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In paying for sex changes, Cuba breaks from past

Posted by kluciole at 3/10/2010 7:13 PM | Add Comment

Palin Crossed Border For Canadian Health Care: "And I think now, isn't that ironic?"

Posted by kluciole at 3/9/2010 3:17 PM | Add Comment

Researchers: "AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness"

Posted by kluciole at 3/7/2010 1:06 PM | Add Comment

Removing Lymph Nodes May Boost Endometrial Cancer Survival

Posted by kluciole at 2/26/2010 10:19 PM | Add Comment

Bitter Melon Extract May Slow, Stop Breast Cancer

Posted by kluciole at 2/24/2010 3:56 PM | Add Comment

Scientists discover giant plastic rubbish patch in North Atlantic

Posted by kluciole at 2/24/2010 3:52 PM | Add Comment

What cats already know: "Naps Clear the Mind, Help You Learn"

Posted by kluciole at 2/21/2010 10:28 AM | Add Comment

Protect Your Heart at Every Age

Posted by kluciole at 2/20/2010 7:10 PM | Add Comment

Important: Report on Marines' water at Camp Lejeune omitted cancer causing chemical benzene. The environmental contamination is extreme!

Posted by kluciole at 2/17/2010 2:50 PM | Add Comment

Luciole Press is on hiatus until the next issue, to be published May 1 (important to read this)

Posted by kluciole at 2/15/2010 5:06 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Your hospital survival guide: The ingenious tricks that can save you from superbugs and other hospital disasters

Posted by kluciole at 2/15/2010 4:55 PM | Add Comment

US debt will keep growing even with recovery

Posted by kluciole at 2/14/2010 1:30 PM | Add Comment

More Homeless Americans Living in Cars and Campers

Posted by kluciole at 2/14/2010 1:21 PM | Add Comment

Walls of water overwhelm spectators at Mavericks surfing contest

Posted by kluciole at 2/13/2010 5:39 PM | Add Comment

Olympics host Vancouver ranked world's most liveable city

Posted by kluciole at 2/13/2010 12:55 AM | Add Comment

Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose

Posted by kluciole at 2/11/2010 1:42 AM | Add Comment

The Healing Power of Herbal Tea

Posted by kluciole at 2/9/2010 4:06 AM | Add Comment

US decision to freeze spending on HIV program sparks concern in Africa

Posted by kluciole at 2/8/2010 1:51 PM | Add Comment

Few remain in Centralia, Pennsylvania -- the coal town's underground mine fire still burns, as it has since 1962!

Posted by kluciole at 2/5/2010 2:59 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Great essay from Luciole's Emma-Jayne Saanen (send love to Dougal): "Would you lend a paw? Would you stop to help an injured animal?"

Posted by kluciole at 2/1/2010 7:39 PM | Add Comment

Winter blasted Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in need of HELP!

Posted by kluciole at 2/1/2010 7:32 PM | Add Comment

New book investigates mystery of Henrietta Lacks' "immortal cells" (the tissue sample has never died), which had "a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine "

Posted by kluciole at 2/1/2010 7:30 PM | Add Comment

Stone Age surgery discovered after 7,000-year-old man found with expertly amputated arm

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2010 11:10 PM | Add Comment

Book profiles furry angel of death: Oscar the cat

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2010 11:07 PM | Add Comment

Stunning recovery: Haitian girl pulled from debris 15 days after the quake

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2010 6:35 PM | Add Comment

Advice to Young Brides 1894 (copyright 1894 The Madison Institute)

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2010 12:16 AM | Add Comment

Gene discovery may help guide breast cancer care

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2010 10:43 PM | Add Comment

Entombed by the Haitian earthquake: survivor buried for 11 days in coffin-like space beneath the rubble

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2010 10:23 PM | Add Comment

If smokers with cancer quit, they double their survival chances

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2010 10:35 PM | Add Comment

Haitians pray, cry for help in the ruins

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2010 8:47 PM | Add Comment

Bipolar diagnosis jumps in young children

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2010 8:49 PM | Add Comment

Scientists turn stem cells into pork. One day it could be "a green alternative to raising livestock, help alleviate world hunger, and save some pigs their bacon"

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2010 8:44 PM | Add Comment

Study: Fast morphine treatment to wounded troops cuts risk of PTSD in half

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2010 9:40 PM | Add Comment

Strides Made in Lung Cancer Treatment

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2010 9:31 PM | Add Comment

Solution to killer superbug found in Norway

Posted by kluciole at 1/11/2010 3:54 AM | Add Comment

Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture. The U.S. "used about 35 million pounds of antibiotics last year; 70 percent went to pigs, chickens and cows"

