Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Census and Statistics Department (CSD) released the latest figures on restaurant receipts and purchases today (May 2).
The value of total receipts of the restaurants sector in the first quarter of 2014, provisionally estimated at $25.1 billion, increased by 3.3%…
Provisional statistics of restaurant receipts and purchases for the first quarter of 2014
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is sending out 2.37 million tax returns for individuals today (May 2). The Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Mr Wong Kuen-fai, reminded taxpayers to file their tax returns on time. The deadline this year is June 3 as June 2 is a public…
Over 2.3 million tax returns for individuals issued
A woman has described having her symptoms dismissed as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, when she actually had cancer.
Sonya Wilson said she lost weight, was breathless and had stomach problems, and kept going back to the doctor for about a year.
After she collapsed at a supermarket, a hospital locum…
VIDEO: Cancer symptoms dismissed as IBS
2 May 2014
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US drugs giant Pfizer has raised the price it is offering for AstraZeneca to £50 a share, valuing the firm at £63bn.
Pfizer’s initial offer in January was worth £46.61 per AstraZeneca share, and was rejected by the UK firm.
If successful,…
Pfizer raises AstraZeneca offer
Pfizer Inc. has sweetened its offer for AstraZeneca PLC and outlined measures it hopes will ease British government concerns over the takeover.
Source: Pfizer sweetens bid for AstraZeneca
In a Review, published to coincide with the launch of The Lancet Psychiatry journal, Professor Kees van Heeringen from Ghent University in Belgium and John Mann from Columbia University in the USA discuss the stress-diathesis theory of suicide, in…
Source: Promising biomarkers to predict suicide risk
Heightened newspaper coverage after a suicide might have a significant impact on the initiation of some teenage suicide clusters, according to new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.
Source: Nationwide study finds US newspaper reporting of suicide linked with some teenage suicide clusters
People bereaved by the suicide of a partner and mothers losing an adult child to suicide run a significantly higher risk of suicide compared to people bereaved after sudden deaths from other causes. The psychological impact on other members of the…
Source: Reliance on voluntary sector support for suicide bereavement ‘unsustainable and inappropriate’
A study to investigate how nanoparticles could be used to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease has received £3 million funding.
Source: Shining a light on heart disease
In a Review, published to coincide with the launch of The Lancet Psychiatry journal, Professor Rory O’Connor from the University of Glasgow and Professor Matthew K. Nock from Harvard University review the key psychological factors that may contribute…
Source: Around 60 percent of people who contemplate or attempt suicide do not receive treatment
2 May 2014 Last updated at 08:09 US drugs giant Pfizer has raised the price it is offering for UK firm AstraZeneca to £50 a share, valuing the firm at £63bn. Pfizer’s initial offer in January was a combination of cash and shares worth £46.61 per AstraZeneca share, which…
Source:Pfizer raises AstraZeneca bid
2 May 2014 Last updated at 00:42 Figures show 60% of pregnant women have taken up the vaccine Pregnant women are being urged to take up the offer of a whooping cough vaccine, even though cases have fallen by half since an outbreak in 2012. Public Health England says cases among…
Source:Whooping cough warning despite fall
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Cody Mooneyhancmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that Kindlin-3, a protein previously thought to be confined to the hematopoietic system, regulates 2 major hallmarks…
Source:Killing Kindlin-3 to cure breast cancer: ‘Blood’ protein implicated
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Cathleen Meechancathleen.meechan@scienceadvice.ca 613-567-5000 x228Council of Canadian Academies Expert panel report on harnessing science and technology to understand the environmental impacts of shale gas extraction Ottawa (May 1st, 2014) A new expert panel…
Source:Monitoring, management, and oversight critical for responsible shale gas development
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Leslie Capolcapo@lsuhsc.edu 504-568-4806Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA Kristopher Kaliebe, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, offers parents and…
Source:Rules of thumb: 3 simple ideas for overcoming childhood obesity
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Anna Mikulakamikulak@psychologicalscience.org 202-293-9300Association for Psychological Science Activity in areas of the brain related to reward and self-control may offer neural markers that predict whether people are likely to resist or give in to temptations,…
Source:Individual brain activity predicts tendency to succumb to daily temptations
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Birgitte Svennevigbirs@sdu.dkUniversity of Southern Denmark How hard can it be to make a wheel rotate in a machine? Very hard actually, when the wheel sits in one of those nano-small molecular machines that are predicted to be running our future machines. But…
Source:Researchers find the accelerator for molecular machines
[ | E-mail ] Contact: George Hunkaghunka@aftau.org 212-742-9070American Friends of Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University pinpoints mechanism causing rare and severe congenital syndrom In the 1950s and 1960s, pregnant women with morning sickness were often prescribed the new drug…
Source:Unlocking a mystery of thalidomide
