10-Sep-2013 21:40

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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Pilotless planes within reach? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ktgFt1RLb9o/spc-business-traveller-pilotless-planes.cnn.html

Five record-breaking sports stars :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/bEQ9ywecrT8/index.html

Five diseases that are, thankfully, consigned to the past | Richard Sugg :: Richard III's roundworm was just one of the gruesome diseases that killed and maimed the British population through the agesThe news that Richard III suffered from roundworm reminds us how grateful we should be for the advances of modern sanitation and medicine. In both Richard's era and long after, rich and poor were horribly vulnerable to diseases that either killed you efficiently or made you wish you were dead.1. Sweating sicknessIf Richard had not died at Bosworth field in 1485, he might well have been struck down by this malady. First recorded in Shrewsbury in mid-April 1485, this terrifying new disease had reached London by 7 July. The sweating sickness resembled the more recent Ebola virus in its terrifying speed. It was to return to Britain in 1508, 1517, 1528, and 1551, and in 15...<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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Meet Africa's 'father of the internet' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BqAEgQS-pTM/index.html

Economix: Obamacare vs. Romneycare: The Labor Impact :: Disruption to the labor market is likely to be far greater from the Affordable Care Act than what Massachusetts faced after it adopted its own health care law, an economist writes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Source: NYT)
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Buzzfeeds: the effects of colony collapse disorder and other bee news :: Concerned about the worldwide bee crisis? Introducing Buzzfeeds, a weekly analysis with our resident bee expertIn the past six years, more than 10m beehives have been wiped out from a mystery disease called colony collapse disorder. This destruction has serious implications on worldwide ecology and economy.Of the 100 crop species responsible for providing 90% of food worldwide, 71 are dependent on bee pollination, according to UN estimates (pdf). It's difficult to pinpoint the financial implications of this destruction, but the international body says pollination is worth between $37bn and $91bn, annually.Stories about the declining population and its effect on the environment trickle through the news cycle each week. To bring awareness to these stories and contextualize the issues, we wil...
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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:&bull; Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).&bull; E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Apple shows the LTE love, going for near global 4G support in the iPhone 5s and 5c :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/obZoSO8DktI/

As Bitcoin hype settles down, real possibilities start to emerge :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/GIqhu915pk0/

Government Shutdown: Cruz Warns House Leaders Against Using 'Procedural Chicanery' To Defund Obamacare :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican and Tea Party favorite, on Tuesday dismissed the latest proposal from House Republican leadership to defund Obamacare as "procedural chicanery," saying it will amount to nothing more than another "meaningless" vote against the new health care law.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/government-shutdown-cruz-warns-house-leaders-against-using-procedural-chicanery-defund-obamacare

Songza gets $4.7 million, wants to ramp up advertising :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/kPdMN672iHI/

How to take advantage of the second screen :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/tgIrnPmxmkw/

Kurdish Girls 'Sold' To Egypt By Saddam Hussein After Anfal Genocide Campaign Reportedly Found :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dozens of young girls who were seized by Iraqi soldiers during Saddam Hussein's brutal campaign against the Kurds in his country have been found in Egypt, according to reports in Kurdish media.</p>
<p>Rudaw, a Kurdish news service, reported that the girls had seen sold by Iraqi intelligence and security officials to the Egyptians to work as prostitutes, sex slaves or as dancers in nightclubs, following the horrific anti-Kurdish Anfal campaign of the late-1980s. The girls are now women in their 40s and 50s.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/kurdish-girls-sold-egypt-saddam-hussein-after-anfal-genocide-campaign-reportedly-found-1404069

Lakers Free Agency News: LeBron James Addresses The Possibility Of Leaving Miami In 2014 With Cleveland And LA Possible Contenders :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Los Angeles Lakers have remained relatively quiet this offseason. After losing Dwight Howard to the Houston Rockets, L.A. has only made minor moves, hoping to have cap space for the summer of 2014.</p>
<p>Next year, some of the best players in the NBA are expected to become free agents. LeBron James leads the potential All-Stars who will be looking to sign new contracts at the end of this upcoming season. There have been rumors that the Lakers will make the MVP their top target in hopes to pair him with Kobe Bryant.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lakers-free-agency-news-lebron-james-addresses-possibility-leaving-miami-2014-cleveland-la-possible

Two Maine Teenagers Put Eight-Week-Old Kitten In Microwave, Face Animal Cruelty Charges [VIDEO] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A video showing two teenage girls placing a kitten into a microwave has sparked outrage and a police investigation. According to the <a href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/So-Portland-police-question-teens-on-cat-in-microwave-video.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Portland Press Herald</a>, police in South Portland, Maine launched an investigation after footage of the incident appeared on Twitter last week.</p>
<p>"We got all kinds of tips. Anonymous tips on our phone line, tips on our Facebook," Lt. Frank Clark said. "A lot of people were pretty upset by this."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/two-maine-teenagers-put-eight-week-old-kitten-microwave-face-animal-cruelty-charges-video-1404048

How much is Apple responding to the market vs. innovating? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/imI89ulc9XM/

Is Lord Voldemort Real? 'Harry Potter' Fans Find Tom Riddle Grave That Inspired J.K. Rowling :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lord-voldemort-real-harry-potter-fans-find-tom-riddle-grave-inspired-jk-rowling-1404006

Exploding Demand For Smartphones From Cost-Conscious Customers In China, India Has Cut Prices By 16% In Two Years, More Price Cuts Expected :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>An explosion in smartphone usage across emerging economies has cut the price of smartphones, with an average decline of 16 percent in the last two years, according to technology market research firm International Data Corp.</p>
<p>Today the average smartphone costs $372, down from roughly $428 two years ago, said IDC. More price declines are expected: the firm projects the retail cost of a smartphone could go as low as $307 by 2017.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/exploding-demand-smartphones-cost-conscious-customers-china-india-has-cut-prices-16-two-years-more

'Real Housewives' Star Adrienne Maloof Dating Andy Hnilo After Sean Stewart Split :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>If age was a factor in "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Adrienne Maloof's recent split from boyfriend Sean Stewart, she's not showing it. The 51-year-old businesswoman-turned-reality-star has already moved on from the relationship with an even younger man.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/real-housewives-star-adrienne-maloof-dating-andy-hnilo-after-sean-stewart-split-1404044