New American Lung Association Report Finds 60 Percent of Americans Live in Areas Where Air is Dirty Enough to Endanger Lives

- 10th Annual State of the Air Report Publishes Local Air Quality Grades Online - WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 10th annual American Lung Association State of the Air report released today finds that six out of ten Americans -- 186.1 million people -- live in areas w...

New Report Shows How Drug Industry Immunity Would Endanger Women

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report released today by the national consumer rights group Center for Justice & Democracy finds that many of this country's dangerous government-approved drugs and devices have been marketed specifically for women. Many of these products were...

President Bush Requests Funding Cuts That Endanger Domestic Violence Victims

Advocates urge Congress to protect funding for life-saving services WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Domestic violence advocates are outraged by President Bush's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2009, saying the measure deals a devastating blow to women and children. The Budget ...

Hoarding can Endanger Lives, Says New Study

A new study has revealed that hoarders have a brain disorder resulting in an all-consuming compulsion to collect that often cuts them off from society and damages their relationships. A sub-type of obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding is the compulsion to collect and store items conside...

Pennsylvania Commission for Women Rallies Against Senate Budget Proposal

...-- The Pennsylvania Commission for Women today hosted a rally at the state Capitol to oppose devastating budget cuts proposed by the Senate that would endanger critical services for women and their families and end the agency's 35 years of advocacy for women and girls. "As recently as 2002, the Institu...

New Anesthesia May Be Safer for Critically Ill

...and pain medicine, said in a hospital news release. Most general anesthetics cause blood pressure to fall, often quickly. In cases where this could endanger the patient, doctors typically use etomidate with other agents to help keep the person under, a method that requires intense monitoring of blood press...

Internationally Renowned Surgeon Reaches out to RNC, Hispanic Community

...erence by government, the insurance industry, lawyers, or other outside influences; to protect American health care from proposals or legislation that endanger patients' freedom to choose their doctors; and to ensure the American health care system is based on free market principles that allow patients and th...

Tips for Transporting Your Pet in California

...le. Fines range from $50 to $250. In California, it is also against the law to leave an animal unattended in a vehicle under conditions that endanger the animal. Law enforcement officials are authorized to break into a motor vehicle to rescue an animal if they determine the animal is in danger. Fi...

RNs Praise House Vote to Permit State Single-Payer Laws

...al focus is profits for their shareholders not delivery of care, don't have the ability to deny care, limit coverage, or continually raise prices that endanger the health and financial security of patients." "The successes and standards of Medicare should be the model for reform for all Americans," s...

American Society of Medical Doctors Established to Protect the Bond Between Physicians and Patients; Organizing Doctors to Oppose Government-Run Health Care

...erence by government, the insurance industry, lawyers, or other outside influences; to protect American health care from proposals or legislation that endanger patients' freedom to choose their doctors; and to ensure the American health care system is based on free market principles that allow patients and th...

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NCPS Outraged at HIV/AIDS Medi-Cal Cuts

...battle against HIV/AIDS, not only abroad... but in our own backyard. These proposed cuts to the Medi-Cal by the California State Assembly would only endanger disenfranchised patients -- especially HIV patients who are dependent on these services, as pharmacies will be forced to stop filling needed prescript...

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Panic

...tes or replaces thinking and often affects groups of people or animals. Panics typically occur in disaster situations, or violent situations which may endanger the overall health of the... Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurring severe panic attacks. It may also include sign...

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Does fishing on drifting fish aggregation devices endanger the survival of tropical tuna?

Fishermen hold empirical knowledge that tuna aggregate under floating objects, such as lengths of old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for this aggregation behaviour, but the past 20 years have seen purse-seine fishery operators take advantage ...

Ecological Society of America criticizes administration's overhaul of the Endangered Species Act

... regulating climate and providing natural resources. Exposing the most vulnerable species to the threats that will result from the Bush proposal will endanger our ecological support system. ...

Final preparations for first human-rated spacecraft to be lauched from Europe's Spaceport

...sing from the several tonnes of cargo. Off-gassing poses a serious concern in space because cargo objects emit odours and odourless gases that can endanger the cabin environment. Because no windows can be opened in space, the climate of the ISS and space vehicles are delicately checked and balanced. The a...

ETH Zurich professor Ari Helenius awarded Benoist Prize

...roteins. By subject-ing proteins to a quality check, cells make certain that newly synthesized pro-teins are correctly assembled and folded and do not endanger the functionality of the cell. Medicinal uses By far the greatest importance of Heleniuss research with viruses in the area of medicine is how...

Expedition discovers marine treasures

... damaged by anchors and chains of ships that wait at the atoll to avoid anchoring fees in territorial waters of St. Eustatius. The large ships also endanger local fishermen of Saba in their small boats, forcing them away from traditional fishing grounds and causing the loss of fish pots that become so-call...

Cultural norms not unique to human societies

...r. Horner. A few members of each group independently discovered the alternative method for freeing food from the Pan-pipes, but this knowledge did not endanger the groups' traditions because most of these chimpanzees reverted back to the norm set by their local expert. "Choosing the group norm over the altern...

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Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Announces Research Agreement With the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)

...us pathogens. The purpose of this CRADA is to adapt PCT into protocols for the development of medical countermeasures against dangerous pathogens that endanger the warfighter. The CRADA will allow scientists from PBI and USAMRIID to combine resources, experiences, and expertise to help achieve this important ...