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Updated: Thursday, 16 May 2013 22:42 | Comments Lloyd Saltman is the surprise leader of the Madeira Islands Open
Scot Lloyd Saltman hailed a virtually flawless round after equalling his best 18 holes as a professional on the first day of the Madeira Islands Open.
The Edinburgh-based 27-year-old carded an eight-under-par 64 to take a two-shot lead from England's Richard Bland.
Saltman was four under through five and two further birdies around the turn meant he covered the first 11 holes in 39 strokes.
However, an oversight hitting the wrong club at the short 315-yard par-four 12th cost him his only bogey of the day, although he bounced back with three birdies over the last six holes.
"I just played really well tee to green and made the putts I needed to make and my short game was really good as well so I can't really pick any faults from that round," said the former Walker Cup player.
"I've been working very hard trying to get the game as good as I can and it's nice to see the work paying off.
"I have put myself in a great position and I'm here to win."
The one error Saltman, who tied for fourth at this tournament in 2011, did cost him a shot at the 12th.
"It was a momentum killer. It's a short hole and I was only going in with a wedge but for the first time in my life I actually took the wrong club out," he told europeantour.com.
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SYDNEY, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --In a new Lowy Institute for International Policy Analysis, Jenny Hayward-Jones, Director of The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program, provides a sober assessment of China's growing engagement in the Pacific Islands region. She argues that it is inaccurate and potentially counter-productive to view China's activities in the region in geo-strategic terms.
China's activities in the Pacific Islands are being viewed akin to its growing geo-strategic role in Asia. The resurgence of US interest in the region has been interpreted as part of the US pivot to the Asia-Pacific and out of concern for China's rising influence.
In 'Big Enough for all of us: geo-strategic competition in the Pacific Islands', Hayward -Jones reviews China's trade and investment, aid, diplomatic and military ties in the region. She argues that concerns about Chinese strategic ambitions are overstated.
'If China's aims in the region are to be described in terms of geo-strategic competition, then on the available evidence, China is not a particularly committed competitor', said report author Jenny Hayward- Jones.
The Analysis highlights that China is far from challenging the dominant role of other countries operating in the region. China's trade with the Pacific islands is approximately one third of the value of the region's primary trading partner (Australia); China only ranks as the region's fifth largest donor and China's military assistance pales in comparison to US spending on protecting the region.
'China is a long way from replacing Australia's dominance of the aid, trade and strategic domains in the South Pacific or displacing the United States as the dominant military power from the north', concludes Hayward- Jones.
The risk is that viewing China's activities through a geo-strategic lens will limit the ability to cooperate with China to both leverage the positive and manage the negative aspects of its increased activism in the region.
'Rather than speculate on China's future ambitions, Australia and the United States should focus on making more of their evolving relationships with China, and cooperate with China in aid and investment activities that support Pacific Island development priorities', she said.
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The Scottish Islands could make a significant contribution to the UK's 2020 renewable energy targets, according to a joint report by the UK and Scottish Governments. The research considers the evidence base for developing renewables projects on the Scottish Islands. And the Scottish Islands Renewables Project report shows that while there are significant potential benefits to developing renewables on the Scottish Islands, there are also considerable costs that need to be overcome.
Key conclusions of today's publication include:
* Renewable generation, including onshore wind, wave and tidal, on the Scottish Islands could make a significant contribution to the UKs 2020 renewables targets.
* The cost of deploying renewables is higher than comparable projects on the mainland, due to the expensive transmission links that would be required.
The work has been guided and assisted by a Steering Group, with representatives from the island communities, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the transmission companies.
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NEWARK, N.J., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --On Monday, May 20th, Peace Islands Institute (www.peaceislands.org), a non-profit organization that promotes peaceful dialogue and cross cultural understanding, will host a conference on Cyber Bullying at Rutgers University, where student Tyler Clementi tragically took his own life after suffering emotional and physical trauma from cyber bullying.
Speakers will include psychologists, experts on bullying, law enforcement officials, including a representative from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and conflict resolution practitioners who will provide a 360 degree look at how to detect signs of cyber bullying and how it can be prevented in schools across the nation.
"Cyber Bullying is a serious issue that has harmed far too many young people across the United States," said Ercan Tozan, Executive Director of Peace Islands in New Jersey. "As an organization dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding and dialogue, Peace Islands hopes to help find a way to address this issue by bringing together some of the top minds on this issue, including the young people that are too often the victims of all forms of bullying."
