Diet pill study promoted by Dr. Oz retracted

Dr. Mehmet Oz has been under fire recently for promoting weight loss products on TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show” that aren’t backed by a lot of scientific evidence. Now a study supporting one of those products, diet pills made with green coffee bean...

China spends $1.5 billion pampering pets

China has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, and a growing number of middle class couples are choosing to lavish their time and money on pets rather than kids. Their busy Shanghai household of four cats and two dogs costs about $600 a month in pet food,...

Guitarist Wilko Johnson says he is cancer-free

British guitarist Wilko Johnson says he is free of cancer, two years after being told he had months to live. The former member of rowdy blues-rockers Dr. Feelgood launched what he said would be a farewell tour after being diagnosed in 2012 with incurable pancreatic...

Hospital 'fell short' with Ebola patient

Texas Presbyterian Hospital “fell short” several times in treating Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, starting by not asking the right questions in the emergency room, the hospital’s chief clinical officer, Dr. Daniel Varga, said in an interview with...

Ben Bradlee, legendary editor, dies

Ben Bradlee, legendary ‘Washington Post’ editor, dies Bradlee, the legendary former ‘Washington Post’ editor, had battled Alzheimer’s for years. Check out this story on portclintonnewsherald.com: http://usat.ly/1tJCg4X Ben Bradlee, former...

King Tut's 'virtual autopsy' reveals surprise

King Tutankhamun’s golden, mummified remains tell only a partial story of an ancient Egyptian boy king who died under mysterious circumstances. But a new “virtual autopsy” of King Tut’s body, shown in an upcoming BBC One documentary, has given...