It’s Groundhog Day for Fact-Checkers

Patriot Majority USA, a Democratic political action committee, taps the same old playbook from summer 2012, dredging up all-too-predictable Medicare and health care claims in attacking Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton, a potential 2014 Senate candidate. The group’s ad, launched with the Senate Majority PAC, claims that Cotton supported a … More

PTSD tied to raised heart disease risk

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may also be at increased risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a new study of Vietnam War veterans. After following nearly 300 pairs of male twins, all Vietnam vets, for more than a decade, researchers found that almost a quarter of the men diagnosed with PTSD also had heart disease, compared to less than a tenth of the men without the combat-related stress disorder. …

Bed rest after IVF doesn’t help

By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bed rest immediately after an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure, despite being common practice, did not help women ultimately have a baby in a new study. “The old wives’ tale of bed rest should be debunked once and for all, that you don’t need bed rest in any way, shape or form,” said Dr. Jani Jensen, a fertility expert at the Mayo Clinic, who was not part of the study. …

N.J. Woman Gives Birth on Front Lawn

Two New Jersey police officers helped revive a newborn moments after he was born on a front lawn in Barnegat to a woman who said she didn’t realize she was pregnant. According to the Barnegat Police Department, two officers arrived just after 21-year-old Elizabeth Whitehead…

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