Survey Compares Aussie and English Barbeque Attitudes

GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- As the battle for the Ashes is played out on the cricket pitch, 2,000 English and 2,000 Australians living in England have been questioned on their prowess and behaviours at the barbecue in a poll* commissioned by the AXA PPP healthcare Nutr...

Medical Text Takes on an Aussie Style

You say tomato, I say tomahto and to most of us it wouldn't make any difference, but when it comes to the language of medicine getting it right is vital. // Authored by two Queensland University of Technology academics, Australia's first medical terminology textbook was launched on December 6 ...

Nobel For Ulcer-Defying Aussie Scientists

If winning a Nobel Prize meant swallowing a glassful of dangerous bacteria, not many will come forward. Australian professor Barry Marshall however did just that. He swallowed a cocktail of bacteria to prove that // stomach ulcers are bacterial in origin rather than stress or lifestyle-related. ...

BEING DAD DVD Offers a Sneak Peek at Pregnancy From a Guy's Point of View

...buted throughout the U.S. and Canada by Seedsman Group, Inc. in Westlake Village, California. About the Filmmakers BEING DAD was the brainchild of aussie friends Sam Holt and Troy Jones. Upon simultaneously learning their wives were pregnant, they began seeking answers to common questions, only to find ...

Erection Drugs Don't Boost Men's Self-esteem

...ay give a man's performance in bed a boost, but they don't have the same effect on their self-esteem or their relationships . A survey of 650 aussie men found that while those with erectile problems have poorer esteem, a weaker sense of masculinity and lower personal satisfaction. Of these ...

Kylie Almost Doubled Earnings in Breast Cancer Year Off

...le 4.5million pounds in the year she took off while fighting breast cancer . Despite retreating from the public eye to battle the disease, the aussie sensation almost doubled her income from the preceding year. According to the accounts of her company Darenote, Kylie received a salary of 1.8...

Aussie Scientists Claim Genetic Breakthrough In Dietary Fibre

... identified the genes, which control the amount of fibre in grains such as wheat and barley. With the stress being on eating a fibre-rich diet, // the aussie researchers fell that this discovery would allow them to manipulate the fibre content of foods. The genes are important in the production of beta-...

Aussie Rules, High on Football Injuries

... aussie rules always ruled higher in the opinion of parents’ when compared to rugby...or the highest injuries as compared to all other types of football. // The aussie code seems to have topped the charts of contact sports injuries, the second...