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A paper published in the July 10 issue of The Astrophysical Journal discusses the theoretical properties of "hypercompact stellar systems" and suggests that hundreds of these faint star clusters might be detected at optical wavelengths in our immediate cosmic environment.

A new study shows that people with superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease later in life.

Hondurasa s deposed President Manuel Zelaya arrives in Washington today to seek a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and maintain international support for his reinstatement.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim faces another gruelling trial for sodomy starting tomorrow that could break his career and which also risks deepening political divisions in this Southeast Asian nation.

Children of mothers who have autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease have up to a three times greater risk for autism, a new study finds.

Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have collaborated to uncover important new insights into the neurological basis of autism.

Although more than 90 percent of patients taking ocular medication reported feeling confident about their eyedrop instillation technique, less than one third actually demonstrated adequate skills, researchers report in the Archives of Ophthalmology.

Victims of traumatic events sometimes get so hung up thinking about what happened to them that they can't let go of their torment.

For two weeks last month, Marcelle George watched with amazement as legions of Iranian women, most wearing black, full-length Islamic garments, defiantly protested Iran's leadership.

NEW YORK - Health experts are sounding the alarm over the possible effects on young athletes of popular energy drinks such as Red Bull, the leading brand in a growing market.

Nearly every school system in Florida has eviscerated or eliminated summer school this year, and officials are reporting sweeping cuts in states from North Carolina and Delaware to California and Washington, reports the New York Times.

NEW NEW Abstract Although genome-scale technologies have benefited from statistical measures of data quality, extracting biologically relevant pathways from high-throughput proteomics data remains a challenge.

GRAND MARSHAL:A SCOTT HOLUPKA A A HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL: CAROLYN MROZ A HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL: BETTY RAPPOLD-BALCER A A HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL: ROBERT EHRLICH by Bill Gates A A A Scott Holupka will be seeing the annual Dundalk Heritage Independence Day Parade from a new perspective this year: seated and riding.

Heart Attack Patient Receives His Own Heart Stem Cells as Part of Medical Study to Determine Safety of New Technique to Repair Injured Heart Muscle LOS ANGELES , June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctors at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute announced today the completion of the first procedure in which a patient's own heart tissue was used to grow specialized ...

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner suffered a blow to her political project Sunday night, with her Peronist Party losing power in both houses of Congress.

An Oceana-based test pilot is one of nine new NASA astronaut candidates. Lt. Cmdr.

Main Category: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Also Included In: Public Health ; Litigation / Medical Malpractice Article Date: 29 Jun 2009 - 0:00 PDT An emergency rule intended to reduce the number of deaths and injuries associated with Hawaiian air tours was followed by a 47 percent reduction in sightseeing crashes, according to a new study ...

An emergency rule intended to reduce the number of deaths and injuries associated with Hawaiian air tours was followed by a 47 percent reduction in sightseeing crashes, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy.

Zalman Shapiro, 89, who recently earned his 15th patent for inventing a new way of synthesizing diamonds, at his Oakland apartment building.

The demographers of the world have established the following: Americans get married more often than our counterparts in other wealthy nations, we get divorced more often, and when we're living with someone and the relationship goes south, we're quicker than most to hit the escape hatch.

But, why?

That's the question that has consumed Andrew J. Cherlin, a Johns Hopkins University sociologist, for the past few years. Why do we, as a society, trade in our significant others so much? And what does that mean for our kids?