dangerous ailment:
asthma. Asthma presents
itself with a tightening
of the airways due to
inflammation of
surrounding tissue, mu...
More Americans than ever
believe gay and lesbian
identity is something
you’re born with,
according to new polling
data from Gallup. In its
annual Values
and Beliefs poll,
conducted May 2-7,
Gallup asked
a random sample o...
You’ve heard of
sniffer dogs, but what
about sniffer bees? It
might sound a bit
far-fetched, but Croatian
scientists have been
trying to put the amazing
senses of honeybees to a
new use: finding
potentially fatal
landmines. It’s
estimated...
A new study suggests that
retirement can lead to a
“drastic
decline” in health
over the medium and long
term. Is this research
sound, and what
conclusions can we draw?
The “Work Longer,
Live Healthier”
study, conducted by the
...
You probably think I mean
oil barrel.
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atâs
what most people would
think when they read a
headline like that one.
What
Iâm
talking about, though, is
the rain barrel. In...
Experts warn that the
Indian tiger, despite
figures showing the
population has
stabilized, faces an
increasing threat of
extinction due to a lack
of genetic diversity.
Researchers from the
UK’s Cardiff
University, in
collaboration with the
Nati...
A top judicial panel in
Brazil has ruled that
same-sex marriages must
be allowed nationwide. An
analysis and resolution
issued Tuesday by
Brazil’s 15-member
National Council of
Justice, the council that
oversees the
country’s
judiciary, s...
Marriage equality has
enjoyed a number of
breakthrough victories
this past year, but
looming is a brick wall
that, if not tackled
carefully, could stop
progress dead. So, we
need to talk about it.
How Do You Solve a
Problem Like Arizona,
Virginia or ...
Regular users of
marijuana may be less
likely to develop
diabetes due
to marijuana&
rsquo;s abili
ty to regulate insulin
levels, a new study has
found. A multi-center
research team, headed by
a team at the
Cardiovascular Epidemi...
Lithuanian religious
leaders have formally
opposed a Council of
Europe Convention on
domestic violence action
because the convention
includes lesbian,
bisexual and trans women.
In a formal statement
released on May 9, the
Lithuanian Bishop’s
Co...