About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs. Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand. The criticism was voiced by a number of leading heart doctors who attended the annual scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology, held on March 9-11

After a first inconclusive vote, Cardinals began the process of choosing a new pope in earnest on Wednesday, praying for inspiration at the start of the first full day in a conclave to choose a leader to face a major crisis in the Catholic Church. The 115 cardinal electors attended a morning Mass in the

Houston based Noble Energy will start confirmation drilling in the third trimester of 2013 in block 12 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), according to Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis. He made the statement on Tuesday after meeting representatives of the company who are in Cyprus, adding that “this morning we had a meeting with Noble

The technocrats of the Troika continued on Tuesday morning their meetings with Finance Ministry officials, at the Finance Ministry, on issues related to the Cyprus Memorandum, according to CNA sources. The meetings between the two sides will continue this afternoon. Meanwhile, CNA sources said that the Troika and Finance Ministry are expected to reach an

Full national accounts figures have revised down the contraction in the fourth quarter to a seasonally adjusted 3.3% from a previous flash estimate of 3%. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis real GDP declined by 3.4% over the same quarter of 2011. The decline was broadbased. Cystat reported that negative growth rates were recorded for construction,

Recessionary conditions pushed down the trade deficit in 2012, which fell to EUR 4,320.0 mln (4.3 bln) in January-December 2012 from EUR 4,906.5 mln in 2011. The main reason was a sharp fall of imports. Total imports/arrivals (covering total imports from third countries and arrivals from other Member States) in January-December 2012 amounted to EUR

The consumer price inflation rate fell to 1.6% in February from with 1.8% in January 2013 and 3.1% in February 2012. The EU-harmonised inflation rate also fell to 1.8% in February, compared with 2.0% in January 2013 and 3.1% in February 2012. Compared with the previous month, prices measured by the national consumer price index

The government hopes that the first casinos will begin their operation in Cyprus in two years and has asked the Cyprus Tourism Organization (CTO) to update the studies they have carried out in 2007, new Minister of Tourism George Lakkotrypis has said. The Minister on Tuesday briefed the House Commerce Committee on all issues that