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Fidel API adds Amex to Become the First Global Card-linking Company to Capture Transactions on all Major Payment Networks

Fidel Expands their Ability to Drive Long-term Customer Loyalty by Linking More Payment Cards to Loyalty Programmes [16 January, 2019], LONDON: Today, Fidel API becomes the first global card-linking technology enabler to partner with the three major card payment processors: Visa, Mastercard and Amex. Fidel, which powers the loyalty programmes of Avios, TopCashback and Perkbox… Read More »

Health Benefits of Cold Showers

A contributed post For most of us, a shower is just part of our daily routine. We jump in the shower to make sure that: we’re clean, we smell good and we look presentable enough to go about our everyday lives in public. Did you know, however, that there are a host of health benefits… Read More »

Blue states' ambitious health care plans risk industry backlash – Axios

As blue states roll out ambitious plans to expand public health care coverage, they’ll have to walk a fine line to keep the health care industry — with its lobbying and advocacy muscle — on board. The big picture: Industry groups like doctors and hospitals generally support efforts to cover the uninsured, even through public… Read More »

Maternal Depression, But Not Exposure to SSRIs, Associated with Worse Executive Functioning in Children

While we have considerable data on the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy, most of this research focuses on the risk of congenital malformations in exposed children. We have far less information regarding the long-term effects of SSRI antidepressants on neurodevelopmental outcomes in exposed children. A recent study looks at executive functioning… Read More »