Senator Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) on Friday said that poorly secured medical laboratories in East African countries, which host insurgent groups linked to Al Qaeda, are vulnerable to bioterrorism, Agence France-Presse reports. "Lugar, with a visiting Pentagon arms control expert team, told...
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) - such as influenza, pneumonia and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - cause 4.25 million deaths each year often among young children in developing countries, according to the Acute Respiratory Infections Atlas, which was released on Tuesday by the World Lung...
As part of her two-week Asia-Pacific tour, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Australia on Saturday, where she called for increased cooperation between Australia and the U.S. to help drive down violence against women globally, Bloomberg reports. "Clinton has stressed throughout her...
NHS Partners network director David Worskett said Civitas' latest report 'refusing treatment' emphasised how cultural change is as important as structural change when seeking to make NHS reforms NHS Partners Network Director David Worskett said: "Civitas is right to highlight that changing the...
The article discusses the clinical advantages of advanced cholesterol testing in reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in patients with Type 2 diabetes and details several currently available advanced lipid tests, including the VAP® Cholesterol Test from Atherotech. Cobble also explores...
Eight clinical features that predict cancer at a high probability rate which could improve early diagnosis have been identified by researchers writing in this month's British Journal of General Practice (BJGP). Dr Mark Shapley and colleagues from Keele University identified eight symptoms or...
Politico: Problems in the nation's response to the current salmonella outbreak and the resulting recall of 600 million eggs is related to the Senate's year-long stall of pending food safety legislation, according to consumer groups and experts. "The House approved its version of the food safety...
A report from the consulting firm McKinsey & Company said "global businesses cannot afford to ignore the potential" in African economies, the New York Times reports. Compiled by the company's economic research center, the McKinsey Global Institute, the analysis points out that 316 million...
Okay, so I've never bleached/dyed/gotten highlights or done anything to my hair except style it myself. I have brown hair, and I want to get purple highlights, possibly electric blue. Not sure yet. So I have some questions:
1- Will I look like a wanna-be? Most people get highlights and want them...
I went to get my blonde highlights 3 weeks ago from a lady who wanted to "practice her timing" in a salon...she had an hour to do a full head of highlights.....anyways.....since then my scalp has been crazzzzzzzy dry and itchy...today is the worst so far...I am thinking she put the highlight...
Despite attention on female candidates' success in Tuesday's primary elections, women seeking government positions in other countries have made unsteady progress, Melanne Verveer -- U.S. ambassador-at-large for global women's issues -- told a House subcommittee on Wednesday, the AP/Atlanta...
TIME reports on the recent efforts of a "young Florida businessman" who started a project "to collect a million shirts and send them to poor people in Africa." The project elicited a range of responses from people in the aid world who have been debating "the best and worst ways to deliver...
...importance of approaching topics? 1. psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context
2. our behavior is shaped by our cultural heritage
3. psychology is empirical
4. heredity and environment jointly influence behavior
The case of a 45-year old man from Marion, North Carolina, in the US, whose parents both had breast cancer and, when he suspected he was getting symptoms himself, was turned away by a local public health clinic that offers free breast screening because he is a man, has highlighted the plight...
Arcadia Resources, Inc. (NYSE Amex: KAD), a leading provider of innovative consumer health care services under the Arcadia HealthCare(SM) and DailyMed Pharmacy program, announced the healthcare reform bill advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 21st contains important provisions...