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Workshop on Disaster Response and Emergency Services

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Silicon Valley will host a one-day workshop on Disaster Response and Emergency Services. The workshop will focus on the role of high-tech communication and other mobile technologies used by disaster responders.

24 Mar 2010

Advanced Mobility gets ISO certification

Advanced Mobility, a leader in design, manufacturing and renovation of custom mobile medical trailers and other specialty vehicles/shelters, announced that their facility in Monee, IL has passed the ISO audits and has met the rigorous certification for the ISO 9001:2008 quality standard.

24 Mar 2010

New ‘Revitalizing Q10 Eye Roller Gel’ for men

NIVEA For MEN formally announced the launch of the brand’s new Revitalizing Q10 Eye Roller Gel today, a men’s eye care product engineered to minimize the look of fine lines and reduce the appearance of dark circles and puffiness underneath the eyes.

24 Mar 2010

College professors discourage U.S. women, minority scientists from pursuing STEM Careers: National Survey

Significant numbers of today’s women and underrepresented minority chemists and chemical engineers say they were discouraged from pursuing a STEM career at some point in their lives, according to a new Bayer Corporation.

24 Mar 2010

Lifelong learning and community action may help older people to lead independent lives

The UN has said that population aging is "transforming the world." Now that a large portion of the world population is joining the ranks of the "baby boomers," the phenomenon is permeating many areas of life, including the economic, medical, moral, political, and social. In the U.S., as of 2008 (the last time data was collected), the number of persons 65 or older came to 38.9 million.

24 Mar 2010

Leichhardt goes smoke free

It has been only a few days since the Waverly council responsible for Sydney’s popular Bondi Beach voted for a ban on smoking in restaurants and cafes starting this July. It is now Leichhardt Council that is responsible for the inner western Sydney suburbs that has come up with a similar ban.

24 Mar 2010

Former Presidents Bush, Clinton in Haiti; IADB forgives $479M Haiti debt

"Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton clasped hands with residents of one of Haiti's massive tent cities Monday" during a tour of Port-Au-Prince, the Associated Press reports.

24 Mar 2010

Farmers, aid groups call attention to drought, food shortages in West Africa

A coalition of farmers from West Africa's Sahel region, known as Billital Maroobe, wrote an open letter to regional leaders Monday, appealing for help with drought and famine conditions that are affecting people and livestock, Agence France-Presse/IC Publications reports.

24 Mar 2010

Study indicates binge drinking does not impact students' test performance

In a first-of-its kind controlled experiment, researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Brown University have found that surprisingly, binge drinking the night before a test does not impact college students' test performance - although it can affect their moods, attention and reaction times.

24 Mar 2010

E Cigarettes Choice to release limited edition of SS Choice STEALTH E-cigarette

E Cigarettes Choice announced today that they will release a limited edition of the SS Choice No.7 STEALTH, which they originally designed for the military. The STEALTH E-cigarette (Military Version) design was released to soldiers last summer and has been battle tested in Iraq and Afghanistan with overwhelming success.

23 Mar 2010

Labeling calories on menus mandatory – unhealthy eating discouraged further

With the newly passed healthcare bill calorie counts at fast food and chain restaurants become mandatory. More than 200,000 fast food and other chain restaurants will have to include calorie counts on menus, menu boards, buffets, vending machines, alcoholic drink menus and even drive-throughs.

23 Mar 2010

Sir James Black inventor of beta-blockers passes away

Sir James Black passed away on Monday after a long illness, he was 85. Sir James Black is credited as the inventor of the beta-blocker drugs in 1962. These are drugs which play an important role in the treatment of angina and heart attacks. They are regarded as one of the major medical breakthroughs of the 20th Century in Pharmacology. Born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Sir James Black studied medicine at St. Andrews University.

23 Mar 2010

NPR's Car Talk guys team up with University of Utah to launch Driver Distraction Center

NPR's Car Talk guys, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, may be a couple of motor mouths, but they always put a lid on using cell phones behind the wheel. The perennial jokesters confirm their serious commitment to addressing the issue of devices that take a driver's focus off the road by teaming with the University of Utah to launch the Driver Distraction Center at their web site: cartalk.com/distraction.

23 Mar 2010

The Last Supper : Biblical growth of food portions

The abundant availability of food has become directly reflected in the paintings of the Last Supper made over the centuries. As we struggle less to get our food, the plates sizes and portions of food painted in by artists in depictions of the last supper of Jesus with his apostles also gets influenced. In a comparative study of 52 paintings all depicting the momentous event some rather interesting facts came to light.The study which was published by the International Journal of Obesity (April 2010) and conducted by Cornell University was the brain child of Brian Wansink.

23 Mar 2010

World's slum population increased by 55M since 2000, despite exodus of 227M, report says

"Almost a quarter of a billion people moved out of slum conditions in the past decade," but the number of people living in shantytowns around the world "increased by 55 million to 827.6 million as population growth and migration from the countryside outstripped the effect of upward mobility in cities," according to a U.N. Habitat report, released Friday, in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the five-day World Urban Forum "on the state of the world's cities," Reuters reports (3/19).

23 Mar 2010

ESA announces new launch date for Earth Explorer CryoSat-2 satellite

The technical issue with the second stage of the Dnepr rocket that delayed the launch of ESA's Earth Explorer CryoSat-2 satellite in February has now been resolved - and the new launch date of 8 April has been set.

22 Mar 2010

Parents and pupils need to be advised on asbestos exposure in schools

Accident claims solicitors, First Personal Injury, want to see more advice made readily available to parents and pupils about asbestos exposure in schools. The call comes less than a month after a report by the Asbestos Training and Consultancy Association made news for all the wrong reasons.

22 Mar 2010

Australian Food Industry pledges salt reductions

“While salt is an important part of people’s diet, eating too much can be harmful and that’s why industry has been involved in salt reduction strategies for a number of years,” said Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) Chief Executive Kate Carnell, who highlighted that increased salt in diet is directly linked to high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.

22 Mar 2010

FDA to have greater tobacco and cigarette control

Starting Tuesday, June 22 the Food and Drug Administration will have far greater control over how tobacco and cigarettes are marketed, distributed and sold. The announcement on Thursday, March 18 was made by Kathleen Sebelius, the US Health and Human Services Secretary.

22 Mar 2010

Bondi rescue? smoking ban coming

Bondi beach, a popular tourist hangout is under the scanner for smoking. The Waverly Council came up with a unanimous decision to ban smoking within 10 meters of the outdoor cafés in this popular tourist spot starting July this year.

19 Mar 2010