- Are gay 'rights' trumping religious freedom?
- Gay activism forces shutdown of SUNY Buffalo's Christian campus ministry
- Ironic study proposes the Pill to keep nuns cancer free
- Ambien's suprising effects on comatose patients
- Rights group urges Yemen to ban child marriage
| Are gay 'rights' trumping religious freedom?
Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:52 AM PST In remarks on Tuesday in Geneva to the United Nations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said religious and cultural beliefs are standing in the way of homosexual human rights worldwide. |
| Gay activism forces shutdown of SUNY Buffalo's Christian campus ministry
Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:20 AM PST Members of the student association at New York's University at Buffalo voted on Friday to suspend the school's InterVarsity Christian Fellowship chapter after the group's former treasurer claimed he was forced to resign over his sexual orientation. |
| Ironic study proposes the Pill to keep nuns cancer free
Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:23 AM PST Nuns should be offered the contraceptive pill, on health grounds, since it would cut their risk of getting cancer, according to a study in The Lancet. No mention was made, however, of the significant increase in breast cancer attributed to prolonged use of oral contraceptives in women. |
| Ambien's suprising effects on comatose patients Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:12 AM PST A growing body of case reports suggests that the popular sleep Ambien aid can have a profound — and paradoxical — effect on coma patients like Chris. Rather than put them to sleep, both Ambien and its generic twin, zolpidem, appear to awaken at least some of them. |
| Rights group urges Yemen to ban child marriage
Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:28 AM PST A leading international rights group is urging Yemen to set 18 as the minimum age for marriage to improve girls' opportunities for education and protect their human rights. |
