Though the 101 XS' soft lines and plastic body don't provide much eye candy, we must say the device feels very good in the hand.

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The technique can provide excellent, detailed images of the body's soft tissue and is an alternative to using X-ray techniques such as computed tomography (CT).

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An increased risk of diabetes was also linked to drinking artificially sweetened soft drinks, but this disappeared when body mass index was taken into account.

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The whole of the reader's body is covered in the sort of soft-touch material regularly used on phones, tablets and other mobile devices.

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Although the government eventually set up a proper regulator for the telecoms industry (known as Cofetel) in 1996, this body has long been accused of being soft on Telmex.

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Commenting on the results, Dr Matthew Hobbs, head of research at Diabetes UK, said the link between sugar-sweetened soft drinks and Type-2 diabetes persisted even when body mass index was taken into account.

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"Even so, it is not definitive evidence that sugar-sweetened soft drinks increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, other than through their effect on body weight, " he added.

BBC: Diabetes warning over soft drinks

The brass-plated body has a 'real-feel' pen diameter of nine milimetres and is coated with quality soft-touch rubber.

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