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| Fri, 20 May 2005 12:00:00 EST An aspirin a day? |
| Many people take aspirin daily for its blood-thinning properties, which help protect against strokes and heart attacks. But those same properties can also pose risks, increasing the danger of gastrointestinal bleeding. Because current U.S. guidelines on daily aspirin use would recommend aspirin for many older people, researchers in Australia used a computer simulation to find out whether aspirin would be likely to do more harm than good. |
| Thu, 19 May 2005 16:00:00 EST A Wal-Mart wake-up? |
| For years, Wal-Mart has been known as a category killer, meaning that once it starts selling a particular product or service, Wal-Mart's sheer size—and its ability to cut costs through economies of scale—make it hard for smaller competitors to keep up. |
| Thu, 19 May 2005 14:00:00 EST Got PMS? |
| While fodder for too many jokes about women's behavior during that "certain time of the month," premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a very real and disabling condition. While as many as 75 percent of women suffer in some ways from the monthly irritability, anxiety, depression, mood swings that are commonly referred to as premenstrual disorder (PMS), for an estimated 3 to 9 percent of women these symptoms are so severe that they interfere with their normal lives. But why are some women more vulnerable than others? A new study that looks at brain receptors during the ovarian cycle in female mice may provide some clues for their larger, primate sisters. |
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| Sat, 21 May 2005 03:00:12 GMT U.S. Condemns Saddam Photo Publication (AP) |
| AP - The U.S. military condemned the publication Friday of photographs showing an imprisoned Saddam Hussein naked except for his white underwear, and ordered an investigation of how the pictures were leaked to a tabloid. Some Iraqis expressed anger, but President Bush said he did not think the images would incite further anti-American sentiment. |
| Sat, 21 May 2005 02:59:22 GMT Bush Vows to Veto Stem Cell Legislation (AP) |
| AP - President Bush on Friday condemned stem cell research advances in South Korea and said he worried about living in a world in which human cloning was condoned. He said he would veto any legislation aimed at loosening limits on federal support in the United States. |
| Sat, 21 May 2005 02:58:12 GMT GOP Sets Stage for Filibuster Showdown (AP) |
| AP - Senate Republicans set the stage for a showdown Tuesday over the filibusters blocking several of President Bush's judicial nominees, a historic vote that could determine whether an out-of-power party can stop a president from placing like-minded jurists on the nation's highest courts. |
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| Jury anger over threat of torture |
| Jurors who acquitted four Algerians in the "ricin plot" trial that ended at the Old Bailey last month express outrage at the news that the government is seeking to deport three of the accused to Algeria. |
| Zimbabwe wants white farmers |
| White farmers may be allowed back on their land in plan to solve the country's deepening economic crisis. |
| Blood red is the colour |
| Finishing the season trophyless adds extra intensity to today's battle between two bitter rivals, says Donald McRae. |
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