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Using grey power to help fuel our recovery
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Keeping older people fit and well is not just of benefit to them – it can help the economy by saving us a fortune in healthcare costs, writesJOHN McKENNA
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 29, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does buying organic food in this economy make sense?Email this article to a colleague.
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Though many consumers remain convinced it’s more nutritious than conventional produce, science doesn’t bear that out. So why are people still spending money on the stuff?
Source: Wash Post Health - March 29, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vegan parents charged in death of baby raised on mother's milk; facing 30 years in prisonEmail this article to a colleague.
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(NaturalNews) In the latest outrage of the global "vegan police" striking out against those who follow a healthy diet, a couple in France is now facing up to 30 years in prison because they refused to feed their baby junk infant formula and instead breastfed her. The baby died at 11 months of age, and when ambulance workers arrived and found the baby dead, instead of consoling the parents, they called the police. Why? Because the parents were vegans.And because the parents were vegans, an autopsy was performed that found the baby was deficient in vitamin A and vitamin B12, which the deputy prosecutor claimed could have bee...
Source: NaturalNews.com - March 29, 2011 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Network structure of production [Economic Sciences]Email this article to a colleague.
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Complex social networks have received increasing attention from researchers. Recent work has focused on mechanisms that produce scale-free networks. We theoretically and empirically characterize the buyer–supplier network of the US economy and find that purely scale-free models have trouble matching key attributes of the network. We construct an alternative model that incorporates realistic features of firms’ buyer–supplier relationships and estimate the model’s parameters using microdata on firms’ self-reported customers. This alternative framework is better able to match the attributes of the actual economic ne...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - March 28, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Atalay, E., Hortacsu, A., Roberts, J., Syverson, C. Tags: Social Sciences Source Type: research
European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions: Despite falls in rates, absolute numbers of cancer deaths are stable in Europe. The gap between Western and former nonmarket economy countries will likely persist.
Source: Annals of Oncology - March 28, 2011 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Malvezzi, M., Arfe, A., Bertuccio, P., Levi, F., La Vecchia, C., Negri, E. Tags: epidemiology Source Type: research
A Life Course Perspective on Information Technology WorkEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article illustrates the approach with findings in two areas: how people make careers in changing work structures, and age and generational stratification issues. The article is dedicated to the memory of Chuck Longino, dear friend and colleague on the study research team, whose untimely death prevented him from seeing the project through to completion.
Source: Journal of Applied Gerontology - March 28, 2011 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marshall, V. W. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Nashville the place to go for health IT jobsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Musicians may not be the only talent flocking to Nashville, according to a new report that finds significant job growth there in health IT.
The Nashville Technology Council, a nonprofit organization, in partnership with Vaco Technology, released its Q1 2011 Technology Hiring Trends Report to "provide insights into the needs of the Middle Tennessee's technology job sector and show the growth of what has become a pivotal portion of the local and regional economy."
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Source: Healthcare IT News - March 28, 2011 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Industry News Middle Nashville Tennessee Vaco Technology Hospitals & IDNs Staffing and Outsourcing Source Type: news
Having a Bad Job Is Worse for Mental Health Than No Job At AllEmail this article to a colleague.
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You'd think in this economy the mental outlook of an unemployed person seeking a job would be worse than someone who is employed, right? Not always true, says a new study from Australia. read more
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - March 28, 2011 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vicki Salemi Tags: Work Australian National University belief that economy effects of unemployment health benefit job insecurity medicine mental health research mental outlook nbsp occupational and environmental medicine peter butterworth poor qual Source Type: news
Organic dairy farmer Francis Thicke promotes House File 394, the Iowa raw milk billEmail this article to a colleague.
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(NaturalNews) Iowa is one of only 11 states that prohibits any form of raw milk sales to the public. In fact, Iowa has one of the most oppressive anti-raw milk political climates in the US. But a new bill being spearheaded by former candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Francis Thicke could change all that. If passed, House File 394 will allow direct-from-the-farm sales of raw milk to Iowans.Many NaturalNews readers may remember Francis Thicke's bid for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture back in October when he lost to longtime Big Ag-lackey Bill Northey. Thicke's platform aimed to strengthen Iowa's economy by promoting s...
