ASOS has launched its debut mobile site ahead of the Christmas retail shopping season. In response to a significant increase in ASOS customer visits via mobile phones - which doubled from accounting for 1.5% of all ASOS visits through the main website in January 2010, to 3% last month - the mobile site has been designed to work across all mobile devices including Blackberry, Symbian, Android and iPhone operating systems. Additional figures report 24,000 ASOS orders have been processed over the last six months through mobile 'phones using the main website, with 175,000 ...

SurgiCare, the UK's leading weight loss surgery provider, has launched another bariatric solution to its patients. SurgiCare has performed almost 1,000 weight loss surgery procedures and is now offering gastric bands as a day case option. A gastric band is an inflatable silicone ring that is placed around the upper part of the stomach, creating a small opening to the rest of the stomach. Once in your body, the gastric band controls the amount of food required to fill you up and the speed at which food passes from the pouch to your stomach. A gastric band is effective ...

Paris Photo kicks off in November in the French capital and is set to wow the crowds with its collection of stunning pictures. While Paris has no shortage of galleries and art exhibitions, this occasion stands head and shoulders above many of them thanks to the presence of a variety of international gallery representatives. It has been running since 1997 and focuses on modern and contemporary photography from up to 100 different institutions around the world. The event will be taking place from November 18th to 21st and is sure to entice plenty of enthusiasts to ...

Tourists heading to Paris this autumn should book tickets to see veteran indie band Suede when they take to the stage in the French capital. People can reconnect with their Britpop roots and enjoy a cracking night out when the group play at the Elysee Montmartre on Sunday November 28th. The Mercury Prize winners were hailed as a breath of fresh air when they first appeared on the music scene and their back catalogue includes some of the great albums of their genre, such as Dog Man Star. With the band all set to release a best-of record at the beginning of November, ...

Several business-related cases appear on the docket for the U.S. Supreme Court, continuing the recent trend of the Roberts' Court. The numbers so far show that 23 business cases will be heard this session. Despite hearing more business cases, this does not mean that the Court will necessarily be creating a pro-business agenda. This article will examine five of these cases that may be of interest to business owners and corporations, and how the potential decisions may impact businesses going forward. Matters Related to Employer - Employee Issues Three cases fit into ...

From incompatibility to infidelity, there are different reasons that couples decide to divorce. For many, however, money troubles appear to be the root cause of the couples' problems. Statistics from National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia note that spouses who argue about money at least once a week are 30 percent more likely to divorce that couples who have money conflicts one to three times a month. With the current economic climate, money issues understandably take on a different level of significance for many spouses. Communication Not a Priority Communication ...

An accident in September took the life of a Brooklyn resident and dedicated bicyclist. A 23-year-old student who regularly rode her bike to work in Manhattan and elsewhere in New York City lost her life after a chain of circumstances that represents many urban riders' worst nightmare. An MTA bus struck and killed the young woman after she ran into a car door that had suddenly opened in her path. The fatal bicycle crash occurred near the intersection of Washington and Atlantic Avenues, not far from the woman's Ditmas Park home. Notably, while conditions for NYC bicyclists ...

A recent study published in the public policy journal Health Affairs provides important information about the costs of medical malpractice litigation and defensive medicine in comparison to the total cost of U.S. health care. Several researchers from Harvard University authored the study, which reveals that the medical liability system, a vital means for holding health care professionals accountable to accepted standards, amounts to only 2.4 percent of American health care expenditures. In light of Health and Human Services (HHS) data showing that we spent $7,681 per ...

The Second National Distracted Driving Summit revealed some important and creative ideas to combat the deadly problem of distracted driving in the U.S. A variety of lawmakers, lobbyists, state and federal officials, law enforcement officers and safe-driving advocates attended the Washington, D.C. summit to share potential solutions to the dangers that distracted drivers create on our nation's roadways. Many Illinois residents trekked east for the event, including attentive-driving advocate Jennifer Smith. The Deadly Distracted-Driving Problem Smith, of Oak Park, ...

After being fired and prosecuted for anonymously alleging improper medical treatment by a doctor to the state medical board, two Texas nurses agreed to settle a lawsuit against their former employer for $750,000. Nurses Anne Mitchell and Vickilyn Galle began expressing concern about Dr. Rolando G. Arafiles, Jr. to their supervisors in 2008. After their concerns were ignored, nurses Mitchell and Galle filed an anonymous complaint with the Texas Medical Board alleging Dr. Arafiles had: - Failed to diagnose a case of appendicitis - Conducted a skin graft in the emergency ...

The 2005 changes to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code were designed to make it more difficult for Americans to file for bankruptcy. Specifically, the changes were intended in part to push more individuals away from Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and toward Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. The 2005 changes, however, seem to be no match for the current economic realities facing many Americans. Nor have the changes in the law substantially altered an individual's ability to file for bankruptcy protection. In passing the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), Congress ...

Lloydspharmacy has announced the publication of a new study that reveals 35 per cent of 16-34 year olds had high blood pressure readings. The study, which involved 8568 people over the age of 16, showed that only one in four had an ideal or normal blood pressure reading. Alarmingly, four per cent of those under the age of 34 had readings which showed severe or very severe hypertension. The average blood pressure for the UK gives cause for concern, with a reading of 140/86, pushing the country into the hypertensive category. Across the UK various pressure points were ...

