Business
Manila Bulletin - By CHINO S. LEYCO MANILA, Philippines - Claims of tobacco and liquor companies against the proposed “sin” tax reform are exaggerated and taken out of context, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Thursday, standing pat on the benefits of excise tax ... |
New York Times (blog) - By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED The fight between the casino magnate Stephen A. Wynn and his erstwhile friend and business partner, Kazuo Okada, is a war over money, and lots of it. |
Manila Standard Today - THE Tourism Department has allocated more than $10 million to its campaign this year to sell the Philippines to the world, Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. |
Inquirer.net - The state-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has sued two Sobrepeña-led companies, Camp John Hay Development Corp. |
NEWS.com.au - THE debt crisis will drag the eurozone into a long-feared double-dip recession this year, pulling down most neighbouring non-euro economies in its wake, the EU said overnight. |
Health
ABS CBN News - by Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau SAN FRANCISCO - A new government program in California is now making condoms available to teenagers online, free of charge, and even without parental consent. |
TIME - Katie Couric was right: colonoscopies are uncomfortable, but they lower the risk of cancer and save lives. By Alice Park | @aliceparkny | February 23, 2012 | + They're no fun to get, but colonoscopies save lives. |
Ghana Business News - Vice President John Dramani Mahama has expressed optimism that Ghana has the potential of eliminating or reducing the incidence of HIV and AIDS if all the stakeholders remained committed and dedicated to playing their roles responsibly. |
HealthCanal.com - In autumn 2009 the HPV vaccine was introduced into the Childhood Immunisation Programme and is offered to all 7th grade girls in Norway. |
EarthSky - Stress and depression might contribute to our aging process by shortening telomeres - protective caps on the ends of chromosomes. That's according to a study in the February 15, 2012 issue of Biological Psychiatry. |
MercoPress - Argentine Health Minister Juan Manzur confirmed Wednesday morning that the situation on the MSC Armonía cruise ship, which lost a crew member last Friday to a possible flu virus, “was under control” and “normal” after it arrived to Buenos Aires port to ... |
Jerusalem Post - By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 02/22/2012 23:33 New Ben-Gurion University study examined the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among firefighters, how they cope. |
Yahoo! Philippines News - Nutritionist Keri Glassman is back with Access' Healthy Hollywood team. Keri, who regularly shares her expertise on Access Hollywood and Access Hollywood Live, is now answering your nutrition, diet, and health questions. |
Reuters - By Toni Clarke (Reuters) - Vivus Inc (VVUS.O) saw its market value soar by nearly 80 percent on Thursday, as many investors bet that its drug Qnexa will become the first US-approved weight loss pill in 13 years and overcome the safety concerns that ... |
Chicago Tribune - Following is a summary of current health news briefs. Bird flu may not be so deadly after all, new analysis claims NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bird flu may be far less lethal to people than the World Health Organization's assessment of a death rate topping 50 ... |
GlobalPost - British officials will investigate claims that doctors are terminating unwanted pregnancies based solely on the sex of the fetus after a physician was filmed agreeing to a sex-selective abortion. |
KTSM News Channel 9 - A new study suggests that women with constant migraines are more likely to suffer from depression. Researchers studied data from 36000 women, over a 14 year period; they found that women with a history of migraine headaches were about 40 percent more ... |
EmpowHer - By Dr. Daemon Jones Expert HERWriter February 23, 2012 - 10:59am In general we as women need to take better care of ourselves! We have the tendency to multi-task ourselves into mental and physical exhaustion. |
International Business Times AU - By Genalyn Corocoto | February 24, 2012 10:31 AM EST Researchers have found a novel drug vemurafenib, known commercially as Zelboraf, which nearly doubled the median overall survival of patients with metastatic melanoma. |
Hindustan Times - From two lakh cases being reported in a year in the late 80s to no case reported in the last one year, India's Pulse Polio programme has come a long way. |
The Age - AN HIV-positive man who had unprotected sex with a woman who later contracted the virus, told her: ''It was just one of those nights. |
Daily Press (blog) - By Prue Salasky Worldwide, more than 89 million women are affected by endometriosis; the chronic, painful hormonal and immune disease contributes to a greater risk for three types of cancer, according to the Endometriosis Association. |
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