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Imaging fat layer around heart can help predict disease

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:28:31 +0000

Imaging epicardial adipose tissue, or the layer of fat around the heart, can provide extra information compared with standard diagnostic techniques such as coronary artery calcium scoring. The size of the layer of fat around the heart can be measured by X-ray imaging techniques such as CT or MRI.

Yummy mummy slings ‘may kill babies’: Investigation launched into deaths of 14 newborns

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:53:24 +0000

Endorsed by celebrities, such as Nicole Kidman (left), baby slings can restrict the infant’s airway if they are held in a curled position.

Hundreds of flights cancelled at Heathrow and Gatwick as BA cabin crew begin strike

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:53:24 +0000

More than 120 flights due to depart Heathrow between 8am and midnight tonight have been cancelled, including half the flights to New York’s JFK airport and flights to Paris, Edinburgh, Madrid, Miami and Milan.

Large Hadron Collider smashes another speed record

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:23:33 +0000

The world’s largest atom smasher has broken yet another record.

Banker Bob Diamond’s £63m jackpot: Anger and disgust as scale of City fat-cat culture hits new record

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:20:04 +0000

The sheer size of his salary, perks and shares package flies in the face of assurances that Barclays and other banks have adopted a culture of restraint.

Residents are left powerless to remove illegal immigrants squatting in their back gardens

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:20:04 +0000

At least six properties, including Ian Treasure’s (pictured), have been invaded since November last year, with cider bottles, bags containing faeces and drug needles left scattered across the area.

Esther Rantzen: I thought TV was a nest of vipers… until I moved into politics

Editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:11:24 +0000

The presenter reveals the bizarre story of the radio shock jock, his (very) close Tory friend and a suspected ‘plot’ to stop her becoming an MP

Stress during pregnancy may increase offspring’s risk of asthma

Editor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:26:00 +0000

Stress during pregnancy may raise the risk of asthma in offspring, according to researchers. The researchers investigated differences in immune function markers in cord blood between infants born to mothers in high stress environments and those born to mothers with lower stress and found marked differences in patterns that may be associated with asthma risk later in life.

Husband who torched home to stop estranged wife winning ownership died in blaze

Editor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:49:37 +0000

School caretaker Timothy Flood, 42, spilled petrol on his own clothes as he doused the £250,000 detached house with fuel. He was engulfed in flames after lighting a match.

BA cabin crew WILL walk out at midnight after last-ditch talks collapse

Editor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:49:37 +0000

BA boss Willie Walsh and union leader Tony Woodley failed to reach agreement. The walkout will now go ahead at midnight.