Business
Irish Times - THE EUROPEAN Central Bank has injected an additional €529.5 billion into the euro zone financial system, taking the total supplied to banks under the three-year loan programme beyond €1 trillion. |
Journal Online - THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources appealed to Congress for the speedy approval of a bill making illegal logging a heinous crime. |
Inquirer.net - Picture shows an Air France-KLM plane on an airport tarmac. Air France-KLM announced late last year that it would stop direct flights between Manila and Amsterdam, prompting Senator Ralph G. Recto to file Senate Bill No. |
Washington Post - The US economy started the year with a burst of healthy activity, according to a Federal Reserve survey Wednesday that reported that the country's factories, stores and even the troubled housing market appeared to be gaining momentum. |
GMA News - As if the latest round of price hikes for diesel and gasoline were not enough, prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have gone up as well. |
Wall Street Journal - By DAVID PEARSON And SHARON TERLEP The alliance between PSA Peugeot Citroën , Europe's second largest auto maker by revenue, and General Motors Co. |
Health
Inquirer.net - By Kristine L. Alave Apart from keeping cholesterol levels under control, three spoonfuls of virgin coconut oil (VCO) a day may enhance a person's sex life, findings of a research study showed. |
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - By Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerA Star-Ledger file photo of the 2011-2012 flue vaccine. While this flu season has been relatively mild, researchers at Princeton say a universal influenza vaccine could prevent a pandemic. |
Postnoon - Women plagued by menstrual cramps may find relief with vitamin D3, according to a new study. The finding raises hopes that the dietary supplement could one day replace painkillers and birth control pills as the most-commonly recommended methods of ... |
The Associated Press - DALLAS (AP) - The Texas doctor accused of "selling his signature" to process almost $375 million in false Medicare and Medicaid claims went unnoticed for half a decade by a fraud detection system that some critics say is broken. |
MarketWatch (press release) - ALEXANDRIA, VA, Feb 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced safety changes in the labeling for some cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins). |
CBC.ca - People who have a type of all-metal hip replacement should be checked every year for life, a British regulator says. The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said patients with certain artificial hips need annual tests to check for ... |
ABC News - They called him "the Tyrolean iceman" when hikers found him in the Italian Alps in 1991 -- the frozen corpse of a man from 5300 years ago, remarkably well-preserved. |
Chicago Tribune - LONDON (Reuters) - Almost 1.3 million people will die of cancer in the European Union this year, but death rates from the disease are on a steady decline, according to new research released on Wednesday. |
Ninemsn - By Lloyd Jones Around one in 10 Australians is afflicted with a rare disease but sufferers often feel they are sidelined, ignored and given the wrong medical treatment. |
Los Angeles Times - Laboratory-engineered strains of H5N1 influenza, also known as bird flu, aren't as dangerous as some have been led to believe, said a scientist involved in the controversial research Wednesday. |
KTVB - by KING 5 HealthLink "It's very difficult to empty my mind of the stresses of the day,” she said. So she alternates between prescription sleep aids, anti-anxiety pills and muscle relaxants. |
KSEE - By Stephanie Pappas Condoms with QR codes allow users to put their safe sex experiences on the map. (LiveScience) A new Planned Parenthood initiative combines sex and social media to encourage people to use protection while they're getting busy. |
CBC.ca - Most people in Canada and the US get enough selenium in their diet and taking supplements could be too much of a good thing, a review suggests. |
MarketWatch (press release) - PHOENIX, Feb 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --AIDS group's 53, foot, 18-wheel 'Condom Nation' big rig and companion Sprinter van continue national condom giveaway tour with stop in Phoenix. |
Marlborough Express - Cases of whooping cough in Marlborough remained above normal, but steady, in February, according to the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board. |
Care2.com (blog) - by Kristina Chew 87 children between the ages of 9 and 12 participated in the study. They were assigned either to play “active” video games such as “Wii Fit Plus” and “Dance Dance Revolution,” or two “inactive” games as “Mario Kart Wii” and “Madden NFL ... |
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