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Pa. school: Webcams used 42 times to find laptops

PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania school district says it remotely activated webcams 42 times to find missing student laptops, but never did so to spy on students, as a lawsuit claims. 02 20 2010 8:39PM (...more)

Exercise Guards White Blood Cells Against Aging

MONDAY, Nov. 30 ( HealthDay News ) -- Studies have shown that exercise can help ward off heart disease and cancer, and now new research shows that the reason why may be found within
12 1 2009 10:30PM (...more)

Statins Guard Against Prostate Cancer

SUNDAY, April 26 ( HealthDay News ) --Several new studies suggest statins help prevent prostate cancer and reduce the risk of erectile dysfunction. "At this point
05 21 2009 4:09PM (...more)

Self-help may ease back pain from pregnancy

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lower back pain is common during and after pregnancy , but learning a few self-management techniques may ease the pain for many women, a study suggests.
06 19 2008 10:13AM (...more)

Clinical Trials Update: April 29, 2008

(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesyof Thomson CenterWatch :
04 30 2008 5:48AM (...more)

Online poll: Lower gas prices beat lower greenhouse gases

WASHINGTON — Asked to choose between lower gasoline prices and reduced greenhouse-gas emissions from gasoline, 66 percent of Americans in a new online survey chose lower gas prices
05 30 2009 9:31AM (...more)

Intensive diabetes treatments give mixed results

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Aggressive drug treatment to lower blood sugar , blood pressure and cholesterol in 07 10 2010 12:13AM (...more)

Pa. district took 56,000 images on student laptops

PHILADELPHIA – A suburban school district secretly captured at least 56,000 webcam photographs and screen shots from laptops issued to high school students ,
04 28 2010 5:54AM (...more)

NYC suspends operator's license after crane strike

NEW YORK – The operator of a crane that tilted and hit a 25-story building near Wall Street , sending debris plummeting to the ground and causing several evacuations, had his license suspended Sunday because he didn't secure the crane
04 27 2010 12:01PM (...more)

Specter pushes in Pa. for electronic privacy laws

PHILADELPHIA – Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is pushing for new federal laws on electronic privacy as a school district back home struggles with a lawsuit over
04 22 2010 6:03PM (...more)