The ring fencing of larger service budgets inevitably means that services which are the "meat and drink" of local authorities such as waste collection, street lighting and cleansing, parks and leisure will find the next period incredibly challenging.
Data to be presented Sunday at a medical conference in Vienna show that Cordaptive cuts bad cholesterol, the stuff that sticks to arteries, by 21% and boosts the artery-cleansing good cholesterol (HDL), according to several Wall Street analysts.