Just One in 40 Women Deliver at Home, Stats Reveal
As per recent reports, it has been revealed that in England and Wales, a mere 2.5% of women delivered their baby at home during the last year, claiming a drastic dip of 2.7% as compared to figures recorded in 2009. In comparison with the number of women who gave birth under housing conditions in 2008, the reports have highlighted a fall of as much as 2.9%.
Harrogate Hospital Trains Volunteers in Diversity Awareness
As per latest information, it has been revealed that a recent move indented for forcing volunteers at a hospital in Yorkshire for undertaking a variety of training, counting diversity and inequality awareness, was today claimed to be steered by "political correctness and ambulance-chasing lawyers".
Wales Mulls Home Care In Future
It seems that in the coming year, face of medical health care in Wales is going to change, as a recent survey by the Welsh NHS Confederation revealed that by and large, people are of the view that health care in home or nearby communities is far better than hospitals. There is no denial that services at hospitals are the best possible way to address health concerns, but recently home care has gripped the attention of one and all.
UK Government All Set to Give Fight to Flu Pandemic
It seems that the UK government is all set to give a tough fight to flu pandemic, as they have released a full fledge road map to achieve the best possible results. Mastermind by the Department of Health, medical experts have been thoroughly considered in the 70-page document. It is being largely believed that this plan would cover up all the glaring loopholes in the region's 2007 plan.
Disney Executives Shove Off Impact of NBA Lockout on ESPN
Amid conflicting news that the National Basketball Assn. lockout would significantly affect ESPN cable sports network, Walt Disney’s Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo has come out to dilute all the fears, thereby ensuring that the crisis would soon be resolved.
Sinopec Eyes Stake in Galp's Brazil Oil Assets
In a bid to make strategic move, it has been confirmed that Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec Group has given green signal to claim 30% stake in Portuguese oil firm Galp Energia. Worth $3.54 billion, the deal is being seen as an attempt by the company to make significant impact in Western-owned energy assets.
Drop in Unemployment Rates
It has been revealed in recent report that the rates of unemployment have seemed to deteriorate in recent times. According to a recent study it has been found that more and more people are being employed and there has been a significant drop in the number of jobless people since April. This was revealed by the Labour Department.
Australia Becomes First to Pass Plain-Packaging Cigarette Law
Australia has certainly taken its best step to lower the tobacco use in the region by becoming the first country to pass plain packaging of cigarettes but tobacco companies are definitely not happy with the decision and have vowed to fight the new legislation in the court soon.
Marshall Islands Severely Affected by Dengue Outbreak
Dengue outbreak is worrying Marshall Islands big because the number of the affected cases has not just increased by one or two but by ten folds. Yes, citing such a big growth in the number of cases of dengue fever i. e. from 60 to nearly 600. In just two weeks, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Cabinet has declared a State of Emergency in the small Pacific Island nation.
Whooping Cough Taking Its Toll on West Coast
The notorious whooping cough is still taking its toll over children of West Coast, however, Westland has been able to deal with it timely. Last week, as many as 148 people have been diagnosed with the diseases.
Number of apps in an app store doesn't matter
Apple and Google often brag on the fact that their app stores, viz. the Apple App Store and the Android Market, have more than 350,000 and 250,000 apps respectively, but the number of apps in an app store doesn't matter.
Samsung withdraws Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet from IFA in Berlin
Korean electronics giant Samsung withdrew its Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet from the IFA consumer-electronics confab in Berlin after Apple won a second injunction to block the tablet’s sale in Germany.
WikiLeaks being criticized for exposing unredacted US diplomatic cables
Some media organizations have condemned the recent disclosure of hundreds of thousands of unredacted secret US diplomatic cables by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.
CDC Confirms Two Flu Cases
During past two months, the United States has witnessed two new cases of swine flu bug among humans, although both the victims, an Indiana boy and a Pennsylvania girl, have recovered from the illness.
Around 10% American Children Are Asthmatic, Says Study
In a recent research, Dr. Kenneth B. Quinto from the University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with his colleagues, has claimed that obese kids with asthmatic complications are likely to suffer tough time for controlling symptoms.
HP to produce limited number of TouchPads in Q4
A few weeks after confirming its decision to pull the plug on the TouchPad tablet, HP has announced that it produce a limited number of TouchPads during the fourth quarter of this year.
Using his blog, HP’s 2011 social media strategist Mark Budgell revealed that the company would produce a small number of the webOS-based tablets to meet the phenomenal demand.
A glance at Codemasters’ first-shooter Bodycount
Codemasters’ first-shooter Bodycount is indeed a shooting game as it gives you a gun and asks you to move on, shooting dudes. The more dudes you shoot on your way to the mysterious ‘Target’, the more are tossed on your way.
You will get your hands on a gun and tear away everything that comes in your way. The outrageously weaponry game, features dense & intense arcade firefights to create explosive results.
Woman on first Facebook date unwittingly becomes part of a robbery
Leah Gibbs, a mother-of-two, spent a night in the cells after her date with a Facebook friend turned into a robbery trick.
Gibbs, 23, set up a date with 21-year-old Minton over the social networking site Facebook, and went out with him. Minton requested her to give him a lift to a close by Ladbrokes. When the reached the site, she agreed to wait outside as Minton went inside to place a bet.
After a few minutes, Minton hurriedly returned, holding a knife in one hand and a bag full of cash in another. He leapt into her car and asked her to move quickly.
Brave cancer survivor fighting against the odds to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
45-year-old Robert Bray, of Berkeley Street, Eynesbury, is a brave cancer survivor who – having been diagnosed with a rare of form of stomach cancer in 2007, and now receiving an ‘all clear’ from the doctors – is set to fight against the odds to climb 5,895 metres to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro!
Book floats question about which agriculture type is best for nature
Mark Lynas’s ‘The God Species’ is a book that raises questions about which kind of agriculture is actually the best one for nature; and, to the indignation of the ‘greens’, the author fervently backs nuclear power and geo-engineering.
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