Source: NaturalNews.com - March 28, 2011 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Study: Texas Physicians’ Practices Are Huge Economic Shot in the ArmEmail this article to a colleague.
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Physicians’ medical practices have a tremendous positive impact on Texas’ economy, according to a new study commissioned by TMA and AMA.
Source: News_Room - March 28, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dumbest Insurance Fraud CasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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With insurance fraud cases on the rise as people struggle through a tough economy, Life Quotes, Inc. and the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud reveal the Top 11 Dumbest Insurance Fraud Cases of All-Time.
Source: Disabled World - March 27, 2011 Category: Disability Tags: Disability Insurance News Source Type: news
A windfall courtesy of Will and KateEmail this article to a colleague.
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The upcoming royal wedding is set to deliver a $1 billion jolt to the flagging British economy.
Source: Wash Post Health - March 25, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Evidence-based medicine: what it can and cannot do.Email this article to a colleague.
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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is not a old hat, a "cookbook" medicine perpetrated by arrogant to serve cost cutters to suppress clinical freedom, a mandatory, deterministic, totalitarian practice of medicine, a way to control cost and to ignore patient preferences, a limit to personal/ humanistic/individual medicine. EBM is a reference of excellence to guide clinical decisions, the integration of own expertise with others' expertise and patient preferences, a way to improve medical practice and limit the variability and errors created when there is not evidence to identify the gold standard and differentiate among alte...
Source: Ann Ist Super Sanita - March 25, 2011 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Freddi G, Romàn-Pumar JL Tags: Ann Ist Super Sanita Source Type: research
„Für bestimmte Anwendungsgebiete best geeignete Werkstoffe…finden“Email this article to a colleague.
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Abstract The focus of this essay is on substitute materials, particularly the research on substitute metals. The two periods of autarky
in Germany were of primary influence on this field. Engineers and construction engineers proved most important in this context
despite inter-institutional cooperation between the disciplines of metals research, materials testing, and technical mechanics.
Engineers had to solve construction problems respecting the materials used and to analyse components in terms of economic
efficiency. However, the research on substitute metals not only meant the substitution of one substanc...
Source: NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine - March 25, 2011 Category: History of Medicine Tags: NTM Zeitschrift f ür Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin Source Type: research
Free Reverse Mortgage Counseling for Seniors Seeking to Use Home EquityEmail this article to a colleague.
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As older adults continue to face financial challenges in the sluggish economy, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) will offer free counseling for seniors through its Reverse Mortgage Counseling Services (RMCS) Network.
Source: Disabled World - March 25, 2011 Category: Disability Tags: Housing and Homes Source Type: news
Budget 2011: The importance of life sciences to economic growthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Society of Biology response to the budget announcement made on Wednesday 23 March 2011.
The Government want to see world leading advanced manufacturing, life sciences, creative industries, business services, and green energy across the whole of the country.
The Chancellor also recognised the importance of making our tax system more attractive to multinationals. With pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer already closing down R&D sites in Britain, it is essential that these simplifications are undertaken immediately.
In the life sciences, the time it takes to get approval for clinical trials will be radically reduc...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 25, 2011 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Smithsonian scientists help block ship-borne bioinvaders before they dockEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Smithsonian) The global economy depends on marine transportation. But in addition to cargo, the world's 50,000-plus commercial ships carry tiny stowaways that can cause huge problems for the environment and economy. A new model created by Smithsonian scientists will facilitate accurate screening of vessels for dangerous species before they unload. The team's findings are published today in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 25, 2011 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Docs Pour Money, Jobs into U.S. EconomyEmail this article to a colleague.
