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New York Passes First Gun Control Law Since Newtown: Will More States Tighten Gun Restrictions? :: <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 New York state Assembly took a bold step on gun control Tuesday, joining the state Senate to make New York's the first  legislature in the nation to pass a strict gun law since the Dec. 14 shooting spree that left 20 children, six adults and shooter Adam Lanza dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/new-york-passes-first-gun-control-law-newtown-will-more-states-tighten-gun-restrictions-1017896

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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NBA New Salary Cap Rules And How They Affect 2013-14 Season, Trade Market, Miami Heat, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, L.A. Lakers Stand To Pay Huge Luxury Taxes :: <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 class="p1">NBA fans missed a combined 480 games due to the lockout in 2011, and "small markets versus big markets" was labeled as the main culprit.</p>
<p class="p1">A team like the Minnesota Timberwolves has the disadvantage of not just very cold weather but a smaller fan base, compared to say the New York Knicks. Attracting a top free agent to Minnesota can be extremely difficult, particularly when the team lacks a history of winning. Smaller market teams wanted assurances that they could still compete with clubs like New York when it came to inking new talent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-new-salary-cap-rules-how-they-affect-2013-14-season-trade-market-miami-heat-brooklyn-nets-new

Facebook ramps up Google search fight :: New feature gives social network's users the ability to conduct targeted searches for people, photos, places and interests within company's 'social graph'
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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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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 workers hit by pension plans :: Plans for a "simple" flat-rate state pension have been unveiled, but many of those entering the workforce now will be worse off than under current rules.
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54% of U.S. kids have never read an ebook: New report :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Fd_oCPty86Q/story01.htm

New tax pain ahead for Greeks :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/HxQtUOrw8CU/index.html

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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