CE 26-30
CE 26: Italy arrests 'top mafia boss'
When you first hear the phrase, "mob boss", what comes to mind? A rather physically fit man who is dressed in the best designer suit with a tommy-gun, is what comes to my brain. Well, in this current event, the mob boss was 73 years old and was caught April 11, 2006, after being the most wanted man in Italy since having taken over the mafia in 1993. But, Bernardo Provenzano has actually been on the run for 42 years. His skill at evading capture and creating disguises has allowed him to actually not be photographed in a crazy amount of time. The last time he was actually photographed by the police was in 1959.
He has been sentenced to life in prison.
CE 27: Self-repair gene therapy promise
Researchers are taking a new approach to repairing genes. "Gene therapy experts say they have found a way to persuade cells to repair themselves."
German researchers have found a drug that could possibly influence the way a faulty gene repairs itself as opposed to replacing the whole gene. The European Society of Human Genetics conference in Amsterdam is currently researching/focusing on spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMA is a common inheirted disease that is the leading cause of death in infants.
CE 28: Tight controls on food labelling
"The European Parliament has passed new laws to clamp down on misleading claims on food product labels."
The labels on the food now have to follow a strict regulation. For example if they say that they are 'low fat', they have to meet a standard definition set forth by the EU. Other foods, such as those that make a claim to be low in salt, on the same label have to say that they are also high in fat or in sugar. This is so that when consumers are reading their labels in the supermarket, they have all of the information they need upfront.
"EU Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said: 'The new laws will ensure that consumers will be able to rely on the truth and accuracy of information on food labels.' "
In the next few years, these laws will be slowly phased in. One member of parliament says that she welcomes the changes because it will finally make it much harder for producers to make strange claims and false promises about their foods. It will also allow the European people as a whole, to make better, healthier choices when food shopping.
Yay for being healthy!
CE 29: More men dying from skin cancer
"The number of men who have died from skin cancer in the UK has topped a thousand a year - a rise of nearly a third over the past decade."
The Cancer Research UK suggests that a major reason for this is that men fail to get strange moles checked by doctors. Each year more women are diagnosed with melanoma, yet more men die of it? This is due to the fact that by the time men are diagnosed with melanoma much later than average women are, and that is when it is more difficult to treat.
"The latest figures show 1,777 people, including 1,002 men, die from melanoma each year in the UK."
CE 30: Man died after scratch from cat
Days after being scratched by the family cat, 61-year old Martin Maas died.
Strange as it sounds, if you think about it, it sort of makes sense? After being scratched by the cat, the injury became infected and he died of the infection. The coroner says that the cause of death is of natural causes. Laying the blame solely on the cat would just be ridiculously harsh. The scratch was just the means for infection.
The family does not hold any grudges against the cat. =)
When you first hear the phrase, "mob boss", what comes to mind? A rather physically fit man who is dressed in the best designer suit with a tommy-gun, is what comes to my brain. Well, in this current event, the mob boss was 73 years old and was caught April 11, 2006, after being the most wanted man in Italy since having taken over the mafia in 1993. But, Bernardo Provenzano has actually been on the run for 42 years. His skill at evading capture and creating disguises has allowed him to actually not be photographed in a crazy amount of time. The last time he was actually photographed by the police was in 1959.
He has been sentenced to life in prison.
CE 27: Self-repair gene therapy promise
Researchers are taking a new approach to repairing genes. "Gene therapy experts say they have found a way to persuade cells to repair themselves."
German researchers have found a drug that could possibly influence the way a faulty gene repairs itself as opposed to replacing the whole gene. The European Society of Human Genetics conference in Amsterdam is currently researching/focusing on spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMA is a common inheirted disease that is the leading cause of death in infants.
CE 28: Tight controls on food labelling
"The European Parliament has passed new laws to clamp down on misleading claims on food product labels."
The labels on the food now have to follow a strict regulation. For example if they say that they are 'low fat', they have to meet a standard definition set forth by the EU. Other foods, such as those that make a claim to be low in salt, on the same label have to say that they are also high in fat or in sugar. This is so that when consumers are reading their labels in the supermarket, they have all of the information they need upfront.
"EU Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said: 'The new laws will ensure that consumers will be able to rely on the truth and accuracy of information on food labels.' "
In the next few years, these laws will be slowly phased in. One member of parliament says that she welcomes the changes because it will finally make it much harder for producers to make strange claims and false promises about their foods. It will also allow the European people as a whole, to make better, healthier choices when food shopping.
Yay for being healthy!
CE 29: More men dying from skin cancer
"The number of men who have died from skin cancer in the UK has topped a thousand a year - a rise of nearly a third over the past decade."
The Cancer Research UK suggests that a major reason for this is that men fail to get strange moles checked by doctors. Each year more women are diagnosed with melanoma, yet more men die of it? This is due to the fact that by the time men are diagnosed with melanoma much later than average women are, and that is when it is more difficult to treat.
"The latest figures show 1,777 people, including 1,002 men, die from melanoma each year in the UK."
CE 30: Man died after scratch from cat
Days after being scratched by the family cat, 61-year old Martin Maas died.
Strange as it sounds, if you think about it, it sort of makes sense? After being scratched by the cat, the injury became infected and he died of the infection. The coroner says that the cause of death is of natural causes. Laying the blame solely on the cat would just be ridiculously harsh. The scratch was just the means for infection.
The family does not hold any grudges against the cat. =)
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