Bible Out of ContextRandom Quotes from the Bible
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. KJV: Jeremiah 23:24
"Can a man hide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?" declares the LORD "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?" declares the LORD. NASB: Jeremiah 23:24
Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the LORD. "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD. NIV: Jeremiah 23:24
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Reclaiming The Center: Confronting Evangelical Accommodation In Postmodern Times (Paperback) by D. A. Carson, D. Groothuis, J. P. Moreland, G. DeWeese, R. S. Smith, A. B. Caneday, S. J. Wellum, K. Donkor, W. G. Travis, C. O. Brand, J. Parker III (Contributors), Millard J. Erickson, P. K. Helseth, J. Taylor (Editors)
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Learn New Testament Greek, (Hardcover) by John H. Dobson
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Bible Out of ContextRandom Quotes from the Bible
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. KJV: Matthew 6:19-21
19"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20"But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. NASB: Matthew 6:19-21
19"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. NIV: Matthew 6:19-21
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Luther's Theology of the Cross: Martin Luther's Theological Breakthrough (Paperback) by Alister E. McGrath
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The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)
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Bible Out of ContextRandom Quotes from the Bible
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. KJV: Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. NASB: Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. NIV: Hebrews 13:8
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The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Special Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (DVD)
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Who Wrote the Bible? (Paperback) by Richard E. Friedman
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Pentagon to stock health facilities with morning-after pill (Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:12:56 EST)
The Department of Defense will begin making the morning-after pill Plan B available at all of its hospitals and health clinics around the world, officials announced Thursday.
Congressmen seek accounting of AIDS fraud complaints (Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Two Republican congressmen who help oversee billions of dollars for people with AIDS are asking the federal government for an accounting of fraud and mismanagement complaints leveled against AIDS programs nationwide.
Book reviews of "The Happiness Project," "Bluebird" and "Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire" (Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Three books aim to get women out of malaises and in perfect states of mind and body.
Book review: 'Medicine in Translation,' by Danielle Ofri (Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Attending Bellevue physician and prolific author Danielle Ofri shares tales of her patients' paths through life.
Teach your children wellness: Schools are rethinking phys ed (Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Two months back, tiny Lincoln University attracted worldwide media attention when it threatened to withhold diplomas from overweight students unless they took a special fitness class.
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In 'vegetative state' patients, brain scanners show some alert minds (Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Many of the patients were labeled with the same grim diagnosis: "vegetative state." Their head injuries, teams of specialists had concluded, condemned them to a netherworld -- alive yet utterly devoid of any awareness of the world around them.
Eat, Drink & Be Healthy: Dieting vs. newer approaches to losing weight (Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Are we done dieting? Many of us want to lose weight, and many more probably should. But in recent months I've seen a subtle shift in the diet-guidance market: Instead of prescribing eating regimens, many weight-loss experts are suggesting that we reevaluate our relationship with food, focus on ea...
Problems at D.C.-funded AIDS program also reported at homes for mentally ill (Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
The founder of a city-funded AIDS program that recently closed amid reports of alleged fraud and neglect also operated eight facilities for the mentally ill that were racked for years by similar problems, city officials said.
Looking forward to life after prostate cancer treatment (Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
After being treated for prostate cancer recently, I did a review of my writings on the subject through the years. Pretty consistent stuff: Get screened regularly, fellows, as I was doing, and stop being so chicken-hearted about those digital exams.
Lancet retracts paper linking vaccine to autism (Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST)
The Lancet medical journal formally retracted a paper Tuesday that caused a 12-year international battle over links between autism and the childhood vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella.
Gates Foundation pledges $10 billion to vaccine research (Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research vaccines and make them available to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday.
Obama 2011 budget request: Food and Drug Administration (Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:23:00 EST)
The Food and Drug Administration would see a 6 percent jump in its budget to $2.51 billion. The agency's total resources would reach about $4 billion because of user fees it expects to collect from food, tobacco and drug industries.
