Brain fitness moves from senior centers to the job
Market Watch Tue, 12 May 2009 14:29 PM PDT
Consumers and retirement homes have made brain-fitness games and exercises a commercial hit, but now some insurers and employers are incorporating them into wellness programs that promote health not just for the body but also for the mind. |
Report: Some GIs Forced To Steal Water In Iraq
WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul Tue, 12 May 2009 14:25 PM PDT
Stories of short supplies for American forces in Iraq, such as inadequate body armor or unshielded Hummers, have been around since the war began. CBS affiliate KHOU-TV in Houston has discovered that some soldiers were forced to ration water, perhaps as little as 2-3 liters per day, because there was never enough. |
NT to get rural health care boost
BigPond News Tue, 12 May 2009 14:14 PM PDT
The NT's peak indigenous health body says the budget shows the federal government has a genuine commitment to rural health care. |
Last Chance For Authors To Enter Trust Award
Scoop.co.nz Tue, 12 May 2009 14:13 PM PDT
New Zealand mind, body and spirit writers have less than one month left to enter their work in the 2009 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Awards. |
Television - Business
Scoop.co.nz Tue, 12 May 2009 14:12 PM PDT
If we told you that the formula race car of the future would be powered by chocolate, feature a body made from potatoes and a steering wheel from carrots, you might say we'd be indulging in something we shouldn't! |
Simple interventions could contain flu spread â€" focus on children
News-Medical-Net Tue, 12 May 2009 14:02 PM PDT
Although many have touted strategies from travel avoidance to Tamiflu to halt the spread of H1N1 flu or swine flu, a large body of evidence from the Cochrane Library suggests that concentrating on children's hygiene might be the best way to reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses. |
Child who stayed home from school because she was sick dies in house fire
KTBS Shreveport Tue, 12 May 2009 13:28 PM PDT
A 4-year-old girl died today when fire tore through the family home in Carthage, Texas. The fire was reported about 9 a. m. on Locust Street. Carthage police and firefighters said four other family members were able to escape from the burning house but could not get to the little girl, who was trapped in a bedroom. Killed was Shamira Matlock. Her body was found in her bed, police said. Shamira ... |
New research on the 'guardian of the genome'
PhysOrg Tue, 12 May 2009 12:32 PM PDT
(PhysOrg.com) -- Protein p53 protects the body against cancer and is knocked out in many cancer tumours. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified two molecules that can restore p53's cancer-killing properties. New results are now presented on the two substances, one of which will undergo clinical tests later this year. |
NCSBN Publishes Three New Research Briefs
Marketwire Tue, 12 May 2009 12:13 PM PDT
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - May 12, 2009) - The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®) ( www.ncsbn.org ) sets an ambitious research agenda designed to advance the science of nursing regulation. NCSBN recently added to its body of research with the publication of three new briefs: "2008 Knowledge of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses Survey," "2008 RN Practice Analysis: Linking the ... |
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