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Painkillers Linked With Hypertension
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:28 pm PDT
AP - Women taking daily amounts of non-aspirin painkillers — such as an extra-strength Tylenol — are more likely to develop high blood pressure than those who don't, a new study suggests. Full Story | Top |
New Internet worm targeting Windows
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:41 am PDT
 Reuters - A new Internet virus targeting recently uncovered flaws in Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O) Windows operating system is circulating on the Internet, an anti-virus computer software maker said on Monday. Full Story | Top |
Father, Son Win French Pig Squeal-Off
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:55 pm PDT
 AP - Yohann and Olivier Roussel's performance climaxed in a cacophony of oinks and grunts, unleashing an explosion of applause. But it was only after lengthy jury deliberations that their hopes were confirmed — the father-and-son team were France's official Pig-Squealing Champions for 2005. Full Story | Top |
Babies Caught Up in 'No-Fly' Confusion
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:46 pm PDT
 AP - Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout the U.S. because their names are the same as or similar to those of possible terrorists on the government's "no-fly list." Full Story | Top |
Study: Most Wild Chimps Are Southpaws
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 03:42 pm PDT
AP - When it comes to fishing tasty termites out of their mounds, wild chimpanzees don't have the right stuff. Most, in fact, are southpaws. A three-year study of 17 wild chimps in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, found that 12 of them used their left hands when using sticks to probe for termites. Full Story | Top |
Husband of 'Peace Mom' Files for Divorce
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:55 pm PDT
 AP - The husband of Cindy Sheehan, the California mother camped outside President Bush's ranch in Texas to protest the death of a son who was killed while serving with U.S. forces in Iraq, filed for divorce, according to court documents. Full Story | Top |
Ag Dept. Cites Plants on Mad-Cow Rules
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:44 pm PDT
AP - Inspectors have found more than 1,000 violations of rules aimed at preventing mad cow disease from reaching humans, the Agriculture Department said Monday. No contaminated meat reached consumers, the agency said. Full Story | Top |
Abortion Pill Investigated in Four California Deaths
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT
 AFP - Health officials are investigating whether there are any links in the cases of four California women — at least two in Los Angeles County — who have died since 2003 of massive infection after taking the so-called abortion pill, RU-486, and a follow-up drug. Full Story | Top |
New Step Reported for Muscular Dystrophy
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 02:43 pm PDT
AP - Scientists have taken a new step in the quest for gene therapy for muscular dystrophy. Three years after researchers experimenting with mice discovered that gene therapy might one day work, another team has found a way to deliver such therapy throughout the body. Full Story | Top |
Experimental Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:42 pm PDT
 AP - Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away. Ron Gremban says such a car is parked in his garage. Full Story | Top |
Pediatricians' Weight Could Be Obstacle
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 03:02 pm PDT
 AP - For many doctors, it's tough enough to talk to an adult about a weight problem, let alone a child. Apparently, that's an even bigger challenge if the doctor is fat, or thin. Some skinny pediatricians worry they'll seem unsympathetic. Their overweight colleagues, meanwhile, risk seeming hypocritical when they give advice to chubby children. Full Story | Top |
Coroner: 6 Alive When Greek Plane Crashed
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:32 pm PDT
 AP - Initial autopsies showed that at least six of the 121 people aboard a Cypriot plane were alive but not necessarily conscious when the aircraft crashed while on autopilot, a coroner said Monday, as authorities struggled to explain the actions of the pilot and crew. Full Story | Top |
Giant Caiman Makes a Splash at L.A. Lake
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:20 pm PDT
 AP - Park visitors have gone from feeding ducks and fish to nourishing a scaly green creature more likely found in Amazonian swamps than a Los Angeles lake — a giant crocodile-like caiman. Full Story | Top |
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