Business
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - THE PHILIPPINES' new tourism campaign, which will focus on the human capital of Filipino hospitality, will likely be launched as soon as disaster-related issues clear up, an official from the Department of Tourism (DoT) yesterday said. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - FURTHER DOWNGRADES of the Philippines' growth prospects were announced yesterday by the World Bank (WB) and HSBC, which both cited the effects of renewed global volatility and poor state spending. |
 | CNN International - By Tom Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) -- At the end of another long and confusing day of political wrangling over extending the payroll tax cut, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi asked a question on everybody's mind. |
 | Business Mirror - THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) is reviving the Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) to provide importers the opportunity to correct any erroneous, inaccurate or insufficient information previously declared to customs authorities by reason of pure mistake, ... |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - SUPERMARKET CHAIN Puregold Price Club, Inc. expects the number of its outlets to double by 2015, the company told the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday. |
 | Globe and Mail - Mary Ann Dewey-Plante, press secretary for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, said Tuesday that her boss is unmoved by the pledge by euro zone countries Monday to lend €150-billion to the International Monetary Fund. |
Health
 | Private MD - A team of researchers is recommending that physicians follow up positive mammography results with more specific blood tests, as mammography often catches smaller, less aggressive tumors in the breast. |
 | AFP - YEREVAN - The percentage of male children born in Armenia has risen significantly due to an increase in female foeticide, the United Nations Population Fund said on Monday. |
 | MiamiHerald.com - Andrea Torres, a Miami Herald editor, is chronicling her breast cancer journey Tuesdays in Tropical Life. Read more at www.MiamiHerald. |
 | Salt Lake Tribune - By Laureen Neegaard AP Washington • The US government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people - and two labs succeeded in creating new strains that are easier to spread. |
 | The Independent - Physics was never my favourite subject. The two traumatic years I spent studying it for GCSEs were a... Chigwell was described by Charles Dickens as "the greatest place in the world". |
 | Reuters - By Genevra Pittman (Reuters Health) - A survey from the United States and Canada found 40 percent of police officers had symptoms of a sleep disorder, including sleep apnea and insomnia. |
 | London Free Press - By CHIP MARTIN, The London Free Press Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have been given a green light to test a vaccine for HIV AIDS on humans beginning next month. |
 | Reuters - By Laird Harrison | OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - An electronics company engineer who the US government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his semen that he advertises over the Internet. |
 | Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - (AGI) Washington - A pen has been removed from the stomach of a 76-year-old British woman after 25 years; it still writes. The old adage "the pen is mightier than the sword" definitely took on a new meaning for the elderly woman. |
 | Times of India - Eating less may keep the mind young, according to Italian scientists who reported Monday they have discovered the molecular process by which a strict diet may save the brain from the ravages of age. |
 | Times of India - LONDON: Here's some good news for ladies! Now, you can look forward to a happier menopause, thanks to a new hormone pill which eases hot flushes and peps up your sex life as well, say Italian scientists. |
 | National Post (blog) - Brad Nelson PHD, is pictured in Victoria December 16, 2011. Nelson and colleagues are close to developing a vaccine for ovarian cancer By Richard Watts VICTORIA - Canadian researchers believe they are near to developing a vaccine for ovarian cancer, ... |
 | WebMD - By Salynn Boyles Dec. 19, 2011 -- Increases and decreases in blood pressure during middle age and even earlier in adulthood can significantly affect heart attack and stroke risk later in life, a new study shows. |
 | Daily Mail - By Daily Mail Reporter Alzheimer's sufferers may have hope for a cure with new research suggesting a memory boosting pill might soon be a reality. |
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