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Red Planet Rumblings: New Signs of a Recent Marsquake
Seismic actvity on Mars could mean underground water -- which could mean life (Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories)

No Link Found Between High Blood Homocysteine Levels And Coronary Heart Disease
A comprehensive study in this week's PLoS Medicine shows levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no meaningful effect on the risk of developing coronary heart disease, closing the door on the previously suggested benefits of lowering homocysteine with folate acid once and for all... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Combo Vaccine May Raise Babies’ Risk for Fever-Caused Seizures
A large, new study from Denmark shows that babies have an increased risk of getting febrile seizures on the day they get either of their first two doses of a recommended combination vaccine. (Source: WebMD Health)

Obama's '13 budget to increase healthcare savings (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs than the White House put forward just five months ago.

Better Understanding Of Cancer Drugs Following Discovery Of Cell Energy Sensor Mechanism
Johns Hopkins and National Taiwan University researchers have discovered more details about how an energy sensing "thermostat" protein determines whether cells will store or use their energy reserves. In a report in Nature, the researchers showed that a chemical modification on the thermostat protein changes how it's controlled. Without the modification, cells use stored energy, and with it, they default to stockpiling resources. When cells don't properly allocate their energy supply, they can die off or become cancerous... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Why Prescription Drug Addiction Is Growing Among Teens (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - By the time Jessica McDonald was 13, she had already started drinking, smoking marijuana and using Adderall — a stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — to get high. Physically abused by her father and feeling aimless, the Corona, Calif., girl quickly became an addict, racking up five DUI convictions while high on Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug.