How to cook your catch

Baking: Make shallow cuts along the top of the fish. Put into a greased dish and cover with foil. Flavor with herbs, lemon juice and olive oil. Bake at around 180 C and baste frequently.

Why you should be hooked on seafood

Researchers worldwide have discovered that eating fish regularly - one or two serves weekly - may reduce the risk of diseases ranging from childhood asthma to prostate cancer.

Drinkers may benefit from liver drug

LONDON: A drug that reverses severe liver damage could be used to treat disease in heavy drinkers who find it impossible to give up alcohol. Scientists developed the drug after discovering a way to prevent the formation of excessive scar tissue caused by cirrhosis, hepatitis and other medical conditions.

Breast cancer risk for minorities: study

WASHINGTON: A genetic mutation common in Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients has also been found to be prevalent in Hispanic and young African-American women with breast cancer, according to a new study.

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Seduced by Barcelona

BARCELONA: "Please, no more Catalan," my wife, Barbara, protested. "You're giving me a migraine." It was our first morning in Barcelona, and things weren't off to a great start. As soon as we landed I realized my faux Castilian wasn't going to get me far in this fiercely proud, Catalan-speaking city.

Saint Nicholas' home isn't the North Pole

DEMRE/KEMER, Turkey: The sarcophagus is empty. In 1087, unscrupulous merchants took the bones of the holy man who once lay here to Bari in Italy. But despite that loss, the number of people who make the pilgrimage to find happiness, health and wealth at the basilica dedicated to Saint Nicholas never slackens.

Breathe easily alongside volcanoes

PURWOKERTO, Indonesia: As Indonesians breathe a sigh of relief after a barrage of warnings of eruptions from the country's most active volcanoes, Baturraden resort at the foot of Mount Slamet in central Java remains calm and shines as an eco-tourism jewel.

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