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As efforts falter to save North America's largest freshwater fish — a toothless beast left over from the days of dinosaurs — officials hope to stave off extinction by sending more water hurtling down a river so the fish can spawn in the wild.
A second drug used to treat cattle for pain could be deadly to endangered vultures and should be prohibited as part of a campaign to prevent their extinction, according to a study released Wednesday.
The residence floor of the White House was heavy with sleep and "quiet as death." Through open windows the listener could hear the splash of a fountain, a distant barking dog.
A third suspect has been accused of stealing a watch from a man who died while waiting for care at a Philadelphia emergency room.
Frank Deasy made his living as the Emmy-winning author of gritty television dramas like "Prime Suspect." But with his final acts and words, the Dubliner inspired a nation to become organ donors — and may have saved scores of lives even as he lost his own.
Boat captain Tad Burke looks out over Florida Bay and sees an ecosystem that's dying as politicians, land owners and environmentalists bicker.
Pollution in the Mekong River is putting the rare Irrawaddy dolphin in danger of disappearing from Cambodia and Laos, according to a study by an environmental group released Thursday.
A terminally ill bulldog whose barking awakened her owner in time for both to escape from a burning house in Michigan has been euthanized.
Suzanne Bull always half expected that she'd get cancer. After all, she lived in Marin County, California, where breast cancer rates are among the highest in the country. Still, she was determined to do whatever she could to protect herself. She ate right and exercised, and every year, she went into San Francisco to get a mammogram.
Striking new research shows dying blacks and Hispanics have much steeper treatment costs than whites, sobering evidence that racial health-care differences continue right up until death.
Only one native speaker of Livonian remains on Earth, in Latvia. The Alaskan language Eyak went extinct last year when its last surviving speaker passed away.
France's lower house of parliament unanimously passed a law Tuesday granting government payments to those who take time off work to care for dying relatives in their last weeks of life.
Trees in old growth forests across the West are dying at a small, but increasing rate that scientists conclude is probably caused by longer and hotter summers from a changing climate.
Drought conditions in Texas are so bad cattle are keeling over in parched pastures and dying.
Twice a week, on average, in a nondescript building by the railroad tracks, a foreigner comes to die.
Negotiators from 190 countries agreed a year ago to complete a new global warming treaty by the end of 2009 that would force governments to reduce carbon emissions.
Lively, a virtual reality service from Google Inc., is dying.
Water built this southwestern Wisconsin village. Now water is draining the life out of it.
Salam Dawood sat in his car stuck in traffic. A mother and her two sons shuffled among the vehicles, begging for money when a roadside bomb exploded.
The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on hospitals — they're short of drugs and functioning equipment.
The sabal palm, Florida's state tree, is under attack by a microscopic killer that has scientists stumped. An unknown but growing number of sabal palms in the Tampa Bay area have died from a mysterious disease that researchers are struggling to identify. Even after scientists pinpoint the disease — and that could take years — they will have to learn what insect spreads it. The disease will be tough to stop.
Even in northern Wisconsin, where midsize sport utility vehicles are as common as deer, people are starting to abandon them because of high gasoline prices.
For chronically ill patients in their last two years of life, Medicare spends an average of $59,379 in New Jersey but only $32,523 in North Dakota. The difference is primarily a result of patients getting more hospital care, but not necessarily better care, according to a new report.
In a sunlit, tan-stone building on the dividing line of this divided city, Arabs and Jews come to live out the last period of their lives.
You are going to die. Like the late George Carlin said, it is on your schedule.
Woman found dying with hand cut offDetectives have launched a murder inquiry after a woman was found mutilated and dying in the street.
Thousands send early Christmas cards to dying 5-year-old Noah BiorkmanI received this post a few days ago in my e-mail box from my bestfriend, Jackie. After a few searches and more information I felt this story was trues and wanted to pass it on. Please help!
Swine Flu....is todays Big Business.Yes ...flu and politics do mix.....with big business at the helm. Can you even name anything that is competing more for medical attention than flu? Hospitals filled to capacity. Dr offices full. Waiting in lines for shots.
