Rattlesnakes in whose backyard?

More and more people are coming in contact with rattlesnakes because we humans have moved into their backyards out in the countryside. In the United States there are four main types of venomous snakes, rattlesnakes, water moccasins, copperheads and coral snakes. There are over 30 species of rattlesnakes with a great number of subspecies.The rattle located at the end of their tails is part of the ...

US Open 2010: Elena Baltacha beats Petra Martic to banish painful Wimbledon memory

Elena Baltacha has beat Petra Martic 6-2, 6-2 at the US Open to set up a potential clash with Kim Clijsters.

Examining acupuncture, one needle at a time

A new study suggests acupuncture may have a ‘super placebo’ effect. But if it works, believers argue, does that really matter?

STUDYING ACUPUNCTURE, ONE NEEDLE PRICK AT A TIME

For 2,000 years Chinese healers have used acupuncture to treat pain and other ailments. Now Western doctors want proof that it works.

Acupuncture Infiltrates the University of Maryland and NEJM

A New England Journal of Medicine Article Promotes Pseudoscience