ICC, BIAC write to Pranab on retrospective tax amendment issue
Business Standard India Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:24 AM PDT
Concerned over the impact of the government's decision to amend the Income Tax Act with retrospective affect, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and another industry body BIAC want to engage with the Finance Ministry to workout a solution to the issue. |
Baby girl tortured, now in Bangalore
New Kerala Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT
Bangalore/New Delhi, April 9: A Bangalore man who was hoping for a son was so angered by the birth of a girl child that he battered the three-month-old, who is now in a critical condition at a hospital, police say. Besides a severe head injury, the infant has bite marks on her body, doctors say. |
Murphy passes black belt test at Body Mind System
Stoneham Sun Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:50 AM PDT
The Body Mind Systems Training Center at 263 Main St., Stoneham, has announced that four of its adult students, including Jen Murphy of Stoneham, recently passed their first-degree black belt test. Murphy passed her test on Dec. 17, 2011. |
Rick Foster: My Year off Sugar
The Huffington Post Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:45 AM PDT
When I gave up sugar, I wasn't thinking about my weight, blood pressure, or any of the many unanticipated things that have happened to my body in the past year. |
Around Your Town 04/09/12
The Sierra Vista Herald Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:55 AM PDT
Ethan Sharp, 7, enjoys a game of football on Easter Sunday at Veteran's Memorial Park. (Melissa Marshall • Herald/Review) The SVRHC Postpartum Wellness Support Team will host “Healing the New Mother’s Body, Mind, Spirit†at 1 p.m. April 10 in Sierra Vista Public Library Mona Bishop room. The guest speaker, Debra Kaplan, will present “The Past As Present: Examining Unresolved Childhood Trauma In ... |
Teleflex Announces European Market Clearance for its Vascular Positioning System®
Business Wire Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:13 AM PDT
LIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has announced that its VasoNova Inc. subsidiary has been issued CE certification from its notified body, the British Standards Institution (BSI), to market the company’s Arrow VPS system to the European Union. The Arrow VPS system is the first to use a ... |
Genes That Influence Childhood Obesity Found
Medical News Today Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:09 AM PDT
A large international consortium study has found at least two gene variants that increase the risk for common childhood obesity. Writing in Nature Genetics on 8 April, the researchers describe how they linked variants near the loci OLFM4 and HOXB5 to this condition, and showed they are also linked with increased body mass index (BMI) in adults. Lead investigator Dr Struan F.A... |
Nano-sized 'factories' churn out proteins
PhysOrg Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:05 AM PDT
Drugs made of protein have shown promise in treating cancer, but they are difficult to deliver because the body usually breaks down proteins before they reach their destination. |
Littleton author Meg Stafford honored for ‘Topic of Cancer’
Littleton Independent Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:40 AM PDT
Last year Littleton resident and columnist, Meg Stafford, released her first book, “Topic of Cancer: Riding the Waves of the Big C.â€This year, that book was acknowledged by Reader Views Literary Awards, placing first in the category Mind/Body/Spirit and second in the category Health/Fitness. |
Russia drops charges in lawyer's prison death
News West 9 Midland Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:36 AM PDT
Russia's top investigative body said Monday it has dropped charges against a doctor suspected of negligence in the case of a prominent lawyer who reported official corruption in Russia, then died in custody while... |
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