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Week of June 19, 2004; Vol. 165, No. 25 , p. 397 Hepatitis C drugs are less effective in black patients Nathan Seppa Standard drugs for hepatitis C virus are less likely to knock out the infection in black patients than in whites, finds a study in the May 27 New England Journal of Medicine. Hepatitis C is a liver ailment that afflicts roughly 4 million people in the United States. It often goes unnoticed until it causes cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer. Researchers gave two antiviral drugs, peginterferon alpha-2b and ribavirin, for 11 months, to 81 black...

<p>Despite fears that it could promote anti-Semitism, the new film by Mel Gibson "The Passion of the Christ'' may have made Americans less likely to blame Jews for the death of Jesus, according to a new survey.</p> <p>Among those interviewed for a new national poll who had seen or knew about the film, 83 percent said the movie and its surrounding controversy had no effect on the extent they believe contemporary Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus. Only 2 percent said the movie made them more likely to blame Jews, while 9 percent said the movie made them less likely to hold Jews responsible.</p>

Less than half show support for EU By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels (Filed: 09/12/2003) Less than half the population in the European Union's member states now support the EU project, according to polling results yesterday. The latest Eurobarometer to be released this week found that just 48 per cent of EU citizens viewed membership as a "good thing", down from 54 per cent last spring. Britain was by far the most negative state, with positive feelings tumbling to 28 per cent, but even the French were below half for the first time after months of battles with Brussels over tax...

Survey shows women have less fun shopping Sept. 19, 2003, 8:12PM WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- If it weren't obvious to anyone who sees a harried mom burning through the sale racks between errands on her lunch break, Carrie McCament will speak the awful truth. "Shopping just isn't as fun for women anymore," said the managing director of frank about women, a North Carolina consulting firm that specializes in building brand loyalty with female consumers. Not fun? Really? "Their lives are so full and busy that what used to be a Saturday shopping outing with friends has turned into must-have shopping...

<p>U.N. Opted For Less American Security to Present A ‘Friendly Image’</p> <p>It seems there was more to the U.N.'s (search) refusal of the U.S. offer of more security at their Baghdad (search) headquarters than a desire to keep it from looking like a fortress. U.N. spokesman Salim Lone told the Associated Press that U.N. officials also, ‘did not want a large American presence outside.’ And U.S. officials say that despite their warnings that car bombings and other such attacks were possible, U.N. officials did not want the kinds of heavy barriers U.S. forces had been putting in front of other soft targets because the U.N. wanted to present a friendly image to the Iraqi people.</p>

The World's No.1 Science & Technology News Service     Frequent sex reduces pregnancy complications   09:40 25 November 02   Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition   Low fertility and frequent pregnancy complications may be the price that humans have paid for evolving a large brain. For the fetus to get enough nutrients to grow a hefty brain the placenta has to aggressively invade a mother's uterus, says a new theory. But that can also provoke her immune system, causing dangerous complications. However, recent research suggests that exposure to a man's semen helps a women's immune system prepare for pregnancy (New...

Risk of death by asteroid is less likely By Roger Highfield, Science Editor (Filed: 21/11/2002) The risk of the Earth suffering a devastating asteroid impact is not nearly as likely as feared, scientists say today. Such events are likely to occur only about every 1,000 years, not every 200 or 300 years as previously thought. The estimate comes from data provided by US Department of Defence satellites, which scan the Earth for evidence of nuclear explosions. These spy satellites monitor detonations caused by small asteroids - between 3ft and 30ft across. Dr Peter Brown, of the University of Western Ontario,...