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Hispanic Workers Ages 50+ May Help Employers Solve Potential Future Labor Shortages

But Many Older Hispanics - the "invisible" Boomers - Face Workplace Challenges WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Older Hispanic workers can play a dynamic role in helping solve long-term challenges for many employers, as the traditional labor pool of workers ages 25-54 stagnates...

NYU School of Medicine pathology researchers solve another mystery in B lymphocyte development

New York May 18, 2009: A new study published online in Nature Immunology ahead of the June 2009 print issue has found that homologous immunoglobulin (lg) alleles pair up in the nucleus at stages that coincide with V(D)J recombination of the heavy and light chain (Igh and Igk) loci. Researche...

New England Journal of Medicine Opinion Column Suggests Ineffective Shortcuts to Solve Obesity Challenge

WASHINGTON, April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to an opinion column published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, Susan Neely, president and CEO for the American Beverage Association ( ABA ), issued the following statement: "We agree that obesity is a serious and com...

New Routes' Immigrant Project 'Egal Shidad' Aims to Solve Somali Mental Health Problems through New Media

As stories of despair in the Somali immigrant community continue to make news headlines, one project is trying to make a positive impact on Somali mental health through new media. Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health, based in Minneapolis, is a DVD produced in late 2008 that has already had requ...

Successful EHR Programs turn to Orion Health to Solve the Challenge of Interoperability

The Obama administration American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 outlines goals and grants for health IT investments to spur rapid adoption of electronic medical and health records and to facilitate the electronic exchange of health data. Orion Health is in a unique position to help hospitals...

Researchers solve mystery of deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and transparent head

MOSS LANDING, CA Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. Ever since the "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, marine biologists have known that it's...

Bioreactors might solve blood-platelet supply problems

COLUMBUS, Ohio It might be possible to grow human blood platelets in the laboratory for transfusion, according to a new study at The Ohio State University Medical Center. The findings, published in the January 1, 2009 issue of the journal Experimental Hematology , might one day enable blood ba...

Grassrootshealth Launches D*action Community Project to Solve Vitamin D Deficiency Crisis

Serving as a model for public health action on vitamin D, GrassrootsHealth, an advocacy organization has launched the D*action Community Project, a consortium of scientists, institutions and individuals committed to solving the worldwide vitamin D deficiency crisis and will hold its first event, ...

SEIU Statement in Support of New Blueprint to Solve Health Care Crisis by Senator Max Baucus

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the nation's largest labor union for health care workers, issued the following statement in support of the diagnosis of and prescription for mending our broken health care system released by Senato...

'Opt out' system could solve donor organ shortage, says researcher

A system of presumed consent for organ donation - where people have to opt out of donating their organs when they die - is the best way to tackle a growing waiting list for transplant. That is the opinion of Dr John Troyer, an expert in organ donation and the illegal trade of body parts, who ha...

Education More Important Than Immigration to Solve Nursing Shortage, Research Shows

New research shows that a majority of US healthcare consumers would be prepared to pay higher taxes to fund increased education facilities for American nurses. The study also sampled consumer attitudes to the recruitment of nurses from overseas. Carlsbad, Calif. (PRWEB...

Idle computers offer hope to solve cancer's mysteries through grid computing project

AUSTIN, Texas A biomedical engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin is using a concept called "grid computing" to allow the average person to donate idle computer time in a global effort to fight cancer. Muhammad Zaman, assistant professor in biomedical engineering, recently ...

Global Healer and YouTube Guru, Dattatreya Siva Baba, Starts Worldwide City Tour, on July 2 in New York City: 'Grace Light Is Coming to Solve Mankind's Problems'

NEW YORK, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Dattatreya Siva Baba, a siddha master and mystic guru with a rapidly growing fan base on YouTube, is a believer in both miracles and divine intervention. His followers agree, having been won over by him and also by the miracles they say result from his teachin...

