GenevaLunch » study http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Traffic lights for Swiss autoroute entrances under studyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/traffic-lights-for-swiss-autoroute-entrances-under-study/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/traffic-lights-for-swiss-autoroute-entrances-under-study/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:16:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70391 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Smart highways could be around the corner in Switzerland, with EPFL, the federal polytechnic institute in Lausanne, undertaking a study to improve traffic flows by using stoplights to enter highways, with funding from the Swiss Federal Roads Office. There may be a growing sense of urgency to resolve highway traffic jams; Lausanne [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/traffic-lights-for-swiss-autoroute-entrances-under-study/feed/ 0 Vitamins, supplements may be harming older womenhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/vitamins-supplements-may-be-harming-older-women/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/vitamins-supplements-may-be-harming-older-women/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:04:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62369 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A study involving nearly 40,000 older women (average age 61.5)  in the US for some 20 years has concluded that vitamins and other supplements may lead to an increased risk of death. The Archives of Internal Medicine 10 October published a paper by lead author Jaakko Mursu of the University of Eastern [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/vitamins-supplements-may-be-harming-older-women/feed/ 1 Public transport gets high green marks compared to carshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:37:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61429 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss public transport systems do more than simply carry more people for less fuel: they also get relatively high ecology marks for their overall impact on the environment. A study ordered by the federal government, published in German 9 September, shows that while public transport is far ahead of road traffic at [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/feed/ 0 Russian roads: separating “the flies from the meat patties”http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/russian-roads-separating-the-flies-from-the-meat-patties/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/russian-roads-separating-the-flies-from-the-meat-patties/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:27:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57007 GenevaLunch.com A panel of experts and government officials in Russia came together 27 April to “dispel the idea that road building is so corrupt that Russia’s notoriously bad roads are much more expensive than in Europe and the United States,” reports the Moscow Times. The question of cost, not to mention quality, has been in the news regularly since [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/russian-roads-separating-the-flies-from-the-meat-patties/feed/ 0 Every hour of TV when young hurts kids when olderhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/04/every-hour-of-tv-when-young-hurts-kids-when-older/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/04/every-hour-of-tv-when-young-hurts-kids-when-older/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 08:25:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=41340 GenevaLunch.com A new study by universities in Michigan in the US and Montreal in Canada, with 1,300 children, draws a link between hours of television watched when little and poor performance by children as they get older. Higher junk food consumption, increased body fat, more bullying by others at school and worse performance at school were [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/04/every-hour-of-tv-when-young-hurts-kids-when-older/feed/ 0 Overweight women who drink at higher risk, study showshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/13/overweight-women-who-drink-at-higher-risk-study-shows/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/13/overweight-women-who-drink-at-higher-risk-study-shows/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:38:51 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=38580 GenevaLunch.com A study of a million UK women, published in the British Medical Journal, indicates that those who drink alcohol and are overweight may be at as much as double the risk for developing cirrhosis of the liver and other liver diseases. The study suggests that alcohol limits for obese and overweight people may need to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/13/overweight-women-who-drink-at-higher-risk-study-shows/feed/ 0 Lucerne named most popular Alps summer destinationhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/21/lucerne-named-most-popular-alps-summer-destination/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/21/lucerne-named-most-popular-alps-summer-destination/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:22:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=35684 GenevaLunch.com Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Lech in Austria and Lucerne in Switzerland were the two most popular seasonal tourist destinations in the Alpine region in 2009: Lech in winter and Lucerne in summer. Switzerland has three destinations among the overall top 10 for the year: Lucerne, Zurich and Engelberg. But a report published 21 January on [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/21/lucerne-named-most-popular-alps-summer-destination/feed/ 0 WWF warns that arctic ice melt rate doublinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:20:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=26701 GenevaLunch.com Complete coverage of the WCC-3 by GenevaLunch Conference is 31 August – 4 September 2009 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – One-quarter of the world’s population is likely to be affected by rising ocean levels provoked by melting Arctic ice, a WWF study released 2 September shows. The Arctic is heating up at twice the rate of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/feed/ 7 UBS study shows Geneva, Zurich expensive, salaries high but only 9 hours work to buy iPodhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/19/ubs-study-shows-geneva-zurich-expensive-salaries-high-but-only-9-hours-work-to-buy-ipod/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/19/ubs-study-shows-geneva-zurich-expensive-salaries-high-but-only-9-hours-work-to-buy-ipod/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:56:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=25353 GenevaLunch.com Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva and Zurich among the top five priciest cities in the world, along with Oslo, Copenhagen and Toky, according to a study by bank UBS comparing prices and earning in 73 cities around the world. Salaries are highest in Switzerland, Denmark and the US, with workers in Geneva and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/19/ubs-study-shows-geneva-zurich-expensive-salaries-high-but-only-9-hours-work-to-buy-ipod/feed/ 0 US military considering total smoking ban for soldiershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/12/us-military-considering-total-smoking-ban-for-soldiers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/12/us-military-considering-total-smoking-ban-for-soldiers/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:29:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=21930 GenevaLunch.com The Pentagon in the US is considering banning all smoking by soldiers, including those in battle, and stopping sales of cigarettes at military bases. A study done for the Pentagon is recommending the ban saying that in the short term it harms battle readiness and in the long term the cost to the health of [...]

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