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| Only in America: Legal duel over heart attack burger joints WASHINGTON, Feb 4, 2010 (AFP) - The owner of the "Heart Attack Grill" in Arizona is suing "Heart Stoppers Grill" in Florida, accusing the outlet of plagiarizing his death by burger brainchild, lawyers said Thursday. |
| Insects hitchhike rides on fast winds to migrate: study WASHINGTON, Feb 4, 2010 (AFP) - Migrating insects seek out the fastest winds to help them cover vast distances much quicker than birds, reaching warm winter climes in just a few days, a British study revealed Thursday. |
| Diminutive dinosaur sported multicolored plumage: study WASHINGTON, Feb 4, 2010 (AFP) - A group of paleontologists has used a new scientific method to reconstitute the vibrant colors that adorned the plumage of a tiny dinosaur over 150 million years ago, a study said on Thursday. |
| British coroner slams German doctor over fatal overdose LONDON, Feb 4, 2010 (AFP) - A Briton who died from an overdose mistakenly given by a German stand-in doctor was unlawfully killed, a coroner ruled Thursday, accusing the foreign medic of gross negligence. |
| Britain to close swine flu unit as pandemic fades LONDON, Feb 4, 2010 (AFP) - Britain announced Thursday the closure of a crisis unit set up to deal with the swine flu pandemic last year, as new cases of the virus continue to dwindle. |
| Dozens of Thai children overdose on anti-cough drugs BANGKOK, Feb 4, 2010 (AFP) - More than 80 Thai children were taken to hospital after taking an overdose of anti-cough pills in a bid to improve studies and relieve pain from corporal punishment, officials said Thursday. |
| Darwin descended from Cro-Magnon man: scientists SYDNEY, Feb 4, 2010 (AFP) - The father of evolution Charles Darwin was a direct descendant of the Cro-Magnon people, whose entry into Europe 30,000 years ago heralded the demise of Neanderthals, scientists revealed in Australia Thursday. |
| Vaccine gives kids in Mali strong malaria protection: study WASHINGTON, Feb 4, 2010 (AFP) - A malaria vaccine tested by US and African researchers in Mali produced a robust immune response in young children, the group most vulnerable to the mosquito-borne disease, a report released Thursday showed. |
| Patient presumed vegetative communicates via brain scan: study BRUSSELS, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - A man who had been presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years, can communicate yes and no via his thought patterns, according to a study published Wednesday. |
| Gender reassignment surgery tax-deductible, US court finds WASHINGTON, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - An American transsexual who was audited after deducting the cost of gender reassignment surgery when filing her taxes has won an appeal asserting the operation was a legitimate medical expense. |
| US doing 'scientific research' to boost interrogations WASHINGTON, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - An elite US interrogation unit will conduct "scientific research" to find better ways of questioning top suspected terrorists, US intelligence director Dennis Blair said Wednesday. |
| New chinks emerge in malaria's armour PARIS, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - Investigators said on Wednesday they had made important lab discoveries in mosquitoes and the parasite which causes malaria, opening up new paths for attacking a disease that claims nearly a million lives per year. |
| Here's looking at dew: spiders snare water from the air PARIS, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - Fog-catching nets which provide precious water in rain-starved parts of the world may be poised for a high-tech upgrade thanks to the spider. |
| Obese people struggle with their genes PARIS, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle -- too much junk food and couch-potato living -- is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame. |
| Gunslinger reflex helps save lives, says British research LONDON, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - In the westerns, the gunslinger who draws his pistol first is often the one who is shot -- now British researchers have shown that there is hard science behind the myth. |
| Scientists 'grow' edible insects in Costa Rica SANTO DOMINGO DE HEREDIA, Costa Rica, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - The day when restaurants will serve garlic grasshoppers or beetle larva skewers is getting closer in Costa Rica, where scientists are "growing" insects for human consumption. |
| S.Korea court says automakers not to blame for asthma SEOUL, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - A court ruled Wednesday that South Korea's government and five main automakers are not responsible for respiratory diseases allegedly caused by air pollution. |
| Five Vietnamese die from toxic rice wine: doctor HANOI, Feb 3, 2010 (AFP) - Five men have died and 22 others were hospitalised in Vietnam after drinking rice wine suspected to be toxic, a doctor said Wednesday. |
| Low serotonin linked to infants' sudden cot death: study WASHINGTON, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - After struggling for years to explain why some apparently healthy babies die suddenly in their sleep, a study published Tuesday singles out serotonin deficiency as a key culprit in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or cot death. |
| Michelle Obama flexes muscles against child obesity WASHINGTON, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday went to war against childhood obesity, meeting with US lawmakers to prepare the battle plans. |
| Low serotonin may cause sudden infant death syndrome: study WASHINGTON, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) could be caused by low levels in the brainstem of serotonin, a neurotransmitter which controls functions such as heart rate and breathing, a study showed Tuesday. |
| Lancet formally retracts 1998 paper linking vaccine and autism PARIS, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - Medical journal The Lancet Tuesday withdrew a 1998 study linking autism with inoculation against three childhood illnesses, a paper that caused an uproar and an enduring backlash against vaccination. |
| Czech H1N1 vaccination chief gets swine flu: report PRAGUE, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - Czech chief public health officer Michael Vit said on Tuesday he had caught the H1N1 flu -- only a day after the government put him in charge of deciding on mandatory vaccinations against the disease. |
| MSF blasts 'ineffective' migrant camps in Italy ROME, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - Camps for refugees and migrants in Italy are "ineffective," the humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) said Tuesday. |
| Lancet formally retracts 1998 paper that linked vaccine and autism PARIS, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - Medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday retracted a 1998 study linking autism with innoculation against three childhood illnesses, a paper that caused a major ethical storm and a backlash against vaccination. |
| Lancet formally retracts 1998 paper that linked vaccine and autism. |
| Australian researchers eye drug cure for long-sightedness MELBOURNE, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - Australian researchers said Tuesday they had discovered a gene associated with long-sightedness, a development they said could lead to drug treatments that will replace glasses. |
| Maker repents over exploding cigarette in Indonesia JAKARTA, Feb 2, 2010 (AFP) - An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical expenses of a man who lost six teeth when a cigarette mysteriously exploded in his mouth. |
| Haiti quake patients to be moved from hospital ship: US PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 1, 2010 (AFP) - Some 300 injured Haitians receiving treatment aboard a US Navy ship following last month's earthquake will be moved back to their country, allowing other patients to take their place, US officials said Monday. |
| Quitting smoking could halve US heart deaths: WHO GENEVA, Feb 1, 2010 (AFP) - Half of the 400,000 deaths from coronary heart disease predicted in the United States in 2010 could be avoided if people ate healthier food and stopped smoking, according to research published Monday. |
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