The FDA is challenging the sale of the first over-the-counter genetic testing kits. The Walgreens drug store chain was to have begun selling the kits that the developers say can show DNA clues for a range of chronic diseases and conditions, from Alzheimers to breast cancer. Critics claim the information isn't accurate enough and can give people a false sense of security or trigger unnecessary procedures for false positives. Source Link
One-in-four American households have cut the cord and no longer have landline telephone service. That's 52 million people who live in homes with only cell phones. Nearly half of all adults aged 25 to 29 just have cell phones, and of those who still have a traditional home phone, 15% percent say they rarely use it. The statistics come from an office of the National Centers for Disease Control that conducts telephone health surveys. Source Link
One-in-four American households have cut the cord and no longer have landline telephone service. That's 52 million people who live in homes with only cell phones. Nearly half of all adults aged 25 to 29 just have cell phones, and of those who still have a traditional home phone, 15% percent say they rarely use it. The statistics come from an office of the National Centers for Disease Control that conducts telephone health surveys. Source Link
You might think that the concrete canyons of Los Angeles or the crazy expressways of Chicago would be among the nation's meanest streets for drivers. But a new survey by insurance.com puts Baltimore at the top of the list of cities with the worst drivers. Also among the cities in the Top 10 Worst survey were smaller locales like Erie Pennsylvania, Des Moines Iowa, Portland Maine, Birmingham Alabama and Lincoln, Nebraska. Source Link
