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Finally, for those who can afford that little bit extra, non-surgical treatments that once you use you won't want to lose.

Bristol's premier cosmetic surgery practice, Transform MedicalGroup, in Colston Street, offers a wide range of treatments, safelyprovided with free consultations.

Top of the list is botox. Now 4,000 women a month go for the jabswhich relax muscles using tiny amounts of a product derived frompoisonous botulism.

The paralysis banishes frown lines and forehead wrinkles,vanquishes crows' feet and even stops sweating armpits and hands formonths at a time. It is also thought to help migraine sufferers andhas been used successfully to improve …

Navigating through the 'decision decade'

GOD, MONEY AND ME

As people move closer to the magic age of 65 that society has deemed the age of retirement, they may find themselves wondering if they are ready for the transition.

They may question whether they have set aside enough money for retirement and what their expenses may be as they transition into retirement mode. They listen to, and read reports about, the financial requirements of retirement, listen to stories of those who retired ahead of them, and worry about what their days may be like or how their retirement will compare to the commercials portraying leisure retirement living on a southern beach or golf course.

Some refer to the five years prior …

Cancer forces Tasmanian devils to breed earlier

The little devils just can't wait. Faced with an epidemic of cancer that cuts their lives short, Tasmanian devils have begun breeding at younger ages, according to researchers at the University of Tasmania in Australia.

"We could be seeing evolution occurring before our eyes. Watch this space!" says zoologist Menna Jones of the university.

Tasmanian devils live on the island of Tasmania, south of Australia. They weigh 20 to 30 pounds and were named devils by early European settlers because the furry black marsupials produce a fierce screech and can be bad-tempered.

Since 1996 a contagious form of cancer called devil facial tumor disease has …

Calif. beekeeper attacked by 'killer bees'

LONG BEACH, Calif. - An 83-year-old beekeeper who did not realizehis hives were apparently taken over by Africanized "killer bees" wasattacked while mowing his lawn and was in critical condition.

Virgil Foster was stung 50 times Tuesday and was not breathingwhen paramedics arrived. He went into cardiac arrest as they workedon him.

Health department officials estimate Foster's three hives,originally set up for more timid European bees, held about 1 millionAfricanized honeybees. They also built a hive in a tree.

Africanized bees are not more venomous than other varieties, butthey are more aggressive and attack in large numbers. They appearvery similar to European …

BWC protocol talks in Geneva collapse following U.S. rejection

NEWS AND NEGOTIATIONS

INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS 1N Geneva to conclude a protocol to the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) collapsed this summer after the United States rejected the protocol in late July, casting uncertainty over the talks' future.

BWC states-parties had been meeting since 1995 under a body known as the Ad Hoc Group to negotiate the protocol-a legally binding agreement to strengthen the BWC, which outlaws biological weapons but does not contain verification measures.

In a highly anticipated speech July 25, Ambassador Donald Mahley, the head of the U.S. Ad Hoc Group delegation, said the United States would not support the draft protocol or …

Cal's Campbell delivers big hits in 7-3 CWS win

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — California coach David Esquer called on all hands to save his baseball program, and he's doing the same to keep his team playing in the College World Series.

Freshman utilityman Derek Campbell drove in two runs out of the No. 9 spot, closer Matt Flemer pitched three scoreless innings in his longest outing of the year and the Golden Bears kept up their improbable postseason run with a 7-3 victory over Texas A&M.

"I'm happy our guys kind of grinded it out, because that's kind of how we do it. We don't do it easy," Esquer said.

The Bears (38-22) won their first CWS game in three appearances since 1980 and will play Virginia on Thursday in another …

Austrian cop pleads innocent to attack of American

An undercover policeman has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a black American teacher after mistaking him for a drug dealer at a Vienna subway station.

The 36-year-old policeman, who cannot be named under Austrian law, acknowledged in court Thursday that he used force to floor Mike Brennan on February 11, 2009. Brennan, a former football player, was injured, and the incident …