What happens next after you follow all the rules and try to live right, but you find yourself back to square one.
Doctor under investigation after several patients die of drug overdosesA doctor with an office in Orange City is under investigation by local, state and federal drug enforcement agents after several of his patients died of drug overdoses, a Volusia County sheriff's spokesman said Thursday.
Limbaugh: "I don't believe anybody in this country is dying because of a lack of health insurance"A new study shows that a lack of health insurance is associated with nearly 45,000 deaths in the United States each year -- or one death every 12 minutes. Just don't tell that to Rush Limbaugh.
Another poster seeded an article where some drug dealers chopped up and cooked a rival. Of course they didn't do it to eat them, but it got me to thinking. There have been several famous cases of cannibalism over the years and many legendary ones.
Dozens Of Birds Found Dead In Arvada -Investigators are looking into what killed more than two dozen birds at an Arvada apartment complex Sunday morning.
Of course the 1/4 of the country that are hard core conservatives,(though I use the term lightly) are livid. Just as the 1/4 that is the hard core left were for eight years of Bush. The middle however are, much more flexibly rational, logical, and practical.
She was 84. Born in Louisiana. Spent time in an orphanage when her parents were fighting for custody, at least that's how she told it. Married at 13. Lived through the depression. Scrapped metal with dad to get money for food. Lived on a house boat and was swept away in a flood.
Home Burials Offer an Intimate AlternativePETERBOROUGH, N.H. — When Nathaniel Roe, 92, died at his 18th-century farmhouse here the morning of June 6, his family did not call a funeral home to handle the arrangements.
Are you ready for death? Does the thought of dying send your heart fluttering, your mind racing? Do your palms get sweaty and do you get all nervous or defensive? Are you calm in the face of death? When you consider your own ending, do you plan it? Do you accept it as reality? Do …
A Convent Offers Model for End of Life (inspiring)"There is a time to die and a way to do that with reverence," said Sister Mary Lou, 56, a former nurse. "Hospitals should not be meccas for dying. Dying belongs at home, in the community. We built this place with that in mind."
Did toxic chemical in Iraq cause GIs' illnesses?-- Larry Roberta's every breath is a painful reminder of his time in Iraq. He can't walk a block without gasping for air. His chest hurts, his migraines sometimes persist for days and he needs pills to help him sleep.
Inquest after coach driver refuses to let woman get off vehicle early to visit her dying mumSheila Gibbs got a call on the way to Bournemouth saying mum Kathleen Bicknell had collapsed with hypothermia. She was still on the coach up to an hour later when she got another call saying Kathleen, 88, had died in Stroud, Glos (UK).
Pixar Grants Girl's Last Wish to See UpColby Curtin, a 10-year-old girl suffering from terminal vascular cancer, told her mom that she wanted to live to see Pixar's Up. But before she could visit the theater, her condition became too unstable for her to be moved.
Many years ago there was a gift that came down from the heavens and landed in my lap. A beautiful angel named Michael that visited me for just a short time before he moved on to a wonderful and peaceful place.
Hospice care for children is seriously lacking in our country today and is a service that unfortunately is necessary for all infants and children who need palliative care.
Obit Photos Getting Younger and Younger"In 1967, about 17 percent of obituary photographs in one particular newspaper showed the deceased at least 15 years younger than when they died. By 1997, that figure had jumped to 36 percent. "
I was in the car today, fuming because the ultrasound department at the hospital had held me hostage for three hours when it should have been a fairly quick appointment and now I was going to be late for work! - when this song came on the radio.
Daughter says Dying Mother with Gangrene was Neglected by FamilyIndianapolis - Metro police and Marion County prosecutors are investigating if a sick woman's relatives went too far praying for a cure.
My family I love to go camping to Kern River in Central CA. Well next to the campsite runs Kern rive a beautiful treacherous river. The last I checked, over 900 people have drowned in Kern.
Outrage after cop keeps man from dying relativeRacing to see his dying mother-in-law at a Plano hospital, an NFL player found himself delayed by a Dallas officer as her life ebbed away. It's a story that has sparked outrage across North Texas and generated interest around the country
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