NIH Advisory Group Recommends Changes for Biomedical Research Workforce :: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) should make changes to workforce policies in order to promote the long-term sustainability of the biomedical research workforce, according to a new report by a government advisory group. NIH must address the increasing completion time for graduate degrees, low postdoctoral pay, and declining proportion of young researchers who obtain tenure-track positions.
The report by a working group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director considered the future of the nation’s biomedical research workforce. The goal of the study was to ensure “future US competitiveness and innovation in biomedical research by creating pathways through undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral training” that attract and retain the best scientists and prepare...
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Want to get teens interested in math and science? Target their parents :: (Association for Psychological Science) Increasing the number of students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math - the STEM disciplines - is vital to national competitiveness in the global economy and to the development of a strong workforce. But the pipeline leading toward STEM careers begins leaking in high school, when students choose not to take advanced STEM courses. Now a new study goes beyond the classroom to examine the unique role that parents can play in promoting students' STEM motivation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Investing in our future: White House honors Dr. T. Berry Brazelton :: Investing in our future means investing in our children.
That's the message that Boston Children's renowned pediatrician T.Berry Brazelton wants everyone to hear, loud and clear.
Brazelton was one of 11 individuals from Head Start programs around the country who was honored by the White House on June 18th as a "Champion of Change." The Champions of Change program is part of President Obama's Winning the Future Initiative. If anyone has spent his life thinking about our future, it's Brazelton.
Along with guiding millions of parents in raising their children, Brazelton collaborated with Ed Zigler and Julius Richmond to create Head Start, a comprehensive early education program for low-income children that, as he says, gives "every child a chance to make the American dream come ...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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U.S. athletics boss talks sponsors :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/EMUnjpPdFtU/
Poor Oral Health Damages Economy :: Over 2 million people in the UK say they have taken time of work due to poor oral health. The UK's economy is being damaged unnecessarily with an estimated two million workers taking sick time off work due to poor oral health over the past five years. Most problems with teeth and gums are preventable with a good oral health routine, but around seven per cent of the UK's 29 million workforce have called in sick with teeth problems at least once in the past five years... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Countering the Livestock‐Targeted Bioterrorism Threat and Responding with an Animal Health Safeguarding System :: SummaryAttacks against livestock and poultry using biological agents constitute a subtype of agroterrorism. These attacks are defined as the intentional introduction of an animal infectious disease to strike fear in people, damage a nation's economy and/or threaten social stability. Livestock bioterrorism is considered attractive to terrorists because biological agents for use against livestock or poultry are more readily available and difficult to monitor than biological agents for use against humans. In addition, an attack on animal husbandry can have enormous economic consequences, even without human casualties. Animal husbandry is vulnerable to livestock‐targeted bioterrorism because it is nearly impossible to secure all livestock animals, and compared with humans, livestock are le...
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Joblessness and Symbolic Loss :: We live in a stressful society. We need to keep up with the hustle and bustle of everyday, as well as professional, life. Stress might feel more commonplace than a sense of peace.
Although there are several difficult, nationwide events that we are all currently adapting to, one of the most talked-about stressors in modern American culture is the dramatic rise in unemployment.
Current Trends
Joblessness is becoming more widespread in the United States. For example, in January 2001, the unemployment rate of individuals 16 years and older was 4.2 percent. By January 2011, this percentage more than doubled to 9.7 percent (Department of Labor, 2011). The situation seems to be improving in 2012.
A rapidly increasing unemployment rate can dramatically affect people who are out of work, as well as...
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European markets at close: 09.08.12 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/mPrjV3sZmDI/
Today In Long Shots: Nairobi Casts Bid for 2024 Olympics :: Kenya has thrown in a bid, along with Egypt and South Africa, to be the first African nation to host the Olympics in 2024. But the Kenyan economy might not be able to handle the financial burden.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372110/20120809/nairobi-kenya-olympics-summer-games-2024-john.htm
Nepal Bans Young Women From Seeking Work In Middle East Over Exploitation Fears :: In 2010, 15 Nepali servants committed suicide in Lebanon due to gross abuses.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372106/20120809/nepal-women-servants-maids-middle-east-arabs.htm
FHFA Could Block Attempts To Use Eminent Domain To Seize US Mortgages :: The Federal Housing Finance Agency, or FHFA, the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, said it has "significant concerns" over proposals by local governments to use eminent domain to seize foreclosures and reduce loan balances to provide homeowner relief.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372105/20120809/fhfa-eminent-domain-fannie-freddie.htm
Pakistan: Half-Million Hard-Core Heroin Addicts And Counting... :: Pakistanis consume heroin valued at $1.2 billion every year.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372073/20120809/pakistan-heroin-opium-addiction-afghanistan-treatment-karachi.htm
Payday loan firm shut down by OFT :: A payday loan firm, MCO Capital, has been shut down by the OFT for allowing itself to be duped by fraudsters who impersonated more than 7,000 people.
