Smiling Tibetans Greet Olympic Flame In Lockdown Beijing Smiling Tibetan students dancing in national dress, acrobats in lime green leotards and hundreds of armed police and plainclothes security officers filled Tiananmen Square yesterday for the arrival ... Read Full Article November High For Mortgage Approvals Mortgage approvals in the UK hit their highest level in five months in November, the British Bankers’ Association said today. The value of mortgage approvals jumped from October’s £10.82 billi... Read Full Article Pavarotti Farewelled In Star-studded Finale Luciano Pavarotti received a final, tear-stained standing ovation after a recording of the great Italian tenor singing a duet of Panis Angelicus with his father was played during an otherwise sombre f... Read Full Article Evangelists Held For Cash Smuggling A judge in Miami jails two of Brazil’s best-known evangelical church leaders for using a Bible and their child’s backpack to smuggle cash into the United States.... Read Full Article Colgate Quarterly Profit Rises The company posted quarterly profit of $415.8 million, driven by improvements from its restructuring plan and strong sales growth.... Read Full Article |
Health NewsGlobal Update: Prevention: So Many Mosquitoes, Only So Many Nets2008-04-29 04:50 - Simple as they are, even mosquito nets generate complicated numbers games. Only one answer is easy: more are needed. Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways 2008-04-29 04:50 - The proposed ban is the result of a two-year effort to create policy governing interactions between the medical colleges and drug and medical device companies. M. Lois Murphy, 91, Dies; Leader in Cancer Research 2008-04-28 06:01 - Dr. Murphy’s leadership advanced early work on chemotherapy, especially for childhood cancer, and led to markedly higher survival rates. Counting Birthdays: The Short End of the Longer Life 2008-04-28 04:50 - Ever rising longevity is not a given for all Americans anymore, especially women. Scanner to Find Fatty Deposits in Vessels Is Approved 2008-04-27 04:50 - Federal regulators have approved the sale of a new laser scanning system intended to locate fatty deposits in blood vessel walls that are thought to cause heart attacks. U.S. Allows Sale of Drug to Treat Constipation 2008-04-26 04:50 - Progenics Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth have won federal approval for the first drug to treat constipation caused by powerful opioid painkillers like morphine. FDA Takes Closer Look at Lasik Complaints 2008-04-26 04:50 - The FDA is taking a new look at whether warnings about the risks of Lasik surgery are appropriate. Personal Best: Cheating Starts Before the Race Does 2008-04-25 06:01 - Why does the Boston Marathon make it so hard to enter? And how often do runners sneak in by trading or buying one another’s entries? Glaxo Says Compound in Wine May Fight Aging 2008-04-25 04:51 - The British drug maker said it would acquire a biotechnology company that is pursuing the notion that a compound found in red wine might retard aging. Drug Executive Is Indicted on Secret Deal 2008-04-25 04:50 - A former Bristol-Myers Squibb executive was charged with making false statements to the F.T.C. about a pact made with a Canadian maker of generic drugs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 |
i8news.com |