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A Minnesota couple who refused chemotherapy for their 13-year-old son were ordered Friday to have the boy re-evaluated to see if he would still benefit from the cancer treatment — or if it may already be too late.

You will be familiar with the work of Professor Baroness Susan Greenfield. The Oxford University professor is head of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, where she has charged herself with promoting the public's understanding of science, of what it means for there to be evidence for a given proposition. This is important work.You will also be aware of her more prominent activity on the terrifying risks of computers, exemplified in the Daily Mail headline 'Social websites harm children's brains: Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist', 'Computers could be fuelling obesity crisis, says Baroness Susan Greenfield' in the Telegraph, and so on.These stories arise from a string of lectures, public meetings, pronouncements and articles in the popular press, generated by Greenfield over the past few years. They are never set out as a clear hypothesis with the accompanying evidence and a clear suggestion of what research programmes might be planned to clarify any uncertainties.

MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota judge ruled Friday that a 13-year-old cancer patient must be evaluated by a doctor to determine if the boy would benefit from restarting chemotherapy over his parents' objections.

. News: Alcohol price controls 'would save lives'. Blog: Watch out for BNP success at European elections. Comment: An American thanks his lucky stars for the NHSWelcome to the morning news alert from SocietyGuardian.co.uk************Today's top story - Swine flu: government seeks early supplies of vaccineAlan Johnson wants vaccine for 'pre-pandemic' phase, before predicted second wave************MORE NEWS. Alcohol: Alcohol price controls 'would save lives'Government opposition to a minimum pricing regime for alcohol comes under renewed pressure with calls for a 50p rate a unit aimed at saving 3,400 lives a year. Adoption: Adoption charity apologises for use of word 'retarded'Guide for gay adopters cited parent who condemned 'retarded homophobes'. NHS: NHS surgery worth £120m a year brings little benefit, finds surveyHealth department disputes question of validity of some hernia, vein, hip and knee operations. Domestic violence: Charity to sue police and prosecutors over woman's murderD

VIENNA – Roxana Saberi, the American journalist freed after some four months in an Iranian prison on spying charges, left the country and flew to the Austrian capital with her parents early Frid...

From the time she was 2 until she was 14, when her family left for Nashville, Taylor Swift's parents had a summer house on the bay in Stone Harbor. Though all of 19 now, Swift has had quite a year. Her album, Fearless, spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, and "Love Story," its main single, was a rare crossover country/pop hit. She's been on magazine covers from Rolling Stone to Allure and seemingly every TV awards show possible.

(Society for Research in Child Development) Findings from a study following more than 3,200 teenagers over a period of four years show that fathers react differently than mothers to their children's sexual behavior. When teens engaged in risky sexual behavior, instead of parents becoming less involved, as previously seen, fathers actually boosted their involvement, learning more about their children's friends and activities. This study also identified involvement in family activities as a protective force.