AP – Hailing the House, President Barack Obama put pressure on senators Saturday to follow its lead and pass legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions, helping usher the U.S. into a new age of energy efficiency.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Pop star Michael Jackson
probably did not die on Thursday of a heart attack but perhaps something
even more deadly — sudden cardiac arrest, experts say.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Looking at the legions of
fans mourning the loss of Michael Jackson, one might think celebrity
worship is a modern phenomenon. But from the gods on Olympus in ancient
Greece to the bobby-soxers swooning over Frank Sinatra in the late 1930s
to Brad and Angelina today, adulation of the stars is an age-old pursuit,
psychologists say.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — A new drug to treat
rheumatoid arthritis reduces joint inflammation in severe cases while
causing only mild to moderate side effects, according to a report from the
first clinical trial of the drug on humans.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) — If summer beckons you
outside to play, take precautions to lower your chance of getting hurt
during your pursuit of recreation.
AFP – Michael Jackson’s death has lifted a veil on the sinister underbelly of fame, with associates of the pop icon hitting out at celebrity-dazzled doctors who funnel powerful narcotics to the stars.
AFP – Michael Jackson’s death has lifted a veil on the sinister underbelly of fame, with associates of the pop icon hitting out at celebrity-dazzled doctors who funnel powerful narcotics to the stars.
AFP – President Barack Obama on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.
Reuters – Sanofi-Aventis’s diabetes drug Lantus may increase the risk of cancer, according to European studies involving some 300,000 insulin-treated patients, prompting a call from experts for more research.
AP – Swine flu has been detected in numerous pigs at a farm near the Argentine capital, but the virus has not shown itself to be any deadlier to the animals than a normal flu, the government said Friday.