She could be one of thousands of young women in this country unaware of their risk for heart disease, and unable to recognize an early heart attack. She squelched off along the red mud lane in the dark through a torrential downpour, headed towards the family's rice storehouse. She needed supplies to soak overnight for the next day's sticky rice, before the light curfew shut down the generator at 9.30 p. In the lane, the grandmother was passed by a group of men striding up from the river...

Meanwhile, falcons illegally imported into Kuwait may have been the cause of an outbreak of bird flu that has forced authorities to cull about two million chickens, MPs charged on Tuesday. The head of the government s agriculture authority, Jassem Al-Bader, denied the allegations, insisting that all the imported falcons were properly tested and found healthy. During a special debate, a number of lawmakers submitted official documents showing that several falcon shipments for royals and...

It certainly gives you some bona fide, third-party credentials to talk about the working conditions within a meat plant and the people employed by the major beef packers. From the summer of 1987 until early 1990 members of our team lived on and off in Garden City, where we carried out systematic research on the relations between new immigrant Southeast Asians (largely Vietnamese) and Latinos (mainly from Mexico) and established Anglo and Mexican Americans. From the summer of 1987 until...

The CDC says to date little research exists which demonstrates the effectiveness of face masks during an influenza pandemic and it is quite possible that they are useless in stopping infection from occurring, but may make people feel more comfortable in crowds. The CDC says to date little research exists which demonstrates the effectiveness of face masks during an influenza pandemic and it is quite possible that they are useless in stopping infection from occurring, but may make people...

Hungary has admitted for the first time that it may have been the source of the deadly flu virus that caused an outbreak at a British turkey farm. Two goose farms in the Csongrad region of the country, south-east of the capital Budapest, were hit by the virus in January, weeks before the same strain infected a flock of Bernard Matthews turkeys. Research by the analysts Nielsen shows turkey sales have fallen by 29 per cent over the past three months while sales of frozen turkeys are down 33...