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(MedPage Today) -- Office-based physicians pumped $1.4 trillion into the national economy in 2009 along with four million jobs, according to a new report from the American Medical Association.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 24, 2011 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Child Health and Nutrition in ChinaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion Under poor economic conditions, healthcare plays a key role in protecting children against diseases. With the development of social economy, new challenges present to healthcare services, specifically, to comprehensively promote and optimise childrens’ health and nutrition.
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 24, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Budget 2011 Comment From Sir Paul Nurse, President Of The Royal Society, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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On the injection of £100 million of new capital expenditure to science "In a very difficult comprehensive spending review last year, science did reasonably well. That was in recognition of the key role that science can play in strengthening the economy and in improving the quality of life and health of the nation. The downside was a major reduction in the money for the new equipment and facilities our scientists need to do their work. Today's budget is hopefully a first step in plugging that gap and is a sign of the government's continuing faith in and commitment to UK science...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 24, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Lethal in Japan - the real story on radiationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The headlines we wake up to Monday morning say: A new column of smoke rising from an overheating nuclear plant in Japan drove workers out of the smoldering site dented hopes for a breakthrough in the post-quake atomic crisis raising the risk of uncontrolled radiation. The World Health Organization said today that radiation in food after an earthquake damaged a Japanese nuclear plant was more serious than previously thought, eclipsing signs of progress in a battle to avert a catastrophic meltdown in the reactors.The government of the world's third-biggest economy has been insisting that there is no widespread threat of radi...
Source: NaturalNews.com - March 24, 2011 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Summer blackouts loom for Japan's economic heartlandEmail this article to a colleague.
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By Risa Maeda TOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) - Japan's economy may not feel theharshest blow from this month's disasters until summer, whensurging power demand could spark a new round of power blackoutsin Tokyo and its neighbouring prefectures which account for 40percent of the country's GDP. Tokyo Electric Power Co , Asia's biggest powerutility, lost about 20 percent of its operating thermal andnuclear power generation in the earthquake and tsunami thatstruck northeast Japan on March 11, and is unlikely to getenough back online to meet its usual levels of peak demand inthe su...
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - March 22, 2011 Category: Science Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Physics,Technology,Society Policy,Everyday Science,Energy Technology,Automotive Technology,Communications,Computing,Energy Technology,Environment,More Science Source Type: research
Most Canadians see health care as top issue: pollEmail this article to a colleague.
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A growing number of Canadians see health care, ahead of the economy, as the top issue facing the country, according to a new poll.
Source: CTV Health - March 21, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Child home injury mortality in Europe: a 16-country analysisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: Home injuries were the leading cause of injury death in children under 5 years of age in the countries under study and the inequalities found among the countries indicate potential for improvement. Evidence-based interventions exist to prevent these injuries and the barriers to their implementation ought to be determined and addressed.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - March 21, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sengoelge, M., Hasselberg, M., Laflamme, L. Tags: Child and adolescent health Source Type: research
Suicide and employment status during Ireland's Celtic Tiger economyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: The current Irish context of rapidly increasing unemployment suggests that rates may rise again as in previous recessions. Appropriate social policy responses are required to mitigate the potential impact of unemployment on suicides.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - March 21, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Corcoran, P., Arensman, E. Tags: Mental health Source Type: research
European health research and globalisation: is the public-private balance right?Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions:
European policy currently prioritises health research in support of industry. European institutions and national governments must also support research and innovation in health and social systems, and promote civil society participation, to meet the challenges of globalisation.
