Data centers: Blowing smoke and raising red flags
Last year, I wrote about PEAK 10 after doing some online research, and I figured I would have a chance to...Act 255 heats up angel investment in 2005, though VC involvement lags
Wisconsin's decision to give tax credits to investors in early-stage companies has shown results in its first calendar year, especially for individual investors. Angel investors have so far applied for $1.8 million of the $3 million in available tax credits for 2005, state Department of Commerce figures show. But of the $3.5 million in tax credits available to venture capitalists, almost...Minnesota, Missouri see continuing health care investments; Wisconsin lags
In Wisconsin, howe...Report: Wisconsin still lags in college degrees held by workforce, leads elsewhere
NorthStar Economics and the Wisconsin Technology Council have released a report detailing the strengths of Wisconsin in the new economy and the difficulties that still need to be addressed to ensure the quality of the state's future workforce. Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still pointed out that other states such as New Hampshire and Massachusetts have lost 10 to 15 percent...Economic report raises red flags on Wisconsin's future
...Scotland lags far behind in meeting the demand of prostate cancer treatment
Half of Scotland's prostate cancer patients face a delay of two months or more for surgery or therapy//. Prostrate cancer is one of the most common cancers in Scotland. Bu the health officials said that the hospitals are struggling to hit their target. Andy Kerr, health minister, asked the authorities to reduce the waiting times to make it easier for those who have been di...Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Flags Off Public Health Foundation of India
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced the set-up of a public Health foundation of India, which will remedy the imbalances in the provision of health care services in the country. // This will be a public-private initiative that will redress the inequalities in financial management of resources and help in the efficient distribution of specializations in health care services. The...Rajasthan Reduces MMR, Still Lags Behind Country
Adoption of safe delivery practices resulted in Rajasthan's maternal mortality rate (MMR) dropping from 677 per 100,000 births in 1997 to 445, a decline of 34 percent, said Health// Minister Digambar Singh. However, Rajasthan still lags far behind the national MMR average of 301, according to the report on 'Maternal Mortality in India: 1997-2003 - Trends, Causes and Risk Factors' rele...India Lags Far Behind in Controlling Maternal Deaths
Gwalior: There has been no appreciable decline in the number of women dying at childbirth in India since 1990, quite// unlike other nations like Bangladesh, Gautemala and Morocco that have managed to arrest this trend. India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, was 301 in 2002 and 2003. According to the Sample Registration Survey (S...Use of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Canada Lags Behind U.S
The use of life-saving implantable cardioverter defibrillators in Canada is rising, but it is still significantly less than that in the United States. Dr. David Birnie and colleagues from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute report that, between 1995 and 2003, the use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in adults who survived a cardiac arrest increased from 5.4% to 26.7% in Ca...