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Tahoe Forest Cancer Center: Setting a benchmark in rural care Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:45PMConstruction crews continue work on Tahoe Forest Hospital District's new cancer center last week. The district anticipates the center will be open to the public as soon as next March, with radiation treatment available to patients by next June.
Fitness and Wellness Expert Giampiero JP Montanari Hits Amazon.com Top 100 Best Seller List Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:13PMHallandale Beach, Fla. July 19, 2011 Giampiero JP Montanari, Founder of Coached Fitness, recently joined a select group of the worlds leading health and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write the health and fitness book titled, 3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY In Record Time: Americas Leading Fitness Experts Reveal The Proven 3-Step System To The Body You Always WantedIn Minimum Time. Nick...
Self-Diagnosing Online: What You Need to Know Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:02PMWe already shop, e-mail and pay bills online, so why not diagnose our latest medical condition?
Santa Barbara Democratic Party endorses Falcone, Murillo and Schwartz; party looks to oust 'Tea Party' conservative ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:01AM“People are really excited about this team,” said Daraka Larimore-Hall , chairman of the Democratic Party. “It was really about the whole team and it was really about the diversity and talent and issue-focus that each person brings.”
Camden Partners Joins $41M Round for Essence Group Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:15AMEssence Group Holdings Corporation (EGHC) today announced it has raised $61 million in a private fun...
Essence Group Closes $61 Million Private Investment Round Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:10AMST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essence Group Holdings Corporation (EGHC) raised $61 million in a private funding round. This represents one of the largest private-sector investments to date in the accountable health care movement.
Tegrity Sees Record Lecture Capture Customer Acquisition in Q2 2011, University Usage Soars Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:00AMAs higher education institutions recognize the powerful impact of lecture and course content recording technology, Tegrity, a division of McGraw-Hill Higher Education, today announced a record number of new customers in Q2, an increase of 157% over the same period the year prior.
What I wish I'd known when I graduated Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:59AMPolitician Chuka Umunna, musician Emmy the Great, website entrepreneur Martin Lewis and journalist Kira Cochrane reflect on when they first left university Chuka Umunna MP Politician "I didn't use email properly until I went to university in 1997. The proliferation of social media and the internet into our lives was still at a fairly early stage then. I really wish I'd learned more about it then ...
Small Study Suggests Milk, Soy Proteins Lower Blood Pressure Modestly Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:52PMMONDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Supplements of milk and soy protein lowered blood pressure modestly among hypertensive patients, a small, new study found.
Church, fellowship unite Union's top two students Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:39PMIt is not often that one church can boast of having both the valedictorian and salutatorian of a school in its midst. But this year is a little different.
Are Grandparents Safer Drivers Than Mom and Dad? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:34PMCHICAGO (AP) -- Kids may be safest in cars when grandma or grandpa are driving instead of mom or dad, according to study results that even made the researchers do a double-take.
Sales Education Foundation Names Nova Southeastern University 'Top Sales Program' Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:06PMContact: Brandon Hensler of NSU Office of Public Affairs, +1-954-262-5385/5170 Office, +1-954-393-5926 Cell, Brandon.Hensler@nova.edu
Wiley-Blackwell partners with TESOL to publish TESOL Quarterly and TESOL Journal Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:28AM( Wiley-Blackwell ) Wiley-Blackwell, the Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is pleased to announce a new partnership beginning in 2012 with the TESOL International Association (TESOL) to publish its two journals, TESOL Quarterly and TESOL Journal, both of which are currently self-published.
Planner: Foot traffic key to smarter, healthier towns Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:26AMTransportation planner Todd Litman prepares for a bike tour of Burlington Thursday afternoon after leading a forum at Magianero cafe. / Sam Simon Imaging, for the Burlington Free Press
UC Berkeley asks incoming students to say more than 'hello' Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:21AM5,800 Berkeley freshmen and transfer students are asked to record their voices and accents, which will be mapped and compared to other students' samples. The project is part linguistic experiment, part social science and part ice-breaker. A UC Berkeley freshman orientation program triggered national debate last year when it asked new students to send in saliva samples for voluntary DNA testing ...
Local startup Smarteys.com helps users keep bills, debt in line Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:30AMAyanna Johnson moved into a less-costly apartment and switched the timing of her monthly rent payment in order to meet her savings goal.Johnson, 32, director of community life at Chicago Theological Seminary, wants to save enough to make a down payment on a home.“I realized I could not save an appreciably larger amount of money in a reasonable period of time without making a move,” she said. “I ...
