Bitch about Headline News on Health, Environment, Internet, Politics and other Issues
CNN News reports here: Global stocks continue to tumble as the aftershocks from Lehman Brothers’ collapse reverberate around the world with benchmark indices around the world suffering heavy damage. Central banks in Japan and Europe pumped billions of dollars into markets in an effort to shore up confidence.
BBC News reports here: Researchers have developed a vaccine they say has completely eliminated a type of breast cancer tumour in tests on mice.
CNN reports here: ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska lawmakers voted Friday to subpoena Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband, several aides and phone records in their investigation into Palin’s firing of her public safety commissioner, setting up what one senator called a “branch-versus-branch smackdown.”
BBC News reports here: A substance found in broccoli may limit the damage which leads to serious lung disease, US research suggests.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK – Obese men and women may enhance a weight-loss program of lifestyle changes by adding a drug to lower blood sugar levels, researchers report.
BBC News reports here: Experts issue a warning that levels of resistance to antibiotic drugs is reaching worrying levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK – For people with asthma, those who are obese are nearly five times more likely than their non-obese peers to be hospitalized for asthma, new research indicates.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – Nearly half of U.S. adults will develop painful arthritis of the knee, a leading cause of disability, and hospitalizations for the condition are soaring, researchers reported on Wednesday.
McClatchy Newspapers reports here at Yahoo News: “WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain’s choice of a running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, favors drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, questioned the science behind predictions of sea ice loss linked to global warming and opposed a state initiative that would have banned metal mines from discharging pollution into salmon streams.”
This sounds even worse then Bush!!