Brittle Bone Pill Reduces Breast Cancer Risk By Up To 40%

Drugs used to treat brittle bones could reduce the risk of breast cancer by almost 40%. In a study by researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle, Washington found a strong association...

D12: 'Let me hear you make some noise if you're...

...Popping PILLS'.  Call me conservative, orthodox or old fashioned (if possible at 19) but there's always something disturbing when you are in a club with girlfriends and you hear D12 gearing up the audience, asking to,  'make some noise if you're popping pills'....

No oxygen in the IMF ventilator

"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....

McAllister and Will Smith tests positive

More trouble for players in the NFL. Santonio Holmes is suspended for possession of marijuana and now Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the Saints has tested positive for taking a "water pill" to help lose...

Dinner lady's body found in school freezer

When someone decides to kill themselves at work all kinds of questions around emotional health and wellbeing are raised. This is a tragic story of a dinner lady who appears to have taken her own life by consuming...

Parkinson drugs turned headmaster into paedophile

A headmaster with thousands of indecent pictures of children on his computer has been aquited after a judge ruled that the drugs he was taking to combat Parkinson's disease turned him into a paedophile."A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children...

Tattoos And Boner Pills = Olympic Gold

"Tattoos And Boner Pills = Olympic Gold"

Widow: My husband died from online drugs

"WICHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- She found her husband on their bed in a pool of his own vomit, dead from an accidental overdose of drugs he received from an online pharmacy....

Experts Unfazed by Drugs in Ontario Water

You know all those painkillers, prescription drugs and antibiotics we all take throughout the year? Turns out we're getting some of it back in the same water we're drinking. So far no one seems very concerned, nor are there any plans to deal with the drugs as they are...

Police still investigating drug-trafficking

""We still don`t know how they brought in the ecstasy pills, by sea or air transportation, as part of a ship`s or plane`s cargo or a passenger`s luggage," the head of the Jakarta Police`s drug offenses department, Senior Commissioner Arman Depari, said here on Thursday.Since...

Heath Ledger death ruled accidental

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor The New York medical examiner has concluded that Actor Heath Ledger expired from an accidental overdose comprised of 6 different prescription pills found in his...

Heath Ledger: Autopsy Results, $20 Bills, and Citizen Reports

More reports are coming in about the tragic death of actor Heath Ledger.UPDATE: A rolled up $20 dollar bill was discovered next to Ledger's body, but authorities are not speculating as to whether or not this had a...

Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead

UPDATE:  AP has released a photo of police carrying Ledger's body from the apartment, and TMZ.com has reported that Ledger had pneumonia when he died.  Ledger told the New York Times in November that he...

Miami Dui charges for former TV reporter

"Former WSVN-Fox 7 reporter Lynn Gordon faces felony drug charges -- including cocaine possession -- in Broward circuit court. Gordon, 43, was stopped by Broward Sheriff's Office deputy Charles Grady in Oakland Park shortly after midnight on Nov. 15. Improper right turn on...

Men, don`t bother with testosterone pills - study

"Testosterone supplements don't do older men much good, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday. The amount of the hormone in the blood drops naturally as men age and is associated with a decline in physical strength and mental functioning as well as a fatter midsection. In a study...

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