February 19, 2014  (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

SCIENCE

• Crocodiles can climb trees (alligators, too!) (Reuter)
• Science Confirms: Internet Trolls Really Are Narcissistic, Psychopathic, and Sadistic (Slate)
• Study: Arctic getting darker, making Earth warmer (UT San Diego)
• Trading water for fuel is fracking crazy (Eco Report)
• Jet stream may be changing (BBC)
• Snowy owls invade 'south'; cold affects waterfowl (UT San Diego)

HEALTH

• The Full-Fat Paradox: Whole Milk May Keep Us Lean (NPR)
• The genetics of being a daredevil (New York Times)
• Sexually Transmitted Food Poisoning? A Fish Toxin Could Be To Blame (NPR)
• IVF Baby Boom: Births From Fertility Procedures Hit New High (NPR)

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January 8, 2014  (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Disease inheritance: the long-term effects of pesticide exposure (Reviving Gaia)
• Researchers, wind companies seek more bird-friendly turbines at Altamont Pass (Contra Costa Times)
• Building tops to house urban windpower (Science X)
• Hackers post account info of 4.6 million Snapchat users: report (Reuters)
• Using Sound To Levitate Objects And Move Them Midair (NPR)
• Ford reveals solar-powered car (BBC)
• Move Over Electric Car, Auto Companies To Make Hydrogen Vehicles (NPR)
• More Than 300 Sharks In Australia Are Now On Twitter (NPR)

HEALTH

• Stem cell transplant problem solved, UCSD-led study says (U-T)
• Prescription Privacy (Reason)
• Relapse of 'cured' HIV patients spurs AIDS science on (Reuters)  

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December 19,  2013 (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

SCIENCE

• GAIA billion star surveyor takes off (BBC)
• Yellowstone supervolcano: 2.5 times bigger than anyone knew (CS Monitor)

HEALTH

• Severed hand kept alive on ankle (BBC)
• Yogurt a solution to hospital infection? (Jewish World Review)
• Patient with mysterious illness diagnosed with H1N1 (KHOU)

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November 22, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Latest Cholesterol Guidelines Invite Overtreatment, Critics Warn (NPR)
• FDA issues stern warning on Medtronic devices (UT San Diego)
• Mother’s Exercise May Boost Baby’s Brain (NY Times)
• Eating nuts 'may prolong life' (BBC)
• New Medical Device Treats Epilepsy With A Well-Timed Zap (NPR)
• Gut Bacteria Might Guide The Workings Of Our Minds (NPR)

SCIENCE

• DNA study of Siberian skeleton links Europeans to Native Americans (CS Monitor)
• Organic Farmers Bash FDA Restrictions On Manure Use (NPR)
• Waterproof surface is 'driest ever' (BBC)
• Active volcano found buried in Antarctica (CS Monitor)
• Volcanoes remind us of their power (BBC)
• Mt Etna eruption spectacular, captured on video (CS Monitor)
• Tesla battery fires get NHTSA probe (CS Monitor)

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October 31, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

• Obamacare Enrollment Period Extended 6 Weeks (NPR)
• VIDEO: How to make your TV a touchscreen (BBC)  
• The power grid may determine whether we can kick our carbon habit (Denver Post opinion)
• You Can Keep Your Health Insurance Under Obamacare? Not So Much.
• Widespread Plague In Wildlife Threatens Western Ecosystems
• Fusion milestone passed at US lab (BBC)
• Alzheimer’s Breakthrough hailed as turning point (BBC)
• 30,000 may carry human form of mad cow (CNN)

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October 10, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Obamacare open enrollment begins: What you need to know Oct. 1 (CBS)
• Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined (CS Monitor)
• The Last Word On Hormone Therapy From the Women's Health Initiative (NPR)
• Vaccine Refusals Fueled California's Whooping Cough Epidemic (NPR)
• Antifungal Cream Discovered to Eradicate HIV (Reason)
• The Religious Alternative To Obamacare's Individual Mandate (NPR)
• Listeria arrests: Two Colorado farmers charged after outbreak (CS Monitor)

SCIENCE

• NASA preparing to launch 3-D printer into space (SacBee)
• Energy efficiency: How the Internet can lower your electric bill (CS Monitor)
• 10 heat secrets caught on camera
• Want To Read Others' Thoughts? Try Reading Literary Fiction (NPR)
• What have we learned from Fukushima? (BBC)
• Killer hornets rampage through China (CS Monitor)

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June 20, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

• .Bacteria from slim people could help treat obesity, study finds (RawStory)
• Your Kitchen Spices Can Often Harbor Salmonella (NPR)
• How one scientist hacked another scientist's brain (CS Monitor)
• How To Disappear When Someone's Spying On You (NPR)
• The Case For Clearing More Arteries During Heart Attacks (NPR)
• VIDEO: Vietnam's 'children of Agent Orange' (BBC)

