Could a doctor's white coat or necktie help spread germs among patients? The jury's still out on that question. But one of the world's leading infection control organizations is raising that possibility under just-released germ control ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, White Coat
Last week was an unusually quiet week in the land of IT-related snafus. Most of the snarls reported concerned existing tech issues that continue to fester without resolution. For example, late last week, Florida decided to pay unemployment ...
Tags: IT-related snafus, Plague Maryland, Governor Rick Scott, CAC
A large-scale human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) intervention/education effort aimed at helping South African men take a proactive role in the prevention of that disease has proven successful, an important development considering that ...
If you’re the kind of cotton producer who’s always pushing for top yields, then good for you. Just know that you’re at a higher risk for target spot. “The guys who are pushing the yield envelope on cotton are the ...
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Commenting on the announcements made by Ed Miliband, Alex Jackman, Head of Policy at the Forum of Private Business, said, “This is a significant speech from Ed Miliband that sets out the emerging policy proposals from the Labour ...
Tags: Ed Miliband, Forum of Private Business, General Election, mechanism
MONDAY Jan. 20, 2014, 2014 -- Delaying the morning school bell might help teens avoid sleep deprivation, according to a new study. Later school start times appear to improve teens' sleep and reduce their daytime sleepiness. For the study, ...
Images gathered by University of Oregon scientists using seismic waves penetrating to a depth of 300 kilometers (almost 200 miles) report the discovery of an anomaly that likely is the volcanic mantle plume of the Galapagos Islands. It's ...
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Picture the Louvre pyramid: the iconic glass pyramid that serves as main entrance and skylight to the landmark museum. The pyramid is illuminated at night, creating a magical ambience. Imagine strolling next to it while a video about the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Glass
Oxford Instruments is offering an upgrade option for its ALD equipment to apply a bias voltage to the substrate, adding further control of the energy at the wafer surface in order to tune the properties of the deposited film. While scaling ...
Insurers and others say at least two-thirds of the 2.2 million people who signed up for policies had bought their own coverage before or were enrolled in plans through work, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Wall Street Journal: ...
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Plumes of several anthropogenic pollutants (especially particulate matter and carbon monoxide) located near ground level over China have for the first time been detected from space. The work was carried out by a team at the Laboratoire ...
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Today is finally here, something you guys have been asking for us to review for a long time, the Dewalt DCN690 review. ?This is Dewalt's new 20V Nailers, so let's see how it stacks up and what it has to offer. ?People have had a hard time ...
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Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, like many politicians in Washington, hastily reacted to a media report in his home state before researching and understanding the background and facts about safety regulations and precautions in the truck ...
Many premature infants suffer a life-threatening bowel infection called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Researchers at Loyola University Health System have identified a marker to identify those infants who are at risk for the infection, ...
Tags: Life-Threatening Bowel Infection, Bowel Infection in Premature Infants
Free speech is perhaps our most cherished civil liberty. Without free speech -; especially free speech on key cultural, political and religious issues -; the United States is no longer the pluralistic republic envisioned by our Founders. ...
Tags: Health Care, Debate Health Care, Young People Signed up for Health Care