The Associated Press reports here at the Washington Post website: Being overweight hurts men’s chances of having successful radiation treatment for prostate cancer, according to a study released Monday. The study by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is being called the first to examine the link between obesity and prostate […]
Washington Post reports here: The American public is sharply divided over whether to set a deadline for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, as military casualties mount and the insurgency shows little sign of ending its bloody terror campaign, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Spiegel Online writes here: China’s Communist Party officials are employing brutal methods in dealing with difficult citizens. The most recent victim of what appears to be government-sanctioned brutality was a farmer who suffered a broken cervical vertebra when he was attacked by thugs.
The Times Online reports here: New evidence that exposure to pesticides may be linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease has come from a study in the US. A team from Harvard School of Public Health found that people who said in 1992 that they had been in contact with pesticides were 70 per cent […]
Democratic Women for Change: To change the agenda, change the tone, and change the direction to get things done in Washington. For details see the "Checklist for Change" website here. And a transcript from Larry King Live show where they [ Senators Hillary Clinton-NY, Barbara Boxer-CA, Dianne Feinstein-CA, Patty Murray-WA, Maria Cantwell-WA, Debbie Stabenow-MI, Barbara […]
ABC News reports here: As the commercials continually remind us: Viagra is all about performance. Now it turns out, that’s not just referring to in the bedroom. Researchers say the drug, approved for erectile dysfunction, could eventually help some athletes train at high altitudes and soldiers fight in the mountains of Afghanistan. In a study […]
The Washington Post reports here: If it weren’t for a small but loyal group of customers, Channara Keam would stop selling premium gasoline at his College Park station. Sales of the high-octane fuel are down almost 25 percent over the past year, he said, and it no longer produces the kind of profit margins that […]
Reuters reports here at the ABC News website: U.S. health officials on Friday approved the use of a new HIV drug, made by Johnson & Johnson, in combination with related therapies to help treat patients who do not first improve with other treatment. The drug, Prezista, is a protease inhibitor designed to treat resistant strains […]
The Washington Post reports here: Consumer advocates said yesterday that a new privacy policy from AT&T Inc. marks the first time a major telecom company has asserted that customer calling and Internet records are corporate property and raises concerns about how the company tracks consumer behavior and shares data with government and law enforcement agencies.