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October 2009
Do we need age limits on cancer tests? - TheNewsTribune.com
By Health News on October 31, 2009
 Inverclyde Now |
Do we need age limits on cancer tests?
TheNewsTribune.com Blanca Rubio performs a mammogram on a 65-year-old patient at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, Ill. Experts are debating the need for some cancer screenings for seniors and possible age cutoffs for tests. CHICAGO – Arthur Cohen was a healthy, … Hundreds turn out for Miami Country Day’s Walk For Cancer MiamiHerald.com Nearly $300000 Raised For Fight Against Breast Cancer Hartford Business Mom’s cancer brings family closer together Statesville Record & Landmark Pensacola News Journal - WLBT-TV - Laurel Leader Call all 146 news articles » |
The Golden Age of Infinite Music
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on October 31, 2009
Over at the BBC, music journalist John Harris speculates on what may become of the music business now that we have entered the golden age of infinite music. “I’ve just poured the music-related contents of my brain into a book, and I would imagine that 30-ish years worth of knowledge about everyone from Funkadelic to The Smiths has probably cost me a five-figure sum, a stupid amount spent on music publications, and endless embarrassed moments spent trying to have a conversation with those arrogant blokes who tend to work in record shops. Last weekend, by contrast, I had a long chat about music with the 16-year-old son of a friend, and my mind boggled. At virtually no cost, in precious little time and with zero embarrassment, he had become an expert on all kinds of artists, from English singer-songwriters like Nick Drake and John Martyn to such American indie-rock titans as Pavement and Dinosaur Jr. Though only a sixth-former, he seemingly knew as much about most of these people as any music writer. Like any rock-oriented youth, his appetite for music is endless, and so is the opportunity…”
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How to prevent getting swine flu and what to do if you have it - Washington Post
By Health News on October 31, 2009
 Washington Post |
How to prevent getting swine flu and what to do if you have it
Washington Post Among priority groups for vaccination are pregnant women, health-care and emergency medical personnel, and children. (Matt Rourke/associated Press) Andrew Pekosz, an associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins … Flu prompts concerns other than health-based Park Rapids Enterprise Father of Kent County H1N1 victim calls his son’s death ‘incomprehensible’ MLive.com Younger students hit hard by flu virus Tasley Eastern Shore News Lodi News-Sentinel - WZZM - HollandSentinel.com all 20 news articles » |
House calls as cost-saver in health care reform? (AP)
By Health News on October 31, 2009
AP - The doctor doesn’t look like much of a crusader, bent over the frail frame of 90-year-old Alberta Scott.
Plowing Carbon Into the Fields
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on October 31, 2009
OzPeter writes “A wheat farmer in Australia has eliminated adding fertilizer to his crop by the simple process of injecting the cooled diesel exhaust of his modified tractor into the ground when the wheat is being sown. In doing so he eliminates releasing carbon into the atmosphere and at the same time saves himself up to $500,000 (AUD) that would have been required to fertilize his 3,900 hectares in the traditional way. Yet his crop yields over the last two years have been at least on par with his best yields since 2001. The technique was developed by a Canadian, Gary Lewis of Bio Agtive, and is currently in trial at 100 farms around the world.”
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Flu Vaccine Benefits Moms and Babies - ABC News
By Health News on October 31, 2009
 ABC News |
Flu Vaccine Benefits Moms and Babies
ABC News For pregnant women, an influenza vaccination leads to bigger babies and infants who are less likely to get the flu, according to three studies presented here. For pregnant women, an influenza vaccination leads to bigger babies and … Flu Shot in Pregnancy Protects Baby U.S. News & World Report Flu Vaccine Safe Throughout Pregnancy WebMD Studies find pregnant mothers’ flu shots help babies Philadelphia Inquirer TopNews United States - myfoxny.com - TIME all 44 news articles » |
UN urges nations to lift HIV travel ban (AFP)
By Health News on October 31, 2009
AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon hailed US President Barack Obama’s removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same.
