New Cholesterol Guidelines Take Aim at Heart Attacks and Strokes

New Cholesterol Guidelines Take Aim at Heart Attacks and Strokes

For the first time in a decade, America has new guidelines for preventing heart attacks and strokes, including a recommendation that twice as many adults be steered towards cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. A combination effort by the American Heart Association and...
Expatriates: Move Here, Not There

Expatriates: Move Here, Not There

After examining quality of life and economic opportunities in 34 countries, British Bank HSBC came to the conclusion that China and Thailand are the best countries for expatriates, and Egypt, a hotbed of recent xenophobia is the worst. * (Editor’s Note: xenophobia is...
Internet Freedom Threatened by Federal Court

Internet Freedom Threatened by Federal Court

The federal court in Washington DC, the second most influential court in the land, after the US Supreme Court, gets set to release a verdict that could have a massive impact on the freedom to access information currently enjoyed by Internet users. The bottom line is...
Lawsuit: Withholding Fast Food Makes Dad a Bad Parent

Lawsuit: Withholding Fast Food Makes Dad a Bad Parent

David Schorr intended to take his 5-year-old son out for a dinner date on October 30 but ended up being branded an inept parent by psychologist Marilyn Schiller in a lawsuit filed by the boy’s mother. Schiller suggested that Schorr is unable to care for his child and...
Is the New World Trade Center Tallest US Building?

Is the New World Trade Center Tallest US Building?

At 1,776 feet, the new World Trade Center (officially known as 1 World Trade Center) was set to be christened as the tallest building in America. But doubts have been raised as to whether or not the 408 foot needle that sits atop it should be counted as an integral...