Archive for April, 2008
Pfizer: Lipitor Maked not Lift Aricept Efficaciousness Vs Alzheimer
TEL AVIV — Pfizer Inc., the New York pharmaceutical giant, said a study showed that Alzheimer’s patients who added its Lipitor cholesterol-lowering drug to Aricept produced “no significant differences in cognition or global function” compared with placebo. In addition, “no significant differences were seen on various cognitive, behavioral and functional secondary endpoints,” Pfizer said in […]
Federer ends statute title drouth as Russian withdraws
OEIRAS, Portugal (AP) Top-ranked Roger Federer won the Estoril Open and his first title of the season when second seed Nikolay Davydenko retired with a leg injury while trailing 7-6 (7-5) 1-2 in Sunday’s men’s final.
Roger Federer, right, shakes hands with Nikolay Davydenko after the Russian was forced to concede the final.
Freddie Macintosh: Total Mortgage Portfolio Turns 9.9% In March
Friday roundup: pirates mind, Wii gamers despair
Australian PM Picked apart for ‘Joke’ Salute to Shrub
Ex ‘Idol’ Finalist Nikki McKibbin: No Self Dislocation
LOS ANGELES First-season “American Idol” finalist Nikki McKibbin is rebutting a report that she had a suicidal breakdown on Feb. 21 over her mother’s death last August. McKibbin said the incident has been “blown out of proportion.”
The now-married mother of two insists she was never suicidal.
McKibbin also says she was upfront with “Idol” producers about […]
Infinite automaton powerfulness up
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) With Dextre the robot’s power problem solved, astronauts on Saturday ventured outside the international space station to put together the bulk of the gigantic walking and working machine.
Astronaut Rick Linnehan works outside the international space station Friday.
The robot’s hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour’s […]
School: Teen Lied in About Migration Placard Assault
DALLAS School officials said Wednesday that an Athens eighth-grader lied when she claimed a mob of angry students assaulted her for making a poster that read, “If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration.”
Surveillance cameras at Athens Middle School show Melanie Bowers, 13, purposefully making scratch marks on her face and arms in a hallway […]
Shuttle Crew Passs Twenty Readying for Landing place
HOUSTON Atlantis’ astronauts got their spaceship ready for the ride home on Tuesday, wrapping up a two-week mission to add Europe’s new orbital laboratory to the international space station.
The seven-man crew was spending the day conducting pre-landing systems checks and completing other chores, along with participating in televised interviews.
Drug Stock Edge High; Schering-Plough Trades Flat
BOSTON — Drug stocks edged higher early Friday as shares of Schering-Plough Corp. were comparatively quiet the day after they rocketed almost 10% on news the company was planning to lay off about 10% of its workforce. The Amex Pharmaceutical Index advanced 0.5% to 302.6 and the Amex Biotechnology Index rose 0.
Islamic Resistance Movement claims sec Howard Carter group meeting
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Defying U.S. and Israeli warnings, former President Carter met again Saturday with the exiled leader of the militant Hamas group, the leader’s deputy said.
Former President Carter says he hopes to see a breakthrough in the Mideast peace process in his lifetime.
The two Palestinians are considered terrorists by the U.
Report: Federal Factors Rule Extinct Docs in Ledger’s Decease
Federal agents have ruled out two doctors as the sources of the OxyContin and Vicodin found in the bloodstream of Heath Ledger, the New York Post reported.
The Drug Enforcement Agency questioned the physicians - one from Los Angeles, one from Houston - and found that both of them had met with the “Brokeback Mountain” […]