Where medical masterpieces are made Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:16PMArt As Applied to Medicine, John Hopkins' prestigious illustration program, celebrates its hundredth year As an oil painter in college, Elizabeth Cook expected to pursue the life of the typical aspiring American artist: get an advanced degree, move to a big city, embark on a future of creative struggle.
Lemon Liftoff Top Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:45PMIf I had $118 to blow right now, this is where I’d spend it—on Anthropologie’s Lemon Liftoff Top, a blouse with a big, fat bow, and small owl designs on the shirt. It’s remarkably adorable with puffy sleeves and a flattering cut. Pair it with jeans and contrasting bright heels.
EBONY August: The Black Wealth Issue Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:58PMEBONY swings wide the mansion doors, breaks open the vault, and goes on the record with Black America's best known but most private people to assemble the most in depth look at Black Wealth to date.
New Book, Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization and Statistics, Published From Wiley Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:21AMWith this full-color book, data visualization guru and author Nathan Yau uses step-by-step tutorials to show you how to visualize and tell stories with data.(PRWEB) July 15, 2011 Data is ever-increasing and can be overwhelming to organize in a way that makes sense to its audience. To mean anything, it must be presented in a way that enables people to interpret, analyze, and apply the information ...
Charlotte Chiropractor Launches New Website to Better Serve Patients Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:00PMCHARLOTTE, NC--(Marketwire - 07/14/11) - Charlotte chiropractor , Dr. Darcey Ladner announced that Omni Wellness Center has launched its newly redesigned website, http://OmniWellnessCenter.com . The website was revamped to make it easier for individuals to navigate the site, learn about the practice, and educate themselves on chiropractic care . Omni Wellness Center ...
What It Means To Be 'Always On' A Smartphone Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:09PMConstantly having access to our cellphones is changing the way we interact with the world, says technology writer Brian X. Chen. In a new book, he explains how being "always on" will affect law enforcement, the medical community and higher education.
Prevention of Adverse Drug Events to be Highlighted in Patient Safety Webinar Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:08PMAdverse drug events and their effect on healthcare quality and patient safety will be discussed in the next webinar of the Partnership for Patients-National Priorities Partnership (NPP) Patient Safety Webinar Series. (PRWeb July 14, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8643238.htm
HeartMath® announces Revitalize You! (TM) - an evidence-based e-learning program that's reducing employee stress and ... Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:09AMThe recently-launched Revitalize You! e-learning stress management program from HeartMath® has proven to reduce healthcare costs in terms of lower health claims, and reduced absenteeism at a number of organizations. The program successfully moves stress management education beyond any strategy companies may have tried before. (PRWeb July 14, 2011) Read the full story at http://www ...
Sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Pediatric cardiologists not always accurate in interpreting ECG results, study ... Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:20AMPediatric cardiologists are prone to misinterpreting electrocardiograms when using the results to determine whether young athletes have heart defects that could make exercising perilous, according to a new study.
False Allegations of Child Abuse lands thousands of Fellow Citizens/ Parents and Help Professionals in Prisons with ... Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:15AMFalse Allegations of Child Abuse “Our instincts are to protect and defend defenseless children. It is a measure of a civilized society. . . .
Projects get Grand Challenges Explorations funding Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:29PMSAN FRANCISCO — The University of California, San Francisco, announced today (July 13) that it will receive additional funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges.
GOOD HEALTH Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:30PMOakland County
World's First South Asian Doctor Online Matchmaking Service is Launched Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:22PMDoctorSeRishta.com was launched at the 29th annual AAPI convention in New York on June 25, 2011. The website sponsored a Single's Meet for about 200 South Asian medical professionals. (PRWeb July 13, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/doctorserishta/07/prweb8641695.htm
The Wiggles To Dance With Windsor Man Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:08PMJose Collazo of Windsor will be dancing with the Australian children's group the Wiggles at the Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre on Tuesday, July 19, at 3 p.m. Collazo won a contest to dance with the group by submitting his YouTube video version of the Wiggles ' "Fruit Salad."
Premed Consulting Expert Dr. Paul Toote Discusses Proposed Changes To The MCAT In 2015 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:43PMMcKinney, TX July 13, 2011- Dr. Paul Toote, CEO of National Premed Consulting, a premed consulting company, recently published a blog on his website http://www.nationalpremedconsulting.com with information regarding likely changes to the MCAT. The blog, titled The 2015 MCAT Changesand What They Mean to You, helps students prepare for likely changes to the MCAT.Dr. Paul ...
