US Infant Mortality Rate Down 12% Since 2005

After holding steady from 2000 through 2005, the US infant mortality rate dropped 12% from 2005 through 2011, according to a new CDC report. In 2011, the rate was 6.05 deaths of babies less than a year old for every 1,000 births, down from 6.87 in 2000. Premature births also have been dropping since 2006, and many hospitals…

Qatar Marriage Rate Falls: Weddings Cost Too Much

The government of Qatar is worried about the nation’s falling marriage rate, and one of the reasons it cites for the decline isn’t your standard fare: Weddings have become so expensive that would-be grooms—who traditionally foot the bill—are balking. How expensive? Al-Jazeera talks to one guy who says he saved nine years to pay for his $ 123,000…

Joke of the Day: Exchange Rate

Today’s joke by JokesBlogger.com

“A Chinese man walked into the currency exchange in New York City with 2000 yuan and walked out with $ 317.

The following week, he walked in with another 2000 yuan, and was handed $ 287.

He asked the teller why he got less money that week than the previous week.

The teller said, “Fluctuations.”

The Chinese man…

New iPhone app checks your heart rate by reading your face

The app offers a simple, no-touch solution for checking your pulse

Aerobic fitness is one of the best ways to get — and stay…

Proper daily care and maintenance of central lines might reduce infection rate in PICUs

By following a few basic rules for handling central venous catheters, nurses and doctors at a group of children’s hospitals have, in three years, prevented nearly a thousand infections and saved more than a hundred children’s lives and millions of dollars, according to a study by investigators at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere.

The results of the…

NNPC Mega-Station Runs As Private Business in Calabar, As Diesel is Sold Above Official Rate

NNPC Mega-Station Runs As Private Business in Calabar, As Diesel is Sold Above Official Rate

Despite the oil subsidy probe, some persons at the NNPC Fueling Station in Calabar appear unbothered as they continue to subsidies their pockets.

For example, the Manager and officials at NNPC Fueling Station along Murtala Mohammed Highway,…

Vaginal progesterone reduces rate of preterm birth and neonatal complications

A team of investigators of the National Institutes of Health housed at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and Wayne State University (WSU) published today that performing a cervical ultrasound in all pregnant women and treating those with a short cervix with vaginal progesterone reduces the rate of preterm birth and neonatal complications. The study is based on the analysis…