PARIS - EXPOSURE to second-hand smoke boosts the risk of dementia and other cognitive problems, even among people who have never smoked, the largest study of its kind reported on Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO - ON THURSDAY Microsoft announced it has formed a technology industry posse and put a bounty of $380,000 on the heads of those responsible for a vexing computer worm.
The nasty computer code known as 'Conficker' or 'Downadup' has been spreading quickly, wriggling into millions of computers worldwide and threatening to commandeer or crash systems.
WASHINGTON - BITTER feuding in the United States over a possible link between vaccines and autism will not go away despite strong rejection of that theory by a special federal court.
Thousands of families were hoping to win compensation and vindication through three test cases presented to the court. They contended that a combination of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine plus other shots triggered autism.
