About 11 percent of American babies are born prematurely, which can cause breathing difficulties, learning disabilities, or even death. Yet the current therapies available often fail to halt early labor for more than a day or two, and little research exists to show whether they're effective at preventing health problems in infants. Now a recent finding published in the current issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests that one such therapy, a nitroglycerin patch, might lead to better outcomes for babies, even though it doesn't appear to delay the onset of birth by more than a few days.
Whoever ends up performing the autopsy for Joe Biden's presidential ambitions–unless he wins, defying the very law of gravity–will have plenty of valid choices for "cause of death." Among them: "comma deficiency."
AP - The world's leading climate scientists said global warming has begun, is "very likely" caused by man, and will be unstoppable for centuries, according to a report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
AP - The outgoing top U.S. general in Iraq diplomatically aired his differences with the commander in chief on Thursday, telling lawmakers that President Bush has ordered thousands more troops into Iraq than needed to tamp down violence in Baghdad.
AP - The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to boost the federal minimum wage by $2.10 to $7.25 an hour over two years, but packaged the increase with small business tax cuts and limits on corporate pay that could complicate its path to become law.
The Orleans Parish coroner said Thursday he cannot classify as homicides the deaths of four patients who died at a New Orleans hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
A day after Senate Democrats and a leading Republican reached agreement on a resolution "disagreeing" with the president's new Iraq strategy, Bush allies scrambled Thursday to prevent more Republican defections