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Collaborative research examines executive turnover in federal workplaces

A research partnership represented by the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Center for Organization Development (NCOD) is examining ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US economic woes ripple all the way to Latin America, study shows

The national recession didn't just hit people living in the U.S. – it's made it more difficult for people to pay for medical bills in poor countries like Honduras, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GPS shoe lets families keep track of elderly relatives

A Teaneck, N.J., shoe maker has joined with a California technology company to create a shoe that uses GPS technology that records where a wearer walks - and can send alerts to caregivers if someone suffering from Alzheimer's ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Behind the scenes at hip and hard-charging YouTube, Google

Clearly, this isn't the typical American workplace. Just inside the sleek glass doors of YouTube's corporate headquarters is a rock climbing wall - "for Googlers only." Straight ahead, five guys in T-shirts and jeans cluster ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA sends phones, cells, spores and more to space on last shuttle

NASA's Ames Research Center will send a variety of life science experiments and technology demonstrations aboard the final space shuttle to better our understanding of how robots can help humans live and work in space and ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Exploring group checkups for diabetes, Parkinson's

(AP) -- Wait a minute, Doc. You want me to share my appointment with 10 other patients?

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of death from opioid overdose related to higher prescription dose

In an analysis of opioid prescription patterns and deaths, receiving higher prescribed doses is associated with an increased risk of opioid overdose death, but receiving both as-needed and regularly scheduled doses is not ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Death rates after hospitalization down for oldest heart failure patients

Death rates after hospitalization for heart failure have dropped for veterans age 80 and older, but rehospitalizations remain frequent, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diet-exercise combo best for obese seniors

For obese seniors, dieting and exercise together are more effective at improving physical performance and reducing frailty than either alone.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Regions with higher rate of diagnoses have lower fatality rate for chronic conditions

An examination of data for more than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries finds that hospital regions that have a greater frequency of diagnoses have a lower case-fatality rate for chronic conditions such as coronary artery disease ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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