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Today in History: Aug. 25, 2015 08/25/2015 03:15am • Today is Tuesday, August 25, the 237th day of 2015. There are 128 days left in the year.   Today's Highlight in History: On August 25, 1985, Samantha Smith, 13, the schoolgirl whose letter to Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her famous peace tour of the Soviet Union, died with her father, 10 Pricey Online Graduate Nursing Programs for Out-of-State Students 08/24/2015 08:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: C Help! I Have Motion Sickness 08/24/2015 08:00pm • When Geraldine DeRuiter was about 10 years old, she strapped into the Gravitron ride at an annual church fair in Indialantic, Florida, and convinced herself she'd be just fine. "I knew I sometimes got dizzy," remembers DeRuiter, now a 34-year-old who lives in Seattle, "but I reasoned that this was a What Every Parent Should Know About Autism Screening 08/24/2015 08:00pm • Every parent wants their children to grow up to lead happy, healthy lives. A child's early months and years are critical developmental years and, as a pediatrician, I encourage parents and caregivers to talk with their child's doctor about any concerns they might have, no matter how small. During Should I Have My Appendix Removed? 08/24/2015 08:00pm • Generally treated as a medical emergency, appendicitis can leave a person doubled over in agony. The most common symptom is abdominal pain, explains Dr. Martin Zielinski, a surgeon trained in critical care and trauma at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. A dull discomfort typically starts around M.D.-Ph.D. Programs Balance Research, Medicine 08/24/2015 08:00pm • If you can't decide between graduate school and medical school, consider combining graduate research and medical studies by studying for an M.D.-Ph.D. Academic medicine can provide a balance of research, teaching, patient care and administration. Although the majority of physician-scientists work in Who's Caring for You in the Hospital? 08/24/2015 08:00pm • Navigating the health care system was second nature to Susan Harkema, who has worked as a consultant in the field for more than 20 years. That was until her first husband was hospitalized for a blood clotting disease. It was then that she saw a different side of health care -- one crowded with whit Understanding Your Electronic Medical Records 08/23/2015 08:00pm • The days when doctors riffled through a folder bulging with papers to find crucial information about a patient's medical history are disappearing. Today, health care providers at many physician practices, hospitals and health systems across America rely on electronic medical records that give the m Hundreds protest at Planned Parenthood site in D.C. (Photos) 08/22/2015 04:50pm • WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people protested Saturday outside a Planned Parenthood under construction in D.C., one of several events staged in a national day of protest against the organization. Protests were held in more than 300 cities, 47 states and five countries. In D.C., the protesters were 5 Ways to Cope With Mild Cognitive Impairment 08/20/2015 08:00pm • The misunderstood diagnosisMild cognitive impairment -- or MCI -- can best be described as a fine line between a person's normal memory or thinking and dementia, explains Dr. Scott M. McGinnis, an associate neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "We diagnose dementia when a person ha Analysts: Carter diagnosis is troubling, but not dire 08/20/2015 05:36pm • WASHINGTON — On Thursday, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter announced that his melanoma has spread to his brain. “I’m ready for anything and looking forward to a new adventure,” he said during a news conference. Carter said he’s felt only slight pain so far, and hasn’t experienced Don't let heavy backpacks harm your child 08/20/2015 03:54am • WASHINGTON -- It's the one piece of gear just about every child needs for school, but there are concerns about the pressure book-laden backpacks put on young bodies. Because the phenomenon is so new, there are no conclusive studies yet on the long-term implications of lugging around all that wei TMI in Medicine: the Problem of Overdiagnosis 08/19/2015 08:00pm • You have no symptoms. The doctor suggests running some "routine" tests. Should you go through with them? Or maybe you feel healthy. Then you're diagnosed with cancer. You might not dream of asking: "What happens if I do nothing?" But a growing number of experts say these are exactly the type of fu Maryland Gov. Hogan honored with corn maze 08/19/2015 09:43am • WASHINGTON — A family-owned farm is paying tribute to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan with a massive corn-maze design that includes a picture of the governor. Hogan, who has cancer, announced Tuesday on his Facebook page that 95 percent of his stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is gone. "We had the Prehypertension and Prediabetes: Room for Prevention in Predisease 08/18/2015 08:00pm • You think you're relatively healthy: You feel fine and don't have any serious symptoms. So when your doctor drops a diagnosis such as prediabetes or prehypertension on you, confusion and panic can set in. Such a diagnosis means that if you continue on your current path, making the same lifestyle c