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Fat Horses Face Health Problems

...rtified with the goal of improving weight gain and productivity of cattle and other food animals, with little thought given to how these forages might affect horses, which often share the same types of pastures. In addition, the majority of the horses studied were under-exercised. They were left on pastures to ...

Antarctic Icebergs Serve as 'hotspots' for Ocean Life

..., overall, the icebergs are raising the biological productivity of nearly 40 percent of Antarctica's Weddell Sea. Based on their new understanding of the role of icebergs in the ecosystem and the sheer number of icebergs in the Southern Ocean--the team counted more than 11,000 in satellite images of some 4,300 s...

U.S. Preventive Medicine(R) Encourages the International Community to Embrace Prevention

... will also reduce healthcare costs and improve the productivity and vitality of the world. The UAE has already made positive strides toward embracing a prevention model of healthcare. They currently have nine preventive medicine centers that focus on widening immunization, health screenings, public awareness, r...

Workers Compelled to Stay in Shape to Avoid Pay Cuts

...s thriving, as corporate America tries to increase productivity and control insurance costs by helping its employe...ncreasingly are tracking not only their employees' productivity but also personal information such as their waistlines, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Some ...

Biotechnology Will Dominate The 21st Century

... as compared to 15.8 million bales in 2001-02. The productivity has increased from 308 kg. Per hectare to 450 kg. Per hectare during the same period. The Minister of State added the pesticide usage has also come down by 2260 MT during 2005-06. Though there has been overall acceptance of the Bt technology by cotto...

Million Mentally Ill in India

... family and society in terms of morbidity, loss of productivity and mortality in terms of suicide in extreme cases. A large number of people with mental problems do not seek help due to ignorance, stigma and lack of availability of services. However, most of these ailments could be treated at an outpatient bas...

Individuals Distraction can Be Measured by a Computer Based Test

...l be absent-minded! But there are many areas where productivity critically depends on the ability of staff to stay focused, yet current psychometric tests do not measure it," said Professor Lavie. She says that the test correlates with responses given to the 'Cognitive Failures Questionnaire' that predicts a pe...

25 Pesticides Banned in India, Others Face Partial Curbs

... complex issue at the intersection of agricultural productivity and environmental safety, the government has also acknowledged that there are four pesticide formulations banned for "import, manufacture and use" and another seven pesticides on the "withdrawn" list. Another 18 pesticides have been "refused regist...

Are Physicians Hesitant to Diagnose Depression?

...is the leading cause of missed work days, and lost productivity due to depression is estimated at $83 billion a year....

Mental Illness Foremost Reason for Absenteeism

...atment of depressive employees improves individual productivity by an average of 6 per cent while reducing absenteeism by 22 per cent. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics identifies that mental problems result in lack of motivation for further education and training thus limiting the employees ca...

Inadequate Sleep may Affect a Persons Diet.

...al health, emotional well-being, mental abilities, productivity and performance. Recent studies associate lack of sleep with serious health problems such as an increased risk of depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Experts recommend that adults get between seven and eight hours of sleep eac...

SKorea Launches Campaign to Curb Hard-drinking Culture

... also caused enormous economic damage, undermining productivity and raising the danger of industrial accidents," Park said. "Koreans consume less alcohol than Europeans but they are well known for drinking as much as possible and as quickly as possible," said Cho Sung-Gie, director of the Korean Alcohol Research ...

Medical Students Get Poor Quality Sleep

...al health, emotional well-being, mental abilities, productivity and performance. Recent studies associate lack of sleep with serious health problems such as an increased risk of depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes....

Insomnia Affects Job Performance A New Survey

...indings Negative effects of insomnia on workplace productivity were reported significantly more by nurses experiencing difficulty falling sleep (60.56%, p The proportion of nurses reporting negative effects of insomnia on both health and mood respectively was significantly higher for those experiencing difficul...

Hay Fever Can Send Work Productivity Down the Drain

...ay fever for the loss of millions of hours of work productivity this spring//. A new study of nearly 600 people w...ng as having a moderately negative effect on their productivity at work. While hay fever may remain a fact of life for millions of people, Szeinbach points out th...

Queensland- Sunny Side Up Please

...f depression. Depression resulted in the loss of productivity among the working population. It is estimated that...he cost of each employee’s absenteeism and loss of productivity due to depression was equated at $9660 annually. It is well known that depression that goes untre...

Insomnia-related Symptoms High Among ‘Night Owls

...al health, emotional well-being, mental abilities, productivity and performance. Recent studies associate lack of sleep with serious health problems such as an increased risk of depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Experts recommend that adults get between seven and eight hours of sleep ea...

Parents Asked to Produce More Babies in Australia

...of 65, and have offered various schemes to enhance productivity at the work place. Australia is slowly recording progress in the birth rate,with an average of 1.8 children. But this is not enough. The required birth rate is 2.1 births per woman to compensate for the aging of the population. /...

Bowel Cancer Screening Program

...s could be achieved by increasing the capacity and productivity of endoscopic units or by ensuring the appropriateness of procedures, for example by stricter adherence to guidelines for surveillance colonoscopies. “The recognition of risk factors for a diagnosis of cancer, including age over 65 years and certa...

US Health System Getting Worse, Says Expert

...n - $69bn, which is less than the loss in economic productivity from existing coverage ($65bn - $130bn annually). Furthermore, expanding coverage would disproportionately help people on low incomes, who make up two thirds of the uninsured, thus increasing equity in access to health care and health outcomes, sa...

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