CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- After hours of work from an inflatable boat Friday, whale rescuers removed fishing gear wrapped around the head of an endangered right whale off the coast of So
DENVER, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Nicobar Islands area of the Indian Ocean early Friday, U.S. scientists reported.
The human side of the U.S. space program remains problem-plagued, with the shuttle fleet still grounded and the International Space Station hanging in limbo, but NASA's robotic craft exploring Mars and the Saturnian system in 2004 have carried off feats t
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Tabasco sauce, raw eggs, coffee are well known remedies for a hangover but more companies are hoping revelers will prepare rather than repair.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- More than 4 million U.S. residents between the ages of 16 and 20 will have driven while drunk or drugged during 2004, the government says.
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A "clustering" of great earthquakes that could trigger a major tsunami has been identified off the Pacific Northwest coast, scientists say.
BOSTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Boston researchers say that switching prescription drugs for over-the-counter medicines is sometimes driven by financial, not medical, issues.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators are reviewing documents from Eli Lilly for evidence its antidepressant, Prozac, may be linked to violence.
One New Year's resolution most people make is to get more sleep, a nutritionist says we should abandon the dieting habit, and other stories of modern health.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A triple-drug treatment effective against one type of aids also appears effective against another in patients with complications, say U.S. researchers.
LONDON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Britain's The Lancet has begun a five-part series this week about clinical trial data and its applicability to individual patients.
BOSTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A study by Boston's Children's Hospital says fast-food consumption has strong positive associations with weight gain and insulin resistance.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Older people whose sinusitis can't be helped by medication alone can look to minimally invasive surgery as a safe, effective therapy, new research says.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- There's hope for millions of Americans suffering from migraine headaches and their employers who suffer a different way, a new study says.
RANGELY, Colo., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Bureau of Land Management has dropped for now its plan to remove 120 wild horses from a Colorado tract to allow for natural-gas drilling.
DETRLOIT, Mich., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Government leaders and environmentalists are at odds over a federal proposal to allow partially treated sewage into Michigan lakes during heavy rainfall.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- New U.S. prescriptions for the painkiller Celebrex fell 56 percent last week after it was tied to a heightened risk of heart attacks and strokes.
NORMAN, Okla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The number of tornadoes reported in the United States reached a record during 2004, surpassing the previous high by almost 300, weather officials reported.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- California researchers have shown that advanced heart failure patients with diabetes faced higher mortality if treated with insulin.
WHEELING, W.Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- High-risk prostate cancer patients have a better chance of beating the disease with both internal and external radiation and hormones.
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 as former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her husband Mark Kelly (R) and Vice President Joe Biden look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012. UPI/Pat Benic...
