Thursday, May 22

  • Flames engulf Santa Cruz Mountains  (UPI / 1:24PM EDT on 05/22) SANTA CRUZ, Calif., May 22 (UPI) -- California residents near the Santa Cruz Mountains were evacuated Thursday as wildfires burned about 1,000 acres and threatened several homes, officials said.
  • Summit: HRT safe for women 50 to 59  (UPI / 1:05PM EDT on 05/22) MADRID, May 22 (UPI) -- An international group of menopause experts meeting in Switzerland said that hormone replacement therapy in the early postmenopausal period is safe.
  • Tracking consumers online stirs debate  (UPI / 12:34PM EDT on 05/22) WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Trade Commission guidelines for Internet advertising have stirred debate among consumers and companies, industry observers said.
  • Congress wants answers on immigrant health  (UPI / 12:24PM EDT on 05/22) WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers say they want answers from Department of Homeland Security leaders about reports of inadequate medical care for detained immigrants.
  • Study: Teen oral sex epidemic 'a myth'  (UPI / 9:44AM EDT on 05/22) NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) -- The belief teens engage in oral sex as a way to be sexually active while technically claiming to be virgins isn't true, a U.S. researcher says.
  • Tool tells how to catch up missed vaccines  (UPI / 8:14AM EDT on 05/22) ATLANTA, May 21 (UPI) -- A software tool helps pediatricians, parents and healthcare workers determine how to adjust complex childhood immunization schedules, U.S. researchers say.
  • Baby eagle to be checked for avian pox  (UPI / 7:05AM EDT on 05/22) NORFOLK, Va., May 22 (UPI) -- Experts said they are preparing to take a 3-week-old eaglet from its nest at Virginia's Norfolk Botanical Garden so it can be checked for avian pox.
  • Study: Premature ejaculation defined  (UPI / 1:34AM EDT on 05/22) SYDNEY, May 22 (UPI) -- Experts from 10 countries, including Australia, the United States, Germany and Egypt, say they have defined life-long premature ejaculation.
  • Noninvasive prostate treatment developed  (UPI / 1:05AM EDT on 05/22) SAN ANTONIO, May 22 (UPI) -- Computed tomography is an effective noninvasive method for locating the prostatic apex for radiation therapy for prostate cancer, U.S. researchers say.

    Wednesday, May 21

  • Brazilian rainforest destruction rising  (UPI / 11:24PM EDT on 05/21) RIO DE JANEIRO, May 21 (UPI) -- The destruction of the Brazilian rainforest is on the rise again, the country's new environment minister said Wednesday.
  • Peruvian leader has pre-cancerous growth  (UPI / 10:24PM EDT on 05/21) LIMA, May 21 (UPI) -- Former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori has a precancerous growth on his mouth that may require an operation, his daughter says.
  • Alaska to challenge polar bear listing  (UPI / 10:14PM EDT on 05/21) ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 21 (UPI) -- Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg has been asked by the governor to challenge a recent federal decision to list polar bears as a threatened species.
  • Judge: Admit $20,000 theft or go to jail  (UPI / 9:05PM EDT on 05/21) DALLAS, May 21 (UPI) -- Former Dallas City Council member James Fantroy was told Wednesday to admit he stole money from a college or go to jail.
  • More doctor sleep, less patient mortality  (UPI / 6:44PM EDT on 05/21) TORONTO, May 21 (UPI) -- Limiting the hours of medical residents does not negatively affect outcomes in critically ill patients in intensive care units, U.S. researchers said.
  • Bush allows cell phones to be sent to Cuba  (UPI / 5:05PM EDT on 05/21) WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- President George Bush marked a day of solidarity with the Cuban people by allowing U.S. residents to send cell phones to their families in Cuba.
  • Energy Dept. OKs waste storage contracts  (UPI / 4:54PM EDT on 05/21) WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy awarded two contracts for storage containers to hold nuclear fuel bound for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada.
  • Atmospheric aerosol measurements improved  (UPI / 4:34PM EDT on 05/21) RICHLAND, Wash., May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed a technique that dramatically improves the accuracy of atmospheric aerosol measurements taken on cloudy days.
  • Chimp undergoes surgery for bone deformity  (UPI / 4:24PM EDT on 05/21) LIVERPOOL, England, May 21 (UPI) -- A British veterinary surgeon has performed what's being called a groundbreaking operation on a Cameroon chimpanzee to correct a bone deformity.
  • Report: Much of U.S. oil is out of reach  (UPI / 4:05PM EDT on 05/21) WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- While gasoline prices rise, the United States has an abundance of currently unavailable energy, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday.
  • Study: Rural broadband access is needed  (UPI / 4:05PM EDT on 05/21) STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 21 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania State University researchers say proactive policies are needed to provide broadband access for rural areas across the United States.

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