Peace Islands will also award prizes to the winning contestants of the annual Arts and Essay Contest, which focuses on the theme of Cyber Bullying this year. The Arts and Essay Contest has accepted entries of art pieces and essays from secondary school students throughout the state of New Jersey. Winners will be awarded scholarships by the organization and several New Jersey elected officials will participate in the awards ceremony, including Senators Tom Keane and Bob Smith.
This is the fourth annual Arts and Essay contest. Last year's theme focused on "Poverty: Time to Act Together."
About Peace Islands Institute
Peace Islands Institute is a nonprofit 501c organization based in the United States. The organization aims to build a lasting peace by promoting dialogue and cross cultural learning. To further its goals, the organization operates four centers: Center for Global Affairs, Center for Social Affairs, Center for Interfaith Affairs and Center for Education. The organization and its centers host several events including interfaith dialogues, panel discussions, inter-cultural trips, and philanthropic events.
Learn more about Peace Islands Institute at http://www.peaceislands.org.
About Arts and Essay Contest
The Art& Essay Contest is an annual contest sponsored by Peace Islands with the intention to instill universally accepted values of diversity, tolerance, and respect for human dignity in teens and young adults of the state of New Jersey. It provides a forum for various platforms in which teens can express their understanding of these values. Several hundred dollars in prizes will be granted to high school and middle school students.
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Contact: Mary Rice mary.rice@riceconseil.eu European Society of Human Genetics
The use of genome-wide analysis (GWA), where the entirety of an individual's DNA is examined to look for the genomic mutations or variants which can cause health problems is a massively useful technology for diagnosing disease. However, it can also pose major ethical problems if used incorrectly, say new recommendations from the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) published on line today (16 May 2013) in the European Journal of Human Genetics.
Many services based on whole genome and on exome* sequencing and analysis are now available to patients at an affordable price, and this raises the question of how to ensure that they are provided appropriately. "Such sequencing generates huge amounts of information that needs to be processed, analysed, and stored in a responsible manner", said Professor Martina Cornel, chair of the Professional and Public Policy Committee of ESHG. "It is preferable to use sequencing or analysis specifically targeted at a particular health problem to avoid unsolicited findings, or those that cannot yet be interpreted, which can cause considerable anxiety to patients and their families. Clear guidance on how to deal with such findings is needed."
Targeted analysis will limit such unsolicited findings, says the ESHG, and this is particularly important at present when there are only a limited number of clinicians properly trained to inform patients on the significance of the results of GWAs and exome sequencing. While the Society believes that the duty to inform patients may outweigh their right not to know in some circumstances, the new recommendations propose that analysis should be limited to genome regions linked to the clinical problem for which the analysis is being undertaken.
"We are opposed to the type of opportunistic screening that throws up large numbers of incidental results. If such results reveal a treatable or preventable condition, then clearly it is advantageous to patients to be informed about them.
But in the majority of cases it is very difficult to interpret exactly what such incidental results mean for patients and their families. The evidence currently available often comes from families with affected persons, but it is lacking on the interpretation of results in other situations. Furthermore, in genetics healthcare, autonomy is considered very important: patients should be allowed consent on what would be screened for and reported to them. We believe that it is premature today to look for such results other than the clinical problem in circumstances where there are no prior clinical indications or family history ", said Professor Cornel.
"A sustained effort to educate clinicians in genetics is needed in order to be able to cope with advances in analysis. We also believe that the Society has an important role to play in raising awareness of genetics among the general public. Only with the benefit of a general increase in genetic literacy can society become properly involved in the debate over who has the right to know what and in which circumstances," she said.
Professor GertJan van Ommen, Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Human Genetics, said: "The importance of this issue has been underlined by the US Government's Bioethics Advisory Panel's plans to report on how incidental findings encountered in genomics research should be handled. I believe that ESHG has made an important contribution to the debate, which will be further discussed at their conference in Paris in June."
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U.S., Ugandan One Health Program Educates Health Care Workers
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WHO: SARS-like Virus Infects Health Care Workers After Exposure to Patients
Two health care workers have been infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a World Health Organization update released Wednesday. These two incidents mark the first times health care workers have been diagnosed with nCoV after exposure to patients. In its update, WHO urges health care facilities to continue taking measures to decrease risk of virus transmission through both workers and patients, and to practice the "systematic implementation of infection prevention and control." Additionally, health care providers must remain alert to patients with acute respiratory infections especially those who had recently travelled to areas affected by the virus.
