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What's Behind the Rise in Military Suicides?

11 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

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(Sept. 30) -- After four apparent suicides in a single weekend, troops and their families are reeling -- but they need to be braced for more. That was the warning from Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of ...

Menstrual Blood Stem Cells Could Repair Stroke Damage to the Brain

12 hours 51 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 30) -- Stem cells derived from menstrual blood are hitting the laboratory, with researchers speculating that a woman's period might be a boon for recovering stroke patients. A collaboration be ...

Science: Bottle-Fed Babies Guzzle Themselves Obese

14 hours 54 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 30) -- Does your bottle-fed baby just love to lay down with a plastic teat firmly entrenched between her little lips? Do her cherubic cheeks swell with infant formula that gushes freely into h ...

NFL Goes Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

19 hours ago |AOL News

(Sept. 30) -- Would watching NFL games still be considered as manly if all the players were wearing pink, down to their cleats? It's a risk worth taking for the NFL, which beginning this Sunday is ou ...

Slavery Found on Fishing Boats Supplying Europe

19 hours 13 minutes ago |AOL News

(Sept. 30) -- African fishing crews are sometimes kept in slave-like conditions on boats illegally supplying fish to the European market, according to an investigation published today. The Guardian ...

House Passes 9/11 Health Bill to Help Sick Workers

1 day 10 hours ago |AP

WASHINGTON (Sept. 29) --The House has approved a bill to give up to $7.4 billion to workers sickened during the cleanup of World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 attacks. The 268-160 vote on Wedn ...

Study: Liars Feel Urge to Wash Deceitful Body Parts

1 day 10 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 29) -- Liars: keep your supplies of mouthwash and hand sanitizer fully stocked. Lying spurs the guilty parties to want to clean their "dirty" body parts, according to researchers at the Univer ...

Why Mass Plant Extinction Hurts More Than Just Veggie Lovers

1 day 12 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 29) -- Goodbye, grass? More than a fifth of the world's plants are at risk for extinction, according to a new study from the Royal Botanical Gardens at the Natural History Museum in London. " ...

Tofu Glue: Coming Soon to a Furniture Store Near You?

1 day 13 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 29) -- From "ick" to IKEA? That appears to be the trajectory of tofu's latest remarkable transition from niche food product to mainstream miracle-compound. Researchers are developing a low-co ...

Dueling Toward Divorce: Study Links Couples' Fighting Styles to Breakups

1 day 14 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 29) -- Are you a scrapper or a sweet talker? Do you avoid conflict or embrace it? A new, long-term study concludes that how you fight with your mate might offer valuable insight into your risk ...

In Vitro Fertilization Leads to More Baby Boys, Study Finds

2 days 4 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 28) -- Test-tube babies are more likely to be boys, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of New South Wales reviewed the records of approximately 13,400 babies born in Aust ...

Appeals Court OKs US-Funded Stem Cell Research for Now

2 days 6 hours ago |AP

WASHINGTON (Sept. 28) -- An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington granted the Obama adminis ...