Statin drugs, used by millions to reduce cholesterol levels and avoid heart disease, can reduce the possibility of blood clots that can form in the legs or lungs, a huge study announced on Sunday.
The study gives a new motive for those with regular cholesterol to think about taking Crestor, Lipitor and Zocor, doctors’ state.
It was shown that Crestor reduced about half the chances of blood clots in those with low cholesterol but who had high inflammation. The study also showed that Crestor considerably reduced chances for heart attacks, death and …

Google announced Thursday that it plans to cut nearly 200 marketing and sales jobs from its international operations.
Google’s rapid growth resulted in some job duplications and the company “over-invested” in some areas, Google senior vice president of sales and business development Omid Kordestani said.
However, one day later Google announced it is hiring enough people to fill about 360 jobs including everyone from software engineers to sales and marketing positions, to one opening for a Foodservices Supply Chain Manager at Google’s Mountain View, California headquarters.
The Internet search giant has acknowledged over-hiring …

A network of cyberspies based mostly in China hacked into private and government computers in 103 countries, gaining access to a number of classified documents, Canadian researchers reported Saturday.
The Dalai Lama and many Tibetan exiles were among the victims, said the Internet-based research group Information Warfare Monitor (IWM).
The IWM is made up of researchers from Ottawa-based think tank SecDev Group and the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies.  Its initial analysis had focused on allegations of Chinese cyber espionage against Tibetan exiles, but the work ultimately led to …

In a significant blow to her authority as one of the Cabinet’s most senior ministers, Miss Smith was forced to apologise for submitting a £10 bill for two adult movies enjoyed by her husband, Richard Timney, while she was away in London.
Mr Timney, who works as her Parliamentary assistant, also made a humiliating public apology for the “embarrassment” he had caused his wife and pledged to pay back the money, although he failed to say sorry directly to the taxpayer. The episode has left Miss Smith fighting to salvage her …

A gunman barged into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started “shooting everything,” going room to room in a terrifying rampage that killed seven residents — most in their late 80s — and a nurse who cared for them.
Authorities said Robert Stewart also wounded three others, including the Carthage police officer who confronted him in a hallway of Pinelake Health and Rehab and stopped the brutal attack. Officials said the massacre could have been bloodier if the officer had not managed to subdue Stewart.
“He acted in nothing short …