Posted by kluciole at 12/29/2009 10:43 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Luciole Press friend/contributor Esmaa Self's column "Organics: It's a Balance Thing" (Autumn Issue 2009)

Posted by kluciole at 12/29/2009 10:38 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Disinfectants Cause Some Bacteria to Adapt, Thrive

Posted by kluciole at 12/28/2009 9:11 PM | Add Comment

Pomegranate lotion offers new hope in war on superbugs like MRSA

Posted by kluciole at 12/27/2009 10:17 PM | Add Comment

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

Posted by kluciole at 12/27/2009 10:01 PM | Add Comment

Research Reveals How Breast Cancer Rearranges Genome

Posted by kluciole at 12/24/2009 8:09 PM | Add Comment

Seniors exposed to significant levels of air pollution face double the risk of pneumonia

Posted by kluciole at 12/23/2009 5:51 PM | Add Comment

42 percent of women with high breast cancer risk refuse MRIs

Posted by kluciole at 12/22/2009 3:28 AM | Add Comment

New book says carbon footprints of pets worse than "gas-guzzling sports utility vehicles"... pet owners vehemently disagree

Posted by kluciole at 12/21/2009 2:06 PM | Add Comment

Fear of violence grows in mountaintop strip mining fight

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 3:28 PM | Add Comment

Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change (photos: Monterey Bay, CA)

Posted by kluciole at 12/18/2009 8:42 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Poem: "The Healers" by Laurence Binyon

Posted by kluciole at 12/17/2009 6:33 PM | Add Comment

For Babies' Sake, Pregnancy Spacing Matters

Posted by kluciole at 12/16/2009 7:58 PM | Add Comment

NHS maternity services in meltdown: former midwife reveals how understaffed wards are sinking into chaos as "births are turning into conveyer-belt productions"

Posted by kluciole at 12/15/2009 7:25 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings

Posted by kluciole at 12/13/2009 5:58 PM | Add Comment

Photo: polluted water released into the Sabarmati river in India for farmers to use in the absence of monsoon rains

Posted by kluciole at 12/12/2009 5:47 PM | Add Comment

The Robin Hood Food Bank for New York City -- (4 million NYC residents experience difficulty affording food)

Posted by kluciole at 12/11/2009 6:34 PM | Add Comment

Germ-free kids may risk more adult illnesses, study shows

Posted by kluciole at 12/9/2009 8:46 PM | Add Comment

Historic EPA finding: Greenhouse gases harm humans

Posted by kluciole at 12/7/2009 4:45 PM | Add Comment

Health Tip: Women Who Have GBS During Pregnancy

Posted by kluciole at 12/6/2009 7:43 PM | Add Comment

Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes

Posted by kluciole at 12/5/2009 6:15 PM | Add Comment

Project C.U.R.E.: Delivering Health & Hope to the World (sending donated medical supplies and equipment to developing countries)

Posted by kluciole at 12/4/2009 6:30 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the world's largest fingerpainting, created on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in India

Posted by kluciole at 12/4/2009 6:23 PM | Add Comment

Iran whistleblower, 26-year-old Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani, died from drug-laced salad

Posted by kluciole at 12/2/2009 11:05 AM | Add Comment

Flash mob ballet for charity: 50 dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet astound Louvre museum-goers, leave behind slippers with children's medical charity address

Posted by kluciole at 12/1/2009 3:16 PM | Add Comment

South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

Posted by kluciole at 12/1/2009 3:06 PM | Add Comment

Blood transfusions to black holes: Royal Society publishes 350 years of scientific discoveries online

Posted by kluciole at 11/30/2009 4:36 PM | Add Comment

Study shows tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cells

Posted by kluciole at 11/29/2009 10:12 PM | Add Comment

Recession sends older Americans to food pantries

Posted by kluciole at 11/28/2009 11:54 AM | Add Comment

Well-fed Americans "Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food" (while the number of hungry Americans rose to 6.7 million last year)

Posted by kluciole at 11/26/2009 8:05 PM | Add Comment

Surprise! Your Skin Can Hear

Posted by kluciole at 11/25/2009 11:54 PM | Add Comment

Can anyone adopt Dalmatian Barney? His owner lost him after the dog ballooned in weight on a diet of chocolate

