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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans. http://www.physorg.com/news180204630.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:15 EST news180204630 Google on Tuesday outlined a strategy for seizing a bigger share of online display advertising that has long been a key stronghold for rival Yahoo! http://www.physorg.com/news180127735.html Technology Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:50:01 EST news180127735 (PhysOrg.com) -- As communities brace for rising wintertime influenza cases, scientists are developing a mathematical and visual analytic toolkit to help health officials quickly analyze pandemics and craft better response strategies. http://www.physorg.com/news180028065.html Technology Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:04 EST news180028065 Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news177689414.html Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:10:54 EST news177689414 The effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns - like that now underway for H1N1 - could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated health events with the vaccines. http://www.physorg.com/news176147112.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:45:53 EST news176147112 (AP) -- When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters. http://www.physorg.com/news175882852.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:40:02 EST news175882852 (AP) -- An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. http://www.physorg.com/news175178121.html Electronics Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:50:28 EST news175178121 In a city the size of New York, starting a vaccination campaign a few weeks earlier could save almost 600 lives and over $150 million, according to a study by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news173987291.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:09 EST news173987291 (PhysOrg.com) -- A law has been proposed in France that would see digitally enhanced images carry a warning to viewers that the image has been retouched to change the physical appearance of a person. The proposed statement may eventually apply to political campaigns, billboards, photos on packaging, art photos, and press photographs as well as advertisements in magazines and newspapers. http://www.physorg.com/news173345743.html Technology Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:36:25 EST news173345743 (AP) -- Yahoo will spend more than $100 million in its latest attempt to rejuvenate one of the Internet's best-known brands. http://www.physorg.com/news172856697.html Technology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:00:01 EST news172856697 (PhysOrg.com) -- When they know they will be engaged in a debate and have to defend their positions, anxious citizens seek out a balance of viewpoints about candidates, a new University of Michigan study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news170607464.html Other Sciences Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:58:29 EST news170607464 (AP) -- Japan is one of the world's most Internet-savvy nations - except when it comes to politics. Decades-old rules have effectively banned campaigning on the Web. http://www.physorg.com/news170573659.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:50:01 EST news170573659 (AP) -- About half of Hong Kong's health workers would refuse the swine flu vaccine, new research says, a trend that experts say would likely apply worldwide. In a study that polled 2,255 Hong Kong health workers this year, researchers found even during the height of global swine flu panic in May, less than half were willing to get vaccinated. http://www.physorg.com/news170449722.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:30:01 EST news170449722 (PhysOrg.com) -- Marketers dream of finding ways to get something to "go viral" on the Internet. Indeed, viral marketing, whether it be through email, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter, has become the Holy Grail of online marketing campaigns. With viral marketing, it is possible for the message to reach millions in a matter of hours. Marketers and scientists alike have been studying this phenomenon in the hopes that it will yield information about human dynamics. http://www.physorg.com/news168775247.html Physics Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:01:40 EST news168775247 (AP) -- Google Inc. is so well known that it has become a synonym for search, making advertising unnecessary. Getting businesses to buy Google's online suite of office applications requires a little more elbow grease and marketing muscle. http://www.physorg.com/news168497802.html Technology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:10:01 EST news168497802 (AP) -- IBM Corp. is bulking up its most profitable division with a $1.2 billion acquisition of business software provider SPSS Inc., a deal that also reflects the power of wealthy technology companies to throw their money around despite the recession. http://www.physorg.com/news167990891.html Technology Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:08:55 EST news167990891 (AP) -- The race is on: The government and vaccine makers are seeking thousands of volunteers, from babies to the elderly, to roll up their sleeves for the first swine flu shots - to test whether a new vaccine really will protect against this novel virus before its expected rebound in the fall. http://www.physorg.com/news167494120.