Most women exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke in China

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Nearly two-thirds of women of reproductive age in China are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke at home and over half are exposed in the workplace, which raises the risk of complications in pregnancy, including stillbirths and infant death.The findings, released by the World Health Organisation on Tuesday, are from a tobacco survey...

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A Write-Off That Shows Tax Reform Will Be No Game

Theodore Jones has had season tickets on the 43-yard line at Tiger Stadium, home of the perennial football powerhouse Louisiana State University, for almost 20 years. The seats, along with two others, cost him $ 5,340. That’s $ 1,640 for the tickets’ face value, plus $ 3,700 in mandatory donations that Jones gets to write off. The Baton Rouge lawyer...

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Bomb shakes Damascus, opposition holds unity talks

AMMAN (Reuters) – A bomb exploded near army and security compounds in Damascus, Syrian television reported, and fractured opposition groups seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad began unity talks abroad to win international respect and arms supplies.The 50-kilogram (110-pound) bomb, near a large hotel in a heavily guarded district, was described...

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Gadget-free and shopping sprees rule travel trends

LONDON (Reuters) – Luxury shopping trips for the nouveaux riches, gadget-free accommodation and booking holidays on smart TVs are some of the future travel trends predicted in a new report released on Monday.The “Global Trends Report” by market research firm Euromonitor International predicted a continued rise in holiday packages which cater to tourists...

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Surgery seems best for heart disease in diabetics

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New research shows that people with diabetes and several clogged heart arteries fare better with bypass surgery instead of having stents placed to prop open their blood vessels.Doctors compared the treatments in a study of 1,900 diabetics and looked five years later to see how many had suffered a heart attack, stroke or death. Only 19...

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HSBC earmarks more for US fines

5 November 2012 Last updated at 03:47 ETHSBC bank has put aside a further $ 800m (£500m) to cover potential money-laundering fines in the US as it announced a fall in quarterly profits. The bank had already put aside $ 700m after a US Senate report published in July said lax controls had left it vulnerable to money...

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Meet the Only Guy In Line for an iPad Mini in NYC [PICS]

affiliate marketing Amid the rushing passersby outside the flagship Apple Store, one man stood alone Thursday afternoon in the official line for Friday morning’s iPad mini launch.Luis Lorenzo braved New York City’s transit system — still weakened by flooding from Hurricane Sandy — to get from East New York in Brooklyn to the Fifth Avenue...

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DA seeks rehearing in Anna Nicole Smith drug case

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors refusing to accept an appellate court‘s ruling in the Anna Nicole Smith case asked the court on Friday to change its decision and allow her former boyfriend and manager to be retried.California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled last month that Howard K. Stern could not be retried...

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Israel’s Neuronix offers new Alzheimer’s treatment

affiliate marketing TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel-based Neuronix, which has developed a non-invasive medical device to help to treat Alzheimer’s disease, expects the system to be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in late 2014.The device, which combines electromagnetic stimulation with computer-based cognitive training,...

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Anglogold strikers return to work

affiliate marketing 2 November 2012 Last updated at 10:31 ETStriking miners at two South African Anglogold Ashanti pits have agreed to return to work as tensions across the country’s mineral sector ease. affiliate marketing Hundreds of miners have been holding underground sit-ins...

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