FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida ― Raids on South Florida pill mills have drawn attention to the dangers of prescription drugs. But also life-threatening can be the aisles of over-the-counter medications at drug stores, where seemingly harmless pain relievers and other products account for a growing number of overdoses. Calls to the Florida Poison Information Center Miami, which handles all of South Flo...

Dizziness covers a whole range symptoms of unsteadiness when one is in a perfectly stable environment. From a floating sensation and lightheadedness to breakdown and unconsciousness, someone who feels dizzy faces various symptoms. In the case of vertigo, the sufferer feels his or surrounding environment to be spinning around constantly. Dr. Chung Won-ho of Samsung Medical Center checks a patien...

Rice provides more energy, research suggests More people are enjoying bread or pastries for breakfast for convenience’s sake. Thirty-two-year-old office worker Kim Sang-il is one of them. Single, living alone in his studio and eating out everyday, Kim barely makes anything at home. He eats toast with jam and yogurt for breakfast. “If I try to have steamed rice with side dishes, the Korean trad...

Two government ministries and the Seoul local administration agreed Wednesday to join forces to promote Korea’s fashion industry. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Knowledge Economy and Seoul Metropolitan Government pledged to cooperate on fashion-related projects under the agreement signed at Seoul Palace Hotel. The three governmental organizations will run a Fashion Ind...

Rice allows one to work out nearly 50 percent longer than bread and is more effective in reducing cholesterol, a new study suggested. The Korea Food Research Institute unveiled the result of its recent research on the health effects of Koreans’ staple food in a public forum on Wednesday. In a test on university students, researchers measured how long they can perform exercise after eating rice ...

CHICAGO (AP) ― Oprah Winfrey has given the world 25 years of poets and politicians, A-list actors and musicians and talk show topics that defined and reflected American culture. As “The Oprah Winfrey Show’’ ends, with 16 episodes left as of May 4, her millions of fans around the globe are waiting to see how she will close out a show that engineered a media empire. Winfrey’s producers plan a sta...

CAP D’ANTIBES (AP) ― Two days before the Cannes Film Festival opens, the glamour got pumping on the French Riviera at Chanel’s 2011-12 Cruise show ― worthy of a screen siren from Hollywood’s golden age. Would-be Marlene Dietrichts sauntered the catwalk Monday in bias-cut gowns of ivory silk that twinkled at the neckline with oversized pearls, their sultry gaits reflecting the very easygoing geta...

Last Thursday’s Children’s Day was made special for more than 50 children from the Sunhansaram Orphanage when they were treated to a Gaelic football coaching clinic and exhibition match at Yongin Stadium. Gaelic football team The Seoul Gaels were invited to be a part of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies’ Children’s Day program. A boy from Sunhansaram Orphanage tries to make his way past Seou...