Health: Stress and the College Grad

The Latin class you took freshman year may lack real-world usefulness, but researchers think graduates may pick up a different kind of skill in college: stress management. A study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior suggests that highly educated adults handle daily stress better than their less educated counterparts

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Is Gene-Therapy Medical Treatment Ready for Prime Time?

At first it sounded like science fiction, curing genetic diseases by giving people new genes. Then it seemed like simple fiction: while theoretically possible, gene therapy appeared unlikely to become a true therapeutic option, the field having suffered years of complications and high-profile setbacks.

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Atlanta ‘Housewives’ reunion postponed

Taping of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reunion special, scheduled for last week, has been postponed as the cast deals with the death of Kandi Burruss’ former fianc, Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, an NBC Universal spokeswoman told CNN Monday. The show is now winding down its second season on the network, and the two-part episode was expected to air on October 29 and November 5.

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