Kansas City Star: Health & Science News http://www.kansascity.com/439/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star Health & Science News 60 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:45:00 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252033/cockroaches-quickly-lose-sweet.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252033/cockroaches-quickly-lose-sweet.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 13:10 CDT For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251947/noaa-predicts-another-busy-hurricane.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251947/noaa-predicts-another-busy-hurricane.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20 CDT Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251981/study-amphibians-disappearing.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251981/study-amphibians-disappearing.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40 CDT A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good. Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4251192/nearly-all-us-states-see-hefty.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4251192/nearly-all-us-states-see-hefty.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05 CDT The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. Alabama mystery illness solved: it's common flu http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252435/alabama-mystery-illness-solved.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252435/alabama-mystery-illness-solved.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 16:35 CDT Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved. Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251908/shuttered-nm-plant-resumes-making.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251908/shuttered-nm-plant-resumes-making.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 11:45 CDT The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month. Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251432/birth-control-coverage-up-for.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251432/birth-control-coverage-up-for.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 02:50 CDT In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252675/study-no-higher-cancer-rate-at.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252675/study-no-higher-cancer-rate-at.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15 CDT An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers. NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252112/nasa-head-views-progress-on-asteroid.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252112/nasa-head-views-progress-on-asteroid.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50 CDT Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251703/report-nations-kids-need-to-get.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251703/report-nations-kids-need-to-get.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 09:20 CDT Reading, writing, arithmetic - and PE? US companies challenging contraception mandate http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251974/other-companies-challenging-contraception.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251974/other-companies-challenging-contraception.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 12:31 CDT Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of contraception. Teen birth rates decline in most US states http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4251191/teen-birth-rates-decline-in-most.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4251191/teen-birth-rates-decline-in-most.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05 CDT The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252329/2013-hurricane-names-from-andrea.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252329/2013-hurricane-names-from-andrea.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 15:35 CDT Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251710/un-22-deaths-worldwide-from-coronavirus.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251710/un-22-deaths-worldwide-from-coronavirus.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25 CDT International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday. Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249175/life-saving-face-transplant-performed.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249175/life-saving-face-transplant-performed.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 06:21 CDT A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant. Vote on pot shops could end lingering LA issue http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249291/la-voters-back-measure-to-cap.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249291/la-voters-back-measure-to-cap.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 08:11 CDT Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry. Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248965/cancer-society-hits-100-as-us.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248965/cancer-society-hits-100-as-us.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 01:41 CDT The American Cancer Society - one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups - is 100 years old this week. Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4250559/doctors-save-ohio-boy-by-printing.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4250559/doctors-save-ohio-boy-by-printing.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10 CDT In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249296/solar-plane-departs-phoenix-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249296/solar-plane-departs-phoenix-on.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 08:21 CDT A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. More doctors, hospitals using electronic records http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249389/more-doctors-hospitals-using-electronic.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249389/more-doctors-hospitals-using-electronic.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 09:46 CDT The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a "tipping point" in America.