All entries for Monday 10 December 2007
December 10, 2007
Research says Diabetics Most at Risk from Neglected Post Meal Sugar Peak
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/research_says_diabetics/
Christmas time is full of food when most of us simply have to worry about our expanding waist lines but new research led by the University of Warwick’s Medical School says that people with diabetes need to pay attention to the dangers of a neglected post meal peak in blood glucose. Indeed the research shows that this post meal peak can do even more damage than a more sustained rise in blood sugar.
Midlands Companies and Researchers Lead Development of Environmental Super Material
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/midlands_companies_and/
Researchers at the University of Warwick are working with half a dozen Midlands companies to exploit an environmental wonder material that will soon bring significant energy savings in power systems used in our cars and planes, and even save energy in power generation and transmission system.
Experts Say Consensus Should No Longer Be Deal Breaker in World Trade
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/wcreport
The Warwick Commission, a panel of leading specialists on world trade is this week publishing the results of its 10 month study of the state of the world trade system. They are concerned about what they see as a dwindling commitment to multilateralism in global commerce and critical of national political leaders’ reliance on “the politics of blame and responsibility avoidance” in trade talks. They call for an end to the reliance on consensus decision-making in future negotiations; a bigger role for the World Trade Organization in the delivery of Aid for Trade to developing countries; escalating financial compensation as a means to resolve some trade disputes and a high level ‘reflection exercise’ on the future of the trade system by the members of the WTO.