Community Matters: Coming in out of the dark Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:36PMThis past winter, I wrote a column about my long battle with depression. I have suffered on and off from patches of deep sadness since I was 14. I wrote about my struggle after Clara Hughes, one of Canada's greatest Olympians, spoke about her own battle with the illness.[...]
AJMS 'Collections' Provide Valuable Updates for Clinicians Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:55AMPhysicians seeking a rich source of clinical knowledge in cardiology and other areas of patient care will find it in the new topic Collections of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (AJMS), official journal of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
On Tap community calendar Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:58AMGOING EVENTS: STORIES & SNACKS Gently Used Books of Douglassville offers a free "Stories & Snacks" time for preschoolers twice each Wednesday - first at 10 a.m., and again at 2 p.m. Children and parents will enjoy about 30 minutes of well read stories and a
Illumina Introduces TruSeq™ Custom Enrichment Kits for Next Generation Sequencing Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:43AMSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced availability of its new TruSeq Custom Enrichment kits which enable researchers to economically design and target genomic regions of interest ranging from 700 kilobases (Kb) to 15 megabases (Mb) of cumulative DNA. The TruSeq Custom Enrichment kits leverage the same underlying assay design as Illumina’s TruSeq Exome ...
Scleroderma Study Identifies Roadblocks To Employment Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:08AMSystemic scleroderma has slowed Tracy Zinn but it has not stopped her from working. Thanks in part to determination and an accommodating employer, Zinn is now in her 13th year as an account executive for a firm that produces educational software. But, many with the incapacitating disease are not as fortunate. In the United States, the work disability rate for people with systemic scleroderma ...
Business briefs: New CFO named at Coastal Orthopedics Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:07PMSARASOTA -- Donna Holm has been named chief financial officer for Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine/Pain Management in Sarasota.
Alzheimer's Brain Protein Scanning Moves Forward Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:54PMTUESDAY, July 12 (HealthDay News) -- The use of brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer's disease may have just taken a small step forward.
Vycor Medical, Inc. Announces Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD as Head of the Strategic Advisory Board of its NovaVision ... Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:01AMVycor Medical, Inc. announces thatÂ Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD has agreed to be the Head of the Strategic Advisory Board of its NovaVision, Inc. subsidiary.
Type of Formula May Influence Infant Weight Gain Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:49AMMONDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The kind of formula babies drink has a major impact on weight gain and could affect their future risk of developing obesity, diabetes and other diseases, new research suggests.
Fatalistic Attitudes May Keep Hispanic Women From Cancer Tests Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:46AMWEDNESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Fatalism, a belief that life's events are predetermined, may be one reason why Hispanic women have some of the lowest cancer screening rates in the United States, new research suggests.
New Test for Emphysema on the Horizon Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:31AMFRIDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A simple and inexpensive blood test designed to uncover early signs of emphysema may one day find its place among the standard work-up that most Americans undergo during their yearly physical, new research suggests.
EPiServer Enables Multi-Channel Patient Communication for NorthShore Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:14AMWeb Content Management Company Allows Healthcare Specialists to Readily Publish Online Content for Deployment Across Multiple Channels
Mom's Flu Shot May Protect Baby After Birth Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:04AMTUESDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- When expectant mothers get a flu vaccination, they not only protect themselves throughout their pregnancy but may also help safeguard their babies against flu for the first few months of life.
Scientists Use Tarantulas to Explore Human Fear Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:01AMTUESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An experiment using humans, video footage of tarantulas and brain scans sheds new light on the many ways your mind responds to perceived danger.
Ibuprofen Linked to Lower Parkinson's Disease Risk Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:01AMWEDNESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Regular users of ibuprofen may be reducing their risk of Parkinson's disease, according to new research that echoes previous findings.
Small Spreads of Breast Cancer May Not Affect Survival Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:46AMWEDNESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- For decades, doctors have debated about how to best determine whether a patient's breast cancer has spread, especially in the earliest cases of metastases.
Scientists Identify Genes Linked to Migraines Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:46AMSUNDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified three genes linked to migraine headache and found that people who inherit any one of these genes have a 10 to 15 percent greater risk for the condition.
Africa on his mind: A&M professor wants DNA record of huntable species Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:32AMBy MATT WOOLBRIGHT matt.woolbright@theeagle.com James Derr remembers sitting in his office nearly 20 years ago when a professor recommended a radical proposal for a grant from the National Science Foundation.The idea was to study North American bison u ...
SPORTS CALENDAR: A rundown of upcoming golf outings, sports camps and more Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:40PMMacomb Daily Staff