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"Test for early Alzheimer's diagnosis shows promise"
By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 04 May 2011 20:37
"An experimental test to detect minute differences in the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease works in the lab, Canadian researchers say.Prof. Vassilios Papadopoulos, director of the McGill University Health Centre's Research Institute, and his co-authors published their findings about the test in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease."
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/04/alzheimer-diagnosis.html
"Shania Twain details family abuse"
By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 04 May 2011 20:28
"Shania Twain’s personal struggles are already country music legend: Her poverty-stricken family, her struggle to support her younger relatives after the death of her parents, her recent divorce from Mutt Lange. But the 45-year-old singer’s new autobiography, From This Moment On (on sale today), is packed with intimate details that may surprise even her most dedicated fans. Here are a few of the most shocking:- Twain says her family was physically and emotionally abused for years by Jerry Twain, her mother’s husband. (Twain is estranged from her biological father.) In one chilling passage, Twain recalls watching Jerry plunge her mother’s head into the toilet repeatedly after knocking her out cold."
Read more: http://shelf-life.ew.com/2011/05/03/shania-twain-abuse/
"Microsoft should buy RIM: to take on Apple"
By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 04 May 2011 20:20
"One of these days, if it hasn't happened already, Steve Ballmer, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie will gather for a quiet lunch or a pleasant stroll and discuss what seems inevitable: Microsoft buying Research In Motion.
Both companies share an irksome problem called Apple. Both companies recently disappointed investors, in part because of this problem. Both companies are struggling because they can't innovate with the vitality of Steve Jobs and Co. And both companies are desperate for a solution. You could even argue that it's a matter of life or death."
"Their man has a majority; now oil patch wants elbow room"
By Rob Winters - Published on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 20:32
"For the oil patch, the Conservative power shift means getting on with an ambitious agenda to bring Canadian energy to the world.Now that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have secured a majority government, oil and gas companies are set to plow ahead with expansion plans without fear of unexpected legislation or a new tax regime pinching their balance sheets or crippling their long-term vision.
It’s the benefit of a business-friendly Prime Minister with a home base in Calgary, Canada’s energy capital."
Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article2008992.html
"Less sleep speeds up ageing by 7 years"
By Rob Winters - Published on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 20:26
"Women and men who begin sleeping more or less than six to eight hours per night are likely to age by four to seven years.Sleep deprivation and sleepiness have adverse effects on performance, response time, errors of commission and attention or concentration.
Furthermore, sleep duration has been found to be linked with a wide range of quality of life measures, such as social functioning, mental and physical health and early death, reports the journal Sleep."
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