Spain moves to allow Medical Marijuana for treating Multiple conditions

" The Spanish Health Ministry is expected to give its blessing to a Catalonian plan to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients in need. The London Independent on Sunday reported on Feb. 6, 2005 ( "Spain's Health Ministry To Allow Doctors To Prescribe ...

McCain picks Alaska Gov. Palin as running mate

"Sen. John McCain has picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a senior McCain campaign official told CNN on Friday."I don't know whether this choice will help or hurt McCain in the long run. He's made such an issue of Obama's lack of experience that it seems odd...

Breakthrough drug 'could halt' Alzheimer's

"(CNN) -- British researchers say a new drug could effectively halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease, offering hope to millions. ...

New Urbanism's Moses comes to Tsawwassen

Trevor Boddy critiques a proposed new urbanist development in South Delta as "a last-gasp attempt to reform suburbanism from within,before high energy prices and new respect for land compels much denserdevelopment." "The 13th of May brought several downer developments — and...

MIT Finally Completes Its OpenCourseWare Project.

"MIT this week announced an important digital achievement: the completion of its pioneering OpenCourseWare project. And everyone involved seems quite happy with being unsure about why exactly it's important. The achievement is digitizing all the classroom materials for all of...

Paralysed man's mind is 'read'

"Scientists say they may be on the brink of translating the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak into words after a pioneering experiment. Electrodes have been implanted in the brain of Eric Ramsay, who has been "locked in" - conscious but paralysed - since a car crash...

Jamal leads the way to giving young a chance

"A PIONEERING initiative aimed at getting troubled youngsters off the streets and into employment or education has seen its first success. Jamal Haynes has graduated from the Off Da Streets project and is set to start a mechanics course at college in September. The...

Sexual Advice For Teens Via SMS

"A charity is rolling out a pioneering service that gives young people sexual health advice by text message after a successful pilot in the two boroughs with the highest rate of sexually transmitted disease in Europe. Safe Haven is launching Text Sam across Britain to...