A woman collapsed and died from a blood clot just three months after she started taking a new contraceptive pill. Helen Schofield was not told of the risk of deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, when her GP prescribed Dianette for her heavy periods. Because the drug also works as a contraceptive, the 33-year-old stopped taking her existing pill, Celeste. But three months later, Miss Schofield collapsed as... 

Former Black singer Michael Jackson is believed to have suffered a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles this afternoon. Reports say that Jackson, 50, went into cardiac arrest and has been rushed to hospital. He was taken into an ambulance around 2pm (US Central time) and taken to a nearby hospital, says US gossip website TMZ. Paramedics were seen performing CPR on the singer, according to the website, Jackson’s... 

A hospital immigrant nurse shouted at an elderly woman and stripped her naked in front of other patients, a hearing has been told. Memory Musekiwa is accused of pushing the pensioner, who had wet herself, onto a commode in full view and then refusing to wash her. If she is found guilty of the ‘brutal’ behaviour, the 35-year-old could be struck off the nursing register. The patient,... 

He was the first person in Idaho convicted of knowingly spreading the HIV-AIDS virus. Now, more than a decade later Kerry Stephen Thomas, 45 is once again facing those same charges. In the 1990s Thomas’ case was a landmark one which sent Thomas to prison for several years. At the time, he was well-known as a former BSU basketball player. He then became notorious for intentionally having sexual relations... 

Greenpeace activists take a sample from a Monsanto test site near Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia: The GM crop MON 810 has been banned in Germany. Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of euros if American multinational Monsanto decides to challenge... 

Nick Glasgow, left, who has leukemia, is comforted by his mother, Carole Wiegand, at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Hayward, Calif. His ethnic background make it almost impossible to find a bone marrow match, which usually comes from a patient’s own ethnic group. If Nick Glasgow were white, he would have a nearly 90 percent chance of finding a matching bone marrow donor who could cure... 

Latest HIV infection figures – which show that Britain now has almost twice as many new HIV cases diagnosed in a year as any other west European country – have revealed the full extent of Sub-Saharan immigration to this country. There were 7,734 new cases of the virus recorded in 2007, nearly double the figure reported at the turn of the millennium, according to Unicef. The worst-affected... 

“We are asking our supporters to call their Congressional representatives immediately to demand that Congress hold emergency hearings to override the open borders policies of the Obama administration and protect our citizens from this potential pandemic.” said William Gheen. Americans for Legal Immigration PAC calls on the Obama administration to immediately close the southern border and... 

Fears over GM corn's effects on the food chain have led to the ban. Germany has decided to ban genetically modified corn, Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner announced Tuesday, amid concerns over its environmental and economical impact. Aigner announced a ban on the cultivation of US biotech giant Monsanto’s genetically modified corn strain MON 810 after considering a number of studies. The... 

South African farmers suffered millions of dollars in lost income when 82,000 hectares of genetically-manipulated corn (maize) failed to produce hardly any seeds.The plants look lush and healthy from the outside. Monsanto has offered compensation. Monsanto blames the failure of the three varieties of corn planted on these farms, in three South African provinces,on alleged ‘underfertilisation... 

Mariana van Zeller a Portuguese journalist takes a look at the tradition of female circumcision in Africa. She travels to rural villages in Sierra Leone with an activist who faces a tough battle to put an end to the practice.  Read More »

He was, Precious Jackson said, a very fine black man. He was 6 feet 2 inches tall with an almond-milk complexion, dreamy dark eyes and a deep voice. During their nearly two years together in Los Angeles, he was the sunshine of her life, even though he had a habit of landing in jail and refused to use a condom when they made love. “I didn’t ask him any questions,” Jackson said... 

Does your Pepsi lack pep? Is your Coke not the real thing? India’s Hindu nationalist movement apparently has the answer: a new soft drink made from cow urine. The bovine brew is in the final stages of development by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group, according to the man who makes it. Om Prakash, the... 

At a massive 73-stone, Kenneth Brumley must lose weight, or die. His daily intake of 30,000 calories is the same as a regular-sized man eats in two weeks. For four years he’s been confined to a bed which buckled under his weight and powerless to move his gigantic legs. Only deliveries of fast food from his partner Serena break the monotony of the day. Because of this weakness for junk food, Kenneth... 

How to Have More White Babies Pt 2 By John Young — MP3 Welcome to Western Voices, I’m John Young of European Americans United. During the previous podcast in this series, we examined the impact of living standards, workplace expectations and division of labor between spouses on the birthrates of European-Americans. Today we are going to explore another aspect of this issue: radical feminism.  Read More »