Dietary supplements may produce health benefits, but proof is lacking (Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Shelf after shelf of strangely named bottles fill an entire aisle at Whole Foods Market. There are "CoQ10" softgels, "charcoal" pills and mysterious "hoodia" tablets. But why would anyone take charcoal? What exactly is a CoQ10? And can you eat a hoodia?
Obama's pick for food safety chief surprises consumer advocates (Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Soon after taking office, President Obama highlighted food safety as a domestic priority. A string of national outbreaks of food illnesses were a "troubling trend," the president said. He called the problems "critical" and said they presented a "risk to public health."
Evidence is thin that multivitamins are beneficial, but they seem benign (Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Earlier this month, I found myself standing in front of a massive display of multivitamins at a local grocery store, confounded by the options: There were supplements for children, teens, males, females, pregnant women, adults "50 and wiser," those in peri-menopause and menopause, and seniors; fo...
Creepy crawlies can really get under your skin (Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Carla Sguigna laid her daughter's head in her lap as they watched a movie in their basement family room in her North Bethesda home. Sguigna methodically combed through her 4-year-old's hair, strand by strand, fingering each shaft down to her scalp.
Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce heart disease risk (Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Suddenly, they're everywhere: in your pasta, your peanut butter, your baby's formula. Omega-3 fatty acids have been known to doctors since the 1930s. But their recent bump in popularity stems from a 2004 ruling by the Food and Drug Administration that labels could say foods containing omega-3s may...
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Rise in teenage pregnancy rate spurs new debate on arresting it (Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
The pregnancy rate among teenage girls in the United States has jumped for the first time in more than a decade, raising alarm that the long campaign to reduce motherhood among adolescents is faltering, according to a report released Tuesday.
Genetic tests give consumers hints about disease risk; critics have misgivings (Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Last fall, Sgt. Timothy Gall, an Army medic stationed at Fort Belvoir, sought clues to the multiple sclerosis and heart disease that ran in his family by looking into his DNA. All it took was some spit and about a thousand bucks.
How to choose the best multivitamin (Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Many people take just one supplement, a multivitamin. Here are some tips for choosing the best multivitamin, from Andrew Weil, founder of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, which focuses on combining alternative treatments with conventional medical practices.
SE hospital believes nonprofit status could help finances (Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
United Medical Center, formerly known as Greater Southeast Community Hospital, is seeking a nonprofit charitable status to help stave off a financial crisis that appears to have worsened -- two years after it received nearly $80 million from the District.
High cholesterol puts 1 of 5 teens at risk of heart disease (Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
One out of every five U.S. teenagers has a cholesterol level that increases the risk of heart disease, federal health officials reported Thursday, providing striking new evidence that obesity is making more children prone to illnesses once primarily limited to adults.
Denise Austin is still going strong (Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Most people greet strangers with a "pleased to meet you." Denise Austin prefers a more direct approach: "Touch my tummy."
'Health Heroes' dish up nutritious food at Clinton high school (Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
As a substitute teacher in Prince George's County, Kim Carrington, 44, has stepped up to the head of a lot of different classes, from kindergarten to high school French. But it was the food and nutrition class she taught at Surrattsville High in Clinton that came to mind when she got an e-mail on...
Pain and dying are explored by doctors in new books (Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
LAST ACTS Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life
In Ohio, Obama says he won't 'walk away' from health-care fight (Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
ELYRIA, OHIO -- Offering both a passionate defense of his policies and a populist pitch, President Obama told audience members in this economically struggling region Friday that he will continue fighting for them even in the face of stiffening political opposition.
Pelosi: House won't pass Senate bill to save health-care reform (Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
As Democrats continued to grapple with the consequences of their loss in Massachusetts, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday eliminated the most obvious avenue for completing health-care reform, saying the House will not embrace the version of the legislation already approved by the Senate.
