Controlling dietary acid intake by increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables could help improve kidney health, according to three new studies from the US and Japan. The studies were presented at the ASN Kidney Week 2013 held at the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Boys who left school or college during a recession experienced better health later in life than if they left in a boom, but not girls, British researchers say. Philipp Hessel and Mauricio Avendano of London School of Economics Health said ...
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, in partnership with the Chinese-American Planning Council (“CPC”) and Parsons The New School for Design (“Parsons”) announced the launch of LVMH Fundamentals in Luxury Retail: A ...
Tags: CPC&Parsons, Apparel
ECO that stands for Energy Company Obligation, which is offering the free boilers scheme for the people, who are facing fuel poverty. If you fit under a certain criteria then only you are entitled to a new boiler without costing you a ...
Tags: manufacturing, boiler
A long-running spat between Changqing oil field and Yulin government in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has moved a step closer to being resolved after 21 of the oil and gas producer's 22 bank accounts were unfrozen. A Yulin government ...
Tags: Eco-Compensation, Oil Producer
Over 140 members of the SCLAA, Queensland Division, spent their annual Christmas party for the fourth consecutive year with a twist. The SCLAA members spent the afternoon hours packing 600 hampers for Foodbank to distribute to those in need ...
Tags: Service news, Logistics Hampers
More than 140 members of the Queensland division of the Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) played Santa to Australians in need at Christmas when they travelled to Foodbank's Queensland warehouse to pack seasonal ...
As of Nov. 2, far fewer marketplace healthcare insurance applicants applied for federal subsidies than the number eligible, a U.S. analysis showed. The Avalere Health analysis found 30 percent of marketplace healthcare insurance ...
Tags: health insurance, medicine
The 20 states that did not expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act help pay for the expanded Medicaid program in other states, a U.S. non-profit says. A Commonwealth Fund Study found Texas, Florida, Georgia,and Virginia were the ...
New York (NY) based investment firm Tau Investment Management Inc., has announced the commitment to raise US$ 1 billion to help Bangladesh and other garment-manufacturing nations in order to construct factories with better safety and ...
Tags: Tau Investment, investment, garment industry, raise money
The 20 states that did not expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act help pay for the expanded Medicaid program in other states, a U.S. non-profit says. A Commonwealth Fund Study found Texas, Florida, Georgia,and Virginia were the ...
Improving working conditions in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes, ...
Tags: Sustainable Growth, Bangladesh, RMG
Of the overall exports from Nepal, around 46 percent goods exported are handicrafts items, according to the Trade and Export Promotion Center of the country (TEPC). According to TEPC statistics which were shared during the ...
Tags: Handicraft, Textile
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nigeria has announced that over 150,000 persons have benefitted from its skill acquisition training program since its inception in the northeastern state of Adamawa. The skill acquisition ...
Tags: Garment, Apparel, Accessories
A new project, co-funded with EUR8.5m from the European Commission is underway to accelerate the development of new vaccines, drugs and microbicides to fight against many poverty-related diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV, malaria, ...
Tags: Poverty Related Diseases, Medicine