Source: Globalization and Health - March 21, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mark McCarthy Source Type: research
Announcing the Alembic Foundation: An Initiative for Better Health Data Sharing and Personal Data ManagementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Brian Ahier, Ahier.net Content: “The Alembic Foundation today announced its incorporation as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) to design and build Open Source technologies that empower citizens so they can understand, participate in and help guide the services-driven, networked information economy of the 21st century. The Alembic Foundation will define and build technology projects aimed at [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - March 21, 2011 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Data Management Health Information Exchange Interoperability Open Source Standards Source Type: news
Alembic Foundation seeks to build on success of CONNECTEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Alembic Foundation, a new nonprofit organization founded by leaders of the Federal Health Architecture’s CONNECT project, will design and build open source technologies – helping empower citizens to understand and participate in a networked information economy.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - March 21, 2011 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only ARRA/Stimulus David Riley Falls Church Industry News Mike Miliard open source technologies Health Information Exchange (HIE) Policy Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Science is Vital - have your sayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Science Is Vital is urging you to take advantage of a crucial opportunity to express your concerns about the state of UK science funding. Parliament needs to know your views - and with one simple letter, you can make your voice heard and have a real effect on our science. It has been half a year since the Autumn Spending Review when your support helped protect the science budget from savage cuts. The outcome was a four year cash freeze for the science budget, but of course, with inflation this still means at least a worrying 10% real-terms cut in science funding.
The Science and Technology Committee has invited representa...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 21, 2011 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
African Union Ministers and UN Commission adopt resolution on healthEmail this article to a colleague.
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21 MARCH 2011 | ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - The 4th Joint Annual Meeting of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic development, held in Addis Ababa from 24-29 March 2011 adopted a resolution on health financing.
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - March 21, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Economy lifts plastic surgery numbersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 20, 2011 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Comparison of Risk of Hypertensive Complications of Pregnancy Among Women With Versus Without Coarctation of the AortaEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this study, we used the 1998 to 2007 Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a nationally representative data set, to identify patients admitted to an acute care hospital for delivery. The frequency of hypertensive complications of pregnancy was compared between women with and without coarctation. Secondary outcomes, including length of stay, hospital charges, Caesarean delivery, and adverse maternal outcomes, were also assessed. There were an estimated 697 deliveries among women with coarctation, compared to 42,601,409 deliveries by women without coarctation. The frequency of hypertensive complications of pregnancy was 24.1 ± 3....
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - March 20, 2011 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eric V. Krieger, Michael J. Landzberg, Katherine E. economy, Gary D. Webb, Alexander R. Opotowsky Tags: Congenital Heart Disease Source Type: research
Behaviour drugs given to four-year-olds prompt calls for inquiryEmail this article to a colleague.
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ADHD medication given in breach of NHS guidelines as professor says parents putting pressure on GPsChildren as young as four are being given Ritalin-style medication for behavioural problems in breach of NHS guidelines, the Guardian has discovered, prompting the leading psychological society to call for a national review.Family-based therapy is recommended for treating children with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), with prescription drugs used only for children over six years old and as a last resort.The figures, based on data from 479 GPs, show prescription rates were highest for children aged six to 12, d...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 18, 2011 Category: Science Tags: Health NHS Society Children UK news Science Doctors The Guardian Source Type: news
The Strength Of A Country's Economy Linked To The Intelligence Of Its PeopleEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's not just how free the market is. Some economists are looking at another factor that determines how much a country's economy flourishes: how smart its people are. For a study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, researchers analyzed test scores from 90 countries and found that the intelligence of the people, particularly the smartest 5 percent, made a big contribution to the strength of their economies. In the last 50 years or so, economists have started taking an interest in the value of human capital...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 18, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Liquid Data and the Health Information Economy: Is 2011 Finally the Year?Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: Leonard Kish, HL7 Standards Content: “What a difference three years makes. It seems quaint now that in the 2008 NEJM there were concerns raised about the flow of health information onto the web. Back then there was but a faint trickle of what could be entered, mostly by hand, and accessed on the web. [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - March 17, 2011 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Data Liquidity Meaningful Use Online Communities Source Type: news
Are the wealthiest countries the smartest countries?Email this article to a colleague.
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(Association for Psychological Science) It's not just how free the market is. Some economists are looking at another factor that determines how much a country's economy flourishes: how smart its people are. For a study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, researchers analyzed test scores from 90 countries and found that the intelligence of the people, particularly the smartest 5 percent, made a big contribution to the strength of their economies.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 17, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Attendance at U.S. state parks grows, even as funding decreasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recent study shows that while the number of visits to U.S. state parks across the country has grown, fund support for park operations has been significantly reduced. The reduction in funding during a time of park growth endangers the more than $20 billion in economic impact that state parks have on the nation's economy.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 16, 2011 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mesothelioma Education Leads Students to Speak Out Against Asbestos FactoryEmail this article to a colleague.