On TV's 'One Big Happy Family,' Cole family is losing weight together (Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Well, they certainly are big. And they do appear happy.
Virginia medical team reaches Haitian city, begins to treat patients (Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
JACMEL, HAITI -- After 2 1/2 days of travel, over the sea, across borders, in planes so small they had to leave most of their food and water behind, the emergency relief workers from Northern Virginia had finally arrived.
Doctors changed diagnosis after woman said allergies weren't causing runny nose (Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Rebecca Yates was sick of sounding like a broken record -- and tired of getting the same response from the internist at her HMO.
Debate on circumcision heightened as CDC evaluates surgery (Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Circumcision, long one of the most emotionally charged surgical procedures performed in the United States, has become the focus of yet another intense debate as leading health authorities are about to issue major new evaluations of the potential health benefits of the operation.
Insurer okayed out-of-network care for heart patient but family faces huge bill (Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
RICHMOND -- Five months into pregnancy, Jodi Lemacks discovered that her unborn son had a severe heart defect and would require a complex operation as soon as he was born. But the local pediatric heart surgeons didn't inspire confidence.
WHO official denies exaggeration about dangers of swine flu pandemic (Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
A top World Health Organization official dismissed charges Thursday that the agency exaggerated the threat posed by the H1N1 virus and that it had been unduly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry to issue dire warnings about the swine flu pandemic.
FDA can't block importing of 'electronic cigarettes' (Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration may not block the importation of "electronic cigarettes," battery-powered versions of conventional smokes.
Democrats seek quick deal on health-care bill (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
President Obama and congressional leaders raced Friday to strike a compromise on far-reaching health legislation, hoping to settle lingering disputes before Tuesday, when a special election in Massachusetts could hand Republicans their 41st vote in the Senate and the power to defeat Obama's top...
Reversing itself, FDA expresses concerns over health risks from BPA (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
The Food and Drug Administration has reversed its position on the safety of Bisphenol A, a chemical found in plastic bottles, soda cans, food containers and thousands of consumer goods, saying it now has concerns about health risks.
In Haiti, relief agencies rush to meet desperate need for water (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti's densely populated capital, is home to more than 2 million people, each of whom, under normal circumstances, needs to drink about a gallon of clean water every day, just to survive. Basic needs such as washing and cooking add another three gallons or so per person each day.
One in five Americans got swine flu vaccine, CDC reports (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
ATLANTA -- About one in five Americans has been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the pandemic.
The numbers (Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
33% Proportion of U.S. adults who are obese. 12.6%
Functional training exercises compete with machine-based workouts in D.C. gyms (Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
As they do every January, people are cramming into gyms to lose weight. But this year, some gyms are also working to slim down -- by excising rather than exercising. Instead of love handles and jiggling arm flesh, their problem area is the equipment loaded with stacks of hefty plates meant to wor...
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District, NIH announce new initiative aimed at HIV/AIDS epidemic (Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:50:04 EST)
The District government and the National Institutes of Health on Monday announced the launch of a $26.4 million initiative to attack the city's HIV/AIDS epidemic with expanded testing and treatment to reduce the level of the virus in its victims and hopefully decrease their chances of spreading t...
Researchers ask why optimism is associated with health, pessismism with disease (Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Battery-powered pump is implanted in teenager with unexplained heart failure (Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
It was the kind of complaint any mother of a 16-year-old has heard a hundred times: "Mom, I don't feel well."
Pharmacists dispense pills, counsel patients, screen for illness, give vaccines (Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
When Charley John tells people he's a pharmacist, he knows what many of them think: that he spends his workdays sequestered behind a counter doling out pills, dropping them into little plastic vials and handing them to customers.
House Democrats confer on health-care reform (Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Worried House Democrats held a caucus-wide conference call Thursday to strategize about health-care reform before lawmakers return to Washington next week.
