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Mortgage Applications Ease in Aug 27 Week (Reuters) Reuters - New applications for U.S. home loans\eased last week for the second week in a row even though\30-year mortgage interest rates decreased slightly, an industry\group said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Sudanese Aid Workers Released by Rebels (AP) AP - Rebels released six Sudanese aid workers early Wednesday in Darfur, four days after they went missing during a trip to register refugees fleeing a brutal campaign of killings in the war-ravaged region, a U.N. official said. | 0 |
Tougher policy in works In the wake of leaked grand jury testimony that implicated superstars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi in the BALCO steroid scandal, Major League Baseball and the Players Association may be close to forging a tougher new policy on drug testing. | 1 |
Deutsche Telekom to buy Polish telecoms operator PTC (AFP) AFP - German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has agreed with French firm Vivendi Universal and Polish energy group Elektrim to buy Poland's biggest mobile phone group PTC. | 3 |
Musharraf inducts 32 ministers in new Pakistani cabinet (AFP) AFP - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf swore in a 32-member cabinet headed by newly elected Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, officials said. | 0 |
Without crucial feature, what will new Windows do? (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Microsoft's next version of Windows, due in 2006, is code-named Longhorn. Last week, after Microsoft said it is postponing what would've been the most profound new feature of Longhorn, the tech comedians started calling the coming operating system Shorthorn. | 3 |
Stocks Seen Flat; Data, NY Protests Eyed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks looked to open flat on Wednesday as investors await Friday's job figures and stay cautious as concerns loom about potential disruptions to the Republican party's convention in New York this week. | 2 |
Before-the-Bell: SuperGen Shares Soar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of SuperGen Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SUPG.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SUPG.O</A> jumped more than 24 percent in trading before the market opened on Wednesday after MGI Pharma Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MOGN.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MOGN.O</A> said it would take a \$40 million stake in the company as part of a cancer drug license deal. | 2 |
Henin-Hardenne Shakes Off Teen at U.S Open (AP) AP - Her credentials are impeccable #151; No. 1 player in the world, winner of the Olympic gold medal. And yet, there were moments Tuesday at the U.S. Open when Justine Henin-Hardenne was in trouble, challenged by a teenager who had never played in a Grand Slam event before. | 1 |
Drug Companies Wooing GOP Pols at RNC (AP) AP - The pharmaceutical industry, fighting to defeat proposals that would give U.S. patients easier access to cheaper Canadian drugs, is making the most of its chance for face time with lawmakers at the GOP convention. | 0 |
Stocks to Watch Wednesday The drug company's experimental treatment for Alzheimer's failed to prove effective in a big clinical trial. The stock closed Tuesday at \$45.85 on the New York Stock Exchange before falling 10 percent in after-hours trading following release of the trial results. | 2 |
Oil Rebounds After 8-Day Slide on Blaze LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday, stemming an eight-session slide that has dragged prices down 14 percent from record highs as news emerged of a fresh pipeline fire in Iraq. | 2 |
Rocket Launches with U.S. Security Satellite (Reuters) Reuters - The last Atlas 2 rocket was\launched on Tuesday, putting a national security satellite into\orbit after four days of delays caused mostly by stormy\weather. | 3 |
Senegalese Fight Locusts with Smoke and Sticks (Reuters) Reuters - Residents burned tires and\children took to the streets with sticks in Senegal's capital\on Wednesday to fight an invasion of locusts, as 12 West\African nations agreed on a battle plan. | 3 |
Mortgage Applications Ease in Aug 27 Week NEW YORK (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. home loans eased last week for the second week in a row even though 30-year mortgage interest rates decreased slightly, an industry group said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Seven Foreign Truckers Freed in Iraq; France Anxious BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic militants freed seven truck drivers from India, Kenya and Egypt held hostage in Iraq for six weeks, offering a ray of hope Wednesday to a dozen other foreign nationals still in captivity. | 0 |
