IBT Staff Reporter

When a dipstick test suggests there's blood in the urine, the next step should be to examine a sample of the urine under a microscope to make sure the dipstick result is accurate, according to medical guidelines - but often the patient is sent directly to see a specialist, or for further testing.

Heavy rain has raised Spain's capacity to generate hydroelectricity and irrigate crops, official data showed on Tuesday in the heavily gas and grain-dependent country.

TMZ posted a blog yesterday titled The JFK Photo That Could Have Changed History which showed a never-before published photograph with John F. Kennedy frolicking on a boat filled with naked women which the site says the photo could have altered world events. It turns out it was a hoax that TMZ fell for.

Patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can choose between medication and surgery for relief of their symptoms, but researchers caution that while both strategies are effective, they're also different in some important ways.

Jimmy Owen Sullivan, the drummer of Avenged Sevenfold, died Monday in his southern California home according to reports from Reuters citing authorities.

General Motors Co is offering huge incentives to its dealers to speed up the sales of leftover inventory from its Saturn and Pontiac brands, that can push up the automaker's December sales, the Wall Street Journal said.

General Motors unit Opel said new registrations of its cars rose to the highest level in four years in 2009, when government-backed scrapping incentives bolstered a floundering European auto industry.

Stocks gained modestly on Tuesday, as better-than-expected consumer confidence data offset a separate report showing flat home prices in October.

The Food and Drug Administration announced late Monday, a recall for Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets after several consumers complained of an unusual musty, moldy odor.

China's Geely would barely lay a finger on Ford Motor Co's Volvo if it succeeds in acquiring the Swedish luxury car brand, the firm's top executive was quoted by state media as saying on Friday.

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Kazakhstan is in talks with a group of foreign companies led by BG (BG.L) and Eni (ENI.MI) to buy a stake in their Kazakh gas condensate project Karachaganak, Prime Minister Karim Masimov said on Tuesday.

General Motors Co [GM.UL] is offering huge incentives to its dealers to speed up the sales of leftover inventory from its Saturn and Pontiac brands, that can push up the automaker's December sales, the Wall Street Journal said.

China's Big Four banks led by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (601398.SS)(1398.HK), now the world's largest bank by market value, hold a combined 50 percent share of the domestic lending market, mostly for big state-owned enterprises.

Technology exists that might have detected explosives hidden in the underwear of a Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a plane over Detroit, but cost and privacy worries have until now prevented its widespread use.

The various forms of recurrent facial pain can sometimes be debilitating, but are fortunately relatively uncommon, according to a new study.

U.S. home prices were unchanged in October, according to the widely watched Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes released on Tuesday, indicating stabilization in the hard-hit housing sector though the figures dashed hopes for a sixth straight monthly increase.

New legislation may have a much more dire effect on credit card lenders' earnings than analysts had expected, and 2010 could be a brutal year for the companies.

Soheila, an Egyptian village housewife, traded her kidney for $2,185 to pay off debt -- the best option the desperate mother of three could find to keep food on the family table.

Arigene Co Ltd (067850.KQ), a South Korean medical equipment maker, said it terminated its tender offer for the outstanding common stock of Trimeris Inc (TRMS.O) as the company was unable to secure sufficient fund for the deal.

Air pollution, which tends to inflame the airways in people with asthma, might also reduce the effectiveness of the rescue inhalers they count on for quick relief of their asthma symptoms, study findings hint.

Spyker Cars' chief executive expects a decision in days on whether the company has been successful in a bid to buy Sweden's Saab Automobile from U.S. parent General Motors.

The H1N1 flu pandemic may not be conquered until 2011, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Oil briefly rose above $79 a barrel to a fresh five-week high on Tuesday, supported by expectations of colder U.S. weather and concerns over political developments in Iran.

With growing numbers of graduates returning to the family home after college, parents should be supportive -- but not too much, the British government warns on Tuesday.

Last year, turnaround expert William Snyder was sitting across a table from legendary U.S. chicken entrepreneur Lonnie Bo Pilgrim, explaining the drastic steps that would be necessary to rescue his 63-year-old company from possible liquidation.

Sumitomo Chemical Corp agreed to buy a $590 million stake in Australian farm chemicals maker Nufarm Ltd on Tuesday, in a surprise deal that knocked out a rival bid from China's Sinochem.

U.S. consumer confidence improved more than expected in December, hitting a three-month high as job market pessimism eased and consumers' expectations reached a two-year high, according to a private report released on Tuesday.

CNR Corp, one of China's top two train makers, limped in with a lukewarm market debut after its $2 billion IPO in Shanghai, signaling investors' intolerance for high valuations as a flood of new equity awaits next year.