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Most Breast Cancer Surgeons Don't Talk To Patients About Reconstructio
Only a third of patients with breast cancer discussed breast reconstruction options with their surgeon before their initial surgery, according to a new study. What's more, women who did discuss reconstruction up front were four times more likely to have a mastectomy compared to those women who did not discuss reconstruction. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedlydelivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." 2002 Alaskan Quake Left Seven Areas Of California Stirred But Not Shak
New research has found evidence of tremors along non-subduction zone faults in seven California locations immediately following the magnitude 7.8 Denali earthquake in Alaska on Nov. 3, 2002. The scientists commented that their findings were the opposite of what they had expected. Environmental Racism Study Finds Levels Of Inequality Defy Simple Expl
A new study examining two possible factors leading to "environmental racism"finds that although the average black or Hispanic resident of a major US city lives in a more polluted part of town than the average white person, the levels of inequality vary widely between cities and defy simple explanation Einstein Meets Hendrix
Well, not quite but the wonderfully named Dr Mark Lewney puts on a great show not only as an axe hero extraordinaire but as a high-flying physicist who can explain why his nifty chops and runs sound the way they do. I had a quick e-chat with him the other day and we obtained permission [...] Regular Exercise, Keeping Weight In Check Reduces Breast-cancer Risk I
Postmenopausal women who want to significantly decrease their breast-cancer risk would be wise to exercise regularly and keep their weight within a normal range for their height, according to new findings from the Women's Health Initiative to be published in the journal Obesity. Eavesdropping Bill Stalls
A bill authorizing the president's warrantless wiretapping program stalls in committee. Supporters charge election-year obstructionism, but opponents want tougher oversight on the executive branch. Case Study Finds Methods Used To Assess Corneas For Transplants May Be
Improving the training and standardizing the procedures used by the nation's eye banks to assess corneal cells may help to select corneas with optimal health for transplantation, according to new study led by Jonathan H. Lass, MD, principal investigator of the study and chairman of the department of ophthalmology at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Cosmic Bird? Triple Cosmic Collision Of Galaxies Stuns Astronomers
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered and imaged a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed "The Bird"-- albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell -- is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying.
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