Posted by kluciole at 11/19/2009 7:40 PM | Add Comment

Photo: scientists scan Egyptian mummy Esankh, a man who lived between 1070 and 712 BCE

Posted by kluciole at 11/18/2009 3:20 PM | Add Comment

USDA: Number of Americans going hungry increases to 49 million

Posted by kluciole at 11/16/2009 3:54 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Italian inventor creates electronic holy water dispenser to lessen risk of H1N1/swine flu viral infection of church attendees

Posted by kluciole at 11/15/2009 4:03 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Mystery of Bangladesh's mass arsenic poisoning of two million people is solved: man-made ponds excavated to provide soil for flood protection

Posted by kluciole at 11/15/2009 3:38 PM | Add Comment

One Key Found for Living to 100: an inherited cellular repair mechanism that thwarts aging

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 3:02 PM | Add Comment

Women face tough choices on abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 2:56 PM | Add Comment

Women More Loyal When Cancer Diagnosis Strikes: study shows "if wife gets news of life-threatening illness, her husband is six times more likely to leave her than if the tables were turned"

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:48 AM | Add Comment

TIME article: "Teen Obesity: Lack of Exercise May Not Be to Blame"

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:28 AM | Add Comment

UK starts study on using human DNA in animals

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:21 PM | Add Comment

Article: "Cervical cancer wiped out by pioneering use of 'amazing' osteoporosis and breast cancer drugs"

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:14 PM | Add Comment

Blueprint of horse genetic code reveals remarkable similarity to humans

Posted by kluciole at 11/8/2009 2:54 PM | Add Comment

Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat

Posted by kluciole at 11/4/2009 1:36 PM | Add Comment

What Soft Drinks are Doing to Your Body

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 11:12 AM | Add Comment

Genes key in compulsive urge to hoard

Posted by kluciole at 10/29/2009 11:18 AM | Add Comment

New trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico

Posted by kluciole at 10/29/2009 11:04 AM | Add Comment

Migraine With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk -- "being female, under 45, smoking and using oral contraceptives that contain estrogen adds to the risk"

Posted by kluciole at 10/28/2009 5:35 PM | Add Comment

Toxins Make Halloween Face Paints Scary

Posted by kluciole at 10/27/2009 8:48 PM | Add Comment

Index ranks Finland as place to be for "freedom of expression as much as health, wealth, and prosperity"

Posted by kluciole at 10/27/2009 8:34 PM | Add Comment

Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10

Posted by kluciole at 10/25/2009 1:10 PM | Add Comment

TIME article: Are Humans Still Evolving?

Posted by kluciole at 10/24/2009 6:36 AM | Add Comment

Thanks to Luciole contributor Bridget Van Loon for this article link about the practices behind large scale dairy farming. "Please educate yourself on what and who you are supporting with your dollars and diet"

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2009 10:19 AM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

I said this before!! "Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Might Increase Lymphoma Risk-- lymphoproliferative disorders (LD) associated with viral infection, particularly those linked to Epstein Barr virus (EBV)"

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2009 4:37 AM | Add Comment

Charles Wesley Mumbere, a former nurse's aide in the U.S., becomes Ugandan king

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2009 8:48 AM | Add Comment

Someone at Ralph Lauren really has a skewed sense of humor, proportions, or both

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2009 8:36 AM | Add Comment

FDA to study negative effects of Lasik eye surgery

Posted by kluciole at 10/16/2009 11:29 AM | Add Comment

Green tea may curb risk of blood and lymph system cancers

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2009 10:33 PM | Add Comment

Hey, we know this -- "How a chunk of chocolate can melt away your pain"

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2009 10:11 PM | Add Comment

Archaeology: "A 4,000 year old Leper’s Tale." Following the Vedic tradition, lepers were buried alive in some parts of India

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2009 1:15 AM | Add Comment

Sidewalks, parks, farm markets cut diabetes risk

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2009 1:03 AM | Add Comment

Why Voice Problems Shouldn't be Ignored: 5 Tips for Dealing With Hoarseness

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2009 12:46 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Study links virus to chronic fatigue syndrome

Posted by kluciole at 10/9/2009 11:28 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a hiker along a famous track in Jotunheimen Park, Norway

Posted by kluciole at 10/6/2009 1:48 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Air Pollution May Cause Appendicitis

Posted by kluciole at 10/5/2009 2:37 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment
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