Apple now has more cash than the U.S. government

As the U.S. government attempts to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling, the Treasury's operating cash balance dropped to $74 billion this week, less than the $76 billion that the tech company Apple had in cash as of June 25, when it released its most-recent financial results.

Apple is taking in more money than it lays out, CNN said.

At present, the U.S. is spending around $200 billion more than it takes in in revenue every month, BBC News reports. Meanwhile, Apple is raking it in. In the three months ended June 25, net income was $7.31 billion, an increase of 125% from a year earlier.

Not only has the world's highest-valued technology company surpassed the fiscal strength of the world's most powerful nation, but Apple is now the second-largest company on the planet, after Exxon Mobil, with a market capitalization of $363.25 billion, according to Financial Post. And earlier this week, shares of the company began trading above $400 a share on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time ever.

Yes, Apple is really on a roll.

U.S. man tries to remove his hernia with a butter knife..

The wife of the 63-year-old Glendale man called emergency services when she discovered his attempt at self-surgery to remove the protruding hernia, police said.

"She said he had impaled himself with a knife," Sergeant Lorenz said, Associated Press reports.

Officers found the man naked on a patio lounge chair outside his apartment with a 15-centimeter butter knife sticking out of his stomach, AP says.

He was upset by the hernia and wanted to get it out, his wife told police.

Swift U.S. action on debt needed in global

The International Monetary Fund on Monday urged the United States to swiftly raise the debt ceiling to ward off risks of a credit downgrade that could damage the global economy.

The IMF appeal was part of a review of U.S. economic prospects in which it concluded a slow-paced recovery can continue with some fiscal tightening while also stressing its concern about getting government debts under control.

"Directors (on the IMF board) highlighted the urgency of raising the federal debt ceiling and agreeing on the specifics of a comprehensive medium-term consolidation program," the global lender said.

Talks between the Obama administration and lawmakers to craft a plan to avoid potential U.S. default seemed to be making scant progress.

Cancer deaths more in men than women

A recent study shows that men are more likely to die from certain cancers than women. The study consisted of collected data from 1977 to 2006 of 36 kinds of cancers by age and by sex.

According to the Cancer Society, 1 in 2 men in the United States have will develop caner during their lifetime. The chances of women developing cancer during their lifetime are 1 in 3.

The study showed that more men died from mouth cancer, cancer of the larynx and esophageal cancer than women did. Lung cancer which is the leading cause of death for men and women also showed that men were more likely to die from it than women were.

Women had a higher death rate than men in the some of 36 cancers studied which included anus and gall bladder cancer.

Scientists have not come up with any reasons or explanations as to why more men will die from cancer than women will, but they do say that they believe it is not due to any gender differences. It is more likely caused by lifestyles men lead and the choices they make in life.

Men tend to go to the doctor less than women do and are not diagnosed as often which could be a factor. Another possibility is that men are more exposed to environmental factors such alcohol, tobacco, toxic materials.

Source: www.smartabouthealth.net