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EPFL to set up energy, chemistry branch in Valais

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:12:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s federal polytechnic institute, EPFL and canton Valais signed an agreement of intention Tuesday 10 January in Sion to establish a branch of the school in canton Valais, most likely in Sion but working closely with a number of existing services throughout the canton. A formal agreement and plans will be [...]

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Smoking, wrong foods, booze and weight behind 40% of UK cancers

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:28:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVALUNCH – The most comprehensive study ever of the source of cancers in Britain according to its authors shows that smoking, drinking, poor eating habits and excess weight trigger 43 percent of cancers in the country and are responsible for half of all cancer-related deaths. The study is published today in the British Journal of [...]

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Study shows Swiss happy with gov’t online offer

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:16:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – A small sampling of the Swiss population, 1,000 people interviewed by phone, has shown the Swiss to be happy with government online services, particularly at the commune level, says Bern. The results of the study commissioned by the federal government, published 18 October, show that 85 percent of Swiss now have Internet [...]

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Colorectal cancer advances faster in men, screening should begin earlier

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:20:30 +0000

GenevaLunch.com AUSTRIA – Colorectal cancer, the fourth leading cancer killer worldwide, advances faster in men, therefore, men should get their first colonoscopy to screen for the disease at age 45, five years earlier than the current recommendation, said a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study carried out in Austria between 2007 [...]

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EU commits €7 bn to R&D in “biggest ever” EC funding package

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The European Commission 20 July agreed to commit €7 billion to research and development, in what it says is its “biggest ever European Commission funding package”, designed to create some 174,000 jobs in the short term and another 450,000 in the long term and to stimulate nearly €80 billion in gross domestic [...]

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Nestlé buys kiwi anti-constipation line

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:05:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com VEVEY, SWITZERLAND – Nestlé’s move into nutritional solutions for health problems is being given a boost this week with Nestlé Health Science taking a minority stake in a New Zealand company that specializes in developing kiwi-based products to treat gastrointestinal conditions. Vital Foods, a 20-year-old firm, has two products for treating constipation that are well [...]

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Power lines could be headed underground

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:44:26 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Several groups have fought power lines in Switzerland over the years, arguing against them for esthetic reasons, particularly in tourist areas. Now, as a group in canton Valais is about to present a feasibility study showing that the lines can be effectively buried underground, a popular initiative to require their removal is [...]

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Geneva, Vaud, Basel at centre of measles epidemic

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 16 May 2011 09:31:37 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland has seen 497 cases of measles declared since the start of 2011, compared to 211 for the same period a year earlier, the weekly newsletter from Swiss public health authorities shows. Geneva (110 cases) and Vaud (93) are feeling the impact of a major epidemic in France, while Basel, with [...]

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Merger of two key int’l health groups completed

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:53:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two major players in the field of international health research have now joined forces. The Global Forum for Health Research and Cohred, the Council on Health Research for Development, merged officially at the end of April, less than six months after announcing the merger. “We hope that Forum 2012 will set [...]

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UNHCR, ICRC get new US funds for Cote d’Ivoire aid

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:52:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two Geneva-based humanitarian aid groups, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Red Cross (ICRC) are to receive $8 million in new funding from the US government for operations in Cote d’Ivoire, the US Mission in Geneva announced Friday 6 May. The money brings to $43m the total the [...]

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