Electrocardiogram Blip Signals Heart Trouble

Greater risk of atrial fibrillation, need for pacemaker, early death, study shows TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- A slight abnormality in an electrocardiogram (EKG), until now thought to be insignificant, can be a warning sign of future cardiac problems and an increased risk of ea...

U.S. Public Lacks Confidence in FDA: Poll

...at was eventually traced to tainted jalapeno peppers. "Every time you get a food recall, spinach or tomatoes or any of those things, you get a huge blip in public opinion and people cut back on buying spinach and so on," Taylor said. "Those kinds of stories on food safety and drug safety really do have...

Tracking Down a Salmonella Outbreak

...spread of tainted peanut product FRIDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The salmonella outbreak that has now sickened 529 people began as a blip on U.S. health-monitoring radar. Officials with the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention report that the problem first showed up as a sma...

Study yields clues about the evolution of epilepsy

...e of a patient's first seizures, could set the neurologic stage for the later onset of epilepsy. The researchers are now on the hunt to determine what blip in the genetic code could separate a child who will develop epilepsy from a child who will not. The team's latest research, which is being publish...

Employees Want the Next President's Agenda to Make Work Life Flexibility Easier for Companies and Individuals

...le work life flexibility has been a prominent issue in political campaigns in other countries such as Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand, it's a blip on the U.S. political radar screen. Only two presidential candidates have so far addressed the issue," said noted work life flexibility strategist and...

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Case Western Reserve University researchers track Chernobyl fallout

... types from the two countries, they found a spike in 239, 240Pu in Sweden's soil at a depth that coincides with the Chernobyl disaster, yet no similar blip in Poland's soil. Meteorological research showed that it rained in Sweden while the radioactive cloud was over that country. Leeched of much of its ra...

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That blip on the national venture capital radar screen may be Wisconsin

Madison, Wis. - When it comes to attracting venture capital, Wisconsin has always defined what it means to be a "flyover state." Investors on the East and West coasts have basically stuck close to home when it came to financing high-tech deals in the Heartland, with the exception of a few stat...

In 2004, Can Wisconsins Economy Keep Pace with the National Recovery?

...ew more spots on the 50-state export list in 2004. Administration Secretary Marc Marotta, whose agency follows revenue trends closely because every blip can affect the state budget, said hes confident the economy is improving. The only major sectors where Wisconsin lags behind the U.S. average in creat...

The latest job-creation statistics on Wisconsin may surprise you.

...ployment rate in Wisconsins capital city remains the lowest in the state at 2.4 percent, the year-to-year growth rate in the Madison area was barely a blip on the screen. Why? As many government jobs disappeared in the Madison area as the private sector was able to create. Meanwhile, Green Bay has eme...

Ten resolutions that could produce a happy new (tech) year

... assets in the national eye. Mostly due to the hustle of key people in the private sector and the news media, Wisconsin technology became more than a blip on the national radar screen in 2004. The Forbes magazine ratings that placed three Wisconsin cities in its top 100 places for business and careers (M...

A final word on branding

...icks in mind any longer. The blasted, useless messages are instantly forgotten. The 15-minute fame suggested by Andy Warhol is now only a 15-second blip on the global e-commerce landscape. What was previously shoved on 24-7 ad campaigns and lasted at least a year is now completely forgotten the very ne...

2006 Greater Madison High Tech Directory lists 475 tech companies

...gish recovery that followed. Since 2000, the overall number of technology firms has risen from 425 to 475, a 12 percent increase. "We hit a pretty big blip around the year 2000, where things kind of slowed down for awhile," Mohrbacher said. Statewide, high-tech employment stood at 77,800 in 2004, good ...

Going for the "Big Score" or hedging your bets: Two economic development strategies

...tment on a per-capita basis. If you don't invest much, you're not likely to get much in return. Recent articles by Tom Still Tom Still: That blip on the national venture capital radar screen may be Wisconsin Tom Still: Don't forget UW's role in economic development Tom Still: Wiscons...

Wisconsin students test well on ACT, but relatively few are ready for college rigors

...ecent articles by Tom Still Tom Still: Going for the "Big Score" or hedging your bets: Two economic development strategies Tom Still: That blip on the national venture capital radar screen may be Wisconsin Tom Still: Don't forget UW's role in economic development Tom Still: Wiscons...

Who's right about Wisconsin - CDW or RedPrairie?

...re ready for college rigors Tom Still: Going for the "Big Score" or hedging your bets: Two economic development strategies Tom Still: That blip on the national venture capital radar screen may be Wisconsin Tom Still: Don't forget UW's role in economic development Tom Still: Wiscons...

Biomedical Alliance about more than stem cells

...re ready for college rigors Tom Still: Going for the "Big Score" or hedging your bets: Two economic development strategies Tom Still: That blip on the national venture capital radar screen may be Wisconsin Tom Still: Don't forget UW's role in economic development Tom Still is presi...