By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 15 April 2008 Nearly 18 percent of the members of parliament, worldwide, are women, according to a new study released this week as the Inter-Parliamentary Union meets in South Africa. The report says many of the barrier...
By Paul Sisco Washington 19 March 2008 The planet Saturn has long fascinated astronomers because of its distinctive rings and multiple moons. NASA's Cassini spacecraft visited one of Saturn's moons last week, collecting samples, data and pictures of...
By Melinda Smith Washington 14 March 2008 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released a study estimating that one out of every four teenage girls in the United States is infected with a sexually transmitted disease. The rat...
By Melinda Smith Washington 12 March 2008 For some time now we have been telling you about the global trend toward obesity, even in low and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization says billions of people are getting fat. By 2015, the W...
By Melinda Smith Washington 06 March 2008 Have you ever wished you could put aside your work just for a short nap? If so, you may be sleep deprived. Sleep experts saysleep deprivationis a common problem among many people who put in long hours on the...
By Carol Pearson Washington 04 March 2008 Numerous studies show that a glass or maybe two of red wine can be good for your heart and even good for your waistline. Now researchers say red wine may also protect you from E. coli and other food-related d...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 15 February 2008 Obesity is becoming a worldwide problem, even in developing countries. But diet drinks and food prepared with sugar substitutes do not seem to help curb people's appetites. Now a new study may provide...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 February 2008 Anti-tobacco campaigners negotiating a treaty to combat the illicit tobacco trade say cigarette smuggling is big business throughout the African continent and is resulting in serious health problems. Lisa Schle...
By Robert Raffaele Washington, DC 12 February 2008 Tests on several plastic baby bottles have found they emit very significant levels of a chemical linked to deadly illnesses in laboratory animals. That is according to a new report released by Americ...
By Robert Raffaele Washington, DC 08 February 2008 American medical researchers say they are stunned by the results of a major government study on diabetes and heart disease. They hoped to prove that a long-trusted form of treatment for lowering blo...