Science Education & Policy

Explaining Scotland's Health Deficit

Scotland’s cold and cloudy climate plays a large part in causing the chronic diseases that plague its people. Scots suffer more chronic disease than almost anywhere else among former Western block countries, but this could be turned around. For years scien ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2008 - 9:59am

Chinese Volunteers Go Global With Aifly

BEIJING, September 18 /PRNewswire/-- As the Paralympic Games draw to a close, the official Language Training and Testing Supplier of the Beijing Olympics, aifly Education Technology Company, continues to work with volunteer organizations in China and inte ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 10:32am

FSAI Announces Support Of Inaugural Firex India

LONDON, September 18 /PRNewswire/--- Firex India- 16-18 October 2008- Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India One of India's most influential associations, the Fire and Safety Association of India (FSAI), has voiced its support of the inaugural Firex India ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 1:31pm

Global Psychiatrists Unite To Improve Services In Mental Health

INNSBRUCK, Austria, September 19 /PRNewswire/-- Thirty seven medical experts in psychiatry from across the world have called on the medical community to take urgent action to optimize services for people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness such as s ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 19 2008 - 3:31am

InQuira To Add Its Knowledge Management Capabilities To Oracle ESupport Solution

SAN BRUNO, California, September 19 /PRNewswire/--- InQuira to Demonstrate Integrated Self-Service Solution at Oracle OpenWorld(R) ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 19 2008 - 8:32am

St. Joseph's Hospital And InNexus Biotechnology Enter Collaborative Partnership

PHOENIX and BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada, September 19 /PRNewswire/--- Focusing on Development of Treatments For Women with Endometriosis- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, part of Catholic Healthcare West, one of the largest healthcare systems i ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 19 2008 - 8:32am

Green Glowing Stem Cells Lead To Baby Fat Cell Discovery

Controlling weight may as simple as finding immature, or “baby,” fat cells that lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty tissue, waiting for excess calories to help them grow into the adult monsters that pack on extra pounds. In addition, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2008 - 11:09am

An Agreement On Electric Vehicles Fleet Testing And Service Network For Iceland Reached At "Driving Sustainability 2008" Interna

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, September 19 /PRNewswire/-- More than 200 participants from 72 companies assembled at the exclusive annual international platform for sustainable energy solutions at Hilton Nordica Reykjavík September 18 and 19. "In the next five ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 19 2008 - 11:31am

First Published Study Of New HPV Test For Developing Countries Shows High Accuracy In Predicting Cervical Disease

VENLO, Netherlands, September 21 /PRNewswire/--- QIAGEN's careHPV test provides 'substantially more accurate' front-line screening A new HPV test developed by QIAGEN specifically for use in regions of the world with scarce resources is &quo ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 21 2008 - 6:32pm

What Is Saving You Worth? Holland Tackles Putting A Value On Life And Health Care

Is your life worth more than $130,000? In Holland, it isn't. The Council for Public Health and Healthcare (RVZ) recently advised that only those treatments which cost less than €80,000 to keep a patient alive in good health for a year longer should be ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 21 2008 - 10:50pm