Common Blood Tests Can Help Predict Chronic Disease Risk
The creators of the risk assessment score say they want to help primary care physicians better identify patients who need extra counseling and follow-up.
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House OKs Bill Making It Tougher To Keep 'Mentally Incompetent' Vets From Buying Guns
Critics of the bill say it could lead to more suicides — in one recent year, an average of 20 veterans per day died from suicide, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Judge Gorsuch's Writings Signal He Would Be A Conservative On Social Issues
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch ruled on the Hobby Lobby case before it reached the high court. His concurrence argued religious freedom could extend even further than the Supreme Court ruled.
California Deserts In 'Super Bloom' Thanks To A Wet Winter
A rainy winter has brought an early spring to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California. Wildflowers are in bloom. How can seeds survive years of drought and then put on such a display?
Germany's Angela Merkel To Meet With Trump
Rachel Martin talks with Tanit Koch, the editor of Bild, Europe's best-selling newspaper, about German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the U.S. and her meeting with Trump.
Let's Hope That Match Day Brings Us Lots Of Foreign-Born Doctors
About one quarter of medical residents in the U.S. are graduates of foreign medical schools. Many practice medicine in communities that have a hard time recruiting doctors.
How To Make Boring Sell: In A Jiffy
The Chelsea Milling Co. is known as the manufacturer of Jiffy baking mixes: for muffins, cakes, biscuits and more. Here's how the family-owned manufacturer has managed to thrive for generations.
The Foxfire Book Series That Preserved Appalachian Foodways
Foxfire started as a class project at a Georgia high school in the '60s, but soon became a magazine, then a book, and even a way of teaching about the region's simple, self-sustaining way of life.
That Time American Women Lost Their Citizenship Because They Married Foreigners
None of these rules applied to American men when they chose a spouse.
Why Eliminating Government Agencies Is A Lot Easier Said Than Done
President Trump's budget blueprint isn't the administration's only effort to downsize and reorganize the government. It's something many presidents have tried before him.