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. pharmaceutical group Pfizer Inc has told Prime Minister David Cameron it will retain British jobs and a planned scientific research hub in Cambridge if it succeeds in its bid to take over rival AstraZeneca. Pfizer laid out a number of pledges in a letter…
Source:Pfizer commits to UK research hub in Astra battle
LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s board will be reviewing a sweetened takeover offer from Pfizer but the company has no further comment at this stage, a spokeswoman for the British drugmaker said on Friday. Earlier the U.S. drugmaker revealed it had raised its offer for the…
Source:AstraZeneca says board will review Pfizer offer
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc has raised its offer for AstraZeneca Plc to 63 billion pounds ($106 billion), it said on Friday, adding that the British drugmaker was reviewing the proposal. Pfizer’s pursuit of AstraZeneca to create the…
Source:Pfizer engages AstraZeneca with raised $106 billion offer
Blastocystis is a protist parasitising the intestine of humans and a variety of animals. We estimate that at least 1 billion people worldwide are colonised by this parasite, most of whom probably experience no more episodes of intestinal upset, e.g. diarrhoea, than the average individual. In…
Source:This Month In Blastocystis Research (April 2014)
Seasonal allergies are one of the most common medical problems in America, with around 20 percent of people affected. That means that if you do not personally have allergies, chances are a close relative or friend of yours does have them. Allergens in…
Source: Five things to know about seasonal allergies
Sunny Shin, Ph.D., an associate professor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Social Work, has led a number of studies exploring the relationship between child maltreatment and adolescent substance abuse.
Source: The ties between child maltreatment and substance abuse
If shin splints are keeping you from making the most of your runs this spring, you’re not alone. Shin splints—pain in the front of the lower legs—is a common affliction of those who exercise regularly, and an ailment that especially affects runners….
Source: The Medical Minute: Shin splint complaints soar in spring
As the government considers recommendations for changes to cervical cancer screening, UNSW is already a leading partner in a major trial of the new technology in Victoria.
Source: Cervical cancer trial underway in Victoria
(Medical Xpress)—For the first time researchers in the UK have studied the effects of yoga on pregnant women, and found that it can reduce the risk of them developing anxiety and depression.
Source: First evidence that yoga can help keep expectant mothers stress free
(Reuters) – Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc said its lead experimental cancer drug when used as a combination improved the overall survival rate in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, doubling its shares in premarket trading. Merrimack said a combination of its drug, MM-398, and…
Source:Merrimack cancer drug combination improves survival in study
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries reported on Thursday higher quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ estimates by one cent due in part to the launch of several generic products in the United States. Teva, the world’s largest generic drugmaker…
Source:Teva Pharmaceutical first-quarter profit up, slightly tops estimates
(Reuters) – Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc said its lead experimental cancer drug when used as a combination improved the overall survival rate in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, doubling its shares in premarket trading.
Merrimack said a combination of its drug, MM-398, and…
Merrimack cancer drug combination improves survival in study
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries reported on Thursday higher quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ estimates by one cent due in part to the launch of several generic products in the United States.
Teva, the world’s largest generic drugmaker…
Teva Pharmaceutical first-quarter profit up, slightly tops estimates
Earth Day may be over, but we should each make an effort to be green all year round. If we all make a few small changes, we can have a big impact on saving the Earth.
Here are 30 simple steps you can take to be more green:
1. Meal plan efficiently so you don’t waste food.
2….
30 Simple Ways To Make Your Life A Little Greener
This recipe is one of the best things I have ever made. It’s crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and extremely easy to make — perfect for a weekend snack, dinner, appetizer or to bring to your next party. That is, if you still want to share after trying them!
Crispy…
Crispy Cauliflower Buffalo Wings (Gluten-Free!)
I’m an advocate of pre-work workouts, yes. However, that doesn’t mean I love waking up extra early. I definitely don’t love rushing around before work, either. My solution? Overnight oats – the perfect breakfast for saving a bit of time and allowing a few extra minutes after a…
Make-Ahead Breakfast! Overnight Chia Oats
Earth Day may be over, but we should each make an effort to be green all year round. If we all make a few small changes, we can have a big impact on saving the Earth. Here are 30 simple steps you can take to be more green: 1. Meal plan efficiently so you don’t waste food. 2….
Source:30 Simple Ways To Make Your Life A Little Greener
This recipe is one of the best things I have ever made. It’s crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and extremely easy to make — perfect for a weekend snack, dinner, appetizer or to bring to your next party. That is, if you still want to share after trying them! Crispy…
Source:Crispy Cauliflower Buffalo Wings (Gluten-Free!)
