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Pope in Serious Condition After Heart Failure

VATICAN CITY – Pope John Paul II (search) was in “very serious” condition after suffering heart failure, the Vatican said Friday morning. The latest downturn in the pontiff’s health developed after he contracted a very high fever brought on by a urinary tract infection on Thursday. He received the Roman …

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Women Testify at FDA Breast Implant Hearing

WASHINGTON – Women who blame silicone-gel breast implants (search) for crippling health problems faced women who called them the best option in an emotional debate Monday as government scientists consider whether it’s time to lift a decade-plus ban on most of the devices. “They poisoned my mother,” said a tearful …

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Kuwait Grenade Attack Trial to Resume

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – One by one, a total of 15 Army witnesses told a military jury about the pain and confusion that followed a deadly grenade attack in the Kuwait desert carried out by one of their own. Sgt. Hasan Akbar‘s (search) lawyers said their client could not have …

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