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- Titanic actress Gloria Stuart dies at age 100
- President of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu resigns over breach of constitution
- Genetic link to migraines discovered by researchers
- Owner of Segway Jimi Heselden dies after scooter cliff fall aged 62
| Titanic actress Gloria Stuart dies at age 100 Posted: Monday, September 27, 2010 Gloria Stuart, US Academy Award nominated film actress has died at the age of 100. Stuart died at her home in West Los Angeles, and her death was announced by her daughter, Sylvia Thompson. Stuart had been suffering from lung cancer for five years before her death. She appeared in films such as The Invisible Man (1933) Here Comes the Navy (1934), and Titanic (1997). More...   |
| President of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu resigns over breach of constitution Posted: Monday, September 27, 2010 Fatmir Sejdiu, the President of Kosovo, has resigned from his post. He resigned after a court ruled that he had breached the constitution by holding the post of president and being the leader of a political party at the same time. President Sejdiu is also the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). More... |
| Genetic link to migraines discovered by researchers Posted: Monday, September 27, 2010 New research published in the journal Nature Medicine has shown a link between a faulty gene and migraines. Scientists hope that this discovery will lead to improved pain management treatments for sufferers, with possible benefits for pain treatment generally. The breakthrough involves a gene known as TRESK, thought to control the brain's reaction to pain: if it is defective, then many normal activities and actions will be painful. Migraine sufferers (thought in the United Kingdom to number about eight per cent of men and eighteen per cent of women) often complain that light, noise and touch cause pain. TRESK can potentially be affected by drugs that would change the point at which it reports pain, which would alleviate the suffering of those with migraines. Now researchers will need to find such a drug. More... |
| Owner of Segway Jimi Heselden dies after scooter cliff fall aged 62 Posted: Monday, September 27, 2010 The British millionaire businessman and owner of Segway, Inc., the manufacturer of Segway PT, Jimi Heselden OBE, has died after apparently crashing one of the company's electric scooters over a cliff in West Yorkshire, England. He was 62 years old. Heselden, who was pronounced dead at the scene, is thought to have crashed his scooter into the River Wharfe while riding around his estate. More... |
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