New photo 'op' for ovaries may solve some mysteries of infertility

CHICAGO -- What causes a woman's eggs to deteriorate in quality with age, and can that be reversed? How does the ovary choose an egg -- out of a stash of roughly one million -- to release for ovulation? And can the ovary be influenced to pick a "good" quality egg rather than one with chromoso...

Leeds medics solve an ancient riddle -- and offer new tool for diagnosis

A puzzling medical condition, identified more than 2,000 years ago by Hippocrates, has finally been explained by researchers at the University of Leeds. The phenomenon of "finger clubbing", a deformity of the fingers and fingernails, has been known for thousands of years, and has long been rec...

Employee Engagement & Retention: Benchmarking Metrics and Networking Opportunity to Help Solve Today's Workforce Challenges

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The cost to replace an employee can be as high as 2.41% of annual salary, but the long-term cost to the organization's Service-Profit Chain is even higher. A benchmarking report by Best Practices, LLC addresses the effects of turnover on the bottom line...

ATF Offers $10,000 Reward for Information to Solve Shooting and Theft of Guns Case

LODI, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Special Agent in Charge Stephen K. Martin of the San Francisco Field Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Chief David Main of the Lodi Police Department today announced that ATF will post a $10,000 reward for i...

Zebrafish may help solve ringing in vets' ears

CHICAGO -- Ernest Moore, an audiologist and cell biologist at Northwestern University, developed tinnitus -- a chronic ringing and whooshing sound in his ears -- twenty years ago after serving in the U.S. Army reserves medical corps. His hearing was damaged by the crack of too many M16 rifles and...

Scientists solve mystery of polyketide drug formation

Irvine, Calif., April 1, 2008 Many top-selling drugs used to treat cancer and lower cholesterol are made from organic compounds called polyketides, which are found in nature but historically difficult for chemists to alter and reproduce in large quantities. For the first time, scientists at UC...

Scientists solve structure of gene regulator that plays key role in cancer

(PHILADELPHIA) Scientists at The Wistar Institute have collaborated on a major advance in understanding a gene regulator that contributes to some of the deadliest cancers in humans. The culmination of 10 years work, their research paves the way for the development of new cancer therapies. Dur...

Tackling Triglycerides: 8 Ways to Solve a Big Fat Problem, From the Harvard Heart Letter

BOSTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When it comes to heart health, the largest and most common form of fat in food and the bloodstream --triglycerides -- has taken a back seat to "bad" LDL cholesterol and "good" HDL cholesterol in the public's awareness. That's changing as researchers g...

Researchers solve first structure of a key to intact DNA inheritance

HOUSTON - Researchers have solved the structure of a DNA-protein complex that is crucial in the spread of antibiotic resistance among bacteria. Knowing this structure also provides fundamental insight into how cells successfully divide into two new cells with intact DNA The report in the Dec. ...

Higher-risk kidneys may help solve organ shortage facing older adults

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. New research from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center suggests that age alone shouldnt be a barrier to receiving a kidney transplant and that using donated kidneys that would once have been discarded may help alleviate the burgeoning organ shortage among older adult...

Mother and Daughter Create Lead-Free/Safe Bibs and Solve Messy Mealtime Problems

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- With nationwide recalls of led-laced baby bibs, led is a top concern for parents. The problem for parents is "What do I do with all of this lead information? Now what do I buy? How do I keep my child clean if I can't use the available bibs?" Bibs are a nece...

MultiVu Video Feed: Richard Simmons and Ocean Spray Team-Up to Solve

America's Energy Crisis One Sip At a Time People across America are experiencing an everyday energy crisis. With hectic, busy lifestyles, many Americans need extra energy to keep them on the go. Richard Simmons invites New Yorkers to help solve their "energy crises" with Ocean Spray's(R) n...

1 in 14 Young Adults Cant Solve Simple Math Sums

Simple mathematical calculations are a knotty affair for most young adults in the UK who have recently left school, for 1 in 14 of them cannot solve basic maths questions meant for 8-year-olds, according to a survey . The survey was conducted to mark the release of the ITV DVD Number...

