Topic: David Self

LOS ANGELES, July 25 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures says it has signed Darren Aronofsky to direct and David Self to write a new installment for its "Robocop" franchise.

MCKINNEY, Texas, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A court-appointed psychiatrist says a north Texas woman accused of fatally cutting off her baby's arms is not competent to stand trial.

Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers for the first time have measured, to the split-second, the chemical trigger that makes it difficult for addicts to just say, "No," to drugs, food, sex or other over-indulgences.

LOS ANGELES, July 9 (UPI) --

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Researchers experimenting with rats say they can reduce the tolerance that normally develops to the powerful pain killer morphine by giving it along with a second drug -- which could have implications for pain management in humans.