Recommendation on Screening for PSA Turns Controversial
Submitted by Allan Swanoski on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 14:02The recent recommendation on the regular screening test for PSA (prostate-specific antigen) has received criticism from various medical professionals. The recommendation made by the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force states that, regular screening test for prostate cancer is not necessary for healthy men.
Insurance Premiums Different In Different States: Kaiser Family Foundation
Submitted by Danny Garcia on Sat, 08/13/2011 - 09:03Kaiser Family Foundation has revealed the national average monthly premium per person was $215, though it varied from place to place, as it was $437 in Massachusetts and $136 in Alabama.
The foundation analyzed the data by Mark Farrah Associates to verify last year’s average premiums for individual health insurance in the US.
Rising Feeding Cost Has Lead to Vanishing of Alabama Dairy Farms
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Mon, 04/25/2011 - 12:19Since last few decades, feeding cattle has become quite expensive in Morgan County and due to this, a number of dairy farms are vanishing throughout the state.
Alabama against Obamacare Despite the Fact that 14% Alabamians Lack Insurance
Submitted by Harkamal Singh on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 18:41Though, the state of Alabama was among the victorious American states recently, when the US District Court Judge Roger Vinson had ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. But, the question remains to be asked whether the decision of the state is the right one as, if looked at from a certain point of view.
Bath Salts, the Next Big Trip!
Submitted by Jayden Roberts on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 14:23It was on the street of Alabama that the existence and the abuse of another major and life threatening drug was revealed. It was when a middle aged man was found to be drooling all over the place, want able to focus, and was not in the right frame of mind.
He was babbling unclearly and was speaking of some sort of conspiracy that was being made against him.
BP Slips in Its Bid to Contain Oil Spill
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 17:42In what has put a question mark over its efficacy, the big box that BP hoped would be its savior sat idle hundreds of feet away encased in ice crystals even as a massive oil leak spit thousands of gallons more crude into the Gulf of Mexico.
Southeastern US Struck by Tornado
Submitted by Medha Sood on Sun, 04/25/2010 - 17:34It has been reported that on Saturday, a cyclone, almost a mile broad tore via central Mississippi.
According to state authorities, 10 people died, counting three children, and injuring dozens more.
Colonial BancGroup and 4 other banks closed; total bank failures this year rise to 77!
Submitted by Harkamal Singh on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 07:48With bank regulators closing US' third-largest state-chartered bank, the Montgomery, Alabama-based Colonial BancGroup Inc, and four other banks, in Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania, the total number of federally-insured banks to have failed thus far this year has risen to a monstrous 77!
Blacks Most Obese Whites Least: CDC Study
Submitted by Jason Ramsey on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 03:09According to a U.S. government study 35% of black Americans were obese, leading ahead of other major racial or ethnic groups.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that 29% of Hispanics and 24% of whites are obese and overall 26% of U.S. adults are obese.
Increase in volume Of Michael Jackson-focused Internet spams
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 07:09As per the information revealed by Gary Warner, Director of research in computer forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Michael Jackson-focused spams have been increasing in volume. The messages infect the computers with a virus that extracts users’ data pertaining to account numbers and passwords!











