ScienceDaily (July 29, 2011) ? If you suffer traumatic brain injury, your risk of having a stroke within three months may increase tenfold, according to a new study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. “It’s reasonable to assume that cerebrovascular damage in the head caused by a traumatic brain injury can trigger [...]

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is sinking in the polls. A prominent voice in the tea party movement says “It’s time for Bachmann to go.” Is Michele Bachmann dragging down the tea party as a whole as she sinks in the polls? Skip to next paragraph Don?t look at us ? we?re not the first [...]

On Friday, we started the process of giving PFT Planet an opportunity to vote for the team that it would most like to see in this season?s Hard Knocks.? If there?s a Hard Knocks.? (And if there?s a season.) The Eagles are the choice in the NFC East, and now we?ll move on to the? [...]

TOKYO (AFP) ? Japan logged a bigger-than-expected trade deficit of 853.7 billion yen ($10.7 billion) in May as exports suffered following the March earthquake and tsunami, official data showed Monday. It was the second biggest monthly deficit since 1979, the earliest year for which comparable data are available, according to the finance ministry. The average [...]

WASHINGTON ? Looking for a big-name speaker? Now may be the time to send President Barack Obama an invitation, especially if your group represents a key political constituency. Obama has been making the rounds of Washington’s awards dinners and black-tie galas this fall, donning a tuxedo or dark suit and heading to ballrooms across the [...]