Healthful-living experts weigh in with their New Year's resolutions (Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
By the time you turn 49, as I recently did, the tradition of making New Year's resolutions has lost some of its luster. What remains to be resolved that hasn't been resolved before?
Mayo Clinic publishes book detailing healthy diet and weight-loss program (Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Grapefruit, bacon, cabbage soup: They're impostors, staples of fad diets billed as Mayo Clinic weight-loss plans but never endorsed by the medical institution .
Health bills would shift Medicare money to Mayo and other 'high-value' hospitals (Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
As House and Senate lawmakers start to reconcile their health-care bills with an eye to final passage, a little-noticed provision is already prompting celebration from a small group of influential hospitals that stand to gain millions in Medicare dollars.
D.C. moves to curb sidewalk smoking, youths' access to tobacco (Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact far-reaching proposals to curtail smoking by giving store owners a tool to prevent smoking on public sidewalks and by assessing new penalties on anyone younger than 18 who possesses tobacco products.
Obstretricians debate whether Caesarean section is always best for breech babies (Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
About 32 weeks into her first pregnancy, Christie Craigie-Carter's obstetrician told her that the baby she was carrying was stuck in a bottom-down position -- a breech baby -- and that she'd have to give up her dream of a natural delivery and have a Caesarean section instead.
Tips from the Mayo Clinic Diet (Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
The Mayo Clinic Diet kicks off with "Lose It," a two-week phase in which dieters follow the guidelines outlined at right to safely lose as many as six to 10 pounds.
Testing of cocaine vaccine shows it does not fully blunt cravings for the drug (Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Scientists may have created a vaccine against cocaine addiction: a series of shots that changes the body's chemistry so that the drug can't enter the brain and provide a high.
Consumer Reports notes the health benefits of adding more fiber to the diet (Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Fiber is often heralded as a miracle worker. Yet your body can't digest the stuff. So how can it be so good for you? Here are four ways:
Costly case raises issues of immigration, health care (Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
For Jeanne d'Arc Kayembe, the trip to Washington in May 2007 was meant to be a month-long respite from an abusive boyfriend and a chance to visit relatives before going home to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to have her first child.
Some foes of health-care bill hope courts will stop legislation (Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST)
Opponents of the health-care reform bill are not giving up the fight, and some think their last, best hope to halt the legislation lies not in the U.S. Capitol but in the court across the street.
E. coli-tainted beef infects 21 people in 16 states (Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Twenty-one people in 16 states have been infected in recent days with a potentially lethal strain of E. coli bacteria, after consuming beef in restaurants supplied by the same Oklahoma meat company, federal officials said.
The not-so-sweet side of closing 'doughnut hole' (Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Six years after Congress added a prescription drug benefit to Medicare, Democrats in the House and Senate are poised to make a central change that they and most older Americans have wanted all along: getting rid of a quirk that forces millions of elderly patients with especially high expenses for...
Military helps families find care for special-needs kids (Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
When her husband, a Marine Corps colonel, was transferred last summer from the Pentagon to a base in southern California, Karen Driscoll was forced to confront her autistic child's new school district and the intricacies of federal special education law.
Maryland cancer-testing firm MarkPap lands first customer (Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Nenad and Olivera Markovic labored for years to design a low-cost kit that could be used for the early detection of cervical cancer in women in poor and underdeveloped regions. This month, the two Rockville doctors and their start-up firm landed a first customer.
Obama lists financial rescue as 'most important thing' of his first year (Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
President Obama outlined Tuesday a first-year legislative record that he said rescued the economy and placed it on a path of long-term growth, even as he acknowledged that some unfinished items would probably be more difficult to achieve heading into a midterm election year.
Christmas Perils (Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
MOST PEOPLE PICTURE AN IDYLLIC CHRISTMAS MORNING SCENE: sipping eggnog around the decorated tree while opening gifts from Ma and Pa. Not to be too bah humbug about it, but what if you get sick from that eggnog? Or what if that beautiful tree is too close to the radiator and ignites? To help you d...