Boston Scientific Outlook Trails Views CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BSX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">BSX.N</A>, whose Taxus heart device has been involved in a major recall, said on Wednesday preliminary August sales of the device slowed to \$200 million from \$207 million reported in July, and issued an outlook that was below Wall Street estimates. | 2 |
Pakistan Says 'Important' Al Qaeda Men Arrested ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces have arrested two "important" al Qaeda operatives, including an Egyptian, a senior official said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Kuwait Firm Says Its Truckers Held in Iraq Freed KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti company with seven truck drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been freed by their captors. | 0 |
Dollar Struggles Above Recent Lows LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar struggled on Wednesday to move away from the previous day's six-week lows versus the yen and a one-week trough against the euro brought on by weak U.S. data, but caution remained high ahead of other key releases. | 2 |
Leading Iranian Dissident Demands Trial by Jury TEHRAN (Reuters) - A top Iranian dissident demanded trial by jury Wednesday, refusing to be tried by one Hardline judge on charges including "acting against state security." | 0 |
Pope Appeals for Iraq Hostages; French Cling to Hope DOHA (Reuters) - Pope John Paul, echoing appeals by Muslim leaders, called Wednesday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as France's foreign minister pressed on with a Middle East rescue mission. | 0 |
Last Chance for N.Irish Deal as Fresh Talks Open BELFAST (Reuters) - Talks billed as the last chance to save Northern Ireland's 1998 Good Friday peace agreement began on Wednesday with the end of the IRA guerrilla group as one of their prime aims. | 0 |
Milosevic Blasts His Trial as 'Pure Farce' THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic condemned his war crimes trial as a "pure farce" on Wednesday in a defiant finish to his opening defense statement against charges of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans. | 0 |
Industry Advocates Play Key Convention Roles When Juan Jose Perez, an Ohio delegate, formally placed George W. Bush's name in nomination for president Monday, two men stood by to make sure there were no mistakes. | 2 |
Senegalese Fight Locusts with Smoke and Sticks DAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) - Residents burned tires and children took to the streets with sticks in Senegal's capital on Wednesday to fight an invasion of locusts, as 12 West African nations agreed on a battle plan. | 0 |
Mitsubishi chiefs deny cover up The Japanese car maker and three former executives plead not guilty to charges of covering up a truck defect in an official report. | 2 |
Octopus Doesn't Give Up on Motherhood (AP) AP - IN AN OCTOPUS'S NURSERY: Aurora, a female giant octopus who hit it off with an elderly male of the species at the Alaska Sealife Center in May, had been tending thousands of eggs ever since. Her sweetheart, J-1, died in September. | 3 |
Botswana strikers 'being evicted' A union claims that strikers at Botswana's biggest diamond firm are being evicted from their company-owned homes. | 2 |
Blast victim sues German agency A five-year-old victim of a Tunisian bomb attack brings a case against Europe's biggest travel agency, TUI. | 2 |
Reverse rout in Bronx makes us wonder As opening statements go, this was something along the lines of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and JFK's inaugural address. In the first true quot;big quot; game of the season -- the series opener against the potential playoff foes from Anaheim on the very eve of September -- the Red Sox batted around and put a 4-0 lead on the board ... | 1 |
Start spreading the boos: Yankees absorb worst loss NEW YORK -- With an epic defeat, the New York Yankees' hold on first place in the American League East became increasingly tenuous. | 1 |
Bookie profits from punters' woes Irish bookmaker Paddy Power reports a dramatic jump in interim profits after punters' fortunes take a turn for the worse. | 2 |