FICCI Proposes Models To Solve Indias Healthcare Crisis

An industrial body recognizing the downward trend of access to quality health care in India, has suggested two things needed to reverse the situation- more money and a significant private-public partnership. According to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), ...

Viagra Can Create Relationship Problems as Well as Solve Them

For many men, the erectile-dysfunction drugs Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra are the answer to their prayers. But, according to Sexuality in Midlife and Beyond,// a new report from Harvard Medical School, these pills offer no help in untangling the emotional and relationship pressures that frequently a...

MIT Biologists Solve Vitamin Puzzle

Solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard researchers have discovered// the final piece of the synthesis pathway of vitamin B12--the only vitamin synthesized exclusively by microorganisms. B12, the most chemically comple...

Minister Calls for Action Plan To Solve Man-Animal Conflict

Minister of State for Environment and Forests has called for an action plan and comprehensive strategy for tackling man-animal conflict. Speaking at a National Workshop// on ‘Human - Leopard Conflict Management’ here today, the Minister - Shri Meena, said that we need to have a re-look at our exist...

Study Of Twins May Solve Aging Questions

University of NSW researchers in Australia are conducting a study involving 300 pairs of older twins. The study could answer some questions about aging. // 'Even though we have twins that are identical, there are vast differences between them,' study leader Professor Perminder Sachdev said. '...

Discovery Of New Molecule Could Solve Cancer Spread Mystery

A new study published in the May issue of Cancer Cell says that scientists have identified a new molecule that could resolve the mystery of how cancer progresses.// This molecule was found to inhibit the progression of lethal malignant glioma cells both in vivo as well as in vitro. This study...

Surgical Intervention to Solve Obesity and Related Problems

According to the researchers at Monash University Medical School in Melbourne, Australia, it was found that adjustable gastric banding shows effective results against obesity than a very low-calorie diet.// The surgical procedure consists of a placing a band around the top of stomach to create a fe...

Carp May Solve the Problem Related To Anoxia Related Diseases in Humans

Humans cannot hold our breath for a long time as oxygen is essential to keep us going. Scientists at the University of Oslo have recently discovered// how the Crucian Carp, a close relative of the goldfish, is able to live for months without oxygen. This discovery is of great interest as it hel...

Double Kidney Transplants to Solve Organ Donor Shortage

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina found that a 100% survival rate among 19 patients who had double transplants of kidneys// earlier rejected for having limited function. They said that this is one of the simple way by which one can solve the problem of o...

Florida State University declares a breathtaking study which might solve the Hepatitis C Virus maze and find a cure!

The Hepatitis virus scare is too much to handle, Hepatitis C alone infects more than 170 million people worldwide. The main danger is to the liver which leads to both acute and chronic liver diseases. // The protective mechanism that denies any anti viral therapy to be produced against it the re...

Genetic Therapy Could Solve Parkinson’s Puzzl

Researchers from the Northwestern University are developing a unique genetic therapy by which they can switch off a gene involved in Parkinson's disease. Martha Bohn and her laboratory team at// Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designed this novel therapy, which is described in ...

Memory problem? solve a crossword

A new report released by the Institute for the Study of Aging and the International Longevity Center says older people who want to stay mentally agile are better advised to put down the pill bottle and pick up a pencil. Research shows that seniors who do crossword puzzles, exercise and seek h...

Rooks Show Intelligence in Catching the Worm

... Experiment shows that these birds can use tools to solve problems THURSDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Rooks aren't bird...any ways rival the great apes in their physical intelligence and ability to solve problems," study author Christopher Bird, of the University of Cambridge, s...

Kool Smiles Relies on Wyse Technology Virtual Clients to Improve Patient Care and Security of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

...d cost-effective, low-maintenance computer hardware to enhance staff productivity and reduce capital costs. "Our goal is nothing less than to solve the oral health care crisis in the United States," according to Mark Blomquist, CTO of Kool Smiles. "In order to do that, we knew we'd need to hold d...