High saturated fat diets can render asthma inhalers ineffective Fatty foods are likely to interfere with the relaxation of the airways To compound matters, unhealthy eating is more common among asthmatics By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 09:01 EST, 7 April 2014 | UPDATED: 11:33 EST, 7 April 2014   Eating fast food and consuming sugary drinks renders the most common asthma inhaler ineffective, a study warns. The findings are worrying because asthmatics tend to eat a diet high in saturated . >>> READ MORE ...

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR APRIL 7, 2014, 10:38 AM   A review of studies has found that the health benefits of infant male circumcision vastly outweigh the risks involved in the procedure. But the study, published online in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, also found that while rates of circumcision among American men ages 14 to 59 increased to 81 percent from 79 percent over the past decade, the rate of newborn circumcision has declined by 6 percentage points, to 77 percent, since the 1960s. The authors . >>> READ MORE ...

Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 11:44 AM Fatah spokesman Ahmad Assaf told reporters that the Palestinian Authority “blackmailed” Israel to bring about the release of dozens of prisoners.  Fatah spokesman Ahmad Assaf told reporters that the Palestinian Authority “blackmailed” Israel to bring about the release of dozens of prisoners. The Palestinian Media Watch reported: The Palestinian Authority’s only reason for agreeing to and continuing the peace negotiations with Is . >>> READ MORE ...

Shooter believed to be dead, NBC News reports By Frank Heinz |  Wednesday, Apr 2, 2014  |  Updated 7:13 PM CDT  A shooting Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Hood Army post has left multiple people injured, and the shooter is believed to be dead, post officials said. The post remains on lockdown. NBC News reported that eight people were injured, four of them critically, and that the person who died is believed to be the gunman. Officials are still searching and clearing buildings at the post, . >>> READ MORE ...

By JODI RUDOREN APRIL 1st, 2014 Palestinian Step to Join Global Agencies May Scuttle Talks JERUSALEM — President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority signed papers Tuesday evening to join 15 international agencies, threatening a breakdown in the fraught Mideast peace talks, even as Secretary of State John Kerry planned to fly here Wednesday to finalize a deal extending the negotiations into 2015. [caption id="attachment_1101" align="alignleft" width="300"] J Pollard[/caption] Mr. Abbas, . >>> READ MORE ...