A new study indicates that debilitating migraines do not cause brain damage and the encouraging findings may provide some form of reassurance for sufferers of this type of headaches. The migraine study appeared this week in the online version of the British Medical Journal. “It is almost always the first question that migraine patients ask,” […]
Tennis champion Andre Agassi, who won eight Grand Slam titles during his illustrious career, has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame according to hall officials. The induction ceremony will be on July 9 at the Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. Agassi expressed his appreciation for his selection during an announcement […]
George Clooney said in a TV interview to be aired Friday that he had malaria when he visited Sudan to monitor elections there. His trip to the troubled African nation was part of his work as a humanitarian and human rights activist. Malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites and is common in tropical and subtropical […]
Wells Fargo reported Wednesday that the number of consumer loans who went bad during the last three months of last year went down 29 percent compared to one year earlier. Also late payments for loans in danger of default dipped for the first time in two years. In other signs that Americans are improving their […]
Jackie Chan and Barbra Streisand joined political elites in Washington as the U.S. feted Chinese President Hu Jintao to a state dinner at the White House on Wednesday. The menu for the evening was distinctly American with servings such as poached Maine lobster, apple pie for dessert, and California wines. Host President Barack Obama in […]
Mental health screening for soldiers about to be deployed to Iraq cut the overall incidence of psychiatric issues such as suicidal thoughts, combat stress, or mental health breakdowns by 78 percent, a new study shows. The report, published online Tuesday in the American Journal of Psychiatry, also said the screening halved the rate for suicidal […]
Vince Neil, singer of rock band Motley Crue, will take a plea bargain agreement that will require him to spend two weeks in jail then an additional two weeks of house arrest. The deal was for his drunk driving arrest in Las Vegas last summer . He was driving his black Lamborghini sports car when […]
Worries over the negative impact of the floods that hit Australia on its national economy have sent the consumer confidence index there to plunge to its lowest level in seven months. In a survey conducted by Melbourne Institute and Westpac Banking Corp, the index declined to 104.6 from December’s level of 111. It was the […]
Some reports of liver damage caused by Sanofi-Aventis SA’s new heart drug Multaq have been received by the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration, officials said today. The extent of the damage was severe enough in two female, elderly patients that their livers needed to be removed. One patient was taking Multaq for 4.5 months while […]
Rising flood waters in the Australian state of Victoria have prompted authorities there to order an evacuation of five more towns as rivers breached their banks. Meanwhile, flood waters in Brisbane, Queensland have began to subside and cleaning operations are underway. Traffic was starting to come back to Brisbane’s streets yesterday. Australia’s State Emergency Service […]
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