Exposure to loud noise, such as a firecracker or an ear-splitting concert, is the most common preventable cause of hearing loss. Research suggests that 12% or more of the world population is at risk for noise-induced loss of hearing. Loud sounds can cause a loss of auditory nerve cells in the inner ear, which are […]
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Construction: ‘I still wear make-up but lay bricks for a living’
Megan is a bricklaying technician and training to become a teacher on construction courses at Milton Keynes Collage. “I was doing health and social care but it wasn’t for me at all. I really didn’t think that was my career path,” she says. “Some of the people I knew were doing bricklaying at the time, […]
Twelve South’s new Apple Watch sweatband doesn’t work with every watch
One of the defining features of the Apple Watch is the vast number of bands you can buy to make it fit your needs and style. That can be particularly useful for workouts. You might not want to wear a leather band during a long run, but you can easily swap in bands made of […]
Chelsea’s Fran Kirby and Sam Kerr spearhead 7-0 thrashing of Servette
Emma Hayes praised “special” Maren Mjelde after the right-back made her long-awaited return to action during Chelsea’s thumping 7-0 defeat of Swiss side Servette in the Women’s Champions League. Mjelde entered the fray in the 66th minute with Chelsea already seven up, making her first appearance for Chelsea since suffering an ACL injury in March […]
Safe and effective wound healing preparation reaches Clinical Phase II
APO-2 (Aposec) is a secretome-based trial preparation derived from stressed peripheral blood mononuclear cells. APO-2 was shown to be safe and effective in a multinational Phase I study in patients with diabetic foot ulcers (non-healing foot ulcers). The Data Safety Monitoring Board has therefore recommended continuation into a Phase II clinical trial. This represents a […]
Japanese giant Toshiba announces breakup plan
Japanese conglomerate Toshiba has confirmed plans to split the company into three separate businesses. Toshiba said the three companies would be focused on infrastructure, semiconductors and devices. The company has come under increasing pressure from activist investors to make changes since an accounting scandal in 2015. This week, US giant General Electric announced a similar […]
Amazon Flex drivers will start getting checks for $60 million in withheld tips
The Federal Trade Commission will send out more than $60 million to drivers for Amazon’s Flex program, representing tip money that the commission says was illegally withheld. According to the official announcement, the FTC is preparing 139,501 checks and 1,621 PayPal payments to drivers who had more than $5 in withheld tips. The highest back […]
Emile Smith Rowe: ‘Before, I was a bit too lazy. I didn’t really listen’
It was not that Arsenal did not tell Emile Smith Rowe to eat properly, to hydrate correctly, to be professional at all times. It was just that, in his words, he “didn’t really listen … I was a bit too lazy”. To chart Smith Rowe’s rise to the point where he has received his first […]
Study reveals tactics used by US stem cell clinics to market their treatments
Stem cell clinics continue to thrive in the US and worldwide, building their business on misleading advertising and offering unapproved and unproven stem-cell-based interventions (SCBI). Research recently published in Stem Cell Reports by Emma Frow, David Brafman, and colleagues from Arizona State University, asked what kinds of claims and evidence these clinics use to market […]
Singles Day: Alibaba’s annual event sees slowest ever sales growth
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s Singles Day is known for being the world’s biggest online shopping extravaganza. But this year it has been a more toned down affair as Beijing cracks down on businesses and economic growth slows. Sales for the 11-day event rose at their slowest rate since it was launched in 2009, up 8.5% […]