More vaccine but fewer takers, H1N1 surveys indicate (Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Pandemic influenza vaccine is getting much easier to find but more than half of American adults say they still don't want it, and one-third of parents say they don't want their children to get it either, according to two surveys.
Sleepwalking is especially common in children and usually not dangerous (Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Here is what can, and does, happen: The child gets out of bed and climbs out a window. Or gets out of bed, walks down a hallway, perhaps goes down a flight of stairs, navigates through a room or two, opens a door, walks out on the patio and, maybe, steps into the backyard swimming pool.
Coffee may have health benefits and may not pose health risks for many people (Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Of all the relationships in my life, by far the most on-again, off-again has been with coffee: From that initial, tentative dalliance in college to a serious commitment during my first real reporting job to breaking up altogether when I got pregnant, only to fail miserably at quitting my daily la...
Health bill approaches key vote in Senate (Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
After a week of high-profile concessions, Senate Democrats were on the brink early Monday of securing a milestone victory in the health-care debate, as White House officials sought to refocus attention on the bill's far-reaching insurance reforms and other potentially major changes.
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Senators ready to cast second of three votes on health-care bill (Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Senators prepared to cast the second of three procedural votes early Tuesday to end the health-care debate, but Republicans showed little indication that they were ready to relent in a standoff that could push passage of the legislation to the latter part of Christmas Eve.
Antiabortion pregnancy center figures in state Senate race (Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
One brochure boldly states that condoms fail one-third of the time -- by flaws, breaking or deterioration. A nearby diagram of a broken condom shows a small "HIV Virus" particle looming near the spot where the latex ripped. Another flier claims that the "most preventable cause of breast cancer" is...
In wake of mammography guidelines, U.S. health task force faces new scrutiny (Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
The once-obscure federal panel that triggered a firestorm with its new mammography guidelines would get far greater authority under the health-care reform proposals pending in Congress, sparking more debate about its power and independence.
Number of Americans getting tests for swine flu plummets, report shows (Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:49:58 EST)
The number of Americans being tested for the swine flu has plummeted, providing more evidence that the second wave of H1N1 infections has peaked in the United States, a medical testing company reported Friday.
Analysis finds nearly 1 percent of U.S. children diagnosed with autism (Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:12:59 EST)
About one out of every 110 U.S. children has been diagnosed with autism, according to a new federal estimate released Friday.
Democratic congressman from North Carolina angers supporters by voting against health-care bill (Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- To voters in this hard-luck town where stable factory jobs and the health care that came with them have long since disappeared, change looked good a year ago. Change came not only from President Obama, who narrowly won this swing state, but also from a millworker-turned-high ...
District gives HUD accountability plan for AIDS funding (Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Federal housing officials said Friday that they are encouraged by the District's revised plan to account for millions of dollars in AIDS funding and to monitor the accounts of partners that deliver services to people with the disease.
Copenhagen climate deal shows new world order may be led by U.S., China (Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
COPENHAGEN -- If the talks that resulted in an imperfect deal to combat global warming provided anything, it was a glimpse into a new world order in which international diplomacy will increasingly be shaped by the United States and emerging powers, most notably China.
Climate deal falls short of key goals (Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
COPENHAGEN -- President Obama helped broker a climate deal with a group of leading nations that provides for monitoring emission cuts by each country but sets no global target for cutting greenhouse gases, and no deadline for reaching a formal international climate treaty.
D.C. jobless rate dips; uptick in Md. (Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Unemployment rates fell in 36 states and the District in November, according to government data released Friday that signaled a possible plateau for the highest levels of joblessness in decades.
Kansas boy receives bone transplant from deceased brother who was a tissue donor (Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
WICHITA, KAN. -- When Kyle Adams got his learner's permit, his parents asked whether he wanted to be an organ and tissue donor, should anything ever happen.