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August 21, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

• Lyme Disease Far More Common Than Previously Known (NPR)
• Why I changed my mind on weed (Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN)
• The Algae Is Coming, But Its Impact Is Felt Far From Water (NPR)
• New Vaccine Beats Malaria in Early Trials (NPR)
• Camels May Be A Source Of The Middle East Coronavirus (NPR)
• Induced labour 'linked to autism' (BBC)
• Urban hives boom 'bad for bees' (BBC)
• Study: Tall women have higher cancer risk (Jewish World Review)
• Bill urges schools to stock anti-allergy drug (U-T San Diego)

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July 12, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

Health

• Your medical devices could be vulnerable to cyber threats (Marketplace)
• Obamacare delay? Small businesses get a one-year reprieve (Christian Science Monitor)
• Second Opinion: Does Mom Qualify For Obamacare With A Green Card? (KPBS)
• Abnormal Brain Connections Found In Children With Autism (KPBS)
• State Says Kaiser Too Slow With Mental Health Help (KPBS)
• New TB drug class discovered (U-T San Diego)
• Good night's sleep 'protects heart' (BBC)
• Contact lens gives telescopic vision (BBC)
  
   

Science and technology

• U.S. energy companies seen at risk from cyber attacks: CFR report (Reuters)
•  How To Keep Your Smartphone Secure (NPR)
• DuckDuckGo Benefits From Internet Searchers Wanting Privacy  (NPR)
• Duel of the natural disasters: Earthquakes cause volcanos to shrink (Christian Science Monitor)
• T cell trigger found (U-T San Diego)
• Whale behaviour 'disturbed' by sonar (BBC)
• Dead fish fill Mexico reservoir (BBC)
• Thanks to clouds, some 60 billion planets are habitable in Milky Way (Christian Science Monitor)
• Russia loses $200 million satellites as launch ends in flames  (Reuters)
•  Microsoft develops 3D touchscreen (BBC)
• Arrest Caught On Google Glass Reignites Privacy Debate (NPR)
•  The battle over uranium mining near the Grand Canyon (Marketplace)

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June 12, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

• Hey, Fellas, Olive Oil And Nuts Tied to Prostate Cancer Survival (NPR)
• Triple Threat: Middle East Respiratory Virus And 2 Bird Flus (NPR)
• Old Mars rover makes rock discovery (BBC)
  
  Raptors are attracted to wind turbines (Save the Eagles)
• Faces Of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (NPR)
• Plant and human gene modification goes past transgenics (UT San Diego)
• Thought-powered helicopter takes off (BBC)
• Few options for online users to avoid spying, experts say (Jewish World Review)

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May 16, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights brings you cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

• New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies (NPR)
• A powerful use for spoiled food (Los Angeles Times)
• Why wind farms kill eagles with federal impunity (Christian Science Monitor)
• Is It Safe To Use Compost Made From Treated Human Waste? (NPR)
• Fears grow over deadly new virus (BBC news)
• Agent Orange Linked To Lethal Prostate Cancer In Veterans (KPBS)
• Ice wave comes ashore in Minnesota (Christian Science Monitor)

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May 2, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights brings you cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

• Diabetes warning over soft drinks (BBC)
• Failure Of Latest HIV Vaccine Test: A 'Huge Disappointment' (NPR)
•  Researchers Find Hormone That Grows Insulin-Producing Cells (NPR)
• Want a solar home? Consider batteries. (Christian Science Monitor)
• Tiny satellites + cellphones = cheaper 'eyes in the sky' for NASA (Jewish World Review)

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March 28, 2013 (San Diego's East County)--Health and Science Highlights brings you news on the cutting edges in these fields. 

On the science front, have earthquakes mastered the secrets pursued by alchemists since the days of legend? The journal Nature Geoscience writes about the ability of earthquakes to vaporize water in faults, depositing gold. Plus beekeepers are suing the EPA-- and a new study shows pesticides are affecting bees memories and navigation skills.

On the health front, does aspirin reduce cancer risk? A study in the Journal Cancer this week suggests it might. The Community Asthma Initiative at Boston's Children's Hospital may provide a model for Medicare and insurance companies to keep costs down while preventing asthma. Speaking of governments involvement in health, this week the New York Superior Court struck down New York City's soda ban as "arbitrary and capricious," while the Mayor defiantly promised to challenge the decision.

In perhaps the most far reaching health development of the week, a new peer reviewed study lead right here in San Diego indicates that Down Syndrome may be caused by the lack of an important brain protein, SNX27-- and may lead to development of therapies that can reverse the syndrome if treatment is started up to as late as puberty.

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