Surgeon separates patient’s skull from rest of skeleton in radical procedure
It had been two months since Ruth Bobeczko fractured her neck while vacuuming and had a screw put in to fix it, but the pain was too much for her…
Medicare Advantage home healthcare may not be best quality
(Reuters Health) – Older Americans who get home healthcare through traditional Medicare plans may have access to better quality services than their counterparts who enroll in private plans known as…
Vegetarians, vegans have higher stroke risk than meat eaters, study claims
Vegetarians, vegans and pescetarians have a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), a recent study published in the BMJ found, but vegans and vegetarians, specifically, are also more at…
Balkans on the brink: Thousands protest in Montenegrin and Serbian capitals
The Balkans have been bombarded with political protests of late as thousands marched in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade and Montenegro’s capital of Podgorica on … source
With parents in prison, kids at risk for lasting psychiatric problems
(Reuters Health) – Children who have a parent in prison may be more than twice as likely as other kids to have depression, attention problems and conduct disorders by the…
Washington links rocket accident to secretive Russian missile programme
An explosion at a Russian military base killed five nuclear scientists… READ MORE … source
Romania's top court strikes down changes to criminal code as anger mounts over missing teens case
Monday’s ruling comes at a sensitive time, amid public outrage over the slow response of authorities to the abduction and murder of two teenage girls.… READ … source
May hammered by MPs on Brexit extension and way forward
British parliament reacted to the latest six-month delay to Brexit, following a summit in Brussels last night… READ MORE … source
Chicago PROSECUTOR KIM FOXX Partners With Tech Platform TO EXPUNGE THOUSANDS OF MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS
Kim Foxx, one of Chicago’s top prosecutors, has teamed up with a nonprofit to expunge thousands of marijuana convictions in Cook County. On Aug. 27, Foxx revealed that her office…
Will the nuclear threat return to Europe if Russia scraps INF treaty?
Russia’s parliament will today have the first reading of a bill considering the suspension of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.… READ MORE … source