When a patient checks into a hospital or goes to see a doctor, they are typically handed a booklet called "Notice of Privacy Practices" and are asked to sign a document acknowledging that they received the information. Patients assume that
Q:When I walk a 15-minute mile, I get my heart rate up to about 100 beats per minute, which is the low end of my target range. Should I carry a 3-pound weight in each hand to get it higher
San Joaquin Valley congressmen know how to harvest serious cash from the region's agribusiness leaders. It comes with the territory, so to speak.Whilenone of the Valley's House members face a serious challenge, all havebeen diligently stockpiling their campaign war chests.
Many in Congress are counting on border walls todiscourage illegal immigration and dope smuggling from Mexico. Here inDel Rio, Texas, authorities are using prison walls instead. The ever-expanding Val Verde County jail is filled with would-beyardmen and maids, immigrants awaiting
Pentagon figures show 40,000 U.S. troops have been diagnosed withpost-traumatic stress disorder since 2003. But officials believe manymore are keeping their illness secret.Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker says officials have no reliablefigures on how many troops have PTSD or how
A New York businessman Tuesday said that he gave Israeli PrimeMinister Ehud Olmert $150,000 in cash, checks and loans to financeoverseas trips, posh New York hotel rooms and struggling politicalcampaigns. In a rare public deposition before athree-judge panel, Morris Talansky
A majority of Americans believe that wounded troopsdon't receive high quality medical care in military and Veteran'sAdministration hospitals, according to a new Harvard School of PublicHealth poll. Military families share that view, the pollfound, and are slightly more pessimistic than
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a major anti-age bias law protectsfederal employees who faced retaliation after complaining aboutdiscrimination.The court ruled 6-3 that a U.S. Postal Service employee may pursue her lawsuit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.The law
Dr. Yue Jin, a kind-faced man in a blue lab coat, is the nation'sbulwark against a devastating new plant disease. He's the only federalscientist whose main mission is protecting the $17 billion U.S. wheatcrop from annihilation.His budget's being cut -
Soaring gas prices and weakening job prospects left shoppersgloomier about the economy in May, sending a key barometer of consumersentiment to its lowest level in almost 16 years.The NewYork-based Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer ConfidenceIndex dropped to 57.2,
Save the Children UK said in a report released Tuesday that it hasuncovered evidence of widespread sexual abuse of children at the handsof peacekeepers and international aid workers in war zones and disasterareas.The report said more than half the children
An Aurora company says it's ready for an 82 million dollar expansion thanks in part to wind and solar energy, and in part to Ohio tax breaks. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports.
The U-S housing crisis may not be the worst thing that could have happened to some affordable housing agencies.A pair of Northeast Ohio non-profit groups that help low-income people achieve home ownership have actually seen some positives for their programs.
At age 16, all Morsal Obeidi wanted was to live the way other girls in Germany do. She paid dearly: Obeidi's brother stabbed her 20 times. Her murder has sparked a renewed debate in Germany about the failure of many
A number of countries want the oil that might lie beneath the floor of the Arctic Ocean. Five of them are meeting this week to establish some ground rules for the land grab.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government will limp on to the next general election in 2009 but is too divided to rule the country effectively, write commentators. The latest coalition row heralds a future alliance between the Social Democrats and the Left
America's foreign policy is changing. After watching the neoconservatives lead the US into war, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are both interested in returning to diplomacy. Even Bush's pistol is back in the holster.
The world watched in shock as a wave of xenophobic violence engulfed South Africa, leaving more than 50 dead and tens of thousands displaced. Now the people of South Africa are asking the victims for forgiveness -- and accusing the
