More than 20 leading social scientists have warned the UK’s biggest investment companies and pension funds that allowing US-style executive pay packages could “create a significant risk of higher inequality” and “much worse lower levels of happiness, health and wellbeing across society”. The academics said they had decided to speak out as an increasing number… Continue reading US-style executive pay packets in UK would ‘risk higher inequality’ | Executive pay and bonuses
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3D eye scans at opticians could identify those at risk of Parkinson’s, study finds | Medical research
3D eye scans widely used in high street opticians could help to identify people at high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before they have symptoms, data has suggested. The finding added to growing evidence that the use of eye scan data could help to detect neurodegenerative diseases and followed recent studies… Continue reading 3D eye scans at opticians could identify those at risk of Parkinson’s, study finds | Medical research
Police worker could have put investigation into EncroChat encrypted phone network at risk
A police employee put an international operation, aimed at harvesting messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network widely used by organised crime, at risk after tipping off a criminal friend. Natalie Mottram, 24, who had been seconded as an intelligence analyst at the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, pleaded guilty to offences including… Continue reading Police worker could have put investigation into EncroChat encrypted phone network at risk
Divorced men at highest amputation risk among diabetics, study finds | Diabetes
Divorced men are at the highest risk among people with diabetes of having some or all of their feet and legs amputated because of the disease, research has found. People with diabetes who are divorced are two-thirds (67%) more likely to have to undergo a lower limb amputation than those who are married. Men are… Continue reading Divorced men at highest amputation risk among diabetics, study finds | Diabetes
Hurricane Hilary upgraded from tropical storm, putting California at risk of flash floods
With Hilary growing from a tropical storm to a hurricane, here’s what people who live in the Southwestern U.S. should know and how they can prepare. Source link
ITAM influence on cyber risk becoming a factor in credit ratings
IT asset management (ITAM) and its relationship to good cyber security practice and risk management is becoming a vital element in determining an organisation’s ability to obtain credit, and those that lack an appropriate ITAM strategy may find their ratings adversely effected, according to credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings. In… Continue reading ITAM influence on cyber risk becoming a factor in credit ratings
Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older, study shows | Cancer
Being fit earlier in life is associated with a reduced risk, in some cases of up to 42%, of developing nine different types of cancer in later life, according to a large long-term study. While exercise has been previously linked with a lower risk of certain cancers, long-term and large cohort studies on multiple cancer… Continue reading Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older, study shows | Cancer
Women with poor mental health ‘have 50% higher risk of preterm birth’ | Pregnancy
Women who struggle with their mental health have an almost 50% higher risk of preterm births, according to the biggest study of its kind. The research, published on Tuesday in the Lancet Psychiatry, examined data from more than 2m pregnancies in England and found about one in 10 women who had used mental health services… Continue reading Women with poor mental health ‘have 50% higher risk of preterm birth’ | Pregnancy
Healthy diet in UK at risk from Mediterranean droughts, experts say | Climate crisis
A healthy diet in the UK will be put at risk by climate breakdown as European droughts shrink fresh fruit and vegetable supplies, experts have said. Fresh produce from the Mediterranean, upon which the UK is reliant, will become more expensive and harder to obtain as extreme heat causes yields to reduce, putting a healthy… Continue reading Healthy diet in UK at risk from Mediterranean droughts, experts say | Climate crisis
Datacentre management vulnerabilities leave public clouds at risk
CyberPower, supplier of the PowerPanel datacentre infrastructure management (DCIM) software and Dataprobe, supplier of the iBoot power distribution unit (PDU), have issued patches for a series of dangerous vulnerabilities that, had they been discovered by threat actors, could have caused global disruption on an almost unprecedented scale. Identified by researchers at Trellix and publicly… Continue reading Datacentre management vulnerabilities leave public clouds at risk