Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Angl...
Avoiding Errors in Radiation Therapy The New York Times | To the Editor: | Re "A Lifesaving Tool Turned Deadly: Radiation Offers Powerful New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm" ("The Radiation Boom" series, front page, Jan. 24): | The treatment errors described in your article about radiation therapy are tragic. But it is important to remember that they are als...
China's Defiance on Rights Stirs Fears for Dissident The New York Times | BEIJING - A year ago this week, Chinese security agents made a midnight visit to the home of Gao Zhisheng, one of China's most high-profile human rights lawyers, and led him away. They told his family he was wanted for a brief chat. | In the months...
Extradition nears for fugitive US doctor The News & Observer | ROME -- A fugitive American doctor accused of fraud and malpractice will probably be extradited to the United States in the next few days, Italian officials said Thursday. | Mark Weinberger was arrested last month near Italy's border with France as...
Don't want to say "I told you so..." The Examiner | President Obama's State of the Union Speech was one of the most condescending lectures ever addressed to the American people. Where to begin? If one thing is certain, it's that the President thinks that he's doing a great job cleaning u...
UK medical panel says doctor who sparked vaccine scare failed in his duties Star Tribune | LONDON - A British doctor who claimed links between a common children's vaccine and autism failed in his duties and acted against the interest of the children in his care, a medical panel ruled Thursday. | The General Medical Council ruling against...
WHO survey: Half of China's births are C-sections The Star | HANOI, Vietnam (AP): Nearly half of all births in China are delivered by cesarean section, the world's highest rate, according to a survey by the World Health Organization - a shift toward modernization that isn't necessarily a good thing. | The bo...
WHO survey: Half of China's births are C-sections Breitbart | In this photo taken Dec. 4, 2009, medical staff delivers a birth by cesarean... | In this photo taken June 27, 2007, a nurse examines Deng Qin, who was sched... | Mai My Binh, 32, lies beside her newborn Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010, three days... | HANOI...
WHO survey: Half of China's births are C-sections Newsvine Nearly half of all births in China are delivered by cesarean section, the world's highest rate, according to a survey by the World Health Organization — a shift toward modernization that isn't necessarily a good thing. | The boom in unnecessary...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Vanke, Agile Property and Poly, are believed to be in...
Risks: Study Looks at Serotonin and SIDS Deaths The New York Times | Babies who die of sudden infant death syndrome may have low levels of serotonin, a brain chemical involved in regulating breathing and other vital functions, a new study suggests. | Harvard researchers who made the discovery said that it took them a step closer to understanding why babies who appeared to be perfectly healthy might die suddenly, a...
