31-Dec-2012 13:49 New

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:&bull; 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).&bull; 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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Advisor Confidence Index Increase in December :: NEW YORK, Dec. 24, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Advisor Confidence Index (ACI), a benchmark that gauges advisor views on the U.S. economy and stock market, reports that advisor confidence increased significantly in December, with the index decreasing 18.41% from the November level to close at 100.8. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))
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New evidence on financing equity in China's health care reform - A case study on Gansu province, China :: Conclusions:
Health care financing policies in China need ongoing reform. Given the inequity of general consumption taxes, elimination of these would improve financing equity considerably. Optimizing benefit packages in public health insurance is as important as expanding coverage, both for health care financing and for utilization management as well. Although they are progressive, out-of-pocket payments are not equitable in China and have the effect of excluding the poor from health care as they cannot afford to pay for medical care and so withdraw from treatment. (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
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New AUTM Survey Reveals University Impact on Economy :: The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), a nonprofit association of academic technology transfer professionals, has published its annual survey of university, hospital and research...(PRWeb December 10, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/12/prweb10217437.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)<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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Newspapers and guns: If data is available, should it always be published? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/2aaTqfjgcl8/story01.htm

Lives Saved And Profits Increased By Alcohol Pricing Policies :: Setting minimum prices for alcohol increases health and economic benefits, say international experts, who met for a seminar on alcohol pricing and public health. The meeting - sponsored by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia (CARBC) and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) - focused on new analyses on Ontario and other provinces where minimum pricing policies have been implemented for a number of years. Alcohol costs the Canadian economy $14.6 billion in indirect healthcare and social costs each year... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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New Year's Eve 2013 Ushers Extended Services On BART, TriMet, Broadway Shuttle :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There is some great news for New Year's Eve party revellers as BART, TriMet and Broadway Shuttle run extended services on both trains and buses that allows partygoers to return home safely after festivities.</p><p><strong>BART Services</strong></p><p>In a special arrangement, BART has announced that its train services will be extended till 3 a.m. local time on New Year, with trains every 20 minutes.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/new-years-eve-2013-ushers-extended-services-bart-trimet-broadway-shuttle-982950

Delhi Gang-Rape: New Year Celebrations To be Subdued In India; Hotels, Clubs Tone Down Revelry :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Following the nationwide anger and grief over the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim, New Year celebrations in India have lost the verve as several business houses, clubs and government offices decided either to cancel or scale down their New Year bashes.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/delhi-gang-rape-new-year-celebrations-be-subdued-india-hotels-clubs-tone-down-revelry-982772

VIDEO: Newsweek publishes last paper edition :: Newsweek, the weekly news magazine, has published its last edition on paper.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20875125#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: New TUC boss 'to reach out' :: The incoming leader of the Trade Union Congress, Frances O'Grady, has vowed to "reach out" to workers and employers to try to gauge opinions about how the organisation can make a difference.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20874274#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

US Stock Futures Signal Higher Open Ahead Of New Year Holiday :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Monday, but trading volume is expected to be low ahead of the New Year holiday.</p><p>The futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.23 percent, the futures on the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index were up 0.44 percent and those on the Nasdaq 100 Index were up 0.09 percent. </p><p>Investors are currently focusing on the fiscal cliff. Market players are discouraged by realizing that President Barack Obama and the congressional leaders are not making advances toward coming to an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-signal-higher-open-ahead-new-year-holiday-982590

So much for a BlackBerry cloud: RIM sells NewBay to Synchronoss :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/fqdVNRjsLX4/story01.htm

California Planning Low-Carbon Oasis Where Cars Aren't King :: By Braden Reddall and Rory CarrollNEWARK, California (Reuters) - Vacant industrial land near salt marshes and a derelict rail bridge seem like an odd setting for the beginnings of a lifestyle revolution in scenic California, but planners in the San Francisco Bay suburb of Newark view it as just that.With an eye on the state's new land-use laws to cut carbon output, Newark's city council just voted to convert 200 acres owned largely by chemical companies into a development that should set the trend for a state bent on decarbonizing its economy, the world's ninth largest.The marshes could be turned over to birds, satisfying environmentalists, or paved over with single family homes, like most of the Bay Area.Newark planners envision something different, which might satisfy both - or neither: ...
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