Angels have some high hopes Several Angels offered only cliches last night when asked about the baseball season entering the home stretch. But others were more candid about their important series at Fenway Park. When asked if facing Boston at a time when it was playing its best ball of the season represented a welcome challenge, an incredulous look came across the face of Anaheim ... | 1 |
U.S. Firmly Anti-Kyoto as U.N. Climate Talks Start (Reuters) Reuters - The United States\showed no signs of budging in its opposition to the Kyoto\protocol Monday as U.N. climate change talks began, a month\after President Bush's reelection and Russia's ratification of\the agreement. | 3 |
A great eight for Harden, A's Rich Harden pitched seven solid innings, helping the Oakland A's extend their winning streak to eight games with a 7-2 win over the White Sox last night in Chicago. | 1 |
Windows update prompts problems The key security update for Windows XP looks set to cause trouble for thousands of firms reveals a survey. | 2 |
Nixon is still in Garciaparra's corner Among other things left behind by Nomar Garciaparra is his summer baseball camp at Stonehill College, but another member of the Red Sox already has plans to take over next year. | 1 |
Attackers storm Russian school Armed men and women seize a secondary school in southern Russia, taking up to 200 pupils hostage. | 0 |
Miller release puts it up in air Options, options. Will the Patriots enter the season with Rohan Davey and Kliff Kingsbury as their backup quarterbacks or will they wait for Jim Miller , whom they released yesterday, to get ready and then re-sign him? Will they sign a quarterback if one is released in the next few days or trade for one? | 1 |
Milosevic says Serbs not guilty Ex-Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic denies Serbs committed war crimes he is accused of orchestrating. | 0 |
Raiders' Woodson signs to end holdout Charles Woodson signed the Oakland Raiders' one-year tender for \$8.782 million yesterday, rejoining the team after a 33-day holdout. | 1 |
Foreign truckers released in Iraq Militants in Iraq have freed seven foreign lorry drivers held hostage for more than a month, their employer says. | 0 |
Thornton's game: It's improving On Monday, reporters were speculating about whether Bruins captain Joe Thornton would be odd man out for Team Canada in last night's World Cup matchup against Team USA at the Bell Centre because of the amount of talent on the roster. But Thornton knew something they didn't. During an on-ice meeting with coach Pat Quinn during practice that ... | 1 |
Rookie is here to stay In the Deutsche Bank field of 156 golfers, many are well-known, but a lot are far removed from the spotlight. Meet another of those unheralded golfers -- PGA Tour rookie Zach Johnson. He won the BellSouth Classic in April and ranks 23d on the money list, but he's hardly a household name. Yet. | 1 |
Rugby: Woodward to quit England England coach Sir Clive Woodward says he will hand in his resignation on Wednesday. | 0 |
Kenya seeks 'miracle baby' pastor Kenyan police seek the extradition of a UK-based evangelist over an alleged child-smuggling ring. | 0 |
Catholic Conference capsules BC HIGH Coach: Jim Cotter (41st year, 232-139-17). Last year's record: 4-7. Returning starters (8): Chris Marinelli, TE/DT, 6-7, 275, Sr.; Jack Shields, QB, 6-6, 225, Jr.; Dan Capeless, FB, 5-11, 190, Jr.; Joe Hobin, OG, 6-0, 210, Sr.; Mike Cannon, OG, 6-1, 210, Sr.; Ryan Cooney, WB/FS, 6-2, 195, Sr.; Mariano Beecher, CB, 5-9, 165, Sr.; Matt Fopiano, NG, ... | 1 |
Greater Boston League capsules ARLINGTON Coach: Rob DiLoreto (third year, 9-11). Last year's record: 4-6. Returning starters (12): Jay McGrath, C, 6-0, 260, Sr.; Michael O'Loughlin, RB, 5-11, 185, Sr.; Moses Ortiz, TE, 6-1 215, Sr.; Jordan Cooper, SE, 6-3, 195, Sr.; Neil Rainford, RB, 5-10, 210, Sr.; Michael Talarico, RB, 6-0, 195, Jr.; Peter Samko, OG, 5-9, 255, Jr.; Josh Vest, DL, 6-0, ... | 1 |
Fidelity slashes index-fund fees Fidelity Investments pays its mutual fund managers handsomely to do one thing: outsmart the stock market. | 2 |
Today's schedule Amateur baseball: Yawkey League playoffs -- Somerville vs. South Boston at Ronan Park, Dorchester, 7:30 p.m. | 1 |
No easy answers It was the final Saturday morning in August in this North Shore town, the kind of day made for yard sales or packing off to the beach with the kids. But as the brilliant sun poured through the stained-glass windows of St. Richard Church, hundreds had come to say goodbye to Tim Harbert, a husband, a father of ... | 2 |
