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Motorists in Scotland appear to be getting the message on speeding, according to statistics.

- Drivers ’speed less’ in Scotland

Published today in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine researchers say that the care of elderly patients with type 1 insulin dependent and type 2 diabetes in extended care facilities fails to meet ADA Standards of Care. [click link for full article]

- Diabetics In Nursing Homes Need Improved Care

Brit Award winner Amy Winehouse leads the field at the Mojo awards with three nominations.

- Winehouse gets three Mojo nods

The funding will ensure the establishment of a world-class facility that will accommodate significant growth in the area of dementia research. With this financial support realised, and the initial project design completed, work on this vital development can now move ahead immediately. [click link for full article]

- Dementia Research Gets $30 Million Boost

A photography exhibition by Mary McCartney to launch Cancerbackup’s What Now? campaign is being held at London’s Oxo Tower from the 5 - 8 July 2007. The celebrity photos can also be seen on the What Now? campaign’s website (http://www.whatnow.org.uk/) launching on 5 July. [click link for full article]

- Celebrity Photographs By Mary McCartney Launch Cancerbackup’s What Now? Campaign

In “The Emotion Machine,” Marvin Minsky argues that, contrary to popular conception, emotions aren’t distinct from rational thought; rather, they are simply another way of thinking, one that computers could perform.

- Programming computers that feel, too

Northern Rock executives may be grilled by MPs over the problems that have beset the beleaguered bank.

- Northern Rock ‘may face panel’

If an expert panel recommends less aggressive treatment of anemia, that could hurt sales for Amgen and Johnson & Johnson, which market anemia drugs that are among the world’s best-selling prescription medicines.

- Harmful effects put anemia treatment in question

The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today challenged psychiatrists to learn more about the importance of substance abuse as a factor in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses. At the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Dr. [click link for full article]

- NIDA Offers Psychiatrists A Look At State-of-the-Science On Addiction And Mental Illnesses

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is tipped to put up interest rates to 5.75%.

- Bank expected to raise UK rates