Economic Turmoil Creates Boom for Medical Tourism

...e or with benefit plans that have been dramatically scaled back. Concord, CA (PRWEB) April 3, 2009 -- As economies began to falter last fall, there were many predictions how this would play out for the young but booming medical tourism industry . With six months of shaky economi...

Runaway Health Care Costs: 12 Ways You Can Rein Them in, from the Harvard Health Letter

...and perhaps yourself--some money Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 5, 2009 -- Economists agree that American health care reform will falter unless health care spending is brought under control. Moreover, even people with good health insurance are paying a larger fraction of their health ca...

CU Statement on FDA Position on Mercury From Fish Consumption

...enol-A, and the agency's handling of the melamine crisis, show the desperate need for a comprehensive overhaul of the agency. The agency continues to falter in its responsibility to protect American consumers," said Rangan. For more information, please visit: http://www.consumerreports.org/cr...

Fresh Scare of Contamination in Pork Prompts 'Prompt' Recall by Authorities

... been recalled from of the shelves of food outlets by The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Herman falter Packing Co., a Columbus, Ohio, firm. According to authorities, the following products are subject to recall: * 1-pound approximate weight ...

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Diabetes research takes wing thanks to long-lived fruit fly

...ls zing through materials and run roughshod over anything in their way, including vital proteins and DNA. It's a major reason why generally our bodies falter as we age ?we're literally dinged to death by free radicals. While scientists knew that JNK in a fly cranks up the anti-oxidants, helping to keep t...

World's largest rainforest drying experiment completes first phase

...moisture that is stored in deep soil is depleted, then the large trees that tower 130 to 150 feet above the ground, basking in full sunlight, begin to falter and die. The death of large trees ?trees that may take centuries to reach the top of the forest canopy and have trunks greater than 10 inches in diame...

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Midwest shares in stock-market bloodshed as biotechs falter

Its hard to believe that the first quarter has come and gone and daylight savings time is now upon us. Hopefully we wont have any more snow. The stock market, on the other hand, is in the midst of a major blizzard! Results for the first quarter were not pretty almost uniformly across the board. O...

CEOs Gone Wild? Risks and rewards in the executive suite

...els just because they can. Actions like these corrode trust among shareholders and employees. Organizations with these types of leaders eventually falter and fail. And if this kind of behavior becomes pervasive enough, so may our system of capitalism. How is risk and reward apportioned in your organ...