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Pennsylvania Dental Association Cautions Patients: Don't Forgo Dental Visits Because of the Economy

Skipping checkups now is likely to necessitate expensive treatment later HARRISBURG, Pa., March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the economy remains unsteady and Pennsylvanians continue to cut back their expenses, the Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) is stressing the need for people of a...

Aflac Chairman & CEO Will Forgo 2008 Bonus of $2.8 Million

COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac , Inc. announced today that Daniel P. Amos, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has elected to forgo his 2008 bonus of $2.8 million that he earned based on achievement of operating performance measures. The board's compensation committee accepted...

Vets Often Forgo Medication When Co-Pays Rise

Budget-cutters urged to look elsewhere for cost savings,,,, MONDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- When the co-payment amount for prescription drugs goes up, veterans tend to stop taking needed medications, a new study has found. Reporting in the Jan 27. issue of the journal Circulati...

Message to Philadelphia Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight

Campaign to Visit Pennsylvania to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads a...

Message to Houston Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight

Campaign to Visit Houston to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets HOUSTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads and heml...

Message to Washington D.C. Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight

Campaign to Visit Washington D.C. to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads an...

Message to Georgia Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight

Campaign to Visit Atlanta to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets ATLANTA, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads and heml...

Message to Pennsylvania Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight

Campaign to Visit Harrisburg to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads ...

Message to Tennessee Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight

Campaign to Visit Nashville to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pa...

Message to Ohio Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight

Campaign to Visit Dayton to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads and...

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Versatility of 454 Sequencing(TM) Demonstrated in Three Publications in Science Last Week

...ively study SV at an unmatched level of resolution, detecting most of the structural variation in the human genome. The presence of worker wasps that forgo reproduction and care for their siblings is a defining feature of eusociality and a major challenge for evolutionary theory. In the study, "Wasp Brain...

454 Sequencing(TM) in Science Today: Researchers Uncover a Genetic Basis for Different Social Behaviors in Wasps

...lutionary link between maternal behavior and eusociality," appears online (ahead of print) today in the journal Science. The presence of workers that forgo reproduction and care for their siblings is a defining feature of eusociality and a major challenge for evolutionary theory. It has been proposed that...

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Philandering female felines forgo fidelity

A new cheetah study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological Society of London has found that many cheetah litters have more than one father. While promiscuity in the animal kingdom is generally a male thing, researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological So...

Ecological Society of America criticizes administration's overhaul of the Endangered Species Act

...oposed projects. The administration now claims that agencies possess the expertise to judge the potential risks of their own projects and could opt to forgo the consultation. The Bush proposal would present a conflict of interest, erasing the distinction between scientific review and politics. But propo...

Root or shoot? EAR calls the shots

...me gardeners alike have been messing with plants basic architecture for years: Permanently switch on a gene called BODENLOS (or bottomless) and plants forgo root development altogether. Dip plant cuttings into hormone rooting powder and roots start to sprout where none have been. The active ingredient, a s...

Insects' 'giant leap' reconstructed by founder of sociobiology

...ended because of their proximity to food sources. Eusociality is a challenge for biologists to understand because worker castes in eusocial species forgo individual reproduction but rear young that are not their own, a behavior that biologists label altruistic. Wilsons current view about eusociality dif...

Direct-to-consumer advertising for genetic tests concerns physicians and may mislead patients

...me, she notes, without proper counseling a patient who does not have the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 mutations might assume she has no risk for breast cancer and forgo recommended mammograms and clinical breast examinations. In order to make an informed decision about genetic tests, patients should consult with t...

454 Sequencing uncovers a genetic basis for different social behaviors in wasp

...tionary link between maternal behavior and eusociality," appears online (ahead of print) today in the journal Science. The presence of workers that forgo reproduction and care for their siblings is a defining feature of eusociality and a major challenge for evolutionary theory. It has been proposed tha...

Wasps queue for top job

...ture of eusocial animals - including insects like bees, ants and wasps, and vertebrates like meerkats and the naked mole rat ?is that some individuals forgo their own reproduction to help rear the offspring of others. In hover wasps, helpers spend between 0 and 95 per cent of their time foraging to fee...

Bees, Brains and Addiction

...of humans and other animals that a rat will work so tirelessly when it is rewarded with electrical stimulation to this region of the brain that it can forgo eating and ultimately starve to death. The neurobiology and evolutionary basis of the brain circuitry that processes information about rewards is t...

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High tech in the U.K. Do the Brits forgo Web 2.0?

This week, I'm in the United Kingdom, getting a snapshot of the start-up scene here. I've come across some tremendously fascinating companies. One company is undercutting the likes of Tivoli and HP by offering easily integrated and deployed system management tools for the SME market. A...

Alfacell Provides ONCONASE(R) NDA Submission Update

...The company intends to continue to explore strategic alternatives and additional capital. Additionally, the company's board of directors has agreed to forgo cash compensation effective as of January 1, 2009. About ONCONASE (R) ONCONASE is a first-in-class therapeutic product candidate based on Al...

CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders

...s." The plan, which applies only to tax year 2008, requires that refunds be reinvested in U.S. - based research. Refund recipients would permanently forgo the ability to claim all NOLs involved in the computation of the refund. This plan would really help CEL-SCI and might allow us to launch our very im...

Protein-printing technique gives snapshots of immune system defense

...o quickly determine whether an infection is bacterial or viral, figure whether a cancer patient has built up enough "immunity" to his or her cancer to forgo another round of immunotherapy, and obtain complete profiles of an immune response with as little as a drop of blooda crucial ability when testing inf...

Third Wave and 3M couple biotech technologies

...l Technologies Project will supply Third Wave with its microfluidic technology. This new platform option is intended to allow clinical laboratories to forgo the numerous liquid-handling steps, shortening the time to test results. "We're excited to combine 3M's innovative microfluidic technology with Thi...

One reader asked for more, and got it

...n't hurt to be able to offer something in return. In my case, it was a reduction in my equity stake, but it could be something like you are willing to forgo a portion of your first-year bonus or first annual raise in return for a higher starting salary. Perception is 99 percent of the battle here. You d...

We're "Jaman": Purpose-driven browsers drive next wave of Web applications

...plication. It's the way rich experiences get even richer. Recent articles by Chris Shipley Chris Shipley: High tech in the U.K. Do the Brits forgo Web 2.0? Chris Shipley: Age of empowered individuals: People power behind robust computing More enterprise software predictions for 2007 ...

Coveted vacation "disconnect" was elusive

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Tired of the spin? ExpertVoter website makes candidate selection easier

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On the Web, attention spans shrink, the need for value rises

... Chris Shipley: We're "Jaman": Purpose-driven browsers drive next wave of Web applications Chris Shipley: High tech in the U.K. Do the Brits forgo Web 2.0? Chris Shipley: Age of empowered individuals: People power behind robust computing Chris Shipley is the executive producer of Netwo...