Health & Fitness
Poor and minority US children skip bike helmets, risking injury
June 11, 2015
Poor and minority US children skip bike helmets, risking injury
Poor and minority children are less likely to be wearing bike helmets when they crash than kids who are white…
Beyond games, Oculus virtual reality headset finds medical uses
June 11, 2015
Beyond games, Oculus virtual reality headset finds medical uses
To help treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, Jennifer Patterson turned to a gadget typically associated with video games: the…
US FDA testing Nestle’s Maggi noodles after India recall
June 11, 2015
US FDA testing Nestle’s Maggi noodles after India recall
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is testing samples of a Nestle instant noodle brand that was recalled from…
E-cigs a ‘consumer-driven’ revolution born from a bad dream
June 10, 2015
E-cigs a ‘consumer-driven’ revolution born from a bad dream
Before Hon Lik invented the e-cigarette, a device now shaking up the Big Tobacco industry, he was a pharmacist in…
WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis
June 10, 2015
WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis
A joint South Korean-World Health Organization mission studying an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) recommended on Wednesday that…
Former model wrestles personal demons to the mat in yoga book
June 10, 2015
Former model wrestles personal demons to the mat in yoga book
A former model uses tales of sex, drugs and rock and roll in a book hitting stores on Monday to…
Amnesty: Ireland should change restrictive abortion law
June 9, 2015
Amnesty: Ireland should change restrictive abortion law
Restrictive abortion laws in Ireland are risking the lives of pregnant women, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as it launched a…
Hong Kong issues ‘red alert’ against South Korea travel due to MERS
June 9, 2015
Hong Kong issues ‘red alert’ against South Korea travel due to MERS
Hong Kong issued a "red alert" advisory on Tuesday against non-essential travel to South Korea, where eight new cases of…
Wales to ban e-cigarette use in enclosed public places
June 9, 2015
Wales to ban e-cigarette use in enclosed public places
The Welsh government said on Tuesday it would bring in a law to stop the use of electronic cigarettes in…
Mehleb to meet with Egyptian Solvadi manufacturers
June 9, 2015
Mehleb to meet with Egyptian Solvadi manufacturers
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb commissioned Health Minister Adel al-Adawy to prepare a meeting where a specific price will be agreed…