Sleeping pills harmful in long run
August 10th, 2012 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 10 (IANS) Sleeping spills are "counter-productive" and offer no real benefit in treating insomnia, says a sleep expert."Most people who take hypnotic (sleep inducing) drugs still have ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Intake of sleeping pills can be fatal
November 24th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 24 (IANS) A recent study found those who took sleeping tablets were 36 percent more likely to die at any given time than others.In the study American researchers ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Unable to pay kids’ fees, father jumps before train
November 11th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) A solicitor in Britain who was constantly worried about paying his children's school fees killed himself by jumping in front of a train, an inquest has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chinese woman ‘drugs ex-partner, chops off his penis’
February 11th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 11 (ANI): A Chinese woman apparently added sleeping tablets into her former partner's dinner and waited for him to fall asleep before tying his hands and feet and cutting off ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel breaks down in tears on ‘Celebrity Rehab’
December 11th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 11 (ANI): Tiger Woods' ex-mistress Rachel Uchitel had an emotional meltdown on reality TV show 'Celebrity Rehab' as she worried about her reputation.The former nightclub hostess sobbed as she ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Danish actor may have inspired comic-book hero Tintin
December 8th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 8 (ANI): Late Danish actor Palle Huld may have been the inspiration behind writer Georges Remi a.k.a. Herge's comic-book hero, Tintin.Huld, who passed away this year, had been a red-haired ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Oz docs urge air travellers not to pop sleeping pills
July 27th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 27 (ANI): In the wake of a woman's death from blood clots, doctors have warned travellers not to pop sleeping pills during long-distance flights.According to New England Journal of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Jackson’ doctor to face charges for murder?
January 12th, 2010 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 11 (IANS) Late pop legend Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray is facing possible criminal charges in relation to the death of the pop icon last year.
Falling ill at ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Jail for woman who drugged daughter for sexual assault
December 23rd, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Dec 23 (IANS) The jail sentence has been doubled for an Australian woman who drugged her 13-year-old daughter, removed her clothes and left her lying naked in bed so that she ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Mumbai eve teased girl dies; five months after consuming sleeping pills
July 14th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, July 14 (ANI): A girl in Mumbai has committed suicide after city police failed to take action against those who molested her.Saujanya Jadhav (24) committed suicide by consuming sleeping pills, after ... Read more...
Posted in National |
I am not crazy, says Jordan
June 8th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 8 (ANI): Katie Price a.k.a Jordan has rubbished claims that she is having an emotional meltdown following her spilt with husband Peter Andre, insisting "I am not crazy."The glamour model ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Sedatives ‘raise suicide risk in older adults’
June 4th, 2009 - 11:59 am ICT by ANI
Washington, June 4 (ANI): Sleeping tablets and sedatives prescribed to beat depression and sleep problems could increase the risk of suicide four-fold among older patients, say researchers.Researchers writing in the open access ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Partners snoring has Brits seeking separate bedrooms!
July 15th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): British couples are abandoning their double beds for separate bedrooms not because theyre fighting, but because of their partners snoring habits.Thats the conclusion of a new survey ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Ex-German Chancellor Kohl marries woman 35 years younger
May 15th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by admin
London, May 15 (ANI): Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has married a woman 35 years his junior in a ceremony at the hospital where he has been undergoing treatment since February. ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Doctors getting Brits hooked to prescription drugs
February 11th, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 10 (ANI): Doctors are unintentionally getting Britons hooked to prescription drugs, by giving patients dangerously high doses of medicines that can prove highly addictive, according to a parliamentary investigation in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Britons addicted to more prescription drugs than recommended: MPs panel
February 10th, 2008 - 10:57 am ICT by admin
London, Feb.10 (ANI): An inquiry undertaken by a group of British Members of Parliament has reported that doctors across the country are giving patients dangerously high doses of medicines, which can prove ... Read more...
Posted in World |