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Study suggests fewer children would get ASD diagnosis; Autism Speaks investigating what happens when diagnosis lost or changed to SCD A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that fewer children would receive a diagnosis of autism under new criteria for the disorder. The new criteria came into use with the publication of the 5th edition …

According to a recent research, eating more fish could lead to larger brain volume, particularly in the hippocampus – the brain area directly linked to dementia. The number of nerve cells in the hippocampus has a great influence on memory, and their amount decreases as people get older. 1,111 women took part in the study during which the levels of …

Justin Bieber avoids his many recent troubles in Los Angeles involving the police, Selena Gomez, and drug rumors by escaping to Cuba. The highly popular 19-year-old Canadian pop star said on the Instagram social network today “I’m in Cuba and I love Cubans.” He did not say where exactly he is in Cuba nor how long he would be staying …

Texting can make you drive like a drunk. Now a new study shows that texting can also make you walk like a robot. Researchers found that healthy people who read or send texts while hoofing it show subtle but potentially hazardous changes to their gait. As pedestrians busily tap and flick, they swerve more, walk more slowly and move their …

The University of Utah now admits it bears more responsibility than previously thought in a sperm switch case that rocked a family from Texas. The family discovered that a convicted felon, working in the lab that handled sperm samples, actually fathered their daughter. University of Utah Healthcare says it takes full responsibility for a sperm sample switch that resulted in …

A former Halliburton manager was sentenced him to one year of probation for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Anthony Badalamenti had faced a maximum of one year in prison at his sentencing by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey. Badalamenti pleaded guilty in October to one misdemeanor count of destruction of …

Authorities used cell phone “pings” to track and arrest the father wanted for the fatal stabbings of his two young daughters and their mother. 28-year-old Miguel Mejias-Ramos, also known as Alex Jimenez, was arrested late Monday in Schulenburg, Texas between Houston and San Antonio. Police say the triple murder suspect had been on the run following the gruesome stabbing of …

Actress Alison Sweeney has quit her role on soap opera Days Of Our Lives after 21 years. The 37 year old has played Samantha ‘Sami’ Brady in the show since 1993, but she is now set to leave the role which shot her to fame as a teenager.

The woman who was beaten into unconsciousness outside a Santa Ana nightclub was a psychology graduate, aspiring writer and part-time fundraiser for breast cancer awareness, it was reported Tuesday. The 23-year-old victim, identified by relatives as Kim Pham, remains on life support after the attack outside The Crosby Bar and Nightclub in the 400 block of North Broadway in downtown …

HP has brought back a Windows 7 option “by popular demand”, offering desktop and notebook PCs with Microsoft’s old OS amid patchy public support for Windows 8. The range of five computers spans an entry-level Pavilion desktop through to ENVY performance towers and both Pavilion and ENVY laptops, with HP even offering a $150 saving to sweeten the deal.

*Tyra Banks confirmed that the sequel to “Life-Size,” the 2000 Disney film in which she starred alongside Lindsay Lohan, is currently in development. In the film, Lohan played a young girl whose doll Eve (Banks) came to life.