BBC News reports here: Drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as drinking plenty of water and may even have extra health benefits, say researchers. The work in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition dispels the common belief that tea dehydrates. Tea not only rehydrates as well as […]
The Washington Post reports here: Bad news for all those baby boomers starting to pile on the pounds as they go through middle age: You don’t have to be obese — just a little overweight — to increase your risk of dying prematurely, according to a large government study. The 10-year study of more than […]
CNET News.com reports here: New security feature lets Yahoo users customize their login page, a measure designed to foil information-thieving phishing scams.
Hackers are hijacking thousands of PCs to spy on users, shake down online businesses, steal identities and send millions of pieces of spam. If you think your computer is safe, think again. For more info see this article here at the Washington Post website.
The Associated Press reports here at the Washington Post website: Accutane, the powerful acne drug already known to cause birth defects, seems to raise the risk for potential heart and liver problems more than doctors had expected, according to a new study.
Spiegel Online reports here: Europe’s war on tobacco might still be underway, but now the EU appears set to take on alcohol with warning labels and advertising restrictions. The Scandinavians are leading the charge against drinking by suggesting that everyone should pay the same exorbitant taxes as they do for alcoholic beverages.
LiveScience.com reports here at Yahoo News: Chewing gum, toothpaste and deodorant might soon contain beneficial bacteria to fight tooth decay and underarm stench.
The Washington Post reports here: The Senate’s embattled immigration bill would raise government spending by as much as $126 billion over the next decade, as the government begins paying out federal benefits to millions of new legal workers and cracks down on the border, a new Congressional Budget Office analysis concludes.
Same Data, Different Conclusions, The Washington Post writes here: A year after Hurricane Katrina and other major storms battered the U.S. coast, the question of whether hurricanes are becoming more destructive because of global warming has become perhaps the most hotly contested question in the scientific debate over climate change.