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In Muzaffarpur, India, the construction of a new factory promised to bring a much-needed boost to the area’s economy. As many as 500 job openings were promised to be created by the factory’s operations. While the villagers prepared for the new employment opportunities, their children were busy launching a campaign against the asbestos production site.
Citing their biology textbooks, the local students began teaching their parents about the hazards of asbestos. The factory, which seemed to be a perfect answer to economic lag, held the potential to expose its workers to deadly materials that are responsible for thous...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - March 16, 2011 Category: Environmental Health Authors: jwhitmer Tags: Asbestos Exposure Mesothelioma Source Type: news
Australian PM Julia Gillard sees approval dwindle on carbon tax U-turnEmail this article to a colleague.
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Australian opposition party predicts 'people's revolt', alleging massive price rises as businesses factor in carbon taxAustralia's prime minister, Julia Gillard, has seen her approval ratings slump to their lowest level since taking office, following her plans to introduce a carbon tax.The poll, conducted by Nielson, puts Gillard's approval rating down 5% at 47%. Her opponent Tony Abbott, the Liberal leader has not benefited hugely from her loss of support – his approval rating slipped by just 3% to 43%, although the shift was not statistically significant."The new carbon tax is the most likely explanation for the change...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Alison Rourke Tags: Carbon emissions Australia Environment Climate change Science Climate change scepticism Energy Politics UK news World news guardian.co.uk Source Type: news
Underground information on what's happening at Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan - a dirty bomb waiting to go offEmail this article to a colleague.
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(NaturalNews) NaturalNews has received information directly from an American who happened to be in Tokyo at the time of the nuclear incident and who also happens to have a background in atomic energy and nuclear reactors. He has sent us some extremely disturbing information that seems to indicate the situation with the reactors in Japan is far, far worse than what the conventional media is describing. We are not releasing this individual's name for obvious reasons (he's still in Tokyo and virtually unreachable), but he is an individual who is known to me personally and with whom I have spent a considerable number of hours ...
Source: NaturalNews.com - March 16, 2011 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Study shows attendance at state parks grows, even as funding decreasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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(North Carolina State University) A recent study from North Carolina State University shows that while the number of visits to state parks across the country has grown, fund support for park operations has been significantly reduced. The reduction in funding during a time of park growth endangers the more than $20 billion in economic impact that state parks have on the nation's economy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 16, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Concurrent strength and endurance training improves physical capacity in patients with peripheral arterial diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study examined whether concurrent MST and PF training would induce similar training responses as each training mode alone. Ten patients with PAD underwent 8 weeks of concurrent leg press MST and PF training, three times a week. The reference group (n=10) received recommended exercise guidelines. The training group improved treadmill peak oxygen consumption and incremental protocol time to exhaustion with 12.7 ± 7.7% and 12.6 ± 13.2%. Leg press maximal strength and rate of force development improved with 38.3 ± 3.1% and 140.1 ± 40.3%, respectively, along with a 5.2 ± 6.2% within group work economy improvement. No ...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports - March 15, 2011 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: M. P. MostiE. WangØ. N. WiggenJ. HelgerudJ. Hoff Source Type: research
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The vast majority of poor Americans are invisible, employed in low-paying jobs at least some of the time, living lives of desperation, a single paycheck away from disaster. We pass the even less fortunate sitting on street corners or sleeping on sheets of cardboard, who, through bad luck, bad choices, illness, or the vagaries of the economy, find themselves homeless and hopeless. Surgeons treat the poor daily in emergency rooms, offices, and clinics for preventable injury and advanced disease aggravated by substandard housing, poor nutrition, and lack of health care. After binding their wounds, we must often discharge them...
