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)
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Chronic pain: the search for a killer :: Millions of desperate people live with chronic pain, but medicine has had little luck finding cures. Could a new range of analgesics offer them hope at last?Every day of her life, Jayne Nelson has suffered severe pain in her feet and legs. "It's as if I have plunged them into scalding water," she says. In an attempt to counter the constant discomfort, the 32-year-old marketing executive takes powerful painkillers but admits these are only partially successful."The drugs help me to live as normal a life as possible but I still suffer severe pain several times a day," she says. "I have to keep electric fans on in my office and over my bed, and have the air-conditioning on in my car virtually all the time in order to try to control the burning that I feel in my feet and legs."Jayne suffe...<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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Minimum wage up by 15p to £6.08 :: The minimum wage goes up from 1 October, with the main rate for adults aged 21 or over rising by 15p to £6.08 an hour.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15124843
Effects of Gradual-Elastic Compression Stockings on Running Economy, Kinematics, and Performance in Runners :: Varela-Sanz, A, España, J, Carr, N, Boullosa, DA, and Esteve-Lanao, J. Effects of gradual-elastic compression stockings on running economy, kinematics and performance in runners. J Strength Cond Res 25(10): 2902â€"2910, 2011â€"We investigated the effect of gradual-elastic compression stockings (GCSs) on running economy (RE), kinematics, and performance in endurance runners. Sixteen endurance trained athletes (age: 34.73 ± 6.27 years; V̇O2max: 62.83 ± 9.03 ml·kgâˆ'1·minâˆ'1; 38 minutes in 10 km; 1 hour 24 minutes in half marathon) performed in random order 4 bouts of 6 minutes at a recent half-marathon pace on a treadmill to evaluate RE with or without GCSs. Subsequently, 12 athletes were divided into 2 equal groups matched by their V̇O2max, and they performed a time limit test (Tlim...
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UK research expenditure on dementia, heart disease, stroke and cancer: are levels of spending related to disease burden? :: Conclusions:  Most health research funding in the UK is currently directed towards cancer. When compared to their burden, our analysis suggests that research spending on dementia and stroke is severely underfunded in comparison with cancer and CHD. (Source: European Journal of Neurology)
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Japan to penalise Citigroup again for lapses :: Financial Services Agency finds the US bank failed sufficiently to disclose to clients the risks with investment products
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2e2132a-edb1-11e0-a9a9-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss
Can anyone even compete with Google any more? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_9bcyXpEweA/
Hands on with the Washington Post's new Android app :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Wv1i45vuNDw/
Dexia board in emergency talks :: People familiar with the talks said the group was looking a setting up a 'bad bank' to hold a portfolio of assets that has long been a burden to it
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fddebe40-eddb-11e0-a491-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss
Congo in talks with Malaysia Smelting over tin foundry :: Democratic Republic of Congo is in talks with Malaysia Smelting Corporation over the construction of a foundry in the eastern Maniema province, the central African country's mines minister said.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223970/20111003/congo-in-talks-with-malaysia-smelting-over-tin-foundry.htm
Eurozone crisis: Live coverage :: Markets slump as bad news continues to flow from Greece with Athens admitting it will not meet its budget deficit tagets
url: http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2011/10/eurozone-crisis-live-coverage/#axzz1ZhoWirVh?ftcamp=rss
Syrian import ban threatens trade with Turkey :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ek7wLbS83I4/index.html
Yahoo teams with ABC News for online news alliance :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/eVZfufrSskc/
Conservative Party Conference 2011: The Detail in Chancellor George Osborne's Keynote Speech :: "Together we will ride out the storm" was the message that Mr Osborne wanted the conference to take away with them. Today George Osborne announced that £805m, savings that were made by cuts in Whitehall, will be made available to help freeze council tax bills in England for another year.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223763/20111003/conservative-party-conference-george-osborne-chancellor-labour-deficit-reduction-asusterity-measures.htm
U.S. Stock Futures Signal More Losses for Equities :: Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open on Wall Street on Monday after steep declines in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 down 0.6-0.9 percent.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223680/20111003/stock-futures-signal-more-losses-for-equities.htm
Osborne to Address UK Growth Concerns :: Chancellor George Osborne will address the Conservative Party conference Monday, with a clear message for Britain: The economy is in safe hands under the coalition government's plans.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223549/20111003/council-tax-george-osborne-chancellor-growth-fears-address-uk-osborne-ed-balls-conservative-deficit.htm
