Recent study revealed that combination of metabolic syndrome and high rates of tobacco smoking alleviate the risk of heart disease and stroke among older individuals in China. Metabolic syndrome is a combined term for diabetes and heart disease -- including abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low levels of "good" HDL cholesterol and high triglycerides (another type of blood fat).

The recent partnership between Google Inc. and International Business Machines Corp will revolutionize the healthcare system by feeding personal information directly from users' bodies to their PCs.

Google and IBM unveiled a new initiative that will allow Google Health, a site where users can store and track information about their medical history, to connect to and stream data from medical devices. IBM says that connecting these devices to the Web will offer a new immediacy and granularity of health monitoring.

Recent study led to development of a new vaccine which is capable of fighting many types of influenza. This study was done by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Saitama Medical University and chemical maker NOF Corp.

Present vaccines target proteins that look like barbs covering the outer surface of the virus. But the problem is that these proteins can quickly change their shape and moreover several strains of influenza have differently shaped proteins. Hence new vaccines need to be developed every year.

The GPS device-maker Garmin and the PC components-maker Asus have teamed up to manufacture co-branded smartphones; and they intend bringing the so-manufactured devices at "attractive" prices to the US market!

Rate drops hard on liquidation, stops, and new selling as aggressive sellers try to cap above key 1.3030 area; drop sees large names on the bid suggesting the dip is a buy op. Aggressive traders can ADD to open longs under the 1.2850 area.

Follows GBP in two-way action and rally in GBP took EURO with it for highs in New York at 1.2930 area. Cross-spreaders likely pressure as crosses are unwound. Two-way action overnight in light volume as stops get triggered under 1.2850 area and below but sellers run out on support at the 1.2800 handle again.