Cocaine’s brain effect revealed
Brain scans have revealed a possible biological basis for cocaine addiction and why it affects people differently.
Archive for February, 2008
Bank crises ‘deadly for health’
There could be thousands more heart attacks if the Northern Rock crisis was repeated at other banks, a study suggests.
Threat to dying at home scheme
A key charity says plans to help more terminally ill people die at home are at risk due to a lack of funding.
Materialism ‘damages children’
Most adults in a UK survey believe children are being damaged by commercialism.
Tax Whistleblower Sold Data to the US
Spiegel Online reports here: The shadowy informant who blew the whistle on German tax cheats also sold data to US authorities, SPIEGEL has learned. The man, who was paid almost 5 million euros for DVDs full of information, has now been given a new indentity by German intelligence.
UN warns over food aid rationing
The World Food Programme may have to ration aid to the world’s poorest because of rising prices and lack of funds.
Obama fights back on questions about his patriotism
CNN reports here: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended himself and his wife Sunday against suggestions that they are insufficiently patriotic.
‘Old Men,’ Europeans scoop Oscars
CNN reports here: "No Country for Old Men," the Coen brothers’ brutal tale of a man pursued by death and the law across the empty moonscapes of West Texas, wins best picture at the 80th Academy Awards. All four top acting prizes, meanwhile, go to Europeans.
Software spots ‘missed’ diabetes
A GP develops a way to find up to 500,000 people with potential diabetes who risk being overlooked.