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U.S. Disaster Funding Distribution Is Deeply Inefficient
Jan 9, 2014U.S. disaster funding distribution is deeply inefficient, with huge cash infusions disbursed after a disaster, only to fall abruptly later, researchers say. Dr. Jesse Pines, director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation at the ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Disaster Preparedness
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If You Need to Use a Laxative, FDA Warns That Some Products Can Be Dangerous
Jan 9, 2014If you are constipated and need to use a laxative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants you to know that some products can be dangerous if you don't follow the dosing instructions or you have certain medical conditions. The agency ...
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Current Guidelines Are More Detailed Regarding Some Aspects of Treatment
Jan 9, 2014Current guidelines are more detailed regarding some aspects of treatment On 3 January 2014 the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) published the results of a literature search for evidence-based clinical ...
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Cryptosporidium Parvum Would Affect Humans in The World
Jan 9, 2014What is Cryptosporidium parvum and where is it found? Cryptosporidium parvum is one of the most common enteropathogens to affect humans in the world. The protozoan parasite causes a gut infection referred to as cryptosporidiosis. The ...
Tags: Cryptosporidium parvum, protozoan parasite, gut infection
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The Affordable Care Act Has Proven to Be One of The Most Controversial Legislative Acts
Jan 9, 2014The Affordable Care Act, dubbed 'ObamaCare', has proven to be one of the most controversial legislative acts of the Obama presidency. New research, published in Stress & Health explores the psychological relationship between patients and ...
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Three Tax Incentives Were Among The 55 Allowed to Expire at The Beginning of 2014
Jan 8, 2014Three tax incentives that have relevance to the door, window and skylight industry were among the 55 allowed to expire at the beginning of 2014, but the glass industry isn't ready to write them off just yet. Ben Gann, director of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
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PPG Has Qualified TM Electrocoat Primer to SAE International's Aerospace Specification
Jan 7, 2014PPG Industries' aerospace coatings group has qualified AEROCRON(TM) electrocoat primer to SAE International's Aerospace Material Specification 3144 for anodic electrodeposition primer for aircraft applications. Qualifying Aerocron primer ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
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Analysis of Top Trends in The Economic and Food Production Environment
Jan 7, 2014As the National Pork Board sets its course for 2015 through 2020, the organization's strategic planning task force was recently presented an analysis of top trends in the economic and food production environment that are most likely to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pork
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Canada's Northern Transportation Policy Can Be Moved Forward Through The 21st Century
Jan 7, 2014An October transportation conference in Yellowknife saw business, community and government folk converge to discuss ways in which Canada's northern transportation policy can be moved forward through the 21st century. Organized by the Van ...
Tags: transportation conference, Canada, northern transportation policy
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Bonus Depreciation Has Expired at The End of 2013
Jan 7, 2014By Steve Doherty Director of National Accounts Accruit LLC and Jeff Nelson Managing Tax Director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP With bonus depreciation having expired at the end of 2013, many trucking companies are staring down the ...
Tags: bonus depreciation, tax, trucking company
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Most Physicians Were Not Comfortable Caring for Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Jan 7, 2014HealthDay Reporter Latest Cancer News Pain One Year After Breast Cancer Surgery Experimental Treatment for Rare Soft-Tissue Cancer Cancer Patients Vulnerable to Flu Complications Surgery With Radiation Best for Tongue Cancer Only High-Risk ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Childhood Cancer
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CDC Estimates That at Least 48 Million of Us Get Sick Each Year
Jan 4, 2014Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, people get sick from eating food. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 48 million of us get sick each year, with 125,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. Many of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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China Introduces Tiered Pricing to Save Water
Jan 3, 2014All cities in China should be charging tiered prices for household water by the end of 2015, to encourage people to use less water. The guidelines published on Friday by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Housing and ...
Tags: Tiered Pricing, Save Water
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Feed-in Tariffs Have Been The Preferred Policy in Many Regions of The World
Jan 3, 2014Feed-in tariffs (FIT) have been the preferred policy in many regions of the world to help support investors to rapidly increase installation of renewable energy installations projects and markets. Under most FITs, homeowners, businesses, ...
Tags: Feed-in Tariffs, PV Demand
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Most Freeways in Illinois Have a New Maximum Speed Limit of 70 Mph as of Jan. 1
Jan 3, 2014Most freeways in Illinois have a new maximum speed limit of 70 mph as of Jan. 1, the Illinois Department of Transportation reports. The new law raised the state's limit from 65 mph. Most of the areas where the limit changed are outside of ...
Tags: freeways, Illinois, maximum speed limit
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