A pill that will help you live to 100 and beyond may be available within two years, The Sun reported Wednesday. The drugs — a spin-off from research into age-related illnesses such as Alzheimer’s — are already being developed, according to an American professor. “Pharmaceutical companies are developing these drugs …
Read More »Doctors to Start Charging Patients a 'Late Fee'
Australian doctors have begun charging patients a fee of up to $43 for being just 10 minutes late for appointments, the Herald Sun reported Wednesday. Consumer groups are accusing the profession of a double standard, given that doctors often keep patients kicking their heels in surgery waiting rooms. But general …
Read More »Family Travel Gadgets Invented by Parents
Travel writer turned mommy blogger (crazybloggincanuck.com) Amber Johnson spotlights these great family travel gadgets invented by parents: • Safety Turtle: $235 — www.safetyturtle.com or at retail stores throughout North America Invented by dad-inventor Bob Lyons,. After learning of the drowning of his friend’s daughter, Bob completely shifted the focus of …
Read More »Australia Wildfire Victims Return to Burned Homes Amid Looting Fears
Arson has been ruled out as the cause of the Kinglake wildfire in Australia, one of the deadliest in the Victoria fires, as residents of towns scorched by the worst wildfires in Australia’s history return home to survey the damage. Police have ruled out arson in three other blazes but …
Read More »Record Number of Car Dealers Closed in 2008
DETROIT – A record 881 U.S. auto dealerships closed in 2008, with Detroit’s three struggling automakers representing 80 percent of the decline, according to data released Thursday. In the face of tight credit and a plunge in sales of cars and trucks, about 4.2 percent of the country’s 20,084 auto …
Read More »Somali Pirates Hijack Yacht With Two Onboard
NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates hijacked a yacht with two people on board after it left the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, the island nation’s state broadcaster reported Wednesday. A government employee familiar with the case told The Associated Press that the vessel Serenity, with two crew from the Seychelles …
Read More »Report: Stem Cells Help Heal Bones in Feet, Ankles
An implant consisting of bone ‘scaffolding’ containing stem cells can promote bone healing in patients who have undergone foot and ankle operations, a new report shows. The report is “first review of implantation of Trinity Multipotential Cellular Bone Matrix as a viable bone matrix product containing adult stem cells in …
Read More »Ship Carrying Dozens Sinks off Lebanese Coast
BEIRUT – A senior Lebanese army officer says a ship carrying 83 crew members has sunk off the Lebanese coast in stormy weather. The officer says the Panama-flagged ship sent a distress call Thursday afternoon and a Lebanese navy ship was dispatched, but by the time rescuers arrived the ship …
Read More »Casey Anthony Weeps at Account of Toddler Daughter's Death
ORLANDO – A Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter sobbed in court Friday as a prosecutor speculated aloud that the toddler was methodically drugged and suffocated with tape. Casey Anthony cried as prosecutor Jeff Ashton suggested that Caylee Anthony’s killer restrained her arms, dosed her with something that …
Read More »Scientists Make 'Sugar Bug' Drug for Bowel Disease
A genetically modified bacterium that turns into a drug-delivery vehicle in the presence of a type of sugar may offer a new way to treat bowel disease, British scientists said on Friday. The new approach uses an engineered form of Bacteroides ovatus to deliver a human growth factor called KGF-2 …
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