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Apple wrongfoots iPhoneys

Forgers fuddled by non-Nano

Apple's failure to launch a dinky "iPhone Nano" has caught forgers off guard, leaving Far Eastern manufacturers with forged versions of a product that doesn't exist.…

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08.01.2009 13:09:25 - The Register

Shock at Senegal gay jail terms

Activists condemn as "shocking" the jailing in Senegal of nine gay men for eight years.

08.01.2009 13:09:08 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

Man City fail in Santa Cruz bid

Blackburn reject a bid in excess of £12m from Manchester City for striker Roque Santa Cruz.

08.01.2009 13:05:48 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

Sapphire HD4870 X2 Atomic water-cooled graphics card

Liquid engineering and the world's most expensive graphics board

Review AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 is a formidable beast of a graphics card but it has a number of obvious flaws.…

08.01.2009 13:02:03 - The Register

Risk Of Neonatal Illness Increased When C-Section Repeated Before 39 Weeks

Women choosing repeat cesarean deliveries and having them at term but before completing 39 weeks gestation are up to two times more likely to have a baby with serious complications including respiratory distress resulting in mechanical ventilation and NICU admission. UAB researchers, led by Alan T.N. Tita, M.D., Ph.D.

08.01.2009 13:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Control Of Blood Vessels A Possible Weapon Against Obesity

Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Scientists now hope to learn how to control blood vessel development in humans in order to combat obesity and diabetes. The growth of fat cells and their metabolism depend on oxygen and blood-borne nutrients.

08.01.2009 13:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Perfectionist Protein-Maker Trashes Errors

The enzyme machine that translates a cell's DNA code into the proteins of life is nothing if not an editorial perfectionist.

08.01.2009 13:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Unibioscreen Announces Progress Of Phase I Clinical Trial For UNBS1450 In Europe In Cancer Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Unibioscreen S.A., the Brussels-based specialist oncology company, is pleased to announce that the clinical testing of its second experimental anti-cancer drug, UNBS1450, which is being administered in cancer patients since October 2008, is progressing well.

08.01.2009 13:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Excessive Use Of Antiviral Drugs Could Aid Deadly Flu According To Study

Influenza's ability to resist the effects of cheap and popular antiviral agents in Asia and Russia should serve as a cautionary tale about U.S. plans to use the antiviral Tamiflu in the event of widespread avian flu infection in humans, scientists say.

08.01.2009 13:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Don't Let 'iPatient' Detract From Hands-On Medicine, Stanford Author/Educator Urges

On his first day as attending physician at Stanford, Abraham Verghese, MD, suggested to the ward team that they leave the "bunker" and head out to their patients' bedsides. "They probably felt that everything I would need to get up to speed on our patients - the necessary images, the laboratory results - was right there in the team room," Verghese wrote in an essay in the Dec.

08.01.2009 13:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today