‘Anti-gravity' treadmill designed for astronauts now helps injured athletes (Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- A treadmill developed at the NASA Ames Research Center for exercising in space has seen more athletes than astronauts lately.
WHO not ready to declare H1N1 pandemic over; U.S. officials urge vaccination (Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
With swine flu cases continuing to mount in many countries, it remains far too early to declare the H1N1 pandemic over, a World Health Organization official said Thursday.
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Slow-burn exercises promote fitness by making the most of brief workouts (Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Santa manages to wiggle up and down millions of chimneys in a single night, but somehow throughout the holiday season we avoid visiting the gym even once. It's not that we mean to be naughty, but between the stocking-stuffing, candle-lighting and party-hopping, we forget that it's not just the tr...
Obama urges Senate to pass health-care bill; Lieberman signals support (Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
President Obama urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to overcome lingering disputes and push a health-care overhaul through the chamber before Christmas, as vigorous negotiations continued behind the scenes to lock down the last votes needed for final passage.
Christmas carols mention holiday foods that make tasty temptations (Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe help to make . . . it hard to eat well this time of year. If the spreads at holiday parties weren't enough to derail a diet, there are all those tempting Christmas carols. Below, we take a look at the nutritional value, or non-value, of some of the most...
H1N1 vaccine recall includes doses sent to Washington region (Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
About 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine for children are being recalled because tests found the strength of the shots had dropped since shipment, officials announced Tuesday.
Epigenetics research takes aim at cancer, Alzheimer's, autism, other illnesses (Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Two mice. One weighs 20 grams and has brown fur. The other is a hefty 60 grams with yellow fur and is prone to diabetes and cancer. They're identical twins, with identical DNA.
Study may show whether neurofeedback helps people with ADHD and other disorders (Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Gulf War veteran Lynn Gibbons has awful memories of combat with her fourth-grade son, Brent. "He was an out-of-control monster whenever you asked him to do something," the former Air Force computer operations officer recalls. Brent, who had received a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity ...
GWU creates graduate certificate in Grief, Loss, Life Transitions (Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
When it comes to helping people cope with grief, having a heart goes a long way. But professionals often need something more.
Doses of swine flu vaccine for young children are recalled in Md., Va. (Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:17:58 EST)
Some doses of swine flu vaccine for young children are being recalled in Maryland and Virginia.
Clue to woman's extreme fatigue was found in presidential history (Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
As she lay in a heap, trying to figure out how badly she had hurt herself falling headfirst down a flight of stairs in the middle of the night, Rebecca Woodings grasped just how sick she really was.
Pregnant woman is panicked about swine flu risk for herself and her chldren (Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
I've just gotten on the elevator, and I have a problem. The buttons are staring at me, all dark, waiting to be pushed. I look at the 5, knowing that's where I need to go, but I hesitate. Who knows how many germy fingers have touched it this morning?
D.C. opens swine flu vaccinations to all (Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:58 EST)
The District has joined Maryland in opening swine flu vaccinations to anybody who wants them.
Vote moves D.C. toward medical marijuana, abortion funding (Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Sunday that clears the way for the District government to allow medical marijuana use and to spend local tax dollars to help low-income women pay for abortions.
Senate disputes threaten 2009 passage of health-care bill (Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
The next 48 hours will be critical to the fate of health-care reform in the Senate, as Democratic leaders struggle to settle disputes that stand in the way of holding a final vote this year on the massive package.
Pelosi supports Medicare buy-in plan in senate health-care deal (Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed a proposal Thursday that would allow people in late middle age to buy insurance through Medicare, helping to sustain an idea that sprang unexpectedly from the Senate this week.
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Swine flu death rate elevated for American Indians, Alaska natives (Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
The death rate from pandemic H1N1 influenza is four times higher in American Indians and Alaska natives than in the rest of the U.S. population, government epidemiologists reported Thursday.
