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US researchers sound alarm on gonorrhoea

NEW YORK, Feb 13 — Researchers are issuing more dire warnings about the growing threat of multi-drug-resistant gonorrhoea in the US, according to a new paper published February 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

According to the article, gonorrhoea is the second most commonly reported communicable disease in the country, with an ... Read More
Stylists get a model ready for the catwalk at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2012 collection during New York Fashion Week, February 11, 2012. – Reuters pic
Stylists get a model ready for the catwalk at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2012 collection during New York Fashion Week, February 11, 2012. – Reuters pic

Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer’s in mice

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 – A widely available cancer drug has shown remarkable success in reversing Alzheimer’s disease in mice, raising hope of a breakthrough against incurable dementia in humans, US ... Read More

Cannabis twice as likely to cause road smash

PARIS, Feb 12 — Driving under the influence of cannabis almost doubles the risk of a serious accident, according to a paper published today in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).The risk of collision is ... Read More

Celebs find Fashion Week runways can be slippery

NEW YORK, Feb 12 — Celebrities launching fashion lines don’t always transfer their fame to runway success, but a sprinkling of big names such as Victoria Beckham, Gwen Stefani and twins Mary-Kate and ... Read More

Cupid targets the Fed with early Valentine tweets

NEW YORK, Feb 12 — It isn’t often you see the words “love”, “romance”, and “Federal Reserve” in the same sentence.But before the weekend, the central bank and many economists who spend countless hours ... Read More

Brain stimulation may boost memory, study shows

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 — California scientists said Wednesday they may have found a way to stimulate a part of the brain so that it forms memories more easily.Someday, the process might be used to make a ... Read More

Cape Town chases gay tourist dollars

CAPE TOWN, Feb 11 — Perfectly sculpted bodies lie poolside at The Glen, a guesthouse that’s the first listing on the Pink Map to Cape Town, handed out at the airport for the 225,000 gay tourists who visit ... Read More

World is a happier place than 2007, says poll

NEW DELHI, Feb 11 — Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most ... Read More

Holiday weight gain affects active people too

NEW YORK, Feb 11 — Contrary to the belief that people who burn a lot of calories are less vulnerable to gaining weight, a new study finds they and slow burners alike tend to put on pounds during the ... Read More

2°C warming goal now ‘optimistic’, say French scientists

PARIS, Feb 11 — French scientists unveiling new estimates for global warming said on Thursday the 2°C goal enshrined by the United Nations was “the most optimistic” scenario left for greenhouse-gas ... Read More

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