South American countries such as Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay and Colombia have had smoking and tobacco advertising bans since 2006 which is becoming a significant factor in the reduction of lung and cardio vascular disease. The latest country to join the Americas smoking ban is the small country of Honduras which has now imposed a comprehensive [...]
The Education Travel & Culture (ETC) based in Portland, Oregon is a non-profit educational exchange organization for high school students from around the world. Its purpose is to promote international understanding and goodwill by providing high quality educational and cultural exchange programs in the United States and abroad. ETC provides inbound program opportunities for high [...]
LONDON: The outbreak of a winter flu epidemic is causing concern amongst some medical professionals due to the fact that many people who are classed as ‘at risk’ have yet to come forward and take the flu vaccine. The people most at risk from the flu virus are the elderly followed by asthmatics, diabetes, pregnant [...]
LONDON: New research has come to light that suggests berries such as blueberries as well as green tea has protective effects against a number of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis says a report recently published by the Press Association. The report goes on to say that the berries and green tea extracts [...]
LONDON: Respiratory disease such as lung cancer is steadily rising in the UK and is becoming more prevalent in women. It has been reported that the UK has one of the highest rates of respiratory disease in Europe and one of the over riding factors seems to be an increase in smoking amongst women which [...]
LONDON: A new study from Bristol University has revealed that children that are overweight are showing signs of heart disease by the age of 15 including the hardening of arteries. This deadly disease is already highly prevalent in western society with as many as 1 in 4 people being overweight. The evidence of heart disease [...]
LONDON: Data coming from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveals that heart disease and strokes are the biggest killers of men in the UK and cancer is responsible for more fatalities in women. Scotland has the highest mortality rate for both men and women from both these diseases which includes high blood pressure. As [...]
ROME: The Catholic Church indicated today that they may view the use of condoms for protection against sexual diseases as morally correct especially if it helped in the prevention of the spread of the deadly Aids virus. In an unprecedented interpretation on the catholic view of condoms the Pope announced from a book that the [...]
SEATTLE: The sales of the online ebook reader Kindle which retails at around £87 is proving to be a major success for Amazon. Amazon have not released exact numbers of Kindles that have been bought but according to the Press Association Amazon hold around 725,000 books in their store. The Kindle is a wireless application [...]
LONDON: A request by Sir Roger Moore, 83, the famous actor who played James Bond in the 1970′s has requested that Harvey Nichols, the large department store which sells uxorious items to remove Foie Gras from its stores and restaurant menus. The flagship store at Knightsbridge, London has accepted the request and is removing all [...]
