The pilgrimage to Mecca has a deeper meaning than just fulfilling the Pillar of Islam. This spiritual and physical journey taken by Muslims on a global scale, for the past 1400 years, is documented in an exhibition currently showcasing at the Islamic ...
BEIJING, Nov 21 - China said it will punish officials caught concealing deaths from the H1N1 flu, after a doctor - famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 Sars epidemic - said suspect cases may have been covered up by local governments.
Some parts of the country are seeing a small decline in H1N1, as others, including Maine and Hawaii, see an increase. Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide.
The Address hotels have now opened in five key locations across Dubai, the latest being a centrepiece hotel in the middle of the Dubai Marina, adjoining the newly opened Dubai Marina Mall.
The H1N1 flu vaccine has been rolling out more slowly than many public health officials had hoped. But a recent Fox News poll suggests that even when the vaccine becomes more widely available, concern over its safety may prevent many at-risk Americans ...
Blanca Rubio performs a mammogram on a 65-year-old patient at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 16 If the brouhaha following a government advisory panel's recent change in breast-cancer-screening ...
MEXICO CITY - Suspect your significant other might be cheating on you? In Mexico, numerous laboratories are now offering a way to find out for sure -- DNA tests.
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (healthday News) -- Women can rest assured, at least for now, that their health plan will continue to pay for an annual mammogram beginning at age 40.
Oh, how women hate mammograms. How we detest stripping down in front of a perfect stranger in a freezing cold room and holding still while our tender flesh is pinched, squashed and flattened like a pie crust.
A Ugandan government bill that is advocating the death penalty for gay people will hinder the country's fight against HIV/Aids, legal experts and activists warned this week.
BEIJING -- China's health ministry ordered accurate reporting of the spread of H1N1 influenza and threatened to punish officials who conceal cases of the virus after a prominent medical expert raised doubts about the true number of ...
The federal Preventive Services Task Force, the group that created a political firestorm this week with its recommendation that women get less-frequent mammograms, was created to be insulated from politics.
BEIJING - China has ordered more accurate reporting of swine flu deaths after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak claimed the true number of fatalities was being covered up.
Weeks before its predicted peak, the swine flu pandemic already has hit a historic high in the Bay State, with one hospital unit reporting a third of its nurses felled by the raging virus and a local health official warning that the Thanksgiving ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius did a marvelous job this week of undermining the move toward evidence-based medicine with her hasty and cowardly disavowal of a recommendation from her department's own task ...
UN Official Seeks Global Action on Iran Wall Street .. - Online BERLIN -- Mohamed ElBaradei, the departing chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency, said Iran's continued refusal to accept tighter scrutiny of its nuclear activities would likely force the ...
Umno's politics of engagement - Themalaysianinside MCA's the-president Tun Ling Liong Sik subsequently accepted Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's newly formed Umno Baru into the coalition, which then returned Umno ...
Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations .. - Google CHICAGO - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.
Sceptics publish climate e-mails 'stolen from East .. - Timesonline E-mails allegedly written by some of the world's leading climate scientists have been stolen by hackers and published on websites run by climate change sceptics.
New Modern Warfare 2 game modes allegedly revealed - Mmomfg Some so smart that they can hack into the PC copy of MW2 and uncover the new game modes Infinity Ward plans to release. According to internet reports and a ...
Mobile Phones - Onlineprnews This week's revelation surrounds the possibility of Xbox 360 and PS3-quality graphics being implemented for mobile phones . At a recent expo in London, ...
Guitar Hero 5 & Band Hero update for the week of .. - Neoseeker There's a nice treat in store for both Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero players this week, as one of the most recognizable rock groups of all time graces both games with their music.
Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas - Yahoo Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.
