India activist Anna Hazare leaves hospital BBC News Leading Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has been discharged from hospital a week after he was admitted for a chest infection. | The activist said he was "all right, but weak" and would take a month's break before deciding on his next course of action. | Mr Hazare fell ill after starting ...
Medical devices and Chinese toys share same level of safety checks The Guardian | Manufacturers of breast implants and hip joints must get CE mark rather than licence based on evidence from clinical trials A woman holds her defective silicone breast implants. Such medical devices must reach a certain European quality standard to...
Green tea is very special The Gleaner | A TEA lover, Bernard-Paul Heroux, once wrote: "There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea." | Today, medical research clearly highlights the special health benefits of a specific tea - green tea, a drink made from the leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). The same plant produces green tea, bla...
Remembering Howard Zinn Al Jazeera | Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 from his position as a tenured professor at Spelman College in Atlanta after siding with black women students in the struggle against segregation. In 1967, he wrote one of the first,...
