Increasingly doctors can use computer programmes based on statistical data as a tool for diagnosis but is this always the right way to treat a patient?

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If this was the case, looking at the population who would have eaten infected meat, they used computer programmes to estimate there could be a total of around 70 deaths from vCJD.

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Russia has become the first country to get its hands on one of the world's most closely guarded corporate secrets -- Microsoft Corp's blueprint for its computer programmes, the software giant said on Monday.

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Two computer programmes have been approved for use in the NHS - Fear Fighter for treating people who have phobias or suffer from panic attacks, and Beating the Blues for treating people with mild to moderate depression.

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Most of the thematic areas support the development of the tourist industry and some are related to food, languages (English, Spanish and French), sales and customer services, receptionist duties, leisure and entertainment, tourist guide activities, environmental education, community development and computer programmes, among others.

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He popularised frequent-flyer programmes, computer-reservation systems and the yield-management systems that tell airlines how much to charge for particular seats.

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To this end, Ms Kamarck talks enthusiastically of computer-focused teacher training and pilot programmes that may improve applications of existing science.

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The Damkada school alone has about 30 blind students and the management hopes, that with the introduction of the computer, visually challenged children will not only be able to listen to CMC Madanpokhara's programmes but also to produce their own audio programmes.

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