RBA Interest Rates to Remain Unchanged with Slowing Inflation :: The inflation report on Monday showed a decline in prices of fruits and vegetables which dropped by 5.6 percent last month after a decrease of 1.6 percent in August.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223523/20111002/rba-interest-rates-unchanged-inflation-slow-down.htm
Aussie National Broadband Network Launches Monday in Tasmania :: The National Broadband Network (NBN) was launched in Tasmania on Monday, with 90,000 homes expected to be connected to the network. However, the roll out was overshadowed by reports that the initial launch of the NBN in May cost taxpayers almost $140,000 with only seven initial customers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223522/20111002/aussie-national-broadband-network-launches-monday-in-tasmania.htm
Coke to Personalise Packaging for Australian Mass Market this Summer :: In a world-first Australian experiment, Coca-Cola is replacing the "Coke" branding with one of 150 of Australia's most popular personal first names for its next summer marketing campaign.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223493/20111002/coke-to-personalise-packaging-for-australian-mass-market-this-summer-au-ibtimes-com-ibtimesau-ibtime.htm
High Coal Prices to Remain Inspite Erratic Global Market Shifts :: Coal prices, along with iron ore, will endure erratic price adjustments despite the global markets' roller-coaster ride and declining output in China's manufacturing, analysts and experts said.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223488/20111002/coal-prices-to-withstand-shifts-in-global-economic-crisis.htm
Greek Labor Unions Spurn Government Idea of Labor Reserve :: Big labor groups in Greece are up against the proposal of Prime Minister George Papandreou's government to place some 30,000 state workers in a special labor reserve force with lower wages as part of its austerity measures to reduce the nation's budget deficit.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223467/20111002/greek-labor-unions-spurn-government-labor-reserve.htm
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US personal income fell by 0.1pct in August but spending rose by 0.2pct. The lift in spending was in line with expectations. Meanwhile the Chicago purchasing managers index soared from 56.5 to 60.4 in September while the consumer sentiment index rose from 57.8 to 59.4.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223457/20111002/australia-dollar-eud-aud-base-metals-china-gold-dow-jones-goldman-sachs-ftse-hang-seng-index-shangha.htm
Australia's Manufacturing Sector Continues Slack in September :: Manufacturers experienced another tough month in September with the Australian Industry Group - PwC Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) down 1.0 point to 42.3, indicating a further weakening in the sector.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223456/20111002/australian-pmi-is-down-a-point-to-42-3-australian-industry-group-chief-executive-heather-ridout-pwc.htm
Britain must resist Tea Party thinking | Polly Toynbee :: As unreason triumphs in the US, a similar paranoia and refusal to accept scientific fact threaten to invade British politicsTea Party madness has brought the US to the brink of economic mayhem, risking taking much of the world with it. In the face of obdurate unreason, the president of hyper-reasonableness was forced to surrender. The economic credibility of the country that holds the global reserve currency has wobbled. The political credibility of the world's beacon of democracy has failed in the face of an insurgency of unreason. Facts, evidence, probability, possibility â€" none of that matters to a movement founded on ferocious fantasy.The founding fathers built a constitution of checks and balances believing reasonable men would agree; how could they foresee Sarah Palin, Michele Bach...
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Newt Gingrich 2012: New 'Contract with America' Marks an Outdated Campaign :: Newt Gingrich says he's the smartest, most mature person in the Republican presidential race -- but he won't win an election that's based on feelings rather than policies.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223031/20110930/newt-gingrich-contract-america-republican-presidential-race.htm
Nonprofit CHW posts $917M in profits on $10.6 billion in 2011 revenue :: San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West posted profits of more than $900 million for the year ended June 30, 2011, on revenue of nearly $10.6 billion, with most metrics showing positive movement.
Not bad results in the midst of an economic slump/anemic recovery, although the 40-hospital system warned that upcoming Medicare and Medicaid cuts and the uncertain economy could cause problems down the road. And it's Catholic Healthcare West's second strong bounce-back year after struggling through a tough fiscal 2009... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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S Africa rand ends 3rd quarter with fresh fall vs dlr :: The rand fell against the dollar on Friday and looked set for its worst quarter in over two years as investors trim exposure to risk going into a weekend, remaining unconvinced that the euro region's debt crisis will be solved.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/222960/20110930/s-africa-rand-ends-3rd-quarter-with-fresh-fall-vs-dlr.htm
