IBT Staff Reporter

Debbie Lampton, mother of the mentally ill man who died after being handcuffed by police and injected with anti-psychotic drugs at the Townsville Hospital speaks out about the harrowing ordeal.

U.S. stocks will likely hit major speed bumps this week as the bears step up pressure following fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and earnings will need to clear a high bar to give Wall Street a reprieve.

According to scientists, the new antiplatelet drug appears to be activated at low temperatures, making it potentially the first to protect against clotting during therapeutic hypothermia without provoking bleeding at rewarming.

Canada's biggest companies should deliver impressive earnings growth over last year's dismal first quarter, but that may not be enough to lift a market that's already near its highest level in nearly two years.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the French Socialist politician heading the International Monetary Fund, on Sunday sidestepped questions about whether he may seek to run in France's 2012 presidential election, saying only he was happy with his current job.

Academic professor Wayne Hall says young Australians should have a zero blood alcohol requirement attached to their driver's license until they turn 21 at least, in a bid to reduce road toll.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Sunday expressed confidence that lawmakers will bridge partisan differences on the overhaul of financial regulations and pass a bill that protects taxpayers from financing future bailouts.

Women who take multi-vitamin pill daily are nearly 20 per cent more likely to develop breast cancer, revealed a major study.

A crew member off a foreign ship remains quarantined at Wollongong Hospital with suspected leprosy, while health experts await test results.

Taking multivitamin supplements during the late periods of pregnancy of a woman can place soon to be mothers at an increased risk of premature labor.

Researchers found out that human breast milk and coconut oil can cure acne skin problems.

The head of JPMorgan Chase & Co in a German newspaper interview on Sunday turned against the possibility of stricter bank regulation and asked for better access for bankers to politicians.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday he was confident there was enough political unity on Capitol Hill for the Senate to forge a strong financial regulatory bill despite differences over some parts of it.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he wanted Britain's financial watchdog to investigate U.S. bank Goldman Sachs after it was charged with fraud by U.S. regulators.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday he was confident there was enough political unity on Capitol Hill for the Senate to forge a strong financial regulatory bill despite differences over some parts of it.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he wanted Britain's financial regulator to conduct a special investigation into U.S. bank Goldman Sachs .

A recent study reveals that a playful and friendly environment can help children with autism to cope up and develop social skills

Zero blood alcohol content for young Australian drivers who will apply for a driver's license,

After hours clinics reduces the load of patients that emergency departments in an hospital accepts in a day.

Parents are sending their girls as young as the age of nine to have their legs waxed and undergo painful beauty treatments

Opposition health spokesperson said that the government has failed to meet the four hour rule target for emergency department of hospitals.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday that China was providing his nation with a long-term, $20 billion financing plan for major projects in the South American oil-exporter.

Intake of multivitamins on a daily basis causes higher risk to the development of breast cancer.

The board of New York City's bankrupt Off-Track Betting Corporation voted on Saturday to continue operations for another year, just one day before a scheduled shutdown of the horse racing gambling parlors.

Iceland's government expects the economy to turn a corner in the second half of 2010 but said risks remained significant and the flow of aid from the International Monetary Fund would be crucial.

European Union finance ministers failed to agree on Saturday how to impose a bank levy, possibly delaying a global accord on taxing the financiers many accuse of causing recession.

Necessary reform of the international financial system will mean banks make smaller profits in future, Financial Stability Board President Mario Draghi said on Saturday.

Greece will decide within weeks on whether to activate a euro zone aid package, Prime Minister George Papandreou said, as a poll showed austerity measures had begun hitting Athenians' pocket books.

Too much television and being driven to school have seen links to cause obesity to young children.