Dublin court rules brain-dead pregnant mother’s life support can be switched off – The Independent

What’s new with flu? As of Feb. 21, from the state Department of Public Health: 3,900 people in Connecticut have tested positive for the flu this season. 1,111 people have been hospitalized from the illness.

Judith Graham Thirty-five years ago, Jerry Gurwitz was among the first physicians in the United States to be credentialed as a geriatrician — a doctor who specializes in the care of older adults. “I understood the demographic imperative and the issues facing older patients,” Gurwitz, 67 and chief of geriatric medicine at the University of […]

Research from Brunel University in London suggests that people who post frequent status updates relating to their romantic partner or accomplishments are more likely to suffer from low self-esteem.  Facebook appears to be a means to obtain the social inclusion and acceptance certain individuals long for. The researchers surveyed 555 Facebook users to examine personality […]