Mukasey Released From Hospital, Healthy

Attorney General Michael Mukasey was released from the hospital Friday and returned to work after collapsing Thursday night while giving a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington.

Justice Department spokeswoman Gina Talamona said Mukasey suffered a “fainting spell” and was released after routine test results came back “completely normal.”

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Attorney General Michael Mukasey Collapses While Giving Speech

Mukasey's was noticeably shaking during his speech before he collapsed shortly before 10:20 p.m. EST. His security detail called 911. Mukasey was on the stage for 10 minutes being attended to by his FBI detail before medics arrived, according to a Justice Department official who was there. Mukasey was still breathing at the time, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to talk to the media.

Kennedy Taps Clinton for Big Health Reform Job

Fourteen years after failing to deliver health reform for her husband’s White House, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) will play a key role in advancing the issue in 2009 — if she remains in the Senate.

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) designated Clinton to head a task force to develop a Senate Democratic proposal to expand health insurance coverage as part of his larger push to move a major overhaul of the U.S. health care system next year.

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Violent Video Games Have a Physical Effect in Boys

In the study, boys (12-15) were asked to play two different video games at home in the evening. The boys’ heart rate was registered, among other parameters. It turned out that the heart rate variability was affected to a higher degree when the boys were playing games focusing on violence compared with games without violent features. Differences in heart rate variability were registered both while the boys were playing the games and when they were sleeping that night. The boys themselves did not feel that they had slept poorly after having played violent games.

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A Hopeful Malaria Vaccine

Preliminary tests have shown that this particular vaccine -- one of several candidates funded partly through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- is 30 to 50 percent effective. Some worry those rates are too low to make a big impact.

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New Laser Technique From Tel Aviv University Seals and Heals Wounds

Using carbon dioxide lasers to seal wounds inside the body and out with a technique known as “laser welding,” a team of Tel Aviv University researchers have perfected a new device to heat body tissue in a precisely controlled manner. The work of the research team, headed by Prof. Abraham Katzir from TAU’s Applied Physics Group, could change the way surgeons bond cuts on the surface of our skin and inside our bodies during surgery.

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Earth Can't Cope, New Planets Needed

"people are turning resources into waste faster than nature can turn waste back into resources."

Hmm...

Clean Coal?

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Migraines Cut Breast Cancer Risk by 30 Percent

Study reveals

Stretching: The Truth

NY Times article.

Dynamic Stretching


List of dynamic stretches.

Mouse Baked Into Bun