Teenagers in Canada have lower smoking rates than virtually all other adults, University of Waterloo researchers say. Lead author Jessica Reid, a project manager at the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact at the University of ...
Tags: Smoking, health, Young Adults
Back in the Middle Ages, Central Europeans were already capable of digesting milk, yoghurt and cheese just as well as us today. Researchers at the University of Zurich's Centre for Evolutionary Medicine have discovered that the population ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
A selection of health policy stories from North Carolina, California, Michigan and Missouri. The New York Times: Public Hospitals Hope To Attract More Upscale Patients Under Affordable Care Act But to the Health and Hospitals ...
Sen. Ron Wyden plans to unveil a bill to encourage team-based care in the program for older and disabled Americans. In the meantime, Medicare readies to deliver payment data for individual doctors on a "case-by-case" basis. Modern ...
The Associated Press/Miami Herald: Proposed Medicare Drug Change Stirs Access Worries In a move that some fear could compromise care for Medicare recipients, the Obama administration is proposing to remove special protections that ...
Tags: OBAMA, Medicare Drug, Administration Proposes Medicare Drug
We've all seen news alerts for missing senior citizens. Sometimes those have a happy outcome, and other times they don't. I'm sure parents of kids with special needs also live with the worry that their child might wander off and get lost. ...
Tags: portable GPS tracking devices, eTrak, eZoom, tracking signal
In the first 50 years of this century, the proportion of the world's over 60 population is forecast to grow from about 16% to 25% – correlating with a marked growth in chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancers. With ...
RESOLUTE Partners, a leading provider of Guest Internet access and fixed wireless communications solutions for government and commercial applications has been selected to provide Patient and Guest Wi-Fi service throughout the VA San Diego ...
UK manufacturers can beat China on price, quality and service, as Bolton based contract electronics manufacturer, Ability Tec, has proved. This social enterprise company was born out of a former Remploy Electronics factory and three ...
Tags: Ability Tec, Parotec Solutions, Bolton, China
What do you think the average consumer is looking for when they step up to the meat counter to purchase your beef? Regardless of price, consumers expect a safe, wholesome, high quality product every time they make a purchase and expect that ...
Tags: Beef Quality, Positive Impacts
LG Electronics Inc. said it is investigating a claim that some of its smart TVs send information on home viewing habits back to the company without consent. The investigation comes after Jason Huntley, a 45-year-old IT consultant in ...
Tags: LG, Consumer Electronics, Smart TV
Auction allows the industry to bid on airtime, catalogue and online slots donated by the initiative's media sponsors, The Toy Trust Media Auction opened last week, and Flair has kicked off the bidding. The Media Auction allows the ...
We're super excited for the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials that run tomorrow and Saturday,and we hope you are too.Before we get all wrapped up in it,though,it's important to understand what's realistic to expect from the robots during the ...
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8584,a monolithic flyback DC/DC converter designed to actively balance high voltage stacks of batteries.These battery stacks are commonly found in electric and hybrid vehicles as well as ...
Tags: Linear Technology Corporation, monolithic flyback DC/DC converter
Shaw Industries recently joined the Make It Right Foundation to cut the ribbon on the Foundation's latest project, the Bancroft School Apartments in Kansas City's Manheim Park neighborhood for which Shaw donated flooring including its ...
Tags: Shaw, Make It Right Foundation