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Fix economy not obesity - Lawson :: The government should focus on tackling the economy and not obesity, former chancellor Lord Lawson has said. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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Greggs to target motorway drivers :: Greggs, the country's biggest chain of bakers, says it plans to open new shops in motorway service stations.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15365562

Kenya athletics brand has ambitions to take on Nike :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BwN29Hhn8yY/index.html

Cash prize for euro break-up plan :: Lord Wolfson, the chief executive of Next, offers a £250,000 prize for the best answer to how to manage one or more countries leaving the euro.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15366828

Raising a family in Canada harder :: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's economy has doubled in size since 1976 but Canadian parents are raising families with less money and time than baby boomers had, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
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In tough economy, Americans having fewer babies :: 4,316,233. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
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What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years? :: Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this weekEducation and population â€" Sir Crispin TickellOur society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth's land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch.Of all the interconnected problems we face, perhaps the most serious is the proliferation of our own species. Our numbers rose from around one million 12,000 years ago to around one billion 250 years ago. Since then there has been an extraordinary acceleration from 2 billion in 1930 to 6 billion at the end of the century and now approaching 7 billion.In seekin...
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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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Women: Lead on your own terms :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BdcBpaGrmgg/index.html

The fight against HIV/Aids â€" get on board with Unitaid | Jill Filipovic :: A group tackling HIV/Aids in developing countries is using innovative methods that even drugs companies could likeDaniel is six months old, and one of the more than a million children in Africa born of HIV-positive mothers every year. Without prenatal treatment, up to 30% of these children will contract the virus. Daniel is one of the luckier ones, so far. His mother, Elise, found out she was HIV-positive eight months ago, while she was pregnant with him. She took the necessary antiretrovirals to decrease the risk of transmission. But Elise lives in rural Cameroon, and since she was diagnosed has travelled two hours by car every month to the closest clinic to get the drugs necessary to prevent transmission to her child. The travel is expensive, but she wants her son to be negative, and she...
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Pop culture, wealthy Chinese spur medical tourism in Asia :: SEOUL (Reuters) - It is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Diagnostic Tools and Imaging Methods in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration :: This article reviews new and evolving MRI disk-imaging techniques, including grading, relaxation-time measurements, diffusion, and contrast perfusion. In addition, high-resolution magic-angle spinning methods to correlate in vitro disk degeneration (with pain, etc) and in vivo spectroscopic results are discussed. With the potential for morphologic and biochemical characterization of the intervertebral disk, MRI shows promise as a tool to quantitatively assess disk health. (Source: Orthopedic Clinics of North America)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Greek lawmakers pass new austerity law :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/P3VKuIS-UFI/index.html

Rangers owner 'criminality' claim :: BBC Scotland uncovers evidence of alleged criminality in the past business dealings of Rangers Football Club's owner.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15377454

VIDEO: Motivation, motivation, motivation :: Old Mutual chief executive Julian Roberts says all feedback should be designed to boost staff motivation - even when it is negative.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15351706

Alleged UBS rogue trader in court :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Cm2WTESYj_o/

Swift payment of Greek aid urged by troika - report :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/YUjv5icUzzU/

Annuity problems: Readers given some advice :: Readers are given some expert advice
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15336557

Time for Mommy to get paid? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/j7AH2Zl9GRU/index.html

NSF Announces Workplace Flexibility Initiative :: National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh recently announced the NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative, which lays the groundwork for a ten-year plan to expand work-related flexibility to women and men in research careers. Partnering with the White House Council on Women and Girls, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and First Lady Michelle Obama, this announcement signifies the first NSF-wide initiative to assist postdoctoral fellows and early-career faculty members with caring for dependents while pursuing their careers.

&#8220;Too many young women scientists and engineers get sidetracked or drop their promising careers because they find it too difficult to balance the needs of those careers and the needs of their families,&#8221; said Suresh. &#8220;Thi...
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Drop in U.S. Birth Rates Reflects Recession, Pew Center Says :: According to a study by the Pew Research Center, women were putting off having babies while the economy was weak. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Prescriptions Blog: Young Doctors Worry About Career Choices :: Education debts, changes under the health care law and the economy contribute to anxieties among new physicians. (Source: NYT Health)
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Ron Paul Wins Ohio Straw Poll: Can Campaign Momentum Close Gap Between Paul and Leaders? :: Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul came out on top in an Ohio straw poll Saturday. The result surprised many as Paul garnered more than twice the percentage of votes for Herman Cain and six times the percentage of votes for Mitt Romney, the two Republican frontrunners.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236060/20111023/ron-paul-ohio-straw-poll-wins-2012-president-herman-cain-mitt-romney-michele-bachmann-rick-perry.htm

Joe Biden for President in 2016? Vice President Does not Dismiss Running :: Could Vice President Joe Biden be eyeing a run for President in 2016?
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236046/20111023/joe-biden-president-2016-election-hillary-clinton-barack-obama-democratic-democrat-john-mccain-repub.htm

Europe still awaits decisions from Brussels :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/yKHLJzlaH3w/

General Electric Earnings: Is GE's Stock Headed to $25 and Beyond in 2012? - Stock Review :: Diversified, industrial giant General Electric (GE) continues to show impressive order growth in emerging markets -- and that bodes well for the global economy in 2012 and for GE&#039;s stock.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236040/20111023/general-electric-ge-orders-industrial-equipment-emerging-markets-immelt.htm

VW heading for car industry crown :: Forecasts show relentless global growth means the German carmaker will claim top spot for both sales and production
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5f236be-fc01-11e0-b1d8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

EU leaders urge action from Italy :: European leaders have demanded that Italy make a major effort to reduce its 1.9tn euro debt burden.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15423600

Sweet doughnuts conquer the world :: Sales of America's favourite sticky bun are soaring across the world
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15309466

Occupy Wall Street - The Economic and Social Movement the GOP Cannot Rationalize Away :: The rise of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is the Republican Party&#039;s worst nightmare. It's an objective data point that no amount of liberal-bashing, Obama-bashing or jingoist appeal to patriotism can blot out: The U.S. economic system of corporate capitalism might need economic and fiscal reforms.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236021/20111023/occupy-wall-street-unemployment-unemployment-rate-jobs-republicans-democrats-economy-gdp-corporation.htm

The mobile phone patent punch-up :: Mobile phone innovation is sinking into the quagmire of patent wars
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15343549