I’m an advocate of pre-work workouts, yes. However, that doesn’t mean I love waking up extra early. I definitely don’t love rushing around before work, either. My solution? Overnight oats – the perfect breakfast for saving a bit of time and allowing a few extra minutes after a…
Source:Make-Ahead Breakfast! Overnight Chia Oats
By Cathryne Keller for fitbie.com
You’ll feel better! You’ll look better! You’ll live longer! Most of us are aware of the gajillion researched-backed benefits of working out, but that doesn’t mean starting up a fitness routine is a risk-free move. Whenever you challenge…
5 Rules Every Fitness Rookie Needs to Know
By Cathryne Keller for fitbie.com You’ll feel better! You’ll look better! You’ll live longer! Most of us are aware of the gajillion researched-backed benefits of working out, but that doesn’t mean starting up a fitness routine is a risk-free move. Whenever you challenge…
Source:5 Rules Every Fitness Rookie Needs to Know
In the classic marriage vow, couples promise to stay together in sickness and in health. But a new study finds that the risk of divorce among older married couples rises when the wife—but not the husband—becomes seriously ill. “Married women diagnosed with a serious health condition…
Source:'Til sickness do us part: How illness affects the risk of divorce
A new computational model that simulates bone metastasis of prostate cancer has the potential to rapidly assess experimental therapy outcomes and help develop personalized medicine for patients with this disease, according to data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American…
Source:New model can predict therapy outcomes in prostate cancer with bone metastasis
Drug and medical device maker Endo International says it will pay $830 million to resolve roughly 20,000 personal lawsuits from patients who say they were injured by the company’s vaginal mesh implants. The Irish company said in a statement Wednesday that the settlement is subject to a…
Source:Endo to pay $830M to settle pelvic mesh lawsuits
In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier’s memory. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is forging ahead with a four-year plan to build…
Source:Coming soon: A brain implant to restore memory
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Jeremy Moorejeremy.moore@aacr.org 215-446-7109American Association for Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA Vitamin D deficiency was an indicator of aggressive prostate cancer and spread of the disease in European-American and African-American men who underwent their…
Source:Vitamin D deficiency may be linked to aggressive prostate cancer
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Stephanie Desmonsdesmon1@jhmi.edu 410-955-8665Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins researchers use stem cells derived from human body fat to deliver treatment for deadly glioblastoma in mice Johns Hopkins researchers say they have successfully used stem cells…
Source:Human fat: A trojan horse to fight brain cancer?
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Liza Lesterllester@esa.org 202-833-8773 x211Ecological Society of America IMAGE: A Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia) and a solitary bee (Centris sp.) sip tears from the eyes of spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) on Costa Rica’s Puerto Viejo…
Source:Crocodile tears please thirsty butterflies and bees
[ | E-mail ] Contact: FU Songfs-dem@tsinghua.edu.cnScience China Press IMAGE: This shows contours of streamwise velocity perturbation for the most amplified 7 Görtler Modes. Click here for more information. The present study illustrates, for the hypersonic…
Source:Competition of the multiple Gortler modes in hypersonic boundary layer flows
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Erin Whiteewhite@northwestern.edu 847-491-4888Northwestern University Regular vitamin D screenings could especially benefit white and African-American men CHICAGO — African-American and European-American men at high risk of prostate cancer have greater odds…
Source:Vitamin D deficiency linked to aggressive prostate cancer
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Elaine St. Peterestpeter@partners.org 617-525-6375Brigham and Women’s Hospital Sleep habits associated with memory in old-age BOSTON, MA A new research study led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics…
Source:Extreme sleep durations may affect brain health in later life
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans are relishing the chance to use confirmation hearings for Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama’s nominee as U.S. health secretary, to re-energize their election-year attacks on his signature healthcare…
Source:Republicans to push anti-Obamacare message in Senate hearings
By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) – More than 100 inmates and guards were injured in an apparent gas explosion at a jail in northern Florida late on Wednesday, a county official said. The blast partly leveled the four-story Escambia County Jail’s central booking facility, which…
Source:Explosion injures at least 100 at Florida jail, gas suspected as cause
Posted on April 30, 2014 by Q Dragon Gene Editing Tool Gets Upgrade For Humans Newly enhanced gene editing tool increases safety and accuracy. It’s only been around since 2012, but the biotechnology tool known as CRISPR is making a big impact on medicine and other fields. It’s a…
Source:Gene editing tool upgrated for human use
By the time we reach our 30s, most of us have a broken dream. We long to be married but are still single, or our artistic career has never taken off. Maybe a crushing diagnosis has shattered the dreams we held for our loved one, or a whirlwind romance has ended in divorce. As a result, we…
Source:What My Wife’s Miscarriage Taught Me About Broken Dreams
Going vegan is a major life decision — it can completely define you in ways you never thought possible. But while some people believe vegans are all self-righteousness and no fun, it’s good to remember that we can poke fun at ourselves from time to time! With that in mind,…
Source:10 Signs You’re A Hardcore Vegan (Funny)
In the classic marriage vow, couples promise to stay together in sickness and in health. But a new study finds that the risk of divorce among older married couples rises when the wife—but not the husband—becomes seriously ill.
