By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled against a group of American Samoans who had argued that those born in the U.S. territory in the South Pacific should be eligible for U.S. citizenship at birth. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, noting that both the U.S. government and the government in American Samoa opposed the campaign, rejected the legal
By Scott Malone LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) – From the Mogadishu market to the women in brightly colored veils walking their children to school, Maine’s second-largest city shows the signs of the growing Somali-American community that is making its mark on the former New England mill town. One place in Lewiston where that growing diversity is not evident is the city’s 82-member police force, but Chief Michael Bussiere aims to change
An advisory panel to the FDA has recommended approval of flibanserin, a pill touted by Sprout Pharmaceuticals as a viable treatment for women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder-a persistent lack of desire for sex.
Yahoo’s Bianna Golodryga and guests take a closer look at the former Texas governor’s chances and the crowded GOP field.
Europe’s rights court on Friday backed the decision of a French court to allow a man in a vegetative state to be taken off life support, in a ruling that could become a benchmark on the continent. The fate of Vincent Lambert, 38, who was left a quadriplegic with severe brain damage after a 2008 road accident, has torn apart his family in a judicial tug-of-war over his right to
The survival of 17,000 children and 800 mothers is at stake every day unless the world’s top industrialized nations, set to meet in Germany, muster the political will and money to end preventable maternal and infant deaths, a global charity said. Save the Children said although the world had halved the number of preventable child deaths since 1990, an estimated 6.3 million under-fives and 289,000 women still die from preventable
(Reuters) – Orexigen Therapeutics Inc and partner Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said they had filed a lawsuit against Actavis Plc to block a generic version of diet-pill Contrave. The lawsuit, filed at a Delaware district court, alleges that Actavis has infringed patents on Orexigen and Takeda’s weight-loss treatment. Contrave is one of the three weight-loss pills that were expected to gain quick ground in the market to reduce body weight
Anthony Kulkamp Dias sang and played guitar while surgeons in Brazil performed an operation to remove a brain tumor.
By The Editors of EpicuriousWith some kitchen smarts and great flavors, you don’t need beef for a good burger. Read on for 6 incredible burgers, minus the beef.Photo Credit: Photo by Romulo Yanes1. Turkey Cheddar BurgersTurkey burger haters, your days are numbered. You’ll learn to love these turkey burgers with sun-dried tomato mayo.Photo…
New research says there’s a clear answer to “yo-yo” dieting that can make substantial weight loss permanent.