MEDICAL
Effectiveness Research Should Target Common Conditions, Experts Say
Congressional Quarterly Today, June 30, 2009 Tuesday
The government's fledgling efforts to compare the effectiveness of different medical treatments should focus on relatively common diseases and conditions, ...
Migraines with Aura in Middle Age Associated with Late-Life Brain Lesions
Targeted News Service, June 23, 2009 Tuesday 2:05 AM EST
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Women who suffer from migraine headaches in ...
TRAVEL
Air travel may have bottomed out, for now; Tickets could jump 60% when fare sales expire
USA TODAY, June 30, 2009 Tuesday
The long, steep descent in demand for air travel -- and in the fortunes of U.S. airlines -- may have temporarily bottomed out. Two fare hikes imposed by the ...
Vacation? Many spend the time worrying, not relaxing
Chicago Sun Times, June 29, 2009 Monday
In an era of fewer co-workers and more work responsibilities, many workers are finding taking vacation a stressful experience. Staffing firm Randstad U.S. ...
In the Atlas Mountains, which divide the country into northwestern and southeastern regions, there exist Berber villages where the people may speak one of 3 Berber dialects and may not speak Arabic at all. The Berber people in the high Atlas Mountains (peaks reaching up to 14,000 feet) and to the southwest of the range are still living much like they did during ancient times, eking out a subsistence living and traveling to market once a week by donkey.