Children put parents at increased risk of infection (Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Not long ago, I had one of those moments that only other parents or full-time caregivers of young children are likely to understand: I was sitting in our family room holding my miserably sick baby, who was sneezing, coughing and drooling all over me, when my older son stumbled into the room and s...
Senate health-care bill unlikely to include Medicare buy-in (Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Senate Democratic leaders appeared poised Monday night to abandon efforts to create a government-run insurance safety net in their push for health-care reform, as they attempted to close ranks around a bill they hoped would win the backing of all 60 members of their caucus.
Virginians under 50 can get nasal mist form of swine flu vaccine next week (Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:38:03 EST)
Healthy Virginians younger than 50 can begin receiving the nasal mist form of the swine flu vaccine at pharmacies next week, and state officials say they hope to drop all restrictions on it just before Christmas.
USDA to offer members of Congress a taste of school lunches (Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Chicken fajita strips, sliced ham and canned green beans: That's what's for lunch one day next week for some lawmakers and congressional staffers, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The menu offers the same products, known as commodity foods, that the agency provides every day to pub...
Bill to lift restrictions on D.C. advances (Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
A House and Senate Appropriations conference committee approved legislation late Tuesday that would allow the District to use local tax dollars to help low-income women pay for abortions, to allow patients to legally use marijuana when it is prescribed by a doctor and to continue to fund needle-e...
Cumberland Valley Athletic Club raises money for a running legend's health woes (Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Fundraising events are a part of the fitness landscape. Runners, walkers and cyclists routinely raise millions of dollars every year to fight cancer, diabetes and countless other diseases. The recipients of that charity work are usually anonymous people and programs, far from the event where the ...
H1N1 vaccine offer underwhelms Marylanders (Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Tuesday threw open swine flu shots to all who want them -- and Joann Butler shrugged.
Administration wants global AIDS program's services to be routine for nations (Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
The Obama administration is trying to get the "emergency" out of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Global food system raises risk of widespread contamination (Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
If you were planning to serve shrimp during the holidays, you might not want to talk to Michael Doyle, director of the Food Safety Center at the University of Georgia. You see, most of the shrimp sold in the United States, as well as the tilapia and some other fish, are grown in ponds on small fa...
Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: Eating smart is all in your mind (Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
Picture yourself at your most recent big holiday meal.
Consumer groups aim to protect children from toxic toys (Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST)
When Michigan mother Jody Erickson-Neely saw her daughter's face covered in orange dye after munching on the plush end of a Very Hungry Caterpillar teething toy last spring, she suspected something was not right. Soon Ayva, then 7 months old, developed a rash that lasted a month and required trea...
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The Fire And The Staff: Lutheran Theology In Practice (Paperback) by Klemet I. Preus
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Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs (Paperback) by Ergun Mehmet Caner
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Skip Gates on Black History Month (Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:17:09 GMT)
Skip Gates talks about Black History Month--and what it means to be black today.
How Public Policy Can Prevent Heart Disease (Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:02:22 GMT)
It's time society stopped reinforcing the bad behavior that leads to heart disease—and pursued policies to prevent it.
Cardiologists Speak Out on Heart Disease (Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:57:42 GMT)
Four leading cardiologists open up about how to combat America's No. 1 killer.
What Is a Life Really Worth? (Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:35:41 GMT)
Research on the cost-effectiveness of medical treatments pits our emotions against our pocketbooks.
Football Concussions: Lessons From Spine Injuries (Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:16:42 GMT)
Concussions are big news in the NFL, college, and secondary schools, but both football and hockey leagues did something right in reducing spinal-cord injuries. What was it, and can it be replicated?
Begley: Why Patenting Genes Is a Bad Idea (Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:15:29 GMT)
Why patenting genes is a bad idea.
Armstrong, Bloomberg: Cutting the Costs of Cancer (Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:01:51 GMT)
Cancer isn't just emotionally devastating. New research shows that the global economic toll is huge. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Does Family Funded Medical Research Work? (Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:55:57 GMT)
Family-fueled medical research makes for great movies, but does it really work?
