JAPANESE people seem to have gone bananas over bananas. So much so that there is a shortage of the fruit in the country.
Madam Fumiko Satake, a 29-year-old Tokyo wife, picked up one bunch of green bananas at a supermarket in downtown Tokyo – not because she preferred unripe bananas, but because that was all she could get her hands on.
'I came to the store early today so that I could get bananas,' Madam Satake told ABC News.
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EUGENE, Ore — UCLA receiver Terrence Austin returned to Los Angeles with the team early this morning after tests revealed he suffered a
Austin was injured in the fourth quarter while reaching for a pass. He was hit from behind by Oregon defensive back T.J. Ward and remained on the ground for 15 minutes while trainers assessed the injury. He was taken off the field on a backboard to protect his neck and went to River Bend Hospital for tests.
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(RTTNews) - 
Syneron Medical Ltd. (ELOS:
) reported fourth quarter net loss of $15.87 million or $0.58 per share, compared to net income of $4.43 million or $0.16 per share in the same quarter of last year.
On a non-GAAP basis, net loss for the fourth quarter was $13.7 million or $0.50 per share, compared to net income of $4.87 million or $0.18 per share in the year ago quarter.
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CLEVELAND, Feb. 3 (UPI) — Police in Cleveland said a man who dialed 911 wound up in jail after he allegedly made a drug deal while the dispatcher was listening.
Investigators said the man dialed the emergency number at about 10:40 p.m. Saturday and hung up after telling a dispatcher that two men with guns were watching him near the intersection of West 44th and Clark Avenue, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Tuesday.
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Fitness calendar — Oct. 12
• Published October 12, 2008
This program meets one weekend per month for a year starting Oct. 31 at Living Spirit Yoga, 911 Fifth Ave. Suite 203, Olympia. For more information, call 360-432-3635.
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Capitol City Ballet, 1802 State Ave. N.E., Olympia. 360-402-5221.
7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Debbi’s Dance Etc., 6715 Martin Way E., Olympia. Teens welcome. Registration required. 360-456-6350 Read the rest of this entry »

Postmenopausal women who have hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) – a low level of sexual desire — have a worse health-related quality of life than their counterparts who are happy with their sex lives, according to a new study.
In fact, the researchers say, HSDD can cause in impairments in well-being on par with those seen in chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis and asthma.
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Physicians Still Being Used In Army Interrogation, Bioethicist Says
U.S. Army psychiatrists may be participating in the interrogation of detainees, while ignoring recommendations to the contrary from professional medical associations, according to a Penn State bioethicist and a Georgetown University law professor.
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Young women spend $113 a year on antidepressants, the taxpayer-subsidised drug that they buy most often.
A long-term study of women’s claims for medications listed in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme shows antidepressants account for 8per cent of young women’s purchases, outranking the pill, though only 6 per cent of the contraceptive products attract taxpayer subsidies.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
I’VE NOTICED that a new drug treatment for stroke has been mentioned in the media recently. Can you tell me what it’s called and how does it work?
The treatment you refer to has several names including thrombolytic therapy and, more commonly, clot-busting treatment. This therapy involves the use of drugs to break up or dissolve blood clots, the main cause of stroke and heart attack.
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Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. received a letter from the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) indicating that the originally scheduled Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date on the Ampligen (Poly I:Poly C12U) New Drug Application (NDA) would be extended by three months ‘in order to provide time for a full review of the submission.’ Additional data were received by the FDA within three months of the user fee goal date.
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