United States

Divorced elderly men with heavy tea intake at greater erosive esophagitis risk

Washington, Nov 24: A new study has found that old age, being male, having a moderate working burden, being divorced/widowed and heavy tea consumption are significant risk factors for erosive esoph

Kiwi granny becomes oldest asthmatic to swim across Cook Strait

Wellington, Nov 24: A 47-year-old woman became the first asthmatic grandmother and the oldest woman to complete the 26 gruelling kilometres across Cook Strait.

Las Vegas sitting on an explosive sleeping earthquake fault line

Washington, November 24: A sleepy earthquake fault near Las Vegas may wake up someday, according to a report published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin.

Beleaguered Pakistan needs peace: Expert

Washington, Nov 24: Regime changes have their appeal in Washington.

Suicide bombers are not psychologically unstable: Research

Washington, Nov 24: A University of Toronto team has conducted a research in order to identify what goes inside the mind of a suicide bomber and what prompts him or her to do so.

Kyoto Protocol not enough to curb climate change: Experts

Washington, Nov.24: The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 was a valiant first attempt to tackle global carbon emissions, but according to a letter co-authored by a University of Adelaide climate change expert

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