Saturday, 31 August 2013
Olympia, Sep 1 (Newswire): Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Ryan Crocker is facing drunken driving and hit-and-run charges in Washington state after his vehicle collided with a truck last...
Afghan force to protect NATO bases
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Kabul, Sep 1 (Newswire): The Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) is ready to provide security to NATO military bases throughout the country, according to an Afghan minister. Speaking at a news...
Taliban blamed for 25 pc of 'insider attacks' on US troops in Afghanistan
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Washington, Sep 1 (Newswire): The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said that the Taliban is responsible for a greater share of 'insider attacks' on U.S. troops than earlier believed. U.S....
Daily diet: The controversy over salt
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Islamabad, Sep 1 (Newswire): Table salt, kosher salt, sea salt, sel de gris, fine grained, course ground, rock salt, herbed salt, garlic salt—the varieties are endless.Someone could open a salt store...
Increased incidence in asthma in children linked to burger consumption
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Islamabad, Sep 1 (Newswire): Diet and lifestyle affect everything from weight to heart disease to diabetes and increased cholesterol.Not surprisingly, a diet heavy on fast food burgers is having an effect...
A dash of humour keeps you healthy
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Islamabad, Sep 1 (Newswire): A dash of humour keeps people healthy and increases their chances of reaching the retirement age.But after the age of 70, the health benefits of humour decrease, according...
Military: More than 300 Miramar Marines arriving home
Friday, 30 August 2013
Washington, Aug 31 (Newswire): There's another homecoming for locally based troops who've been at war in Afghanistan.More than 300 Marines from Miramar Marine Corps Air Station are due to arrive back...
StarNews editor co-authors bin Laden book
Friday, 30 August 2013
New York, Aug 31 (Newswire): The New York Times reported that a new book co-authored by a StarNews staffer "promises to be one of the biggest books of the year."The book is "No Easy Day: The Firsthand...
Afghans: Foreign spies at root of insider attacks
Friday, 30 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 31 (Newswire): The Afghan government blamed foreign spy agencies for a rising number of killings where government soldiers and policemen have gunned down their international partners, and ordered...
Detecting Alzheimer's early
Friday, 30 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 31 (Newswire): Building upon a recent discovery that the same Alzheimer's disease process that goes on in the brain also occurs in the eye, researchers have developed a pair of optical...
Burger diet boosts kids' asthma and wheeze risk, study finds
Friday, 30 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 31 (Newswire): Eating three or more burgers a week may boost a child's risk of asthma and wheeze -- at least in developed nations -- reveals a large international study, published in Thorax.Conversely,...
Probiotics use in mothers limits eczema in their babies, study finds
Friday, 30 August 2013
Probiotics use in mothers limits eczema in their babies, study findsIslamabad, Aug 31 (Newswire): Mothers who drank milk with a probiotic supplement during and after pregnancy were able to cut the incidence...
Worker ban stays in Iraq, Afghanistan
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Washington, Aug 30 (Newswire): The deployment of Filipino workers to Iraq and Afghanistan will stay but will exclude those employed in the US military bases in those countries, Executive Secretary Paquito...
Afghan Taliban say want to develop mining sector
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 30 (Newswire): The leader of the Afghan Taliban said his group wanted to boost the country's mining and energy sectors once it regained strength after the Nato-led force fighting them pulled...
Report: US has wasted $30 billion on Iraq, Afghanistan contracts and grants
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Washington, Aug 30 (Newswire): The US government has wasted more than $30 billion on contracts and grants in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new report set to be released here. The co-chairmen...
Could a tumor suppressor also fight obesity?
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 30 (Newswire): The hormone receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GCC) has been established as a suppressor of colorectal cancer tumors, but new evidence from Thomas Jefferson University suggests...
New prostate cancer screening test shows promise for diagnosis
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 30 (Newswire): A new prostate screening test developed by AnalizaDx, Inc., a Cleveland-based biotech company, and studied by researchers at the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals...
New genetic clue in development of rheumatoid arthritis
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 30 (Newswire): Scientists at Mount Sinai Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Toronto, University Health Network and McGill University have obtained significant...
Aussie soldiers in Afghanistan to get new life-saving undies
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Canberra, Aug 29 (Newswire): Australian soldiers serving in Afghanistan are to be issued with special silk underwear as part of a five million dollars uniform overhaul.The lightweight underwear will be...
Few treatment options for Afghans as drug use rises
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 29 (Newswire): Once a river flowed under the low Pul-i-Sokhta bridge here, but now the thin stream is clotted with garbage, the banks are piled with refuse and crowds of heroin and opium addicts...
In Afghanistan, building up means scaling down
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 29 (Newswire): Goodnight, chief of engineering with the Kansas City district of the Army Corps, saw a lot of planning but not much actual constructing. When something was being built, it was...
Early embryos can correct genetic abnormalities during development
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 29 (Newswire): Professor William G. Kearns told the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology that a three-day-old embryo (called a cleavage stage embryo)...
Simple way to grow muscle tissue with real muscle structure
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 29 (Newswire): Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have found a simple way to grow muscle tissue with real muscle structure in the laboratory. They found that the muscle...
Could new drug cure nearly any viral infection?
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 29 (Newswire): Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including...
3rd Stryker Brigade heading to Afghanistan
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord, Aug 28 (Newswire): The 3rd Stryker Brigade will be deployed to Afghanistan in December, the US Department of Defense announced.The brigade's 2nd Infantry Division will be part...
Few treatment options for Afghans as drug use rises
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 28 (Newswire): Once a river flowed under the low Pul-i-Sokhta bridge here, but now the thin stream is clotted with garbage, the banks are piled with refuse and crowds of heroin and opium addicts...
In helping Afghanistan build up its security forces, US is trimming the frills
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Mehterlam, Aug 28 (Newswire): The commander of NATO's elaborate and expensive effort to build the Afghan security forces, Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, was standing inside the bathroom of a police training...
Smoking soon after waking raises risk of lung and head and neck cancers
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 28 (Newswire): Two new studies have found that smokers who tend to take their first cigarette soon after they wake up in the morning may have a higher risk of developing lung and head and...
Differences in metabolic disease markers in healthy and obese 7-to-9-year-olds identified
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 28 (Newswire): Research led by Dr. Melinda Sothern, Professor of Public Health and Jim Finks Endowed Chair in Health Promotion at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that...
Few health problems are caused by vaccines
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 28 (Newswire): An analysis of more than 1,000 research articles concluded that few health problems are caused by or clearly associated with vaccines. A committee of experts convened by...
Computerized warning system alerts doctors to medications that could harm elderly patients
Monday, 26 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 27 (Newswire): Adverse drug events, such as dizziness or confusion occur in an estimated 40 percent of all hospital patients and can be the result of inappropriate medications being ordered....
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