The two infected health care workers are a man, age 45, who became ill on May 2 and is in critical condition, and a woman, age 43, who became ill on May 8 and is in stable condition. Since September 2012, WHO reports 40 confirmed cases of nCoV human infections, including 20 deaths spread among six countries.
Diet Changes That Might Cut Breast Cancer Risk
By now, we all know that Angelina Jolie quietly underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a genetic mutation that sharply increased her risk of breast cancer. Women with a faulty BRCA1 gene typically have a 45 to 90 percent risk of getting breast cancer during their life, compared to a 12 percent risk for the average woman. "My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent," Jolie wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday. "I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."
Jolie's surprise announcement shines a spotlight on breast cancer and women's health, bringing intense public attention to issues like prevention and treatment. While her condition is rare mutations in BRCA1 and another gene, BRCA2, only cause 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers in the United States all women can take steps to protect themselves against the disease. While you can't do anything about the genes you were born with, committing to a sound diet can help protect against breast cancer. "Researchers estimate that in the U.S., we can prevent about 38 percent of breast cancers with some basic healthy steps," says registered dietitian Karen Collins, a nutrition advisor for the American Institute for Cancer Research. "We can make a difference without doing anything extreme."
While no food or dietary approach can flat-out prevent breast cancer, the risk of developing the disease could be reduced. Here's a roundup of findings. [Read more: Diet Changes That Might Cut Breast Cancer Risk]
Mastering Food Obsession
I was privileged last week to join Mika Brzezinski, along with her co-host Joe Scarborough, on MSNBC's Morning Joe program, to talk about Mika's new book, "Obsessed," writes U.S. News blogger David Katz. I am further privileged to appear throughout the book, in very good company, apparently as something of a vicarious consigliore. Mika and I met face-to-face for the first time on the set of the show.
Mika's book is all about food obsession. But more particularly, it is about the intensely personal side of food obsession. Mika tells her own story, and her struggle to maintain the perfect, slender, on-air appearance for which she is known.
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updated 6:44 AM EDT, Thu May 16, 2013
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(CNN) -- Two health care workers in Saudi Arabia were sickened while treating patients with a dangerous new virus, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
The health care workers were exposed to patients with the novel coronavirus, or nCoV, the WHO said in a statement Wednesday. One is a 45-year-old man who is currently in critical condition after becoming ill May 2, and the second is a 43-year-old woman who became ill on May 8 and is in stable condition. The woman has a co-existing health condition, the organization said.
"Although health care associated transmission has been observed before with nCoV (in Jordan in April 2012), this is the first time health care workers have been diagnosed with nCoV infection after exposure to patients," according to the WHO.
Experts: New SARS-like virus could show up in US
"Health care facilities that provide care for patients with suspected nCoV infection should take appropriate measures to decrease the risk of transmission of the virus to other patients and health care workers."
NCoV was recently found for the first time in humans, and cases have occurred across parts of the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia.
As of Wednesday, the organization said it had been informed of 40 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with nCoV worldwide since last September. Twenty people in six countries -- France, Germany, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom -- have died.
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Genetic medicine unit now seeing 800 new cases a year in bid to prevent inherited cancers
6:00am Thursday 16th May 2013 in News By Barry Nelson, Health Editor
A GENETIC medicine expert has revealed that a regional breast and ovarian cancer prevention unit set up nearly a decade ago is now seeing 800 new referrals a year.
Dr Paul Brennan, director of the Northern Genetic Service, said referrals of women who have an increased risk of inherited breast or ovarian cancer had steadily increased since the service was established at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough in 2004.
"It was a trickle at first but we are now getting 800 new referrals a year of women with a family history of mainly breast, ovarian and colon cancer," said Dr Brennan, who also works at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle.
Following the admission by actress Angelina Jolie that she has had a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of breast cancer, Dr Brennan said he now expected an increase in the number of North-East women with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer being referred to the Northern Genetic Service.
"When we started the cancer family history service on Teesside in 2004 we didnt know how many patients would be referred. I would have thought that after ten years we would have seen a decline but they are still coming in," he added.
"With around 500 referrals for a family history of breast cancer, this suggests that there are still many families out there."
Using the latest genetic science, specialists can track down family members who are at risk from inherited forms of cancer.
In the most extreme cases, for example where a woman may have a 50 per cent chance of inheriting breast cancer, patients may be advised to have their breasts removed to prevent cancer.
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