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NEW YORK — Researchers say they have discovered a major reason why women who inherit a mutated version of the gene BRCA1 run a high risk of breast cancer — and that finding might aid the search for new treatments.
A second gene, called PTEN, plays a ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ¿ After a stroke or mini-stroke, intensive lowering of "bad" low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with a statin drug significantly reduces the risk of a second stroke, according to new data from the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive R...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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As expected, both parties' general election platforms are handing out a good deal to the public.
Today's editorial looks at the Progressive Labour Party's platform. Tomorrow's will examine the United Bermuda Party's.
Certainly, the PLP platform tackl...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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Considerations, opportunities and challenges facing the design and construction of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) buildings will be the focus for a meeting hosted by the Bermuda branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surve...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The oil-boom epic "There Will Be Blood" was chosen as 2007's best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, one of the first key groups to weigh in during the long buildup to the Academy Awards.
Based on the novel "Oil!" by...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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Government yesterday pledged to provide up to $700,000 worth of interest-free loans as down payments for first-time buyers.
Minister of Housing Senator David Burch put more detail on the scheme announced in the PLP's manifesto.
He said: "In our Bermu...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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A raft of measures to give people powers of greater scrutiny over the Government they elect have been pledged by the UBP.
Parliamentary committee meetings will be open to the press and public while direct questioning of Government ministers will be i...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Hiscox, a Lloyd's of London insurer based in Bermuda, said full-year earnings will be higher than last year.
Income from premiums rose 10 percent to £1.1 billion ($2.3 billion) in the 11 months to November 30, the company said in...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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Vastly expanding the number of homes to rent and buy is at the heart of the UBP's housing policy.
The party said Government could not expect the private sector to fill the affordable housing gap so the UBP has pledged to build 500 affordable homes fo...
DATE: Dec 11, 2007
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The seat was won by Patrice Parris — now Patrice Minors — by a narrow majority of 123 votes over the UBP's Allan Marshall.
Now the United Bermuda Party leader Michael Dunkley is making an all or nothing bid to win it as a key marginal, meaning all ey...
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