 Study Counters Warnings on Quit-Smoking Drug (HealthDay)
 03.10.2009 5:49  56 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The smoking cessation drug
varenicline (Chantix) does not increase the risk for self-harm or
depression, according to a new British study. Czytaj więcej »
| UK team in Indonesia quake rescue
03.10.2009 5:37 15 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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British search and rescue experts arrive in Indonesia to join aid efforts after Wednesday's earthquake in Sumatra. Czytaj więcej »
| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,348 Frisday, according to Associated Press count
03.10.2009 3:59 19 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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As of Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at least 4,348 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,473 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The AP count is two fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia,...
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| Bar brawls, bra/gas masks win Ig Nobels
03.10.2009 2:57 26 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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Can’t get milk from a cow? Try calling her Bessie or Buttercup. A pair of British researchers who found that dairy cows with names yield more milk than unnamed cows are among this year’s winners of the Ig Nobel awards, the annual tribute to scientific research that on the surface seems goofy but is often surprisingly practical. Other winners honored on Thursday at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater included scientists who found that empty beer bottles are much better weapons in a bar brawl than full bottles; researchers who used bacteria in panda poop to reduce kitchen waste; and in homage to the worldwide financial meltdown, the executives of four Icelandic banks who contributed to the...
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| Sumptuous Lanvin gives women what they want
03.10.2009 0:54 32 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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At Christian Dior, ever-inspired designer John Galliano served up yet another variation on the luxury giant's trademark Bar jacket, this time morphing the private detective's battered trench coat into an elegantly cinched jacket. Madcap British designer Vivienne Westwood sounded the alarm on climate change with a collection that looked like it had been rescued from the flames of a burning 18th century French chateau. (The models gravity-defying beehive 'dos, however, weren't that lucky). Japan's innovative Issey Miyake label mixed it up with a colorful collection of prints culled from four continents. Still, it was Lanvin that stole the show on Friday, with a sumptuous collection that had...
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