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by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) — Smoking cost the world economy more than $1.4 trillion (1.3 trillion euros) in 2012, and sucked up a twentieth of health care spending, a study said Tuesday. The killer habit consumed the equivalent of nearly two percent of global economic output or GDP, according to experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Cancer Society, with almost 40 percent of the burden falling on developing […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — British designer Clare Waight Keller is to quit Chloe after six years, the French fashion house said Monday. The creator, who turned Pringle of Scotland from a rather staid knitwear maker into a fashion brand, has also helped push up sales at Chloe, best known for its floaty, romantic, 1970s-influenced clothes. Chloe said that since Waight Keller’s arrival the label has “enjoyed remarkable momentum and global development. “Her lightness of touch […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Nearly one in four US children suffer from chronic bullying at school, a problem that may lead to poor academic performance and low confidence over time, researchers said Monday. The findings in the Journal of Educational Psychology are based on a study of 383 children who were followed from kindergarten through high school. “It’s extremely disturbing how many children felt bullied at school,” said lead author Gary Ladd, a psychology professor […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The price of big-sized shrimp can rise as a direct result of pollution from fertilizers that cause dead zones in coastal waters, US researchers said Monday. The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is the first to show how a low-oxygen water problem called hypoxia is related to the climbing price of seafood. “Many studies have documented the ecological impacts of hypoxia, but establishing a clear causal link to […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — It may not feel like it, but our Milky Way galaxy is barrelling through the Universe at more than two million kilometers (1.24 million miles) per hour. On Monday, astronomers said they had discovered a void in deep space that helps explain the direction in which we are headed and our speed. It turns out our galaxy is not only being pulled by galactic forces but pushed as well, they wrote […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — Expansion of renewable energy cannot by itself stave off catastrophic climate change, scientists warned Monday. Even if solar and wind capacity continues to grow at breakneck speed, it will not be fast enough to cap global warming under two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the target set down in the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty, they reported in the journal Nature Climate Change. “The rapid deployment of wind, […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Smoking cost the world economy more than $1.4 trillion (1.3 trillion euros) in 2012, and sucked up a twentieth of health care spending, a study said Tuesday. The killer habit consumed the equivalent of nearly two percent of global economic output or GDP, according to experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Cancer Society, with almost 40 percent of the burden […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Nearly 2,000 people joined hands in a salty lake in Argentina on Monday, setting a new Guinness world record for the most people floating while connected. Experts from the Guinness Book of Records certified that 1,941 people free-floated in a line simultaneously for 30 seconds in Lake Epecuen, southeast of Buenos Aires, according to a video published by local authorities. The previous record was set in 2014 in Sun Moon […]
Reuters — In a laboratory in the Computer Engineering Department at the University of Washington, Justin Abernethy slides into a seat in front of a video monitor. A colleague adjusts the working end of a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) device that must be positioned correctly to send a signal to the brain. Information from a computer screen helps get the TMS coil to the right spot so that the stimulation is sent non-invasively, as Rajesh […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — People who are frequently depressed or anxious may run a higher risk of dying from certain types of cancer, researchers said on Thursday. Medical records of more than 160,000 adults in England and Wales showed that those describing themselves as psychologically distressed were more likely to succumb to cancer, especially of the colon, prostate and pancreas. Leukaemia and cancer of the oesophagus, or food pipe, were also more elevated among this […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 27) – The Reproductive Health Law is now being deliberated in the Senate so that it can be fully implemented by November 30 – the administration’s target date. So before the law is fully implemented, let’s get to know what Reproductive Health is, and what are the policies and plans under this somewhat contentious and controversial law. The Reproductive Health Law or the Republic Act No. 10354 is an act of providing for […]
PARIS, FRANCE (Reuters) — Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli showed his debut solo haute couture collection in Paris on Wednesday (January 25), presenting an ethereal Spring/Summer 2017 line. It is the first time Piccioli has designed the haute couture collection on his own, after his former creative partner Maria Grazia Chiuri became Dior’s first female creative director. Chiuri debuted her Dior haute couture line in Paris on Monday (January 23). The simple and delicate Valentino collection […]
