Osteoarthritis: MedlinePlus - National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. It causes pain, swelling, and reduced motion in your joints. It can occur in any joint, but usually it affects your hands, knees, hips or spine. Osteoarthritis breaks down the cartilage in your joints.
Naked-Image Scanners to Be Removed From U.S. Airports - Bloomberg The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will remove airport body scanners that privacy advocates likened to strip searches after OSI Systems Inc. (OSIS) couldn’t write software to make passenger images less revealing. TSA will end a $5 million con
U.N. says thousands likely to be massacred if jihadists take Kobani | Reuters U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said Kobani could suffer the same fate as the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, where 8,000 Muslims were murdered by Serbs in 1995, Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two, while U.N. peacekeepers failed to protect them. "If th
U.S. Hopes Face-Saving Plan Offers a Path to a Nuclear Pact With Iran - NYTimes.com Before the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, negotiators have discussed a plan to remove the pipes that connect Iran’s nuclear centrifuges. ... The Iranians are clearly doing far better in public diplomacy in New York than are the United Sta
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U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data - The Washington Post The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand for user data that the company believed was unconstitutional, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) By
Nurse may have had Ebola symptoms longer than thought - CNN.com (CNN)-- A nurse with Ebola may have shown symptoms of the virus as many as four days before authorities once indicated, meaning that she might have been contagious while flying on not just one, but two commercial flights, officials said Thursday. Amber Vi
Police search area where remains thought to be those of Hannah Graham were found - The Washington Po A body found Saturday is thought to be 18-year-old Hannah Graham, who vanished on Sept. 13. ... Virginia State Police investigators said last month that the arrest of Matthew was a “significant break” in the Harrington case and provided an unspecified “ne
Struggling to Gauge ISIS Threat, Even as U.S. Prepares to Act - NYTimes.com As President Obama prepares to send the United States on what could be a yearslong military campaign, American intelligence agencies have concluded that the group poses no immediate threat to the United States.
Ebola outbreak: Texas nurse tests positive - CNN.com (CNN)-- The deadly Ebola virus has been contracted by someone inside the United States for the first time. A nurse who had worn protective gear during her "extensive contact" at a Dallas hospital with an Ebola patient who died tested positive during a pre
