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When Alexandria at last chooses a new superintendent, he or she will barely have time to slip into the top seat before facing a major test: picking a new principal for the city's only high school.

Washington, May 22 : The belief that DHEA supplements act as a preventive agent for many chronic diseases has been questioned by researchers who could not find any evidence of a beneficial effect of the supplements on cognitive function in healthy older adults in a new study.

A STUDENT at an Edinburgh university will see her coffee table design on sale across the UK after taking the top prize in a national competition.

Washington, May 22 : Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Centre have found that a drug used to treat arthritis can actually help in treating type 2 diabetes.

QUEENSLAND police have charged an elderly man with more than 170 child sex offences. The 70-year-old former Deception Bay man was arrested last month after police received allegations of a number of...

LOS ANGELES – The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the “American Idol” title Wednesday, and it wasn’t as much of a surprise as it seem...

(Edelman Public Relations) The L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science are awarded to five groundbreaking researchers. Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson receives role model award for her contribution toward advancing women in the sciences.

Courtesy Library of Congress She is not as well known as her famous mother, but Harriot Stanton Blatch made her own contribution to the long struggle for women's right to vote....

Ministry of Health says millions getting treatment

By Joyce Farley - Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and model Christy Turlington joined women from African and United Nations representatives to tell Congress that more money is needed to promote maternal health care in the U.S. and the developing world.