Health

WASHINGTON — Scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers. The result points to a new approach for fighting tumors and maybe even catching them sooner.   Full Story

WASHINGTON — Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released yesterday.   Full Story

CAMBRIDGE (AP) — Billionaire philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced yesterday that they're adding $400 million to a joint biomedical venture at Harvard and MIT, saying they want to accelerate research into treatments for a slew of debilitating diseases.   Full Story

TORONTO — A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said yesterday.   Full Story

A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms, doctors reported yesterday.   Full Story

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two brothers who ran a funeral home and crematorium admitted yesterday that they sold corpses to a company that trafficked stolen body parts, a macabre scheme that left families aghast and unclear about the fate of their loved ones.   Full Story

MUNICH, Germany — Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said yesterday.   Full Story

Tuesday, September 02 WASHINGTON — Whistle-blowers have helped authorities recover at least $9.   Full Story

Q: We lost 14 koi fish this past winter.   Full Story

The first time inventor Dr. Robert Fischell experienced a migraine symptom known as an aura, he had no clue what was happening.   Full Story

Monday, September 01 You don't have to be an actuary or funeral director to have noticed the striking increase in the length of many Americans'   Full Story

Thursday, August 28 NEW YORK — Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a   Full Story

Q: Soy sauce for burns really works! I was changing the air filter in my car and my metal watchband accidentally arced across a battery terminal.   Full Story

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is working on a plan to track every car, truck or other vehicle entering Manhattan and screen it for radiation or other terror threats.   Full Story

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.   Full Story