Source: Current Problems in Surgery - March 15, 2011 Category: Surgery Authors: William P. Schecter, Anthony G. Charles, Edward E. Cornwell, Peter Edelman, John E. Scarborough Source Type: research
The Surgery of PovertyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hidden in the alleys and doorsteps of our cities and scattered through the countryside of rural America is a vast network of invisible, inarticulate, impoverished citizens living lives of desperation, 1 paycheck away from disaster. They serve us in restaurants, hotels, farm fields, and as day laborers but we rarely acknowledge their presence. We pass the even less fortunate sitting on street corners or sleeping on sheets of cardboard, who, through bad luck, bad choices, illness, or the vagaries of the economy find themselves homeless and hopeless. The chasm separating the rich from the poor has grown ever wider since this ...
Source: Current Problems in Surgery - March 15, 2011 Category: Surgery Authors: William P. Schecter, Anthony G. Charles, Edward E. Cornwell, Peter Edelman, John E. Scarborough Source Type: research
Japanese nuclear plant hit by fire and third explosionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Radiation around Fukushima Daiichi plant has reached levels damaging to healthJapan is facing one of the world's biggest nuclear crises as a team of engineers struggles to regain control of the Fukushima plant following another explosion and a fire that caused radiation to rise to harmful levels.Amid growing fears that the situation is heading for catastrophe, up to 70 technicians are still battling to cool reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi facility. Non-essential personnel have been ordered to leave and the Kyodo news agency reported that radiation levels have become too high for staff to remain in control rooms.The gover...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 15, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Jonathan Watts, Tania Branigan, Matthew Taylor Tags: Japan earthquake and tsunami Natural disasters and extreme weather World news Nuclear power Environment guardian.co.uk Source Type: news
Judge: Administrator's Plan Interpretation Was Arbitrary And CapriciousEmail this article to a colleague.
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TULSA, Okla. - A disability plan administrator's interpretation of its plan to require that an insured demonstrate to the Social Security Administration that he was incapable of performing "any job" in the national economy during the first 24 months of coverage was arbitrary and capricious, an Oklahoma federal judge ruled Feb. 28 (Christen L. Arnold v. Oneok Inc. Long Term Disability Plan, No. 07-CV-561, N.D. Okla.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20305).
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - March 15, 2011 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Fukushima nuclear catastrophe forces world to rethink future of nuclear powerEmail this article to a colleague.
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(NaturalNews) With one massive lurch, planet Earth has put an end to the nuclear power "renaissance" that was gaining momentum around the world as a safe, clean energy source. For the last few decades, nuclear power looked quite good compared to the dirty coal industry which fuels most of the world's power plants. Except for the Chernobyl accident which was considered an aberration stemming from truly moronic nuclear plant design (no containment structure? Who cares!), the nuclear power industry had a relatively clean safety record. Even the famous Three Mile Island incident seemed tiny in the current scope of world events...
Source: NaturalNews.com - March 15, 2011 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Florida Rural Population by U.S. Census TractEmail this article to a colleague.
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Shows a map marking the rural areas of Florida as identified by Rural Urban Community Area Codes (RUCAs) as well as the locations of rural hospitals in the state. Also provides data on the state's rural health status and health access, rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural hospital impact on the local economy, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and dollars received through rural health grants, activities, and contracts. -- Florida Rural Health Association
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - March 14, 2011 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
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What's the German for marketing? Das Marketing! No wonder some purists fear anglicisms could make German a peripheral languageIt is the mother tongue of Goethe, Schiller and Brecht, a language still spoken by more than 100 million people worldwide. But an increasing number of linguists now fear German is under mortal danger from a torrent of anglicisms flooding into the nation's vocabulary.The German Language Association (Verein Deutsche Sprache, or VDS) fears that German could become a "peripheral" language if steps are not taken to protect it from foreign invasions.Each month the VDS updates its Anglicism Index, which re...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 14, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Helen Pidd Tags: Germany World news Language The Guardian Source Type: news
