Top business news: 13 aug. 2013

tisdag 13 augusti 2013

Helium: swollen stars, party balloons and squeaky voices | Dean Burnett :: There are increasing reports of an imminent helium shortage, but why should this be a concern? What is helium used for, apart from balloons? Quite a lot, as it happensHelium supplies are running low. This is cause for concern for some. Others might wonder what the fuss is about.The statement itself may seem bizarre in some respects. How can we be "running out" of the second most abundant element in the known universe? Mankind may have had a substantial impact on the planet's resources, but using up a quarter of all known matter? Even the most extreme environmentalist would have to agree that's a bit of an exaggeration. The atmosphere of Jupiter alone is about 10% helium. Let's not even get started on the sun. Obviously, the problem is we're running out of accessible helium, meaning stuff w...
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US sets duties on shrimp imports :: The US Commerce Department sets anti-subsidy duties on shrimp coming into the US from five countries.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23691282#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Record profit for Commonwealth Bank :: Australia's biggest lender Commonwealth Bank has reported its fourth year of record profits.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23691099#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Under new CEO orders, three more executives leave Zynga :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/qEMs2IBL7J0/

Icahn invests in 'undervalued' Apple :: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a "large" stake in Apple, adding that the company is "extremely undervalued".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690125#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Mobile ad firms unite! Millennial Media to buy rival Jumptap :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/RoiRWNUYWsk/

How to improve your smartphone's battery life :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/y9du-aBC5jo/

Merkel hits the classroom :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/0AoESXCop_I/qmb-magnay-school-merkel.cnn.html

View behind Google Glass :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Vgws6v-_RP4/qmb-weather-anchor-google-glasses.cnn.html

Who would buy Blackberry? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/n7mCvVGBmc8/lead-intv-blackberry-for-sale.cnn.html

French football sees red over Monaco tax breaks :: French football clubs see red over Monaco's tax breaks
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23288213#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Confidence in short supply at French flea market :: Confidence is in short supply at world famous flea market
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23688553#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Last chance saloon for the local ? :: The MP Brandon Lewis has endorsed a scheme to "list" a hundred pubs to save them from being bulldozed.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23691156#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Cord cutting is going north: Canada's TV providers also see subscriber losses :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/M7MEjNPYDMU/

U.S. moves to block airline merger :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ImfotWBAvmE/index.html

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)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68070&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2013%2Fjul%2F30%2Fbuzzfeeds-bees-colony-collapse-disorder

Investing in cardiovascular research benefits economy :: Investing in cardiovascular disease research in Canada provides economic and societal benefits to Canadians, according to new research published in CMAJ Open. "Our main goal was to understand how much "bang" we were getting from our research "buck" and whether investing in cardiovascular disease research is worthwhile from a population health perspective," writes Dr. Claire de Oliveira, scientist and health economist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, with coauthors. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of hospitalization and death in Canada... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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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:• 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).• 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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

F-089 * minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open at north american hospital despite shorter length of stay :: Conclusions
The operating room costs associated with minimally invasive oesophagectomy are significantly higher than open transthoracic or transhiatal approaches. Unfortunately, a shorter hospital stay after MIO does not consistently offset higher surgical expenses, as the total hospital costs trend is higher in the MIO patients. In a strained health care economy, efforts to reduce costs associated with the minimally invasive approach should address the postoperative period as well as operating room expenses.

Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest. (Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt46257&cid=ct_15_157_f&fid2942&url=http%3A%2F%2Ficvts.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2Fsuppl_1%2FS1-hq%3Frss%3D1

14-Aug-2013 02:45

Helium: swollen stars, party balloons and squeaky voices | Dean Burnett :: There are increasing reports of an imminent helium shortage, but why should this be a concern? What is helium used for, apart from balloons? Quite a lot, as it happensHelium supplies are running low. This is cause for concern for some. Others might wonder what the fuss is about.The statement itself may seem bizarre in some respects. How can we be "running out" of the second most abundant element in the known universe? Mankind may have had a substantial impact on the planet's resources, but using up a quarter of all known matter? Even the most extreme environmentalist would have to agree that's a bit of an exaggeration. The atmosphere of Jupiter alone is about 10% helium. Let's not even get started on the sun. Obviously, the problem is we're running out of accessible helium, meaning stuff w...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68038&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fscience%2Fbrain-flapping%2F2013%2Fjul%2F31%2Fhelium-stars-party-balloons-squeaky-voices

