Archive for November, 2009

Excessive physical activity might lead to arthritis

Technology.am (Nov. 30, 2009) — Middle-aged men and women engaging in high levels of physical activity might be unintentionally causing harm to their knees and escalating their danger for osteoarthritis, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
“Our information hints that people with higher physical [...]

WHO: Earlier care for HIV patients

Technology.am (Nov. 30, 2009) — Patients infected with the virus that causing AIDS must begin treatment in advance than at present suggested, the World Health Organization said Monday.
The U.N. agency issued fresh regulation advising doctors to begin giving patients AIDS drugs a year or two in advance than customary. The guidance could double the number [...]

Delayed cancer diagnosis ‘kills equal to 10,000 yearly

Technology.am (Nov. 30, 2009) — About 10,000 people die of cancer annually due to delayed diagnoses, according to the government’s cancer tsar. The number is two times the earlier approximate for avertable deaths. Prof Mike Richards revised his estimation after studying the three deadliest forms of the ailment – lung, bowel and breast cancer.
“These delays [...]

Excessive salt intake connected directly to stroke and cardiovascular disease

Technology.am (Nov 30, 2009) — High salt intake is related with considerably greater danger of both stroke and cardiovascular disease concludes a study available on the British Medical Journal website.
The association linking high salt intake and high blood pressure is well recognized, and it has been recommended that a population-wide lessening in dietary salt intake [...]

Virtual reality presents answer to driving phobias

Technology.am (Nov 30, 2009) — Nervous drivers are being helped and assisted to conquer their road phobias by donning Cyclops-style goggles that conveys them to a three-dimensional virtual world.
Researchers at The University of Manchester have recruited volunteers with a diversity of driving phobias to analysis whether virtual reality can be used along with usual psychological [...]

Twitter chosen ‘top English word’

Technology.am (Nov 30, 2009) — Twitter, the phenomenon of social networking in just 140 words made admired by Stephen Fry and Sarah Brown has been chosen the top English word this year.
The word was more admired and well-accepted than Obama and H1N1 – the technical name for the most recent Swine Flu strain encompassing the [...]

YouTube to endorse its full-length TV shows along with press and bus ads

Technology.am (Nov 30, 2009) — Video site turns to conventional methods to draw interest to its 4,000-strong compilation of complete television programmes.
Similar to many flourishing web phenomena, YouTube has developed through word of mouth, building its following on the back of uninterested office workers circulating clips of sneezing pandas or the newest imaginatively subtitled version [...]

Australians try to stop sheep burping

Technology.am (Nov 30, 2009) — Australian scientists are working hard to breed a sheep that belches less, as they come across ways to decrease detrimental methane emissions from the country’s flocks.
About 12 per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gases begin with agriculture, and some 70 per cent of that total is blamed on ruminant livestock, with [...]

IBM vs. SAS: The clash over Data Analysis Software

Technology.am (Nov 30, 2009) — In the middle of sharp competition to trade data analysis software, personally held SAS Institute says it will fend off pressure from rivals IBM, SAP, and Oracle
Jim Goodnight, chief executive of SAS Institute, doesn’t chop up any of his words. During a Nov. 10 talk at the Churchill Club, a [...]

HP launches touch-enabled PCs

Technology.am (Nov 28, 2009) — PC manufacturer Hewlett Packard has launched its latest range of All-in-One (AIO) PCs, based on touch technology which is priced at $1230 onwards.
“HP’s latest series of All-in-One PCs combines the monitor and CPU and the outcome is a powerful, sleek and stylish desktop. HP has too introduced multi-touch computing for [...]