Despite public health messages telling Americans to lower the amount of salt in their diets, 90 percent of people in the U.S. older than age 2 consume more than the recommended amount of sodium each day, a new report says.
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David Cameron will urge eurozone leaders to stop tinkering and be "bolder" if Europe is to avert an escalating debt crisis.
Fears of a double-dip downturn on both sides of the Atlantic have set off fresh mayhem in Southern European bond markets, dashing hopes that Europe's summit deal in late July would contain the escalating crisis.
The UK's goods trade deficit widened to a record in July after purchases of
oil and chemicals drove imports to a two year high, ONS said.
The cost of insuring Greek debt rose on Thursday morning after the debt-laden country suffered another credit-rating downgrade from Moody's.
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A sting from a tiny bee triggers a long chain of events. In addition to promoting inflammation and inhibiting coagulation, the molecular hodge-podge that is bee venom can actually cause cells to split open. The toxin responsible for this effect is melittin, and in high enough concentrations, it...
Eight employees of Chicago's Animal Care and Control are losing their jobs or facing other discipline after an investigation by the city's inspector general revealed that four dogs were mistakenly euthanized -- and some workers tried to cover it up.
All eyes will be fixed on the north of England over the next few days, as Manchester does its best to help re-heat Britain's ailing economy.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Flexible solar cells now power communications equipment used by U.S. Marines fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, enabling them to shed 315 kilograms worth of batteries while on foot patrol. But an F-16 fighter jet flying over Miramar training base in California burns...
SANDRA GUY: Jeremy Pettet is saving 18 percent on his electric bill because he used a Chicago-based website, Power2Switch, to find a ComEd competitor offering cheaper rates.