To the millions of Americans who suffer from chronic pain and arthritis, Vioxx seemed like a miracle. One of the most widely promoted and prescribed pain medications in the world -- used by more than twenty million people -- it was endorsed by the medical establishment and celebrities such as Olympic champion figure skater Dorothy Hamill. With annual sales of $2.5 billion, Vioxx became a pharmaceutical bonanza before being abruptly taken off the market...

How did a serial killer from the 19th century almost get away with murder?At the end of the 19th century, Martha Needle became known as 'The Black Widow' of the Richmond poisoning case after secretly poisoning her husband and children.The Black Widow was a media sensation in her day, as infamous as Ned Kelly (even sharing the same lawyer). After poisoning her husband and two of her children, Needle became obsessed with the kind-hearted son of a Danish...

When every decision begets regret, deterministic thoughts may poison your mind. When decisions are no longer yours to take, that poison may set you free.Daniel Haight chose the career his parents had laid out for him and sacrificed more than he is willing to accept, but when he watched a manic man taking his own life alone in the woods, he cannot contain his remorse any longer. Becoming a mere spectator of his own actions, he recognizes himself for...

Deadly aerosols that poison the air, food, and water supplies have been injected into the atmosphere since the late 1940s. The program, known as geoengineering, has been implemented by wealthy eugenicists to deliberately sabotage the planet and commit mass murder. By directly poisoning the Earth's life-sustaining natural resources, geoengineering offers a compound approach to depopulation. The ionospheric heaters, which are used in conjunction with...

The discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon. This was how it was for the author when she had dreams of becoming a nurse at seven years old. She promised to be one of the best nurses ever when one of her siblings passed away on the same bed she was on in the hospital. This was when her entire family got food poisoning. Her desire to become a good nurse and help save the lives of people...

A stunning look at Napoleon's campaign across the Iberian peninsula from historian Charles Esdaile. At the end of the 18th century Spain remained one of the world's most powerful empires. Portugal, too, was prosperous at the time. By 1808, everything had changed. Portugal was under occupation and ravaged by famine, disease, economic problems and political instability. Spain had imploded and worse was to come. For the next six years, the peninsula...

What started out as a youth group on a short-term mission trip to Colombia has turned into something much different. Caught in the crossfire of a vendetta against one of their chaperones, they run for their lives through a jungle they know little about. Unprepared and terrified they must grow up and function as a team, or die.When CIA Agent McGee volunteered with his wife to chaperone a church group to Colombia, he never dreamed he'd be battling assassins...

I lied to her. Betrayed her, but I'll never let her go.Telica Vivenzio is like poison. Her innocence intoxicates me wrapped up in all that hard exterior lies the heart of a warrior. Unlike me, she has suppressed her darkness behind a cynical demeanor and snarky attitude. Her transgressions are lies and petty theft and mine are the countless bodies and nameless faces scattered across the globe. When he dares to take her, and my truth is revealed, then...

Against the backdrop of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, the 1980 Moscow Olympics was always going to be political. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser wanted Australia's Olympic athletes to boycott the Games, in line with the USA, but many of the athletes had a different view and competed anyway. Athletes were the victims - and most of them female. According to Ford, who was Australia's first and founding member of...

Heart is the main muscular organ that determines the even distribution of blood tissues that carries all the important micronutrients like Iron, Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, Hemoglobin etc., all over the body. When the Heart encounters problems the life is at risk.Heart diseases have becoming a life threatening health challenges that seriously need urgent attention to preventing or stopping the advancement or occurrence of Cardio vascular diseases, inflammation...