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US Trade Deficit Narrows To $42.9B In June - Lowest Since Dec. 2010 :: The U.S. trade deficit in June was the smallest in one-and-a-half years as lower oil prices curbed imports, according to government data on Thursday that suggested an upward revision to second-quarter growth.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372034/20120809/trade-deficit-exports-imports-gdp-jobs.htm
US Initial Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Fall To 361,000 :: The number of Americans lining up for new jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week, the Labor Dept. said Thursday, suggesting that the battered labor market is healing.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372010/20120809/initial-jobless-claims-august-4-unemployment.htm
Easing raw material prices to help Nestle :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/bpalPQ5ZuAA/
World food prices rebound in July :: Global food prices sharply rebound in July due to extreme weather conditions, a UN food and agricultural body says.
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UK trade deficit at 15-year high :: The UK's trade gap widened sharply in June, to its worst level since comparable records began in 1997.
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Jaguar boosts Tata Motors profits :: A 34% rise in sales by luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover bolsters Indian parent company Tata Motors' profits.
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Millionaires On US Unemployment? Yes, And That's Perfectly Legal (For Now) :: Data compiled by the Congressional Research Service show that thousands of Americans making more than $1 million got unemployment benefits. That's not against any law, but it doesn't look good to voters, and Congress wants to stop it.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371975/20120809/taxes-unemployment-millionaires.htm
What More Can Central Banks Do To Fight The Recession? Plenty :: Despite most central banks slashing interest rates in 2009, there is still room for central banks to maneuver and stimulate their sluggish economies.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371973/20120809/central-banks-stuimulus-fed-bernanke-king.htm
Infosys Visa Fraud Case: Another Employee Files Case Against Company :: In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California August 2, Satya Dev Tripuraneni, a former Infosys employee, has claimed that he faced harassment from the management for his role in bringing to light the IT company's misuse of U.S. visas.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371964/20120809/infosys-visa-fraud-case-second-employee-files.htm
UK Trade Deficit Widens as Exports Hurt by Slowing Global Demand :: Office for National Statistics trade data exposes weakness in UK export market during second quarter as recession continued
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371941/20120809/uk-exports-trade-deficit-ons-recession-non.htm
South Korea Investigates Standard Chartered and HSBC for Money Laundering :: South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service regulator opens investigation into Seoul branches of Standard Chartered and HSBC.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371934/20120809/standard-chartered-hsbc-south-korea-regulation.htm
Moody's Analytics Cuts India's 2012 Growth Forecast On Poor Monsoons, Policy Inaction :: Moody's Analytics cut India's growth forecast to 5.5 percent for this year, citing the policy inaction on the part of the government and the Reserve Bank of India's decision to keep the key rates unchanged despite an economic slowdown.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371930/20120809/moody-s-analytics-cuts-india-2012-growth.htm
India's IIP Growth Declines 1.8 Percent In June :: India's industrial output growth fell in June to 1.8 percent against the analysts' expectation of a 1 percent growth, as compared to the same period a year ago.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371910/20120809/india-s-june-iip-growth-dec-lines.htm
Standard Chartered CEO Peter Sands Hits Back at New York Regulator over Iran Sanctions Row :: Standard Chartered's Peter Sands denies bank broke US sanctions and slams New York regulator for threat to revoke US banking licence.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371908/20120809/standard-chartered-peter-sands-iran-new-york.htm
Wayne Swan Renews Labor Pledge to Deliver Corporate Tax Cuts :: Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has reaffirmed commitment by the government of slicing the country's corporate tax to further encourage investment inflows, promote higher production and prompt wage growth.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371898/20120809/wayne-swan-renews-labor-pledge-deliver-corporate.htm
China inflation at a 30-month low :: China's inflation dips to a 30-month low in July, giving policymakers a bigger cushion to boost stimulus measures to spur economic growth.
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