The National Trust has put together a new online guide detailing the best places to enjoy and celebrate autumn, the season of mellow fruitfulness and one of the most dramatic of the four seasons. The new guide, called Awesome Autumn, includes information on everything to do with the season, from where to spot elusive red squirrels to tips on the best places to see autumn leaves and capture the rich gold, orange and red shades on camera. It is available on the National Trust's website. National Trust wardens, rangers and gardeners will be providing regular updates and ...

Experian, the global information services company, has revealed that family frequently comes under suspicion in cases of fraud and that one in three victims claim to know the identity of their fraudster. Those with the easiest access to personal details are amongst the most likely to be accused in cases of identity fraud. More than 5,000 identity fraud victims sought help from Experian in reclaiming their identities in 2009. Experian's analysis shows that one in three fraud victims (31%) claimed to know who hijacked their identity and of those, over two thirds (69%) ...

On October 24, 2010, those attending the Sparrowbush Fire Department's penny social may win a truly unique prize. PersonalizedStoryTimeBook.com will be donating personalized children's books to Sparrowbush Fire Department's penny social event to help them reach their fund-raising goal. "When Danielle Glynn approached us to see if we were interested in donating, without hesitation, we offered to help the local fire house to meet its goal," said Kevin Andersen, owner of www.PersonalizedStorytimeBook.com. "We're more than pleased to help Daniel and the fire house in their ...

The recent DePuy hip recall has already spurred hundreds of DePuy hip lawsuits alleging that the manufacturer made a defective product and knew about heavy metal toxicity issues, but waited far too long to institute a recall. As a result, thousands of product liability lawsuits are expected to be filed against DePuy Orthopedics and its parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J). DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Systems Are Defective The August 2010 DePuy hip recall of its ASR Hip Resurfacing System and ASR XL Acetabular System has caused countless numbers of injuries to the ...

Rug Pad Corner knows people want the best protection for their hardwood floors. Superior rug pad is a 100% recycled felt rug pad that has been rated as safest rug pad for use under rugs on hardwood floors. Since Superior rug pad does not contain any chemicals, latex, glues or adhesives, it is completely safe for hardwood floors of all finishes. "We are always concerned about our rug pads protecting rugs and floors," states Luis, managing member of Rug Pad Corner. "Customers call with bad experiences with their current rug pad sticking to their hardwood floor. They want ...

The Terminator. The Borg. The Six Million Dollar Man. Science fiction is ripe with biological beings armed with artificial capabilities. In reality, however, the clunky connections between living and non-living worlds often lack a clear channel for communication. Now, scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed an electrical link to living cells engineered to shuttle electrons across a cell's membrane to an external acceptor along a well-defined path. This direct channel could yield cells that can read and respond to electronic ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- A dozen new epilepsy drugs are giving doctors and patients more options, but making treatment decisions more complex, a Loyola epilepsy specialist reports in the journal Neurologic Clinics. "Clinicians practice in an era of abundance of anti-epileptic drugs," Dr. Jorge J. Asconapé wrote. The new drugs provide "an opportunity to better meet the needs of more patients." Asconapé's article will appear in the November issue of Neurologic Clinics, now available online. Since 1993, the Food and Drug Administration has approved 12 new anti-epileptic drugs: ...

Settling decades of scientific debate, researchers from UCLA and the British Antarctic Survey have discovered the final link between electrons trapped in space and the glow of light from the upper atmosphere known as the diffuse aurora. The finding will help scientists better understand space weather and how space storms affect the Earth's atmosphere from the top down, with potential benefits for the satellite, power-grid and aviation industries, the researchers said. Their research appears Oct. 21 in the journal Nature. Scientists have long known that the diffuse ...

Medical researchers at the University of New South Wales have for the first time shown a link between a father's weight and diet at the time of conception and an increased risk of diabetes in their offspring. The finding, reported in the prestigious journal Nature, is the first in any species to show that paternal exposure to a high-fat diet initiates progression to metabolic disease in the next generation. "We've known for a while that overweight mums are more likely to have chubby babies, and that a woman's weight before and during pregnancy can play a role in future ...

An international CSIRO-led team of astronomers has developed a new way to weigh the planets in our Solar System – using radio signals from the small spinning stars called pulsars."This is first time anyone has weighed entire planetary systems – planets with their moons and rings," said team leader Dr David Champion from Germany's Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie. "And we've provided an independent check on previous results, which is great for planetary science." Measurements of planet masses made this new way could feed into data needed for future space missions. Until ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., (Oct. 21, 2010) -- Over the past decade, Christine Mahoney and a team of scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland have been working to stop the threat of terrorist-based attacks in the form of explosives or explosive-based devices, by providing a sound measurement and standard infrastructure. "Our program encompasses many different aspects of explosives research, from development of measurement standards for trace explosives detection at airports, to the development and application of new metrology for the direct ...

Measuring three biomarkers in a single blood sample may improve physicians' ability to identify patients at high risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. "Our results identify biomarkers that can improve CKD risk prediction," comments Caroline S. Fox, MD, MPH of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass. The study included more than 2,300 participants in the Framingham Offspring Study, a long-term follow-up ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its sophisticated suite of instruments have determined that hydrogen, mercury and other volatile substances are present in permanently shaded soils on the Moon, according to a paper published today in Science. The Lunar Crater Remote Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), which launched with LRO, was intentionally crashed onto the Moon's surface Oct. 9, 2009, while LRO instruments watched. About 90 seconds after LCROSS hit the Moon, LRO flew past the debris plume raised by the impact, while the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project ...