News tagged with hours
Limiting work hours of medical residents could cost $1.6 billion annually, study finds
New recommendations to limit the work hours of medical residents could cost the nation's teaching hospitals about $1.6 billion annually to hire substitute workers, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation and UCLA.
May 21, 2009 |
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If it works in London's streets, it can work in our skies
In London, motorists pay a fee to drive into certain parts of the city during peak traffic hours, and the idea has been considered for implementation in New York as well. Now Dr. Itai Ater, an economist from Tel Aviv University's ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Antarctica to Pyramids -- lights dim for Earth Hour (Update)
(AP) -- From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most ...
Mar 28, 2009 |
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Billion people invited to switch off lights
Around a billion people living in the world's major cities are being invited to turn off their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time on Saturday for "Earth Hour," described as the biggest mass campaign to demand ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Guide to galaxy for Earth Hour's starry, starry night
(PhysOrg.com) -- When cities turn off their lights for Earth Hour their occupants will get more than a warm and fuzzy green feeling, they will also see stars hundreds of trillions kilometres away lighting up a moonless night ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Stroke patients who reach hospitals within 'golden hour' twice as likely to get clot-busting drug
Patients who arrived at specific hospitals within one hour of experiencing stroke symptoms received a powerful clot-busting drug twice as often as those who arrived later in the approved time window for treatment, according ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Special workplace benefits help relieve stress, improve bottom line
(PhysOrg.com) -- While hundreds of thousands of American workers are losing jobs these days, many more are stressed out. For those fortunate to still have jobs in this down economy, however, companies can help alleviate workplace ...
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Getting less sleep associated with lower resistance to colds
Individuals who get less than seven hours of sleep per night appear about three times as likely to develop respiratory illness following exposure to a cold virus as those who sleep eight hours or more, according to a report ...
Jan 12, 2009 |
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