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Zurich finds triplets have fewer behavioural problems

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:41:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – If you’re finding your teenager a handful and can’t imagine having three of them consider this: triplets are just as healthy as “singletons” and have fewer behavioural problems and are less likely to suffer mood swings. The University of Zurich Children’s Hospital studied 19 sets of triplets, mean age 14.5 years, to [...]

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Contraband bees set customs buzzing

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:27:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Swiss dismantle “large” contraband scam that could endanger bee population BERN, SWITZERLAND – Customs officials working closely with the federal agriculture office have uncovered a scam to bring in cheap and possibly unhealthy bees from abroad, in large numbers, by convincing farmers that these are Ticino born and bred bees. The world’s bee populations are [...]

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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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