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Farm kids almost twice as likely to die from injury as children overall

A new retrospective study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that young farm children, particularly boys, are about twice as likely as the total population of young Canadian children to die from an injury. Brison and colleagues collected and analyzed Canadian data on fatal agricultural injuries to young children to determine rates, identify patterns and devise prevention str...

Chronic pain up almost 40 percent among US workers in past decade

Persistent, chronic pain has risen dramatically among full-time U.S. workers in the past 10 years, but workers today opt to go to their jobs rather than call in sick, leading to a growing trend of presenteeism ?a negative impact on work despite being physically present at the job. These data, released today, are from a 2006 national survey conducted by Harris Interactive® on "Pain in the Workplac...
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Visions: Chicago software exec Jason Fried breaks (almost) all the rules

There is a method to alleged madn...

Madison's downtown wireless network almost ready

A downtown wireless network called Mad City Broadband that will cover the area around the Capitol is almost ready to go live. Cellnet, a firm in Atlanta, Georgia, is building the system and will sell bandw...
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Almost a death experience

According to French researchers there is no obvious medical explanation for the near death experience reported by some patients during cardiac arrest. The near death experience (NDE) has received quite a lot of attention in recent years.// It involves a feeling of disconnection from the body during a life-threatening medical crisis - typically a cardiac arrest - and often progress down a tunnel...

Almost 30 Percent Dentists Refuse To Sign NHS Contracts

A leaked government document has revealed that at least a third of dentists are refusing to sign the new controversial NHS// contracts. This situation is entirely opposite to what Prime Minister Tony Blair had said when he asserted that 95 percent of dentists have signed up. "The majority of the dentists are agreeing to the new contract, but it's true some are not… I am pleased to say...

Bedwetting A Problem Among Almost 1 In 50 Children

A study that was published in Urology Journal BJUI International has stated that, one in 50 teenager’s still wet the bed and almost half of 19-year-olds who have a problem are wetting the bed every night. // Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Prince of Wales Hospital had analysed the results of more than 16,500 questionnaires surveying children who were aged...

Health Insurance For Almost Everyone In Massachusetts

Massachusetts, U.S., is about to embark on an ambitious plan promising up to 99 percent of adults, access to health insurance.// The state is expected to set limits to how much people would be expected to pay in order to gain health insurance. This move is hoped to mean that at least 270,000 uninsured adults of the state will be able to afford premiums and vital medical care. <b...

Kylie Almost Doubled Earnings in Breast Cancer Year Off

Pop star Kylie Minogue earned an incredible 4.5million pounds in the year she took off while fighting breast cancer . Despite retreating from the public eye to battle the disease, the Aussie sensation almost doubled her income from the preceding year. According to the accounts of her company Darenote, Kylie received a salary of 1.85 million pounds, expenses of 42,366 p...
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