Jul 30, 2010 01:47AM

Chicken producers debate 'natural' label (AP)

AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.

Jul 29, 2010 04:25AM

Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers (AP)

AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

Jul 29, 2010 12:20AM

DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic (AP)

AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."

Jul 28, 2010 06:53PM

NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP)

AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.

Jul 27, 2010 03:44AM

New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans (AP)

AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.

Jul 29, 2010 10:44PM

Meet the critters inside your mattress

The mattress can be a jungle of dust mites and bedbugs, milling around among dried remnants of blood, saliva, sweat and basically all the other bodily fluids.

Jul 29, 2010 06:15PM

Lou Gehrig's victim: Kill me for my organs

A Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.

Jul 29, 2010 02:20AM

Hoarding called a public health issue

In extreme cases, hoarders' obsession has led to fires, attracted vermin, endangered their families, that experts describe it as a growing public health problem.

Jul 29, 2010 04:00PM

Calcium supplements may boost heart attack risk

The millions of people who take calcium supplements to strengthen aging bones and ward off osteoporosis may be putting themselves at increased risk of a heart attack, a new study has found.

Jul 28, 2010 08:00AM

Clone farm goal: Disease-resistant animals

Cloning has been a controversial issue since German embryologist Hans Spemann first made a pair of adorable, genetically identical salamander twins out of a single egg, way back in nineteen-dickety-two.