SACRAMENTO, Calif. — To many parents, text messaging is an enigma –
a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone
call or walk down the street to their friends’ houses. It seems to be
a strange but harmless means of communication.

Ever fill an old-fashioned ice cube tray just to the top in the evening, only to pull out a tray full of bulging cubes in the morning?

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An ongoing clinical trial of the asthma drug Xolair suggests that
patients taking the medication might have an increased risk of blood
clots, heart failure, stroke, cardiac arrhythmias and heart
enlargement when compared with patients not treated with the asthma
drug, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The agency
announced it was assessing the significance of the preliminary
findings to determine if further regulatory actions were necessary to
protect patients.

WASHINGTON — NASA could put a man on the moon but didn’t
have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV
transmission.

Sipping a club soda in the lobby of a Ritz-Carlton (where else,
darling?), “Real Housewives of New York City” star Bethenny Frankel
likens sensible eating to sensible shopping:

Your eco-friendly shopping bag could be making you sick, a study
says. But before you make the switch back to plastic, you might want
to consider the source.

A sixth person in Suffolk County - and the eighth on Long Island - has died after contracting the swine flu virus, county health officials said Tuesday.

The next time you hammer your thumb, do what comes naturally: Swear. It won’t sound pretty, but colorful expletives may help ease the pain, according to a study in the current issue of NeuroReport, a journal of neuroscience research.

Has the recession cut heart-healthy seafood and leafy greens out of your budget? Are you squeezing boxed meals or fast food between two jobs?