Under new CEO orders, three more executives leave Zynga :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/qEMs2IBL7J0/

Icahn invests in 'undervalued' Apple :: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a "large" stake in Apple, adding that the company is "extremely undervalued".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690125#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Mobile ad firms unite! Millennial Media to buy rival Jumptap :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/RoiRWNUYWsk/

How to improve your smartphone's battery life :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/y9du-aBC5jo/

Merkel hits the classroom :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/0AoESXCop_I/qmb-magnay-school-merkel.cnn.html

View behind Google Glass :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Vgws6v-_RP4/qmb-weather-anchor-google-glasses.cnn.html

Who would buy Blackberry? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/n7mCvVGBmc8/lead-intv-blackberry-for-sale.cnn.html

French football sees red over Monaco tax breaks :: French football clubs see red over Monaco's tax breaks
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23288213#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Confidence in short supply at French flea market :: Confidence is in short supply at world famous flea market
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23688553#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Last chance saloon for the local ? :: The MP Brandon Lewis has endorsed a scheme to "list" a hundred pubs to save them from being bulldozed.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23691156#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Cord cutting is going north: Canada's TV providers also see subscriber losses :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/M7MEjNPYDMU/

U.S. moves to block airline merger :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ImfotWBAvmE/index.html

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)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68070&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2013%2Fjul%2F30%2Fbuzzfeeds-bees-colony-collapse-disorder

Investing in cardiovascular research benefits economy :: Investing in cardiovascular disease research in Canada provides economic and societal benefits to Canadians, according to new research published in CMAJ Open. "Our main goal was to understand how much "bang" we were getting from our research "buck" and whether investing in cardiovascular disease research is worthwhile from a population health perspective," writes Dr. Claire de Oliveira, scientist and health economist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, with coauthors. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of hospitalization and death in Canada... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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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:• 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).• 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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

F-089 * minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open at north american hospital despite shorter length of stay :: Conclusions
The operating room costs associated with minimally invasive oesophagectomy are significantly higher than open transthoracic or transhiatal approaches. Unfortunately, a shorter hospital stay after MIO does not consistently offset higher surgical expenses, as the total hospital costs trend is higher in the MIO patients. In a strained health care economy, efforts to reduce costs associated with the minimally invasive approach should address the postoperative period as well as operating room expenses.

Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest. (Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt46257&cid=ct_15_157_f&fid2942&url=http%3A%2F%2Ficvts.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2Fsuppl_1%2FS1-hq%3Frss%3D1

Quiz: Name the airport from above :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SW1VkF4Q-iM/index.html

BP sues US over ban on new contracts :: UK oil giant BP is suing the US government for blocking the company from new federal contracts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690526#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

14-Aug-2013 00:42

Helium: swollen stars, party balloons and squeaky voices | Dean Burnett :: There are increasing reports of an imminent helium shortage, but why should this be a concern? What is helium used for, apart from balloons? Quite a lot, as it happensHelium supplies are running low. This is cause for concern for some. Others might wonder what the fuss is about.The statement itself may seem bizarre in some respects. How can we be "running out" of the second most abundant element in the known universe? Mankind may have had a substantial impact on the planet's resources, but using up a quarter of all known matter? Even the most extreme environmentalist would have to agree that's a bit of an exaggeration. The atmosphere of Jupiter alone is about 10% helium. Let's not even get started on the sun. Obviously, the problem is we're running out of accessible helium, meaning stuff w...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68038&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fscience%2Fbrain-flapping%2F2013%2Fjul%2F31%2Fhelium-stars-party-balloons-squeaky-voices

Cord cutting is going north: Canada's TV providers also see subscriber losses :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/M7MEjNPYDMU/

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)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68070&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2013%2Fjul%2F30%2Fbuzzfeeds-bees-colony-collapse-disorder

Investing in cardiovascular research benefits economy :: Investing in cardiovascular disease research in Canada provides economic and societal benefits to Canadians, according to new research published in CMAJ Open. "Our main goal was to understand how much "bang" we were getting from our research "buck" and whether investing in cardiovascular disease research is worthwhile from a population health perspective," writes Dr. Claire de Oliveira, scientist and health economist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, with coauthors. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of hospitalization and death in Canada... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt59550&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#292&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmnt%2Fhealthnews%2F%7E3%2F4qFBElttvf8%2F264068.php

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:• 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).• 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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

F-089 * minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open at north american hospital despite shorter length of stay :: Conclusions
The operating room costs associated with minimally invasive oesophagectomy are significantly higher than open transthoracic or transhiatal approaches. Unfortunately, a shorter hospital stay after MIO does not consistently offset higher surgical expenses, as the total hospital costs trend is higher in the MIO patients. In a strained health care economy, efforts to reduce costs associated with the minimally invasive approach should address the postoperative period as well as operating room expenses.

Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest. (Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt46257&cid=ct_15_157_f&fid2942&url=http%3A%2F%2Ficvts.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2Fsuppl_1%2FS1-hq%3Frss%3D1

Quiz: Name the airport from above :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SW1VkF4Q-iM/index.html

BP sues US over ban on new contracts :: UK oil giant BP is suing the US government for blocking the company from new federal contracts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690526#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Icahn invests in 'undervalued' Apple :: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a "large" stake in Apple saying that the company is "extremely undervalued".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690125#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

3 Hyperloop details you might have missed :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/T27I4pcVeGM/

The Pirate Bay's censor-free browser hits 100,000 downloads in three days :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/jhCS7RU7KNc/

Giant airline merger grounded in USA :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/qT5xj4Xv9V0/

Samsung faces labour law allegations :: Prosecutors in Brazil have begun legal action against Samsung, alleging it forced employees to work in poor conditions at its plant in the Amazon region.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23689836#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bloom Energy launches lease program for its fuel cells :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/yeMd_0Jj9VA/

HuffPost Live clocks 445M video views in its first year :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Tu9QPYUr0s4/

Carl Icahn's private conversation with Tim Cook suggests Apple can still "wow" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/dqSNBz2Y6TI/

Pono, meet iPod: The latest details about Neil Young's ultra-Hifi audio service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/46p0t2Y99bw/

Oil production 'unlikely' in village :: Energy firm Cuadrilla says its exploration site at Balcombe in West Sussex is "unlikely" to become a full production site.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-23688653#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VMware and Amazon clouds: not as far apart as you think :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NYfbC1UaqsQ/

13-Aug-2013 23:41

Helium: swollen stars, party balloons and squeaky voices | Dean Burnett :: There are increasing reports of an imminent helium shortage, but why should this be a concern? What is helium used for, apart from balloons? Quite a lot, as it happensHelium supplies are running low. This is cause for concern for some. Others might wonder what the fuss is about.The statement itself may seem bizarre in some respects. How can we be "running out" of the second most abundant element in the known universe? Mankind may have had a substantial impact on the planet's resources, but using up a quarter of all known matter? Even the most extreme environmentalist would have to agree that's a bit of an exaggeration. The atmosphere of Jupiter alone is about 10% helium. Let's not even get started on the sun. Obviously, the problem is we're running out of accessible helium, meaning stuff w...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68038&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fscience%2Fbrain-flapping%2F2013%2Fjul%2F31%2Fhelium-stars-party-balloons-squeaky-voices

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)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68070&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2013%2Fjul%2F30%2Fbuzzfeeds-bees-colony-collapse-disorder

Investing in cardiovascular research benefits economy :: Investing in cardiovascular disease research in Canada provides economic and societal benefits to Canadians, according to new research published in CMAJ Open. "Our main goal was to understand how much "bang" we were getting from our research "buck" and whether investing in cardiovascular disease research is worthwhile from a population health perspective," writes Dr. Claire de Oliveira, scientist and health economist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, with coauthors. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of hospitalization and death in Canada... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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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:• 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).• 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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

F-089 * minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open at north american hospital despite shorter length of stay :: Conclusions
The operating room costs associated with minimally invasive oesophagectomy are significantly higher than open transthoracic or transhiatal approaches. Unfortunately, a shorter hospital stay after MIO does not consistently offset higher surgical expenses, as the total hospital costs trend is higher in the MIO patients. In a strained health care economy, efforts to reduce costs associated with the minimally invasive approach should address the postoperative period as well as operating room expenses.

Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest. (Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt46257&cid=ct_15_157_f&fid2942&url=http%3A%2F%2Ficvts.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2Fsuppl_1%2FS1-hq%3Frss%3D1

Quiz: Name the airport from above :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SW1VkF4Q-iM/index.html

BP sues US over ban on new contracts :: UK oil giant BP is suing the US government for blocking the company from new federal contracts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690526#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Icahn invests in 'undervalued' Apple :: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a "large" stake in Apple saying that the company is "extremely undervalued".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690125#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

3 Hyperloop details you might have missed :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/T27I4pcVeGM/

The Pirate Bay's censor-free browser hits 100,000 downloads in three days :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/jhCS7RU7KNc/

Giant airline merger grounded in USA :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/qT5xj4Xv9V0/

Bloom Energy launches lease program for its fuel cells :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/yeMd_0Jj9VA/

HuffPost Live clocks 445M video views in its first year :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Tu9QPYUr0s4/

Carl Icahn's private conversation with Tim Cook suggests Apple can still "wow" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/dqSNBz2Y6TI/

Pono, meet iPod: The latest details about Neil Young's ultra-Hifi audio service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/46p0t2Y99bw/

Oil production 'unlikely' in village :: Energy firm Cuadrilla says its exploration site at Balcombe in West Sussex is "unlikely" to become a full production site.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-23688653#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VMware and Amazon clouds: not as far apart as you think :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NYfbC1UaqsQ/

Microsoft's flip-flops on Xbox One have gamers confused about what they'll actually get :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/S38N3hnvPpE/

Kohlberg exits bid for Steinway :: Private equity firm Kohlberg & Co has declined to match a higher bid for 160-year old piano manufacturer Steinway Musical Instruments.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23688435#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

13-Aug-2013 22:40

Helium: swollen stars, party balloons and squeaky voices | Dean Burnett :: There are increasing reports of an imminent helium shortage, but why should this be a concern? What is helium used for, apart from balloons? Quite a lot, as it happensHelium supplies are running low. This is cause for concern for some. Others might wonder what the fuss is about.The statement itself may seem bizarre in some respects. How can we be "running out" of the second most abundant element in the known universe? Mankind may have had a substantial impact on the planet's resources, but using up a quarter of all known matter? Even the most extreme environmentalist would have to agree that's a bit of an exaggeration. The atmosphere of Jupiter alone is about 10% helium. Let's not even get started on the sun. Obviously, the problem is we're running out of accessible helium, meaning stuff w...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68038&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fscience%2Fbrain-flapping%2F2013%2Fjul%2F31%2Fhelium-stars-party-balloons-squeaky-voices

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)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68070&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2013%2Fjul%2F30%2Fbuzzfeeds-bees-colony-collapse-disorder

Investing in cardiovascular research benefits economy :: Investing in cardiovascular disease research in Canada provides economic and societal benefits to Canadians, according to new research published in CMAJ Open. "Our main goal was to understand how much "bang" we were getting from our research "buck" and whether investing in cardiovascular disease research is worthwhile from a population health perspective," writes Dr. Claire de Oliveira, scientist and health economist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, with coauthors. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of hospitalization and death in Canada... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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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:• 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).• 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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

F-089 * minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open at north american hospital despite shorter length of stay :: Conclusions
The operating room costs associated with minimally invasive oesophagectomy are significantly higher than open transthoracic or transhiatal approaches. Unfortunately, a shorter hospital stay after MIO does not consistently offset higher surgical expenses, as the total hospital costs trend is higher in the MIO patients. In a strained health care economy, efforts to reduce costs associated with the minimally invasive approach should address the postoperative period as well as operating room expenses.

Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest. (Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt46257&cid=ct_15_157_f&fid2942&url=http%3A%2F%2Ficvts.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2Fsuppl_1%2FS1-hq%3Frss%3D1

Quiz: Name the airport from above :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SW1VkF4Q-iM/index.html

The Pirate Bay's censor-free browser hits 100,000 downloads in three days :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/jhCS7RU7KNc/

Bloom Energy launches lease program for its fuel cells :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/yeMd_0Jj9VA/

HuffPost Live clocks 445M video views in its first year :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Tu9QPYUr0s4/

Icahn invests in 'undervalued' Apple :: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he has built up a "large" stake in Apple saying that the company is "extremely undervalued".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690125#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Carl Icahn's private conversation with Tim Cook suggests Apple can still "wow" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/dqSNBz2Y6TI/

Pono, meet iPod: The latest details about Neil Young's ultra-Hifi audio service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/46p0t2Y99bw/

Oil production 'unlikely' in village :: Energy firm Cuadrilla says its exploration site at Balcombe in West Sussex is "unlikely" to become a full production site.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-23688653#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VMware and Amazon clouds: not as far apart as you think :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NYfbC1UaqsQ/