'Cards' stacked for US It's called the US Open, and though fewer than a fifth of the competitors this year are US-born, it's not because the US Tennis Association hasn't tried to get more Americans. All 16 of the wild cards in men's and women's singles were awarded to Americans, even at the expense of the men's NCAA champion, Benjamin Becker ... | 1 |
Transactions BASEBALL Atlanta (NL): Optioned P Roman Colon to Greenville (Southern); recalled OF Dewayne Wise from Richmond (IL). Boston (AL): Purchased C Sandy Martinez from Cleveland (AL) and assigned him to Pawtucket (IL). Cleveland (AL): Recalled OF Ryan Ludwick from Buffalo (IL). Chicago (NL): Acquired OF Ben Grieve from Milwaukee (NL) for player to be named and cash; acquired C Mike ... | 1 |
Consumer confidence plummets Consumers' renewed worries about job prospects led to a bigger-than-expected drop in confidence in August and provided more evidence of the fragility of the economic expansion. | 2 |
Cubs trade for Grieve and DiFelice The Chicago Cubs made a pair of trades yesterday, getting outfielder Ben Grieve from the Milwaukee Brewers for cash and a player to be named and backup catcher Mike DiFelice from the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named. Grieve, 28, hit .261 with seven home runs and 29 RBIs in 108 games for Milwaukee. He is a career ... | 1 |
Oil prices slide despite Iraq uncertainty The price of oil slid toward \$42 a barrel yesterday despite confusion about the status of Iraqi exports, indicating the market has become less worried about the global balance of supply and demand. | 2 |
Greeks still carry a torch for the Olympics The regulars at the Thessalia Grill on Skiathou Street had waited all month for Panagiotis Tsimbidas to open his doors, which had been closed because of his annual August vacation and the unexpected heart problems of his elderly father-in-law. | 1 |
TechTarget hires 2 IDG executives The rivalry between TechTarget Inc., an upstart Needham technology publisher, and the giant International Data Group intensified as TechTarget hired away two key IDG executives. Maryfran Johnson, longtime editor of the IDG publication Computerworld, and Joseph Levy, who headed the company's CXO Media group, are joining TechTarget to launch publications. ''Right now we're not revealing what we're working on, quot; said ... | 2 |
Fallon arrested in fixing probe Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is among 16 people arrested over allegations of horse race fixing. | 0 |
State eyes 9.3 auto-rate hike In what Governor Mitt Romney hopes will be a regulatory swan song, Massachusetts officials yesterday began hearing testimony on rate increases sought by the state's automobile insurers and agents that would boost the average premium of drivers next year by 9.3 percent, to \$1,183. | 2 |
Analysts expect drop in stent sales Boston Scientific Corp. may forecast a drop in third-quarter sales of its Taxus heart stent after three recalls cut demand for the device, the company's top-selling product. | 2 |
Scientists track incoming probe The Genesis spaceprobe with its cargo of solar wind particles is just a week away from reaching Earth. | 0 |
Passion sells 2.4m copies on DVD The Passion of the Christ sells 2.4 million copies on DVD in its first few hours on sale in the US. | 0 |
Video said to show slaying of 12 hostages BAGHDAD -- A gruesome video posted on a website purportedly showed militants beheading a Nepalese worker and shooting 11 others in the first mass slaying of foreign hostages during the Iraqi insurgency. | 0 |
16 killed in suicide bombings in Israel BEERSHEBA, Israel -- Palestinian suicide bombers blew up two passenger buses in near-simultaneous explosions yesterday afternoon along the main thoroughfare of this southern Israeli city, killing 16 people and shattering a five-month lull in suicide attacks inside the Jewish state. | 0 |
China, Taiwan lauded for canceling exercises WASHINGTON -- The State Department welcomed yesterday steps by China and Taiwan to ease tensions by curtailing long-planned military exercises. Taiwan canceled a major live-fire military exercise shortly after Beijing reportedly called off massive war games near Taiwan. quot;We welcome and encourage all these steps that are being taken by Taiwan and the People's Republic of China to reduce tensions, quot; ... | 0 |
US bombs militants by Afghan village KABUL, Afghanistan -- US warplanes bombed an Afghan village in the heat of a battle between US-led forces and insurgents, killing more than a dozen people and striking the camp of a Danish relief group. | 0 |