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:20:02 EST news167494120 A national public health campaign in France was associated with a marked reduction of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, particularly in children, says new research published in this week's open-access journal PLoS Medicine. The campaign, "Antibiotiques c'est pas automatique" (Antibiotics are not automatic), ran from 2002 to 2007 during the winter months when viral respiratory infections mainly occur. The campaign included an educational campaign for healthcare workers, the promotion of rapid tests for diagnosis of streptococcal infections, and a public information campaign about viral respiratory infections and about antibiotic resistance. http://www.physorg.com/news163143366.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:36:28 EST news163143366 Decades spent studying mass media messages of fear led noted Arizona State University scholar David Altheide to examine how the Columbine High School shootings on April 20, 1999, were originally portrayed in the media and how those messages changed after 9/11 and leading up to the war in Iraq. http://www.physorg.com/news159190428.html Other Sciences Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:34:27 EST news159190428 (AP) -- Antitrust regulators fined Microsoft Corp.'s German subsidiary 9 million euros ($11.8 million) and said the world's largest software maker illegally influenced retail prices for its Office 2007 programs. http://www.physorg.com/news158592721.html Technology Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:32:40 EST news158592721 The 2008 presidential campaign season had the earliest statewide primaries and caucuses in memory, starting with the Iowa Caucus on Jan. 3. Now research from North Carolina State University shows that states may have good reason to push for an early contest. States that hold early presidential primaries or caucuses get a larger share of per capita federal procurement spending compared to other states, the new study says. But being early is not enough, study author Dr. Andrew Taylor says - states must also pick the winner. http://www.physorg.com/news158233453.html Other Sciences Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:46:54 EST news158233453 In Canada, campaign spending limits for candidates during a federal election are stipulated by the Canada Elections Act. A study recently published in the Canadian Journal of Economics uses these spending limits to evaluate the impact of candidate spending on voting outcomes. Results show that higher spending by candidates is found to lead to better chance of the candidate winning the election, and that spending limits are good for democracy. http://www.physorg.com/news156614956.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:09:45 EST news156614956 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the American Legacy Foundation have estimated that truth(R), the nations' largest youth smoking prevention campaign, saved $1.9 billion or more in health care costs associated with tobacco use. The results were published February 12 online by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news153669857.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:04:43 EST news153669857 About nine in 10 Americans heard the rumor that Barack Obama is a Muslim, making it possibly the most prevalent rumor of the 2008 presidential campaign, according to a nationwide survey. However, only 22 percent of those surveyed said they actually believed that Obama is a Muslim. http://www.physorg.com/news151851768.html Other Sciences Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:03:21 EST news151851768 An independent review investigating the effectiveness of a publicly funded graphic anti-methamphetamine advertising campaign has found that the campaign has been associated with many negative outcomes. The review was published in the December issue of Prevention Science, a peer reviewed journal of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR). http://www.physorg.com/news148192739.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:38:59 EST news148192739 A new technique to study genetic changes that can lead to breast cancer could be one step closer. http://www.physorg.com/news145623057.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:50:57 EST news145623057 The 2008 presidential campaign, as reflected in candidates' television spots, has been one of the most negative campaigns in history. A University of Missouri professor analyzed this year's candidates' television spots, including last night's 30-minute ad by Sen. Barack Obama and found that only one other campaign matched this level of negativity. http://www.physorg.com/news144668679.html Other Sciences Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:44:39 EST news144668679 (PhysOrg.com) -- A political scientist at Montana State University believes that technological advances have made the political campaign process more personal than any campaign for more than a century. http://www.physorg.com/news139584988.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:36:28 EST news139584988 (PhysOrg.com) -- On 14 August, Rosetta conducted a successful trajectory correction manoeuvre using data obtained from the Agency's first-ever optical tracking of an asteroid target, (2867) Steins. Images from the spacecraft's cameras were used to calculate the asteroid's location and optimise its trajectory for fly-by next month. http://www.physorg.com/news138284472.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:21:12 EST news138284472 A new study in the American Journal of Political Science reveals that increased campaign spending significantly improves citizen participation in State Supreme Court elections. http://www.physorg.com/news137940364.html Other Sciences Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:46:04 EST news137940364