Why, I ask in all bleary innocence (it’s three hours past my bedtime and I’d expected to be talking about her fifth novel’s themes of war, male camaraderie, the ethics of British bombing raids over Nazi Germany, the nature of British culture and the future of the literary novel, rather than her experience of sexual [...]
This is the nerve-centre of No2ID, a campaign born in a London pub in 2004, and these days managing to make a good deal of the running in one of our most highly charged debates. According to its national organiser, 39-year-old Phil Booth, in addition to a hard core of around 2,000 members-cum-regular donors, No2ID [...]
Forgetting where you left your keys isn’t necessarily a sign of Alzheimer’s, a fatal and progressive brain disease.
Forgetting what to do with your keys is.
The medical community still isn’t certain how much mild forgetfulness indicates a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, but what is certain is that more Americans [...]
NEWARK, N.J. - Drug developers Merck %26amp; Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. on Monday said patients with a predisposition to high cholesterol fared no better when taking their combination cholesterol drug Vytorin than with a high dose of the generic form of Zocor.
Amid concerns about whether Vytorin posed a risk of liver damage, Wall Street has [...]
Add one more public health problem associated with obesity: increased risk of injury or death in a car accident.
A new medical study suggests when weight goes up, seat-belt usage drops, findings that researchers hope will encourage car manufacturers to promote seat-belt extenders and engineering solutions such as seat belts with wider, more cushioned bands and [...]