In India, some farmers benefiting from a cyber-revolution BANGALORE, India -- For three generations, two families have fought over an acre of farmland in an arid stretch of southern India, each waving documents to support its claim. | 0 |
Communism, capitalism forge throngs in Bucharest BUCHAREST, Romania -- No parking spaces. Crippling traffic jams. Sky-high rents. Is this London, Rome, or Athens? No, it's Bucharest, where communism and capitalism have conspired to make it Europe's most crowded capital. | 0 |
Illegal migrants' Social Security payments out of reach MEXICO CITY -- For the 14 years he worked as an undocumented migrant in the United States, Carmelo Rivera saw up to \$30 deducted each week from the \$300 to \$500 he earned as a vineyard worker. The deductions were supposed to pay for his retirement. | 0 |
11 Kurds killed in Turkey clashes ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish commandos killed 11 Kurds in three days of battles in the mountains bordering Iraq, one of the biggest offensives against the autonomy-seeking rebels in five years, authorities said yesterday. The government didn't rule out bolstering its forces in northern Iraq. | 0 |
Despite stigma, Indian film focuses on growing HIV epidemic BOMBAY -- In the fantasy world of Indian film, Shilpa Shetty is a reigning princess, a lissome 29-year-old with a talent for twirling across Alpine meadows, muscle-bound suitors in tow. Serious drama? Well, it's Bollywood, after all. | 0 |
Armed Attackers Seize School in Russia Heavily armed insurgents, some with explosives strapped to their bodies, seized a school in southern Russia today and herded scores of people into its gymnasium. | 0 |
Kidnappers in Iraq Free Seven Truckers KUWAIT CITY - Seven employees of a Kuwaiti trucking company who had been kidnapped in Iraq are free and headed to Kuwait, a company spokeswoman told The Associated Press Wednesday. "They are all fine, in good health... | 0 |
Stock Futures Indecisive in Early Going NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures were indecisive early Wednesday despite Republican convention speaker Arnold Schwarzenegger's scolding of "economic girlie men." Dow Jones futures were down 1 point recently, while Nasdaq futures fell 2.50 point and S P futures rose 0.30 of a point... | 0 |
Butterfly Ballot Designer Loses Election WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The county election supervisor whose confusing ballot design contributed to the turmoil of the 2000 presidential election became the butt of late-night talk show jokes and the target of death threats... | 0 |
1-Day Figures Due for 'Passion' DVD Sales LOS ANGELES - Total one-day sales figures were expected Wednesday for the DVD of Mel Gibson's biblical epic "The Passion of the Christ," which has already sold about 2.4 million copies. "We think a lot of the consumers will be going in after work to pick it up," said Steve Feldstein, spokesman for Fox Home Entertainment, which is distributing the DVD... | 0 |
Talks to End Fighting in Baghdad Stall BAGHDAD, Iraq - Talks to end fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City have stalled, with the government refusing militant demands for American troops to keep out of the troubled district, negotiators for the militants said Wednesday... | 0 |
Hundreds Held Hostage in Russia School MOSCOW - Attackers wearing suicide-bomb belts seized a school in a Russian region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday and were holding hundreds of hostages, including 200 children. The assault came a day after a suicide bomber killed 10 people in Moscow... | 0 |
Cheney Due to Lash Into Kerry in Speech NEW YORK - Vice President Dick Cheney was stepping up to denounce Democrat John Kerry's "confusion of conviction" after President Bush formally won the Republican nomination for a second term in a carefully choreographed GOP convention roll call. The second day of the convention brought out thousands of protesters who set out on a march to the convention site, getting in the way of a busload of delegates and engaging in shouting matches with officers around Manhattan... | 0 |
West Bank City Closed Off After Blasts JERUSALEM - Israeli troops closed off a West Bank city and Palestinian militants celebrated after Hamas blew up two buses, seconds apart, in the desert town of Beersheba, killing 16 Israelis and ending a months-long lull in suicide attacks. The twin bombings shattered hopes in Israel that the period of suicide attacks - more than 100 in four years - was over... | 0 |
