Home Births Grow More Popular In U.S.

Advocates of home births applaud the trend, but some doctors caution there are risks when deliveries come with complications. The federal data suggest the trend appears to be driven primarily by the choices of older, white women.

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How Health Care Dropped Out Of The Presidential Conversation

The public remains deeply divided over the law overhauling the health system. And a new poll finds a majority of Americans believe the law’s insurance mandate will be found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

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Busting Google : The Justice Departments $500 Million Dollar Sting

“We simply know from the documents we reviewed and witnesses we interviewed that Larry Page knew what was going on.”… The government built its criminal case against Google using money, aliases and fake companies-tactics often used against drug cartels and other crime syndicates, according to interviews and court documents. Google agreed to pay a $ 500 million forfeiture last summer in a settlement to avoid prosecution for aiding illegal online pharmaceutical sales.
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Analysis: Landmark Health Overhaul Gets Barely A Mention

When it came to health, what was most surprising was how little President Obama had to say in his State of the Union address.

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Americans Are Leading the World in Cutting Debt: Survey

Americans are cutting debt faster than other countries and could be halfway through the deleveraging process, setting the stage for economic recovery, a new survey found.
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Not Your Grandmother’s Hospital Food

Gone are the days when hospital food all looked the same. Now, some hospitals are hiring full-service chefs to accommodate the refined tastes of moneyed clientele. Others have allowed fast food chains like McDonald’s to set up shop in their cafeterias.

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Romney Attacks Gingrich on ‘Wrongful’ Activity

Less than 48 hours after Newt Gingrich  won the South Carolina primary, Mitt Romney launched a coordinated campaign attack against his newly strengthened rival. 
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Google Webmaster Tools Diagnostic Centre Gets a Face Lift

“Logged in to Google Webmaster Tools this morning and saw that there has been an update to the Diagnostic Centre and the way the URLs and content is displayed on the results page.”
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Synthetic Windpipe Transplant Boost For Tissue Engineering

Surgeons in Sweden replaced an American patient’s cancerous windpipe with a scaffold built from nanofibers and seeded with the patient’s stem cells. Lead surgeon Dr. Paolo Macchiarini discusses the procedure and the benefits of tissue-engineered synthetic organs.

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WebmasterWorld Weekly Roundup January 19

WebmasterWorld’s weekly roundup of hot topics and discussions you may have missed in the last few days. (-Subscription required)
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