The President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Herbert Pardes, was honored by the New York Academy of Sciences for his leadership towards making New York City a center for scientific excellence.

The "Science & The City Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in New York City" was presented Nov. 17 at the Academy's 5th annual gala in New York.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe insisted Thursday the cholera threat over the country which has claimed more than 700 lives and infected 15,000 others has been contained. His claim goes against the assessment of international health officials and just hours after South African declared its border with Zimbabwe a disaster zone and called for radical measures to prevent the spread of cholera to other African nations.

In a televised talk, Mugabe said, "I am happy we are being assisted by others and we have arrested cholera." He said the cholera threat was just used by Western nations to oust him from power.

The first real-life euthanasia documentary aired Wednesday on Britain's national TV received mixed reviews from pro-life and assisted suicide advocates.

The wife of motor neurone disease (MND) sufferer Craig Ewert, who drank a fatal dose of barbiturates before stopping his ventilator at a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland in September 2006, defended the action of her husband to take his own life and the filming of his death.

More than 700 Zimbabweans have died from cholera, according to United Nations officials.

The official death toll has reached 746 people, while there are 15,572 suspected cholera cases. The worst his is the capital city Harare where 189 deaths and 7,653 suspected cases had been recorded as of Dec. 9.

A French cardiologist has claimed that he is no longer an alcoholic because an anti-muscle spasm pill that he had been taking for many years caused him to lose desire to drink liquor.

The claim by Dr. Olivier Ameisen, 55, is contained in his book "Le Dernier Verre" ("The Last Glass") set for release in the U.S. next year under the title "The End of My Addiction."