Hundreds Held Hostage in Russia School MOSCOW - Armed attackers, some wearing suicide-bomb belts, seized a school Wednesday in a Russian region bordering Chechnya and were holding hundreds of children and adults hostage, news reports said. The assault came a day after a suicide bomber killed 10 people in Moscow... | 0 |
Terrorists Storm School in Southern Russia Armed terrorists stormed a school in southern Russia near the separatist region of Chechnya Wednesday morning, taking hostage more than a hundred students, teachers and parents after a shootout with local police, authorities said. | 0 |
Vote Swaps Revamped for 2004 If you'd like to vote for a third-party candidate, but don't want to cost the Democrats or Republicans the election, take heart. Sites are cropping up to allow voters in swing states to swap votes with people in non-swing states. By Joanna Glasner. | 2 |
Rockies release Neagle Denny Neagle's second run-in with the law in a little more than a year cost him his job with the Colorado Rockies. | 1 |
Countdown to download chart debut The UK music industry launches its first official download chart on BBC Radio 1 on Wednesday evening. | 3 |
Silver surfers' cyber caf award Pensioners celebrate after their internet caf is chosen as one of the world's best places to surf the internet. | 3 |
Web romance 'fuels divorce rise' Websites which reunite old flames may be contributing to the highest UK divorce rate for seven years. | 3 |
Ringleader Pleads Guilty in Internet Drug Sale Scheme The leader of a ring that sold weight-loss drugs and other controlled substances over the Internet pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge yesterday even as he defended his business and insisted that he never intended to harm patients. | 3 |
Just Keep Clicking From digital video cameras on the sidelines to Sony PlayStation 2s in the locker room, technology is changing the way coaches and players prepare for games. | 3 |
New Front: Recording of Digital Broadcasts Technologies that let people record satellite and Internet radio broadcasts digitally are opening a new front in the recording industry's war on music piracy. | 3 |
Nintendo Cuts Price on Game Boy Advance Nintendo Co. has permanently slashed prices on its Game Boy Advance SP portable video game system as the company tries to entrench its No. 1 position in the handheld game market. | 3 |
Philly Considers Wireless Internet for All For about \$10 million, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot. | 3 |
ISS Astronauts Prepare for Another Spacewalk NASA -- International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Fincke will replace and install equipment during their fourth and final Expedition 9 spacewalk. Some of that equipment, three new antennas, will help guide the new Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to its first docking to the Station late next year... | 3 |
U.S. Dietary Panel May Green-Light Desserts, Treats By E.J. Mundell, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- The new federal dietary formula may offer sweet rewards for following its guidelines, an idea that's not settling well with nutritionists... | 3 |
Nearly Pain-Free Surgery Becoming More Common Doctors say patients timid about having surgeries for fear of pain shouldn't put it off: A new focus on patient comfort and advances in pain management are making many procedures nearly pain-free. | 3 |
Drug Companies Wooing GOP Politicians at RNC By SHARON THEIMER NEW YORK (AP) -- The pharmaceutical industry, fighting to defeat proposals that would give U.S. patients easier access to cheaper Canadian drugs, is making the most of its chance for face time with lawmakers at the GOP convention... | 3 |
Scientists Praise New Cholesterol Test By EMMA ROSS MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- A simple test that scrutinizes bad cholesterol more closely may more reliably predict who is going to have a heart attack, new research indicates. The current test measures total cholesterol and the breakdown of good HDL and bad LDL cholesterol... | 3 |
Health Highlights: Aug. 31, 2004 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: ----- ACE Inhibitors Protect Artery Lining Blood pressure drugs called ACE inhibitors not only lower blood pressure but also improve the health of artery walls, says an Italian study that reveals exactly how the drugs help protect people against heart attacks. It's long been suspected that there had to be something else besides the ability of ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors to lower blood pressure to explain their benefit to patients... | 3 |
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