News tagged with western europe

French breast implant scare reaches around the world

Hundreds of thousands of women in more than 65 countries, mainly in South America and western Europe, have received breast implants that are at the centre of a health scare.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast implant maker used non-approved gels: lawyer

The founder of the French firm that made breast implants feared to be at risk of rupturing has admitted using non-approved but non-toxic silicone gels, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Herbal amphetamine increases risk of death and stroke in those with heart disease

Chewing the natural stimulant khat increases the risk of death and stroke in patients with heart disease compared to those who are not users, according to new research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood disorders are a public health issue

Public health should focus not only on reducing the burden of common diseases but also address the needs of people with blood disorders , experts say in a supplement to December's American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Android doubles smartphone market share: Gartner

More than half of the smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of the year were powered by Google's Android software, technology research firm Gartner said Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Antibiotic dangers trap bees in a Catch 22

Honey bees are trapped in a Catch 22 where antibiotics used to protect them from bacterial illnesses ravaging hives are making them die from commonly used pesticides, some of which are used to ward-off bee-killing ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lebanon tries to catch up on Internet

Boudy Nasrala runs a successful brand design company in Lebanon, but when it comes to communicating with clients around the globe using the Internet, he knows to arm himself with patience -- lots of it.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PC market grows in 3Q, but sluggishly, firms say

Personal computer shipments continued to grow in the third quarter but at a sluggish pace, intensifying concerns about the industry's dimming prospects going into the all-important holiday shopping season.

Technology / Business

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antiretroviral therapy has tripled the proportion of adults achieving undetectable levels of HIV

Over the past decade in western Europe there has been a dramatic improvement in the ability of antiretroviral therapy to keep HIV under control in adults with virological failure to drugs from all three of the original antiretroviral ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Relation of alcohol consumption to colorectal cancer

A meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies on the association of alcohol consumption with colorectal cancer was carried out, based on 22 studies from Asia, 2 from Australia, 13 from Western Europe, and 24 from North ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Indian outsourcers seek revenues from 'smart work'

For advertising executive Govind Nair, working in India's outsourcing industry for a California telecoms firm means burning the candle at both ends for his customers.

Technology / Business

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ESA's water mission keeps tabs on dry spring soils

Western Europe's exceptionally dry spring is clear to see in maps generated using data from SMOS. While these maps offer an interesting view of the stark difference in soil moisture compared to a year ago, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

London, tuberculosis capital of Western Europe

(AP) -- The number of people infected with tuberculosis has jumped by 50 percent in London in the last decade, making it the tuberculosis capital of Western Europe, a new report says.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A cooler Pacific may have severely affected medieval Europe, North America

In the time before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, a cooler central Pacific Ocean has been connected with drought conditions in Europe and North America that may be responsible for famines and the disappearance of cliff dwelling ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Killer quake struck just below the surface

The quake that struck Haiti erupted just below the surface on a notorious fault where two plates of the Earth's crust jostle and grind, scientists said.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0