Libya protests at medic pardons
Libya lodges a complaint over Bulgaria’s decision to pardon six medics released from life sentences in the Arab nation.
Archive for July, 2007
US cat ‘predicts patient deaths’
A cat that appears to be able to predict when residents at a US care home are about to die baffles experts.
Gene offers itchy-skin cure hope
Scientists believe they have identified the gene for itchiness, raising the hope of treatment for the condition.
Diesel pollution ‘clogs arteries’
Diesel fumes appear to combine with artery-clogging fats to raise the risk of heart disease, research suggests.
Obesity contagious, experts say
Overweight people could be increasing their friends’ risks of becoming obese too, US researchers say.
Weighing the Risks of Nuclear Power
SPIEGEL Online speaks here to German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Utz Claassen, CEO of Germany’s third-largest energy provider, EnBW, about whether nuclear energy can provide a way out of the climate crisis.
Phone mast allergy ‘in the mind’
Mobile phone masts are not responsible for the symptoms of ill health some blame them for, a major study says.
Cuba-trained US doctors graduate
Eight US students whose medical studies were funded by Cuba are to put their education to use back home.
Many ‘believe myths’ on epilepsy
One in three people could inadvertently harm someone having a seizure by putting something in their mouth.