Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Results of a new study find that administering epsom salts to mothers just before they deliver very premature babies can halve the baby's risk of being born with Cerebral Palsy.
Cerebral Palsy, otherwise known as CP occurs when there is damage afflicted to the part of the brain that is responsible ...
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
It is being reported that troubled popstar Britney Spears will be spending the next little while in the hospital.
She was taken to UCLA Medical Center where she was placed on a 5150 hold - the US equivalent of being sectioned.
The ambulance was called by Spears' psychiatrist, after she started to ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
After a year that grossed her more than 70 million dollars, Madonna has been named the "Cash Queen of Music."
She was given the dubious nickname by Forbes magazine, and managed to beat out Barbra Streisand, who was No. 2 with annual earnings of $60 million, and Celine Dion at $45 ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
It is being reported that a slaughter house based in California is being investigated by the Agriculture Department folllowing video being released that shows workers torturing cows.
In the videos released by the American Humane Society, workers are seen poking blades into eyes of dairy cows, shocking them, and jabbing them ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
It is being reported that Los Angeles is the first city in the world to be home to 24/7 marijuana vending machines.
The prescription vending machines, or PVM's are to be used by people who need to smoke a little dope for medicinal purposes, and can only be accessed via a ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
A 32 year old man is the country of Indonesia's 101 human victim of the dreaded Bird flu virus.
The man came from Tangerang west of Jakarta, and according to Toto Haryanto from the ministry's bird flu centre he died on Tuesday at Jakarta's Persahabatan hospital.
"It's a big mystery that has ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
It is being reported that 38 year old singer Gwen Stefani is pregnant.
This will be her second child with hubby Gavin Rossdale, 40, and by all accounts the couple could not be happier.
"They and the whole family are delighted," Douglas Rossdale gushed to People Magazine.
UK's The Sun reports Stefani is ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
A new report outlines the dangers that are associated with cough and cold medicines when administered to children.
This is the first such report to analyze the amount of hospital visits brought about by adverse reactions to cough and cold medicines.
The report finds that each year in America, hospital emergency rooms ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
From all accounts, troubled popstress Britney Spears is having a very hard time of late, as she was recently photographed sitting barefoot and sobbing on the curb outside her Los Angeles home.
Her manager/friend Sam Lutfi, is said to be the reason for her minor melt down, due to them clashing ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Results of a new study find that people who live a sedentary lifestyle are more likely to die sooner than those people who live healthy.
The study which was performed by British researchers appears in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Researchers analyzed many groups of twins, and found that those who lived ...
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