2009
03.23

Peddlers of bogus anti-virus try to scare people into buying, BBC News reports here: Makers of fake anti-virus software are exploiting search engines to drive people to sites peddling ’scareware’.


2009
03.20

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BERLIN – German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.


2009
03.19

Pope’s condom stance sparks row

BBC News reports here: Several EU states criticise the Pope’s rejection of condoms as a means to combat HIV/Aids as he visits Africa. And Spiegel Online reports here: ‘The Vatican’s Anti-Condom Policy Endangers Lives’!


2009
03.18

Pope reaffirms ban on condoms

CNN reports here: Pope Benedict XVI refused Wednesday to soften the Vatican’s ban on condom use as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope.


2009
03.17

CNN reports here: American financier R. Allen Stanford and his wife owe back taxes, penalties and interest of at least $226.5 million, the IRS said in court documents filed in Dallas, Texas.


2009
03.16

CNN reports here: Employers in Denmark have started paying compensation to women who have developed breast cancer after working night shifts.


2009
03.16

BBC News reports here: Vegetarians have a lower incidence of cancer but surprisingly a higher rate of colorectal cancer, a large UK study suggests.


2009
03.15

CNN reports here: Under pressure from the Treasury Department, insurance giant AIG plans to scale back bonuses and compensation for some of its top-earning employees.


2009
03.14

HealthDay News reports here at Yahoo News: In yet another sign that obesity poses health risks at any age, new research shows that overweight children as young as age 3 can begin to show signs of cardiovascular disease risk factors.