Two senior paediatric pathologists say they have discovered vitamin D deficiency in a significant number of children who have died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. "We need to investigate the vitamin D levels of these children carefully and the circumstances in which the bones fracture," she explained. "Obviously if you have bones that fracture easily [...]

The sixth edition of Art Dubai opens on March 21, but the buzz has already begun. This year, as part of its education programme, the art fair has organised a series of free seminars on art and design at The Pavilion, Downtown Dubai. The latest seminar in this series, held on January 15, was on [...]

We left London in June 2011. After travelling more than 9,500km on our bicycles through France, Italy, Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Turkey and Iran, we currently find ourselves in Dubai. We have only about 20,000km remaining until we reach our final destination — Melbourne, Australia. What was our cause? What was our motivation? Just to prove [...]

In the private sector customer satisfaction and loyalty are often seen as essential for survival and success. Public sector shares the same responsibility as the private sector when it comes to the customer satisfaction and local authorities are geared up for this challenge to be readily available for its citizens. Shedding light on customer service [...]

Story By: by David Lyon Michel Camilo. Since he first came to New York 30 years ago, pianist and composer Michel Camilo has made a name for himself as an inventive and ferocious jazz player. His amazing skills at the piano, forged at the Dominican Republic’s National Conservatory and National Symphony Orchestra — and later, [...]

Facebook is suing a marketing firm, accusing it of "spreading spam through misleading and deceptive tactics". Adscend Media is alleged to have carried out "clickjacking". The practice involves placing posts on the social network which include code that causes the links to appear on the users' homepages as a "liked" item without their permission. The [...]

Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:11am EST (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Jan 27 – Fitch Ratings has released a podcast discussing Nokia’s Q411 results as well as the broader implications for the European handset manufacturing sector. The podcast featuring Mike Dunning, Managing Director and Owen Fenton, Associate Director in Fitch’s corporate [...]

By ERIC RIPERT When I was a little kid, I liked airplane food. It wasn’t hard back then—the food was pretty good, because the airlines were putting some effort into it. I even liked the little trays, how everything fit together. Enlarge Image Close Hadley Hooper for The Wall Street Journal Today a lot of [...]

By JEN RENZI John M. Hall The Park Avenue Armory’s landmarked Veterans Room When Elissa Cullman launched her Manhattan-based design firm 27 years ago, she set out to swim against the tide. “Eighties excess ruled the day—it was all about pattern-on-pattern, people marbleizing every doorframe,” she said. “Our mission was to create spaces that were [...]

The first winner of the US version of The X Factor has been named as Melanie Amaro from Sunrise, Florida. Amaro, 19, won a $5m (£3.2m) contract with Simon Cowell's record label SyCo and a role in a TV commercial. "I want to say 'America, thank you for giving this girl an opportunity'," said Cowell [...]