CMA launches Telecoms Manifesto
Computing.co.uk Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:36 AM PST
Dave Bailey, Computing , Tuesday 24 February 2009 at 16:57:00 Trade group calls for UK economic recovery plan to focus on IT At the start of its annual conference today, the Communications Management Association (CMA) launched a five-point action plan that it said is vital to kick-starting the UK economy. The membership body for the communications industry is calling for ... |
Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Mondaq Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:28 AM PST
United Kingdom: Whose Body Is It Anyway...? A Court of Appeal judgment may have far reaching consequences for medical law, compensation claims and commercial relationships as regards the 'ownership' of body parts and material. |
Malibu Putting Brakes On Daredevil Skateboarders
CBS 2 Los Angeles Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:42 AM PST
Daredevil skateboarders can now be fined $100 if caught speeding down Malibu's steep roadways. So-called speed boarders wear helmets, pads and even protective body suits to scoot more than 40 mph down Malibu's winding canyon roads. It sometimes leads to serious injury. |
DWTS' Cheryl Burke Gained Weight After Quitting Birth Control
US Weekly Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:29 AM PST
Dealing with the incessant scrutiny over her body last year was "tough," Cheryl Burke says in a new interview. The Dancing With the Stars celeb, 24, blames her weight gain on stopping birth control. "I decided over the summer to stop taking birth control pills. I did it thinking that I was going to lose more weight for the season," she tells the latest issue of TV Guide. "But it actually ... |
Research could curb infections in elderly
The Shawnee News-Star Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:24 AM PST
A discovery by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation may lead to the prevention of infections in the elderly. The findings, which appear in the scientific journal Blood, detail how certain proteins in the body direct the creation of new white blood cells. Those cells are made by bone marrow and help the body fight infection and other diseases. |
Type-2 diabetes advice
ITV.com Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:00 AM PST
Maintain a healthy body weight (a Body Mass Index of 20-25kg/m²) The rise in obesity rates in the UK is a main contributor to the rapid increase in the prevalence of diabetes. Obese people are often insulin resistant. Most people with newly diagnosed type-2 diabetes are overweight or obese. |
Doyle: Get the sugar out
Medfield Press Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:49 AM PST
Did you know that in the mid-nineteenth century most Americans consumed about 30 pounds of sugar a year?  Sugar was seen as a quick source of energy, and over the course of a year, consuming 30 pounds didn’t put too much stress on the body. |
11th annual Love Your Body Week begins
The Marquette Tribune Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:38 AM PST
The purpose of Love Your Body Week is to educate students about healthy body image and self-esteem. Cobeen Hall will hold its Freezin' for a Reason Swing-a-Thon for awareness on eating disorders and to raise money for the Eating Disorder Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital. |
Hexham Courant
The Hexham Courant Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:27 AM PST
THE memory of his son’s battered, unconscious body being lifted out the back of an ambulance haunts Steve Barrett. Alerted to the fact Jake, then aged 13, had been knocked down in front of Hexham’s Queen Elizabeth High School, he was waiting at the entrance of Newcastle General Hospital. |
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