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New insight into people who 'see' colors in letters and numbers

People with a form of synesthesia in which they see colors when viewing letters and numbers really do see colors, researchers, led by Edward M. Hubbard of the University of California San Diego, have found. What's more, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of their brains reveals that they show activation of color-perception areas. The researchers said their findings lend support t...
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Wisconsin gets "biotech hotspot" designation from industry newsletter

Wisconsin has earned another national mention as a "biotech hotspot," this time in e-mail newsletter FierceBiotech. In aggregate this kind of recognition raises the state's profile and is just what the biotech industry has been asking for. Joining Wisconsin on the list of five hotspots were California, Maryland, New Jersey and Singapore. John Carroll, the editor responsible for compiling...

It's in the mail -- Responding to an FDA warning letter

Warning letters provide wr...

Ten red flags in your Midwest technology offer letter

However, the gratification we all feel when we are wanted (not to mention the prospect of getting a real paycheck if were currently unemployed) ca...

DEMOletter's Summer Reading List

As Fathers Day and commencement ceremonies give way to summer heat, long weekends and beach vacations, we turn our attention to that pile of books on the nightstand and imagine that we'll have just enough time before Labor Day to catch up on our reading. Recently, I had occasion to ask a number of tech executives what they were reading. I've gathered up their responses both classic busi...

DEMOLetter: Draining the Economic Swamp

My good friend, Scott Beth, vice president of procurement at Intuit, has a wonderful metaphor that describes well the experience of the economic recession. It is as if the swamp was drained, and companies finally saw the old tires, rotting tree stumps, and rusting barrels at the swamp bottom. That is, the fiscal largess of the Internet boom covered a world of organizational excess and mismanageme...

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Man Arrested For Sending Hundreds Of Anthrax Hoax Letters

Derek Brodie, a 42-year-old man was arrested for mailing thousands of anthrax hoax letters. One of these letters was even mailed to US President George W Bush. He was arrested two days after he allegedly threatened to use a weapon of mass destruction.// The FBI said that the letters were mailed to government agencies, media offices, actors and actresses and businesses....

India Helps British Patients To Get Their Letters Typed

A team of typists has been hired by a British Hospital to help in typing of letters from doctors to patients. The main advantage of this cost-effective system// is that the letters would be typed in less than a day, enabling the hospital trust to save a considerable amount at the end of the day. The Harshill complex of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, facing debts of near...

Postmen to Deliver Anti-malaria Medicines Along with Letters in Jharkhand

Along with letters the friendly postman will now deliver healthcare at the doorstep of Jharkhand villagers.// 'Postmen have been engaged to deliver anti-malaria medicines because they are the ones who visit the remotest parts of the state,' said Jharkhand health secretary Sivendu. From delivering letters to Assam tea to anti-malaria medicines, the job of a postman is gett...

Britneys Letter to Her Fans Covers Issues on Life, Rehab, God and Kids

Britney Spears has blogged again on her official website and is speaking out on some of the issues she's been grappling with since her breakdown. On May 29 Spears penned an 875-word letter on her official website to her fans that covers life, rehab, God and kids. "Recently, I was sent to a very humbling place called rehab. I truly hit rock bottom. Till this day I don'...

HIV Testing Improves After Withdrawal of Consent Letter

A change in the procedure for HIV testing is reported to increase the rate of HIV testing. This was disclosed by a study conducted// by Dr. Nicola M. Zetola from the University of California, San Francisco. Zetola and his team compared the HIV testing rates before and after the withdrawal of a procedure which insisted on the consent letter for AIDS testing. The monthly rate of HIV testi...

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Bipolar Disorder in Children Difficult to Diagnose, Reports the Harvard Mental Health Letter

BOSTON, April 25, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At leastone-third of the time, the symptoms of bipolar disorder firstappear in childhood or adolescence. However, in children, it can bedifficult to distinguish bipolar symptoms from those of otherdisorders, notes the May 2007 issue of the Harvard Mental HealthLetter. Children, especially young children, usually do not show theadul...
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