Sleeping pills have a bad reputation. They’re said to be dangerous, addictive, and to be avoided at all costs. But for people with chronic insomnia, chemical assistance is often their only hope. It started nineteen...
Doctors currently decide on their own when it comes to determining whether to treat patients suffering from depression with antidepressants or psychotherapy. But researchers in the US say, a brain scan might change that. US...
Portugal’s highest court has rejected lay-off bill aimed at phasing out surplus public sector workers by reducing pay and then laying them off. This was the court’s second ruling against cuts needed to secure bailout...
Europe’s statistics office reported Friday unemployment in the 17-member eurozone remained steady at its record high of 12.1 percent, even though the jobless total decreased by 15,000. Eurostat said there were 19.23 million people out...
According to a fresh report by Human Rights Watch, Tanzania has had a massive problem with child labor in the African nation’s gold mines. The international watchdog spoke of brutal exploitation and sexual abuse. Human...
Dairy giant Fonterra has said its milk products at the center of a global contamination scare did not contain a bacteria that could cause botulism. The company said the products posed no food safety threat...
In the fifth-largest biotech deal in history, Amgen has agreed to buy cancer drug maker Onyx Pharmaceuticals. As part of the deal, Amgen will gain revenue from two of Bayer’s drugs, developed in partnership. The...
You blow your nose in a tissue and the tissue indicates you’ve got the flu. Sounds like science fiction? Stuff like this always does. But German researchers are designing a “lab in a hankie.” It’s...
A Paris court has begun hearing evidence in a dispute between German carmaker Daimler and France over the use of an EU-banned car refrigerant. Daimler wants an injunction against a French sales ban of its...
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer has announced he’d step down as the company’s CEO within the next 12 months. He spoke of a deep restructuring of the firm that needed longer-term supervision and management. Steve Ballmer...
The NASDAQ stock exchange’s operators have said they will look into a glitch that halted Wall Street trading. The failure was something of an embarrassment for the index, which hosts some of technology’s biggest names....
Japan’s nuclear watchdog fears that the leak of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant could be a sign of a much wider problem. The plant was the scene of one of the worst nuclear...