Seniors among least likely to contract H1N1 virus - Chicago Tribune
By Health News on October 31, 2009
 Washington Post |
Seniors among least likely to contract H1N1 virus
Chicago Tribune Clarifying who is on the high-risk list, when to get shots and how effective they are — the questions continue to pour in from readers trying to sort through the complexities of the H1N1 flu virus and vaccine. … Roll Up Your Sleeve, Please New York Times My daughter will take the swine flu vaccine Hattiesburg American UPDATE 1-Too few in us seek flu treatment, CDC says Reuters Los Angeles Times - CNN - WebMD all 1,022 news articles » |
Reader questions on House healthcare bill - Los Angeles Times
By Health News on October 31, 2009
 Voice of America |
Reader questions on House healthcare bill
Los Angeles Times Would the House Democrats’ bill raise my taxes more than the other bills making their way through Congress? It depends on your income. The House bill would impose a surcharge on individuals who make more than $500000 … Nancy Pelosi Fights for Health Care Reform ABC News Odds better for House passage of Democratic health-care bill The Durango Herald House health plan rises from slab, and it’s a monster NewsOK.com FOXNews - News Enterprise - WSFA all 3,875 news articles » |
Nintendo president: ‘The Wii has stalled’
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on October 31, 2009
Satoru Iwata says top-selling console has hit a wall due to dearth of “high demand” software, and the company is now “preparing for next year.”
Finance »
What Does This Real Estate Insider Know About …
March 15, 2010
SAN DIEGO, CA – by David Horwitz -No one has ever been able to explain this logic to me as soon as you fall behind on your payments, the bank charges you MORE money and often times, if possible, raises your interest rates! It seems that when we are financially in trouble, today’s [...]
Real Estate »
Unemployment Now Becoming A Principal Reason for Rising Foreclosures
September 9, 2009
Research by Moody’s Economy.com predicts that in 2009 1.8 million borrowers will lose their home to foreclosure. This figure rises from 1.4 million homeowners in 2008. Moody is a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research. Moody attributes the increase in foreclosure rate to the rise in unemployment. At the start of [...]
Business »
Flaw in Free Markets: Humans
September 12, 2009
THERE is broad agreement that Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, was wrong to have believed that market forces alone would insulate society from excessive financial risk. But Mr. Greenspan was wrong for reasons very different from those offered by his most vocal critics.
Those critics fault Mr. Greenspan for having overestimated the strength of competitive forces, a [...]
Technology »
Microsoft Announces Windows 7 SP1
March 18, 2010
CWmike writes “Microsoft has announced service packs for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to set a release date or a schedule for getting a beta in users’ hands. A company spokesman said Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will primarily contain ‘minor updates,’ including patches and hotfixes that will have been delivered earlier via the Windows Update service, rather than new features. One of the latter: an updated Remote Desktop client designed to work with RemoteFX, the new remote-access platform set to debut in SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2008 R2 will also be upgraded to SP1, Microsoft said, presumably at the same time as Windows 7 since the two operating systems share a single code base. Besides RmoteFX — which Microsoft explained Wednesday in an entry on the Windows virtualization team’s blog — Server 2008 R2 will also include a feature dubbed ‘Dynamic Memory,’ which lets IT staff adjust guest virtual machines’ memory on the fly. Microsoft did not spell out a timetable for the service packs, saying only that it would provide more information as release milestones approach.”
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Health, Technology »
AP Enterprise: NASA, cruise line got flu shots (AP)
March 18, 2010
AP - Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho.
SPORTS »
Federer Beats Djokovic to Reach Final
September 13, 2009
Roger Federer swept past Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5, on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the finals of the United States Open, a tournament he has won five straight times.
The fourth-seeded Djokovic, 22, who had defeated Federer in two of their three past meetings this year, was competitive throughout the match, but [...]