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Omron Healthcare expands distribution network

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:26:00 +0200

Omron Healthcare has entered into distribution agreements with HiTech Therapy and Patient Focus Africa in a move to expand its operations and deliver increased consumer value in South Africa.
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Profession to act against dispensing of hearing aids in pharmacies

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:57:00 +0200

The public is warned against purchasing hearing aids or amplifiers directly from retail pharmacies and other non-registered persons. According to the Speech, Language and Hearing Professional Board of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) these pharmacies are acting in contravention of the law and these amplifiers could cause irreversible hearing loss to normal hearing members of the public.
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Is your desk a bacterial minefield?

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:53:00 +0200

According to office furniture manufacturing company, Angel Shack, studies show that disease-causing microbes lurk in the most unexpected places, such as office furnishings and accessories. The average desk surface has 20961 germs per 6.5cm2 and is home to 400 times more bacteria than an office toilet seat.
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Bizcommunity April 1 price freeze is no joke

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:37:00 +0200

Believe it or not, we've made the decision to freeze most of our rates for 2013! This is not an April Fool's prank but a strategic decision in line with our core objectives to assist businesses to grow and thrive via our portfolio of publishing platforms.
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If you're content, we're content

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:03:00 +0200

Content strategists, bloggers, vloggers, citizen journalists, opinionistas - every day, advertorial and promotional initiatives are launched into a wider pool of competing content providers. Content is currently the word on everybody's lips, with everyone from the existing media to brand owners and individuals being encouraged to become content providers.
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[2013 trends] Tracking and training

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:48:00 +0200

So 21 December 2012 didn't see us hiking to the nearest mountain in anticipation of the Mayan-foretold apocalypse. Well, not all of us at least. As we sighed a collective sigh, most of us sniggered at the Mayans for their inaccurate prophecies, silly headrests and lack of escalators. A few sobered individuals, however, withheld their smirks, realising the wisdom in the vision: the foretold destruction of 2012 was not of the material world, but rather something more important, yet subtle - the trends of 2012!
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Home hair growth system cleared by FDA

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:40:00 +0200

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Apira Science clearance for its iGrow Hair Growth Platform. This patented red light technology device is used in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (male pattern hair loss).
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A mammal lung, in 3D

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:22:00 +0200

A research team led by the University of Iowa has created the most detailed, three-dimensional rendering of a mammal lung.
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Hair today, gone tomorrow

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:41:00 +0200

I'm not grateful to my Neanderthal forebears. While facial hair might be a hipster requirement, having it sprout from all orifices as it does in my case, is not. I, and those of us who don't want to look like Uriah Heep or some other Dickinsonian character, have to keep facial and, for that matter, body hair, in close check.
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Morphing DNA hydrogel flows like liquid but remembers its original shape

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:07:00 +0200

ITHACA, NY, USA: A bit reminiscent of the Terminator T-1000, a new material created by Cornell researchers is so soft that it can flow like a liquid and then, strangely, return to its original shape.
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