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A 42-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke likely triggered by over-excitement from watching the blockbuster Avatar in 3D, a doctor says. The man, identified only by his surname Kuo, started to feel unwell during the screening earlier this month in the northern city of Hsinchu and was taken to hospital. Mr [...]

2009 was rough. Celebrities dropping dead every which way. The economy in the toilet. One of our editors, at one point, had a pretty gnarly blister on his right foot. It was just a little too real. So, in 2010, we’ve decided to simplify things. We want to lower [...]

Mayo researchers collaborating with investigators at the University of Iowa, University of Connecticut and New York University (NYU) have discovered a molecular mechanism that controls energy expenditure in muscles and helps determine body weight. Researchers say this could lead to a new medical approach in treating obesity. The findings appear in the journal Cell Metabolism. The [...]

There have been bad seasons before but poor monsoon has left the city facing its worst water crisis. As tempers rise and protests grow, Mumbai has enough to last just another 200 days. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and these are desperate times for Mumbai. Delayed monsoon and poor rainfall have pushed India’s commercial capital [...]

Hey taxpayers, we just spent $32,000 on a Department of Health designed Heroin guidebook, complete with helpful illustrations! Just think of all the smack we could have gotten with that money. 70,000 copies of the 16-page pamphlet were printed out, and it’s unsurprisingly garnering criticisms from just about everyone. The tip sheet tells heroin users how [...]

If you’re planning on staying at the bar until 8 am on New Year’s Day, this might give you pause. About 69 percent of the cocaine recently seized in the United States has been diluted with a de-worming drug for livestock that when consumed by people can cause “fever, swollen glands, painful sores in the mouth [...]