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Terri Schiavo is no more, but the question of Mercy killing is unresolved…

Terri Schiavo died in the Pinellas Park hospital on Thursday. Terri Schiavo, the severely brain damaged Florida woman, who was facing the right-to-die controversy.// She died today 13 days after her feeding tube was removed on the order of a state court judge. ....Terri Schiavo was 26 years when she collapsed in her home in 1990. She was suffering from potassium deficiency, due to extreme weight...

Drug Trial Turned Into a Terrible Nightmare

A drug trail was conducted to test the drug manufactured by German pharmaceutical company TeGenero by medical research company Parexel. // ..The drug TGN1412 which was designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, leukaemia and multiple sclerosis was tested on volunteered healthy men. One of six men who fell seriously ill after taking part in a drug trial has told the press that he felt like his brai...

Blindness from Smoking Terrifies Teens

Teenagers fear blindness more than lung cancer or stroke, but nine out of 10 don’t know that smoking can rob them of their sight in later life, //reveals research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. ....The findings are based on the responses of 260 clubbers aged between 16 and 18, collected at four UK venues in Bournemouth, Winchester, Manchester and Southampton....

Bathing in Wine Terri Hatcher Style

Desperate Housewives actress -Terri Hatcher, has a unique way of using the wine she doesnt drink - she bathes with it. ...The actress is following the advice of her Pharmacist friend, who suggested this unique idea of mixing the unused and sour wine in a bathwater. It is well is a known fact that once opened, a bottle of wine doesnt taste good after four to five days. ......"When you're alone...

Significant Differences in Stroke Prevalence Among U.S. States & Territories - CDC Report

Stroke prevalence varies widely from state to state, with some states and U.S. territories having more than double the stroke prevalence of others , according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report, "Prevalence of Stroke - United States, 2005," published in CDCs Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, provides the first data on the percentage of strok...

Amy Winehouse Admits She's a 'terrible Drunk'

British singer Amy Winehouse has confessed that she is has a 'terrible problem' with booze, which has replaced drugs . ...Speaking at her homecoming show in Dublin Castle pub in Camden, north London, the singer added that she doesn't know if the media has exaggerated her problem. ...She added that when she is sloshed she is terribly so, and that maybe it is due to 'boredom'. ..."My drinking ha...