Microsoft's flip-flops on Xbox One have gamers confused about what they'll actually get :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/S38N3hnvPpE/

Kohlberg exits bid for Steinway :: Private equity firm Kohlberg & Co has declined to match a higher bid for 160-year old piano manufacturer Steinway Musical Instruments.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23688435#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Power cut hits island of Santorini :: The Greek island of Santorini has been hit by a power cut during the peak time of the tourist season.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690120#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Fitbit gets another $43M for wearable fitness technology :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/kSSCC2moBUc/

Researchers invent wireless Morse code for the internet of things :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DfElCuksuOs/

13-Aug-2013 21:39

Helium: swollen stars, party balloons and squeaky voices | Dean Burnett :: There are increasing reports of an imminent helium shortage, but why should this be a concern? What is helium used for, apart from balloons? Quite a lot, as it happensHelium supplies are running low. This is cause for concern for some. Others might wonder what the fuss is about.The statement itself may seem bizarre in some respects. How can we be "running out" of the second most abundant element in the known universe? Mankind may have had a substantial impact on the planet's resources, but using up a quarter of all known matter? Even the most extreme environmentalist would have to agree that's a bit of an exaggeration. The atmosphere of Jupiter alone is about 10% helium. Let's not even get started on the sun. Obviously, the problem is we're running out of accessible helium, meaning stuff w...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68038&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fscience%2Fbrain-flapping%2F2013%2Fjul%2F31%2Fhelium-stars-party-balloons-squeaky-voices

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)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt68070&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2013%2Fjul%2F30%2Fbuzzfeeds-bees-colony-collapse-disorder

Investing in cardiovascular research benefits economy :: Investing in cardiovascular disease research in Canada provides economic and societal benefits to Canadians, according to new research published in CMAJ Open. "Our main goal was to understand how much "bang" we were getting from our research "buck" and whether investing in cardiovascular disease research is worthwhile from a population health perspective," writes Dr. Claire de Oliveira, scientist and health economist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, with coauthors. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of hospitalization and death in Canada... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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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:• 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).• 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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

F-089 * minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open at north american hospital despite shorter length of stay :: Conclusions
The operating room costs associated with minimally invasive oesophagectomy are significantly higher than open transthoracic or transhiatal approaches. Unfortunately, a shorter hospital stay after MIO does not consistently offset higher surgical expenses, as the total hospital costs trend is higher in the MIO patients. In a strained health care economy, efforts to reduce costs associated with the minimally invasive approach should address the postoperative period as well as operating room expenses.

Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest. (Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridt46257&cid=ct_15_157_f&fid2942&url=http%3A%2F%2Ficvts.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2Fsuppl_1%2FS1-hq%3Frss%3D1

Quiz: Name the airport from above :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SW1VkF4Q-iM/index.html

Carl Icahn's private conversation with Tim Cook suggests Apple can still "wow" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/dqSNBz2Y6TI/

Pono, meet iPod: The latest details about Neil Young's ultra-Hifi audio service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/46p0t2Y99bw/

Oil production 'unlikely' in village :: Energy firm Cuadrilla says its exploration site at Balcombe in West Sussex is "unlikely" to become a full production site.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-23688653#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VMware and Amazon clouds: not as far apart as you think :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NYfbC1UaqsQ/

Microsoft's flip-flops on Xbox One have gamers confused about what they'll actually get :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/S38N3hnvPpE/

Kohlberg exits bid for Steinway :: Private equity firm Kohlberg & Co has declined to match a higher bid for 160-year old piano manufacturer Steinway Musical Instruments.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23688435#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Power cut hits island of Santorini :: The Greek island of Santorini has been hit by a power cut during the peak time of the tourist season.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23690120#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Fitbit gets another $43M for wearable fitness technology :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/kSSCC2moBUc/

Researchers invent wireless Morse code for the internet of things :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DfElCuksuOs/

WeatherSignal hacks your phone's sensors to turn it into a weather station :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/EL85Y-7ENbQ/

US moves to block airlines merger :: The US government files an anti-trust case against the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, which would create the world's largest carrier.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23687680#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Mugabe pledges black empowerment :: Robert Mugabe vows to press on with his policy of forcing companies to cede economic control to black Zimbabweans.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23685955#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Is the Hyperloop just a pipe dream? :: Will Elon Musk's Hyperloop ever get off the ground?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23681266#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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