“Married women diagnosed with a serious health condition…
‘Til sickness do us part: How illness affects the risk of divorce
A new computational model that simulates bone metastasis of prostate cancer has the potential to rapidly assess experimental therapy outcomes and help develop personalized medicine for patients with this disease, according to data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American…
New model can predict therapy outcomes in prostate cancer with bone metastasis
Drug and medical device maker Endo International says it will pay $830 million to resolve roughly 20,000 personal lawsuits from patients who say they were injured by the company’s vaginal mesh implants.
The Irish company said in a statement Wednesday that the settlement is subject to a…
Endo to pay $830M to settle pelvic mesh lawsuits
In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier’s memory.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is forging ahead with a four-year plan to build…
Coming soon: A brain implant to restore memory
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PHILADELPHIA Vitamin D deficiency was an indicator of aggressive prostate cancer and spread of the disease in European-American and African-American men who underwent their…
Vitamin D deficiency may be linked to aggressive prostate cancer
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Contact: Stephanie Desmonsdesmon1@jhmi.edu
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Johns Hopkins researchers use stem cells derived from human body fat to deliver treatment for deadly glioblastoma in mice
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have successfully used stem cells…
Human fat: A trojan horse to fight brain cancer?
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Contact: Liza Lesterllester@esa.org
202-833-8773 x211Ecological Society of America
IMAGE:
A Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia) and a solitary bee (Centris sp.) sip tears from the eyes of spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) on Costa Rica’s Puerto Viejo…
Crocodile tears please thirsty butterflies and bees
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Contact: FU Songfs-dem@tsinghua.edu.cnScience China Press
IMAGE:
This shows contours of streamwise velocity perturbation for the most amplified 7 Görtler Modes.
Click here for more information.
The present study illustrates, for the hypersonic…
Competition of the multiple Gortler modes in hypersonic boundary layer flows
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Contact: Erin Whiteewhite@northwestern.edu
847-491-4888Northwestern University
Regular vitamin D screenings could especially benefit white and African-American men
CHICAGO — African-American and European-American men at high risk of prostate cancer have greater odds…
Vitamin D deficiency linked to aggressive prostate cancer
In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier’s memory.
Source: Coming soon: A brain implant to restore memory
Drug and medical device maker Endo International says it will pay $830 million to resolve roughly 20,000 personal lawsuits from patients who say they were injured by the company’s vaginal mesh implants.
Source: Endo to pay $830M to settle pelvic mesh lawsuits
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Beijing man is seeking to divorce his wife after she took their son to a tropical island province to escape the capital’s notorious smog, saying the long-distance relationship had destroyed their marriage, state media said on Thursday. The man,…
Source:Chinese man seeks divorce after smog drives family apart
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s commerce secretary said on Thursday that he would meet the U.S. deputy trade representative in June or July, after the country’s general election, to discuss protection of intellectual property rights. Rajeev Kher also said India did not…
Source:India sees trade talks with U.S. in June-July
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sanofi SA is looking to sell a portfolio of older drugs that could fetch $7-8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, yet another example of drugmakers trying to shed non-core assets and focus on high-growth areas. The French pharmaceutical…
Source:Exclusive: Sanofi explores $7 billion-plus sale of drug portfolio
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Beijing man is seeking to divorce his wife after she took their son to a tropical island province to escape the capital’s notorious smog, saying the long-distance relationship had destroyed their marriage, state media said on Thursday.
The man,…
Chinese man seeks divorce after smog drives family apart
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s commerce secretary said on Thursday that he would meet the U.S. deputy trade representative in June or July, after the country’s general election, to discuss protection of intellectual property rights.
Rajeev Kher also said India did not…
India sees trade talks with U.S. in June-July
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sanofi SA is looking to sell a portfolio of older drugs that could fetch $7-8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, yet another example of drugmakers trying to shed non-core assets and focus on high-growth areas.
The French pharmaceutical…
Exclusive: Sanofi explores $7 billion-plus sale of drug portfolio
Babies begin to learn about the connection between pictures and real objects by the time they are nine-months-old, according to a new study by scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of South Carolina.
The research, published today in Child Development, found…
Study finds that babies can recognize photographs of objects at nine months old
Atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition where the heartbeat speeds up or becomes irregular, is not usually life-threatening but can lead to complications such as stroke and heart failure. Even though minorities historically have more risk factors for AF, they represent a smaller number of those…
Study finds disparities in diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of AF between black and white patients
