According to researchers Sunday, Abbott Laboratories experimental, minimally invasive heart valve device meant for repairing the commonest kind of heart valve problems, has met the primary goals of a pivotal study which found it to be safer and almost as effective as open heart surgery.
 

Novartis AG’s blood-pressure drug Diovan has been found to slightly lower the incidence of diabetes in certain high-risk patients, while its other drug has not proved successful in doing so.  However, neither of these drugs helped reduce the risk of heart attacks and related disease in these patients.
 

The Columbia police on Sunday reported that three people are dead and others feared buried in snow after an avalanche struck a snowmobile competition near Revelstoke, British Columbia.

Winds at a speed of 70 miles per hour along with heavy rains have created devastation in parts of Northeast and Mid-Pacific Saturday night, leaving more than half-million people powerless and without any transportation facility. The utility crews are struggling with the broken trees scattered on the road and destructed buildings to restore electricity and shift shelters to safer places.

Reacting back to the oppositions from Tea Party movements, an official start was given to the Coffee Party Movement in US. This infant political grouping held its first inaugural day of national meetings on Saturday. This initiation was accompanied by several discussions held in coast-to-coast coffee shops.

The concept of e-cigarettes was initiated to help people who intend to quit smoking. For this purpose, the e-cigarettes have been made readily available on internet with tobacco, strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla flavors and are made accessibly legal for the minors as well.

Obama administration has decided to renovate the “No Child Left Behind Law 2002” education law supported by Former President George Bush in order provide the best in the education for the children. This call for reorganization of the boards was announced on Saturday.

Apple Inc. has come up with a plan that will allow the users to replace the iPad batteries. The replacement plan comes with the condition that the battery will not be replaced in case of disastrous damages caused to the phone or battery due to liquid contact, unlicensed modifications or accidents.

Floria Sigismondi’s next film “The Runaways” finds its basis on the autobiography of Cherie Currie, the rock band singer of the 70s, starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.

According to a recent study published in the journal Allergy, the British people are the least prone to food reactions in the western given the robust immune systems they have.

The study conducted by Imperial College London on around 4,500 adults in 13 countries.