Sniggering at actress Leslie Ash's disastrously over-plumped upper lip has become something of a national sport over the last few years. But cosmetic injectable implants are not always a laughing matter.

Four weeks ago, Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, warned that collagen fillers are capable of transmitting blood-borne diseases, including vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of BSE). He called for a clampdown on cowboy clinics and aesthetic fillers, ( Read more... )
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Innocent Beetroot, Apples, Pears and Ginger Smoothie

There's more than a hint of borscht about this drink, the ginger adding grace notes of spice to the affair. 250ml, 1.89, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Waitrose; www.innocentdrinks.co.uk

The future's orange

Sunraysia Pure Squeezed Organic Carrot Juice

Rooty-fruity flavour; claims to aid digestion and is rich in beta-carotene. It feels as though it's doing what it says on the tin.

2.99, 750ml, Waitrose. ( Read more... )
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Conditions at Milton Keynes General Hospital, where baby Ebony Comley-McCall died last May, were described as "chaotic"; the monitoring of her mother during labour was "inadequate"; and the pressures on midwives were "appalling", the deputy coroner, Thomas Osbourne, said.

The case highlights the growing pressure on maternity services, which are struggling to keep pace with a rising birth rate and an increase in complex conditions. The maternity unit at Milton Keynes, which has one of ( Read more... )
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Samsung X420 Notebook
Samsung is pushing its new notebook as the perfect mobile computer. It boasts a nine-hour battery life and a thin, light design that puts its thickness at the diameter of a euro coin and weight at 1.77 kg. The notebook is powered by a 1.3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor SU7300 , runs a Vista Home Premium operating system and has a 14" screen. The mobile marathoner comes with a ?650 price tag.

Nokia 2710 Navigation edition
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"Ratae Corieltauvorum", as it was known to its 2nd century inhabitants, was a crucial fixture in the Romans' annexation of England, and work under way to digitally reconstruct original features such as the Merlin Works Royal Baths and Mithraum promises to demonstrate the city's rich heritage to a new generation. Much of the work, spearheaded by the Leicester School of Architecture's Dr Douglas Cawthorne, promises to build on past academic research into the town's past; in the ( Read more... )
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The histories of VW and Porsche have been intertwined from the beginning. As well as the obvious similarities between the VW Beetle and the Porsche 356 and 911/912 in terms of general layout, in particular the use of a rear-mounted, horizontally-opposed engine, there have been several other examples of cooperation between the two companies, such as the development of the 1969 VW-Porsche 914, and the Porsche Cayenne and VW Touareg SUVs, which are sister models under the skin. ( Read more... )
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It isn't a difficult sum to calculate. Regular rental payments on a sofa will, at some point, exceed the amount it would have cost you just to buy the thing outright. Yet rented furniture is occupying a large slice of the capital's rented interiors, and turning furniture rental companies into large, lucrative businesses.

So who is this market aimed at? And what do you pay for a service that will deliver and install a complete furnished home package, which can extend to filling cutlery ( Read more... )
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"By November 14th, many times more children and younger adults unfortunately have been hospitalized or killed by H1N1 influenza than happens in a usual flu season," Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told reporters.

"Specifically, we estimate there have been nearly 50 million cases, mostly in younger adults and children; more than 200,000 hospitalizations... and sadly, nearly 10,000 deaths including 1,100 among children and 7,500 among younger adults," ( Read more... )
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A study of more than 40,000 heart-attack patients found some drug combinations tripled or quadrupled the chances of bleeding. Hospital admissions for bleed episodes were associated with a three-fold increased risk of death or recurrent heart attacks.

The researchers warned that great care should be taken when offering heart-attack patients certain anti-clotting treatments. Blood-thinning drugs are routinely used to save the lives of people who have suffered a heart attack. But a balance ( Read more... )
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Google and Yahoo, which combined process more than 80 per cent of all internet searches in the US, said they've seen a significant spike in traffic from people looking for information on the golf superstar and his alleged extramarital affairs.

Time Inc. says its Golf.com website, which averages 2.4 million unique viewers a month, has seen traffic spike 600 per cent since the story about Tiger broke after the Thanksgiving holiday.

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This isn't a sob story. I don't miss birthday cake, and my family and friends have always been doubly generous over the years. One friend always sings "Happy Birthday" down the phone, interrupting her day to make mine. And yet, like many people born on 25 December, my birthday has never felt my own. It's an adjunct to a bigger event from which I feel strangely apart, an observer. It's my day, but snatching some of it for myself seems selfish. Instead I watch, wondering what ( Read more... )
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The city council said 137 dispensaries would remain open for now, but it intends to reduce the number to no more than 70 over time.

The council will also enact a series of new restrictions in the sale of marijuana, it said.

The ordinance will close down hundreds of dispensaries, which since 1996 have grown to between 800 and 1,000 in the city, thanks to legal loopholes in the sale and distribution of marijuana.

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The Mr Gay China pageant will take place on January 15 at a club in Beijing, ahead of the Mr Gay World competition in Norway in February, Ben Zhang, founder of gay media and PR website gayographic.org, told AFP.

"There will be sportswear and swimsuit segments, a Q&A session, and a panel of judges will select the winner based on overall performance," Zhang said.

The pageant will be open to anyone who lives in China - local or foreign, and contestants can apply online, he said.

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iFitness
Reviews are mixed amongst regular gym-goers, but novices have raved about this wildly popular app. The iFitness app has a database of 230 exercises as well as 100 video demonstrations. The app comes with 12 workout programs with different goals - weight loss, ab definition, strength, etc - and offers the ability to create your own exercise programs and exercises. Additionally, the workout journal ( Read more... )
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Dawn Hockey, 28, from Glossop, Derbyshire, was diagnosed with the illness in June, when she was three months pregnant with her baby son Alex.

The ex-veterinary nurse tried to use formula milk with Alex, who was born seven weeks prematurely on November 1, but it made him sick.

Tameside Primary Care Trust agreed to send her batches of pasteurised breast milk.

But bosses have decided to withdraw the funding, saying he no longer needs it.

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Chicfeed

This app works like a Dstill (see below) for street style, bringing you updates from the most popular blogs, including the Sartorialist, Face Hunter, and Altamira.

Social Mall

Social Mall gives you the best local malls and corresponding special offers. Not sure if you should buy an item? Share it with your friends via the app and get their instant feedback. A movie or dinner after shopping? Send out a group invite to other iPhone users. ( Read more... )
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Design Miami's biggest sponsors, Audi, HSBC, Fendi, and Swarovski dominated the fair with the projects they commissioned, ranging from Fendi's Design Performances - an evolution of their Craft Punk project during Milan's Saloni earlier this year - to Swarovski's Crystal Palace.

Architect Greg Lynn unveiled his structure for the jewelry label's ongoing design series made of crystal-encrusted panel 'sails,' saying that they were "made to cope with massive loads from the wind," even though ( Read more... )
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