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If you’re a regular consumer of goods purchased from Sainsbury’s in Gloucester you would soon be helping the supermarket power itself with clean and...
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When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one day he would get to see what she looked like.
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Kenya is on high alert now that the first case of swine flu has been detected. The case happens to be a British student who among others are in the country on a...
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Web workers face various health issues. Here are 50 resources that address lack of exercise, eating disorders, stress, and more.
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The Tunisian government has announced that the first case of H1N1 virus, or Swine flu, has been registered in the country. Such a case is the first in the Maghreb...
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Women in Africa are being sterilised without their consent after being told the procedure is a routine treatment for Aids, a lawsuit will claim.
Forty HIV-positive...
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The nationwide initiative — funded by the United States government and implemented by global charity ‘Population Services International’ (PSI) —...
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9 cases of H1N1 virus were confirmed in the Jordanian Kingdom. Jordan discovered and announced the first case of infection on Monday, and the number quickly increased...
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Health officials assuring citizens of availability of swine flu medicines. Over the past weekend, mobile phone text messages were sent with the message that swine flu...
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Scientists are genetically modifying a bizarre looking Mexican salamander, which according to ancient mythology is a transformed Aztec god, in the hope its ability to...
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Beware of These Numbing Cream Manufacturers!
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The adult film industry said it was the first case since the 2004 outbreak, the LA Times reported.
In fact, 22 performers have tested positive, including last...
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Venezuela’s Health Ministry said Friday it banned sales of Coca-Cola Zero because the company failed to declare that the no-calorie soft drink uses an artificial...
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Greece will impose a tobacco ban in public places on July 1 in its third attempt in a decade to stamp out the habit in Europe’s biggest-smoking nation, the health...
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Thousands of patients are dying unnecessarily because hospital doctors are missing the signs of kidney failure, a national inquiry reports today.
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The oldest himan had died aged 134 couple hours ago. Moloko Temo lived all her life in Limpopo Province of South Africa.
If Temo was born in 1874 she is almost...
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This article goes exclusively for Shimla .
I thank god that I was blessed to be born in Shimla The Queen Of Hills in a Chotta Shimla based business family, I got my...
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Throughout the Second World War Eton College was adamant it would not close its doors as a result of any threat from the Germans. It would not, its then headmaster...
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Pumwani maternity hospital is one of the busiest hospitals here in Nairobi but this is where the devil has pitched camp.
The hospital is known for all kind of weird...
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Mobile telephones are to be banned from French primary schools, and operators must offer handsets that allow only text messages, under government measures to reduce the...
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Supermarkets should use their discount card programs that track customers’ shopping habits to prevent illness by alerting people who have bought tainted foods, a...
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Gone are the days where milk was available only in bottles and plastic! A new green replacement ‘cardmilk’ is here to stay for long. The term simply means that milk...
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ONE of the biggest brand names in food this summer doesn’t carry a trademark. It’s the word “local,” which has entered the language as a...
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Two major supermarkets were cordoned off by police today after a man shocked shoppers by allegedly spraying urine on the food.
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Supermarkets have banned sales of eggs and tomato ketchup to young people in a bid to cut anti-social behavior.
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In a global world, where cultures converge, the future world of food will offer much more too! Demanding customers will be more aware and conscious of the choices they...
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To ban plastic bags from large supermarkets in a bid to promote recycling, San Francisco becomes the first city in the US to vote on Tuesday. The city’s Board of...
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Are you an indulgent consumer and make impulse purchases of food that you are unlikely to eat? If so, then you are shamelessly wasting food that a hungry person could...
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Need no mentioning that plastic bags have always been a major environmental nuisance. As an initiative towards the concern, the British government has urged the...
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When we think of buying organic, we have a set idea that it will fall a bit heavy on the purse. But, this summer you are not to go disappointed about it. The...
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Supermarkets are testing RFid tags that could be used for tracking shoppers in the store and keep watch on goods after customers have taken them home. These tags are...
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People enter a Morrisons supermarket in west London, Thursday March 12, 2009. Morrison Supermarkets PLC, Britain’s fourth-largest store chain, reported Thursday that its full-year profit fell 17 percent as its tax bill more than tripled. For the year...
