Recent survey by the Health and Safety Executive showed 387 asbestos-related deaths in Sunderland since 1981.
The HSE has launched Asbestos: the Hidden Killer campaign in the region which is running up until the end of November on posters and on radio. This survey also showed that 20 tradesmen a week dye from asbestos-related diseases and that number is likely to rise.
Jill Morrell, head of public affairs at the British Lung Foundation, said: “The HSE campaign is vital because research shows that only one in ten tradesmen know that exposure to asbestos can prove fatal. The asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma is a cruel disease which as yet has no cure. We must do all we can to prevent more people dying from this preventable disease."
Garware Offshore Services Limited, a leading offshore vessel owner cum operator, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a Havyard 832 L SE Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessel (MPSV) at approximate cost of USD 55 million. 
A study by scientists at St. Louis University has shown that more children and teens are undergoing treatment for obesity related health problems such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and depression. The research, published in the US journal Pediatrics, also showed that children and teens between 5 and 19 have also shown an increase in drugs for asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which aren't related to obesity. Also children’s medical prescriptions for the most common form of diabetes doubled between 2002-2005
According to a new study, violent video games tend to make children more violent in real life. The study, which appears in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics, studied children in the U.S. and Japan and reported that children who played a lot of violent video games exhibited more aggressive behavior months later than their peers who did not play. Previous studies on the same lines could not differentiate if violent games made children aggressive or were already violent children more likely to play violent games.
The time has come to say ‘Good Bye’ to television’s long running Saas-Bahu serial ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kahi Bahu Thi’, as the Bombay High Court on Monday has dismissed Balaji Telefilms’ appeal against a termination notice served by Star TV.
A research team led by Nigel Leigh, director of the motor neurone disease care centre at King's College London will conduct a study to assess the impact of the anti-depressant drug lithium as a treatment for motor neurone disease. 
