NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, in a new study from Ohio and Kentucky.Although strokes are often thought of as a condition of the elderly, researchers said long-term changes in the heart, arteries and blood as a result of drug abuse or heavy drinking may put users at higher-than-average risk earlier in life.It’s also...
U.N. upgrades Palestine to 'state,' U.S. objects
Label: BusinessUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States.The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the U.N. was approved by a vote of 138-9, with 41 abstentions, in the 193-member world body.A Palestinian flag...
Nov
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Rapper PSY wants Tom Cruise to go ‘Gangnam Style’
Label: WorldBANGKOK (AP) — The South Korean rapper behind YouTube’s most-viewed video ever has set what might be a “Mission: Impossible” for himself.Asked which celebrity he would like to see go “Gangnam Style,” the singer PSY told The Associated Press: “Tom Cruise!”Surrounded by screaming fans, he then chuckled at the idea of the American movie star doing his now famous horse-riding dance.PSY’s comments Wednesday...
Wii U Sells 400,000 Units in First Week
Label: TechnologyNintendo‘s Wii U sold 400,000 units during its first week of sales, and Nintendo’s president has said the console is “virtually sold out” at retailers.[More from Mashable: YouTube-Exclusive ‘Halo’ Miniseries Nets 26 Million Views]The Wii U, Nintendo’s next-generation console that features a touch screen as a controller centerpiece, was released on Nov. 18 across the United States. Despite large crowds...
Former boxing champ Mike Tyson to take one-man show on the road
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson plans to take his one-man theater show on the road across the United States early next year.Tyson, 45, made the announcement on ABC’s late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday.“Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” is an autobiographical monologue performed by Tyson in which he reflects upon his tough childhood in Brooklyn, the absence...
Researchers Warn: Don’t Mix Grapefruit, Some Prescriptions
Label: HealthBefore you toss that gorgeous grapefruit into your grocery cart, think twice. Canadian researchers say that grapefruit plus some prescription medications can be deadly, or at least cause severe side effects.Researchers from Ontario’s Lawson Health Research Institute first studied interactions between the fruit and certain prescription medications two decades ago. According to Medical News Today, the...
'We had the best crop in years': Residents feel pinch after FDA shutters plant
Label: BusinessPORTALES, N.M. (AP) — Farmers in a revered peanut-growing region along the New Mexico-Texas border should be celebrating one of the best harvests in recent memory.Instead, millions of pounds of their prized sweet Valencia peanuts sit in barns at a peanut butter plant shuttered for two months amid a salmonella outbreak that sickened 41 people in 20 states.Farmers are worried about getting paid for...
Nov
27
Rugby-England add flyhalf Burns to squad for All Blacks’ test
Label: WorldLONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) – England called up uncapped Gloucester flyhalf Freddie Burns on Tuesday to their squad for Saturday’s test against New Zealand in place of the injured Toby Flood.Flood sustained ligament damage to a big toe during the 16-15 loss to South Africa at Twickenham last Saturday.Owen Farrell, whose last start was in the first test in South Africa this year, is set to replace Flood...
Turkish PM fumes over steamy Ottoman soap opera
Label: LifestyleISTANBUL (Reuters) – A hit TV show about the Ottoman Empire‘s longest-reigning Sultan has raised a political storm in Turkey, with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan urging legal action over historical inaccuracies and the opposition accusing him of artistic tyranny.Erdogan tore into the weekly soap opera “Magnificent Century”, which attracts an audience of up to 150 million people in Turkey as well as...
Former presidential nominee Dole in hospital: media reports
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole has been admitted to Washington’s Walter Reed Army medical center for what an aide called a “routine procedure,” media reports said on Tuesday.Dole, 89, “self-checked into the hospital for a routine procedure and will be discharged tomorrow,” an aide told NBC News. “He’s doing very well.”According to Politico, Senate Majority Leader...
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