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Percent drop in the U.S. birth rate in 2010, the third year in a row of decline. Births had been on the rise for years, reaching an all-time high of more than 4.3 million births in 2007. Last year, it fell to slightly more than 4 million births, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The continuing decline is probably due to the weak economy: unemployed women may feel they can't afford to start a family or add to it, experts said. [via AP]
Subconscious serving-size markers may help people break the fattening pattern of mindless munching.
Long-acting contraceptives like IUDs and implants, which eliminate the potential for human error, are far more effective than more commonly used methods like the Pill, patch and vaginal ring.
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
