Sports cheats beware -- new test detects previously undetectable drug
Injecting performance enhancing corticosteroid hormones for other than medical treatment is banned, and tests exist that can detect injected hormones. Injecting synacthen, which stimulates the body to produce extra amounts of its own corticosteroid hormones is also banned. But until now there has been no test that could detect it in a blood sample. That has just changed. Research published...Data centers: Buyers beware of over-hyped facilities
data center in Tampa to get a first-hand view of their services after an executive scheduled a meeting with me. This article brought in more feedback than I ever thought I would get. Several calls came in within 15 minutes of publication,...Consultant says beware hidden costs of bad IT projects
Robert Balon, a principal in in Chicago, delivered that sobering message Wednesday at the Milwaukee Athletic Club d...Sarbox necessitating ECM software, but beware of `best practices'
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has become a reason to organiz...Beware -- Use of the word 'entrepreneur' can put you in a legal mess
Perhaps no single word better describes today's go-it-alone economic climate than the word "entrepreneur." The French-derived noun has a certain cachet that is appealing to those who would strike out on their own. In today's bootstrap economy, mayors of cities large and small along with colleges and universities and state-sponsored extension programs are reaching out to would-be entrepre...Beware of trademark poachers in search-engine ads
Google and Overture allow advertisers to purchase company and product names and federally registered marks as keywords in pay-per-click campaigns. This allows companies to poach potential customers from their competition by having...Beware of the oral patch! It could be cancer!!!
Oncologists have warned that the common white patches found inside the mouth can lead to oral cancer in many cases. A simple genetic test can help pinpoint if the patches could become cancerous or not.Scientists at the University of Oslo spearheaded this research. If identified early and treated, leukoplakia, as the patches are known, can be cured and the occurrence of cancer prevented....Gardeners, Beware of your back!
Middle and old age people are now increasingly taking to gardening as a hobby, as newspapers and TV programmes paint a rosy picture of beautiful gardens. Though gardening has been proven to have it's own health benefits, researchers now suggest that enthusiastic// new gardeners who start with little or no idea of how to lift properly and do not have adequate preparation, land up having severe bac...Beware Smoking During Pregnancy Linked To New Danger
A study conducted in Spain has focused on the increasing incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in fetal cells, // which might be associated with an increased risk of cancer in the offspring of smoking mothers. Smoking during pregnancy has been proven to have disastrous effects on the fetus like bleeding problems during the neonatal period, and obstetric complications such as extra uteri...Parents Should Beware of Violent Video Games
Children who playing video games and use violent moves such as karate kicks can make them aggressive, says a US study. The study by Kevin Kieffer and Jessica Nicoll of Saint Leo University, Florida, shows there's a strong link between 'shoot 'em up' video games // and how children and adolescents behave - at least in the short term, reports the online edition of science journal Nature...Beware of stroke that trails heart attack
A study conducted and headed by Veronique Roger, M.D., M.P.H., at the Mayo Cardiologist Clinic showed that following heart attack there is a high risk of these patients suffering from stroke//. The results were reported that the stroke risk was 44 times more during the 30 day period after the attack in these patients when compared to the normal person. The study is very importa...