Considering Overseas Adoption? Look at Home First. (Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:49:04 GMT)
Adopting from countries like Haiti should be done carefully. And why not consider all those U.S. kids looking for a home?
Applying Katrina's Lessons in Haiti (Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:04:18 GMT)
Workers who helped rebuild after Hurricane Katrina offer advice to their compatriots in Haiti.
Will Retracted Study Affect Autism Activism? (Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:01:18 GMT)
But it's not likely to affect the anti-vaccine movement.
Young Voters May Ditch Dems Over Health Care (Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:24:35 GMT)
Young people are the group most likely to be uninsured—and to support healthcare reform. If Democrats don't deliver it, they may stay home in November.
Why College Grads Are Happier in Marriage (Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:42:55 GMT)
New research shows women with degrees are luckier in love.
How Antidepressants Helped One Doctor (Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:04:11 GMT)
Antidepressants have helped not only my patients, but myself.
Why Antidepressants Are No Better Than Placebos (Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:03:26 GMT)
Studies suggest that the popular drugs are no more effective than a placebo. In fact, they may be worse.
Cruises to Haiti Stir Controversy (Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:53:41 GMT)
The moral and economic dilemmas of Royal Caribbean's Labadee Port.
Life Aboard a Navy Medical Ship Treating Haiti Quake Victims (Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:27:19 GMT)
Spiritual and mental recovery aboard a Navy medical ship.
Teens Susceptible to Reproductive Coercion (Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:40:48 GMT)
Experts are studying a phenomenon that brings a whole new meaning to the term 'unwanted pregnancy.'
Baird: Why Women Should Not Settle (Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:39:31 GMT)
Don't blame feminism for bad dates.
Haiti: Who Are The First Responders? (Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:17:28 GMT)
The foreign doctors and nurses who have flown in to help Haiti are met with a decimated medical system. Luckily, they've been trained for that.
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Christian Counseling and Occultism (Paperback) by Kurt E. Koch
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Blood on the Altar: Confessions of a Jehovah's Witness Minister (Hardcover) by David A. Reed
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For obese, vaccine needle size matters (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:57:29 -0500)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Our ever-expanding waistlines may have outgrown the doctor's needle, researchers say, in what could be another casualty of the obesity epidemic.
Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:35:37 -0500)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Even third-hand smoke carries carcinogens: study (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:48:58 -0500)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:04:12 -0500)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday.
Few high-risk women in U.S. take breast cancer drug (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:15:29 -0500)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only a small number of U.S. women at high risk of breast cancer have chosen to use the drug tamoxifen to lower that risk, according to a study published Monday.
Being religious may not make you healthier after all (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:29:55 -0500)
A number of studies over the past two decades have shown that religious people tend to be healthier. But a new study suggests that when it comes to heart disease and clogged arteries, attending religious services or having spiritual experiences may not protect against heart attacks and strokes.
Glaucoma medications may reduce risk of death (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:38:07 -0500)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Glaucoma drugs appear to reduce the likelihood of death among patients using them compared with those patients receiving no treatment but it is not clear why, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Early language problems may hinder adult literacy (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:16:10 -0500)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with a limited vocabulary at the age of 5 may be at increased risk of poor literacy as adults, a study published Monday suggests.
Heavier boys more likely to hit puberty later (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:12:38 -0500)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight boys may start puberty later than their leaner peers, new research shows.
Alzheimer's drug Dimebon helps Huntington's: study (Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:47:51 -0500)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dimebon, a pill being developed for Alzheimer's disease, helped people with Huntington's disease improve their thinking, learning and memory skills, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Did Eve Really Have an Extra Rib? and Other Tough Questions About the Bible (Paperback) by Ken Ham
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A Layman's Guide to Protestant Theology (Paperback) by William E. Hordern
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