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New test to increase chances of IVF success
A new screening technique to test embryos could dramatically increase the chances of having a baby from IVF.
The test allows for any chromosomal abnormalities, the biggest cause of early pregnancy loss, to be picked up in embryos before…
US economy recovering, but recession not yet over
Layaway, once the province of the poor, has gone mainstream. At the Mall of America in Minnesota, shoppers dart in for just one or two things. In New York, socialites do the unthinkable: They wear the same ball gown twice.
During the Great…
New Michael Jackson album released
An album of "new" Michael Jackson songs is to go on sale next month.
Entitled Michael, it contains tracks that the superstar was working on before his death in June 2009, and which have been posthumously completed.
Jackson had been…
Taking vitamin ‘E’ said to increase stroke risk
Taking vitamin E could slightly increase the risk of a particular type of stroke, a study says.
The British Medical Journal study found that for every 1,250 people there is the chance of one extra haemorrhagic stroke - bleeding in the…
72% of America’s black women are unwed mothers
One recent day at Dr. Natalie Carroll's OB-GYN practice, located inside a low-income apartment complex tucked between a gas station and a freeway, 12 pregnant black women come for consultations. Some bring their children or their mothers.…
Oklahoma sued over Shariah law ban
A Muslim activist in Oklahoma City filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a voter-approved measure that bars Oklahoma state judges from considering Shariah, the Islamic religious code based on the Koran and the Prophet Mohammed's teachings,…
The credit card trick that never dies
It astounds me that none of our usually sharp-eyed readers have spotted an unexpected discrepancy on their credit card bills from September, but it's some comfort that no readers anywhere else have either.
I'm hoping it's because you…
US regulators close four more banks to raise total to 143
The number of bank failures this year surpassed the 2009 tally on Friday when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp announced it closed four more banks.
Friday's announcement brings the total failures to 143, moving past the 2009 total of…
BBC workers on second day of strike
A union leader says a two-day strike by BBC reporters over pension changes has caused widespread disruption to the BBC's programs.
National Union of Journalists chief Jeremy Dear said Saturday the 48-hour walkout, which began Friday, had…
US, China step back from tussle on economic policy
The United States and China on Saturday appeared to take a step back from mounting criticism of each other's economic policies, but Beijing made clear it was still wary of Washington's latest move to print more money.
The less…