- Dropkick Murphys: The Season's Upon Us
- Hark! The Herald Angels Didn't Sing --"It takes a strong imagination to approach Scripture literally." NYT
- Science explains Rudolph's red reindeer nose
- 25 Ridiculous "Sexy Santa" Stock Photos
- Penny Arcade: Santa
- 2012 Person of the Year: Barack Obama, the President
- Nate Silver: Person of the Year
- Why 2012 was the best year ever--"Never in the history of the world has there been less hunger, less disease and more prosperity."
- 2012's Biggest Rule Breakers: 'Walking Dead,' Psy, Quentin Tarantino and 7 Others Who Rocked the Status Quo
- Facebook, Google release 2012 trends
- The Worst CEOs of 2012
- The Onion's Top Movies Of 2012
- Global report: Obesity bigger health crisis than hunger
- Big Food Corporations Are Making The World Fat
- Which Europeans are fattest, laziest and drink most, in charts
- Chris Christie Weight Comments: 5 Presidents Over 200 Pounds
- Obesity and Overeating During Menopause Together Promote Breast Tumor Growth and Progression
- Karachi polio killings: Vaccination workers shot
- Girl, 8, to get vaccination shots after court overrules mum
- Congress Holds An Anti-Vaccination Hearing
- Australia: Minister orders anti-vaccination group to change its name
- How anti-vaxxers see the world
- Hillary Clinton launches blueprint for eradication of Aids
- Obamacare Will Now Include HIV Testing, Saving Millions of American Lives
- EU scientists develop gel to prevent HIV transmission
- Culture Wars: After a Decade of Debate, the Philippines Passes Reproductive Health Bill
- Ireland to legalise abortion--"Ireland is to legalise abortions when the mother's life is at risk, including when she is suicidal, in an historic move expected to spark a major battle with the Roman Catholic church."
- Colin Powell Urges Congress To Remove Abortion Restrictions For Military Women
- In France, Free Birth Control For Girls At Age 15
- Likely Increase in Births Has Some Lawmakers Revisiting Cuts--"Moving $73 million away from family planning services seemed prudent to state lawmakers last year, but the cost of that decision is now clear: more babies born into Medicaid."NYT
- No-cost contraception reduces unintended pregnancies
- Better Than A Condom? Discreet Nanofabric Protects Against Pregnancy and HIV
- 'Obamacare' saves consumers nearly $1.5 billion--"Health insurance companies passed $1.5 billion in savings mandated by 'Obamacare' on to consumers in 2011, a new analysis shows."
- Obama Administration: States Will Not Receive Full Federal Funding For Partial Medicaid Expansions
- Anti-Obamacare Rants Hurting Restaurant Brands--Just ask Red Lobster among others.
- Obamacare architect leaves White House for pharmaceutical industry job
- Frank Morrocco, Ex-Convict, Claims He Intentionally Got Arrested To Receive Healthcare
- Brain's 'reading centres' are culturally universal
- Study: Biking Restores Brain Connectivity in Parkinson's
- Scientists Solve Mystery of Human Brain's Chandelier Cells
- More cases of brain disease found in football players
- Canadian scientists create a functioning, virtual brain
- Tobacco companies ordered to admit they lied over smoking danger--"US judge says tobacco firms must spend their own money on a public campaign admitting deception about the risks of smoking."
- Smoking 'rots' brain, says King's College study
- Australia: Plain packaging leaves bad taste in smokers' mouths
- Are Electronic Cigarettes A Genuine Threat To Big Tobacco?
- The lungs that Jennifer Wederell was given to save her life brought only agonising death--"A young newlywed was never told that the organs needed for her transplant had come from a heavy smoker."
- Anger as French psychiatrist is found guilty after patient hacks man to death
- Viewpoint: How happiness changes with age
- Why Old People Get Scammed
- Holiday suicide myth persists, research says--"Suicide-prevention experts say stories perpetuating the myth are not only wrong but dangerous."
- The Power of Negative Thinking--"Both ancient philosophy and modern psychology suggest that darker thoughts can make us happier." WSJ
