http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/Current events.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/636178STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are slightly more likely to have Caesarean deliveries and babies with poor prenatal growth rate, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine found a woman with MS was no more likely to have...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/635621CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A Northwestern University physician is to become the first orthopedic surgeon to orbit the Earth when he lifts off on space shuttle Atlantis. Dr. Robert Satcher will be aboard Atlantis Monday at 2:28 p.m. EST when it starts its 11-day mission to the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/635528PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Many assume bullying in school occurs mostly in unsupervised locations like lunchrooms, but a lot of it occurs in classrooms, U.S. researchers found. Lead researchers H. Wesley Perkins at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y., and colleagues used...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/635054BERLIN, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- World leaders gathered in Berlin Monday for an emotional celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that heralded the end of the Cold War and culminated in reunification. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, flanked by a team of world...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/634761WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. House Saturday night narrowly passed a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system that backers say would provide coverage to almost all Americans. The measure passed 220-215 about 11:15 p.m. after a day of intense lobbying, including a visit to the U.S....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/634667ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Florida judge ordered the man accused of a deadly shooting spree in an Orlando office building held without bail at a brief jailhouse hearing Saturday. Jason Rodriguez was advised he is being held on a charge of first-degree murder, the Orlando Sentinel reported....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/634540FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. military bases worldwide went silent Friday to honor the victims of a bloody shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, a day earlier. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates directed the observance at the Defense Department for the 13 people who died and the 30 others...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/634011BOSTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- People who eat a diet high in salt or artificially sweetened drinks have an increased risk of kidney function decline, U.S. researchers said. Dr. Julie Lin and Dr. Gary Curhan of Brigham and Women's Hospital studied more than 3,000 women participating in the Nurses' Health...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/633912NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A 26-year-old man is suspected of torching a New York chapel containing the remains of victims of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack, officials said. Brian Schroeder apparently was drunk Saturday when he started the fire at Memorial Park, city officials alleged. None...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MandaLee9420/633700EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say those who genetically tend to depression do better in collectivist East Asian cultures compared to individualistic Western cultures. The study, published in Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, suggests a genetic vulnerability to depression...