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Paperless health care? One hospital's long journey

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Baby Riley Matthews wheezed noisily on the exam table. "He's belly-breathing," the emergency-room doctor said worriedly - Riley's little abdomen was markedly rising and falling with each breath, a sign of respiratory ...


Which treatment works best? Top study needs listed

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The government is about to start a huge research effort to prove which are the best treatments for scores of ailments. Irregular heartbeat, prostate cancer, back pain and hearing loss lead the list of medical problems ...


Ground zero in timber wars shows signs of peace (AP)

Ground zero in timber wars shows signs of peace

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(AP) -- On a steep slope of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, a crew of young men with chain saws and hardhats worked their way through an old neglected clearcut, cutting brush and young trees and ...


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Toshiba, Sharp mull 'solar power tie-up'

Technology / Energy

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Japanese consumer electronics giants Toshiba and Sharp are in talks on a possible tie-up in the solar power generation field, the companies said Friday.


Billions spent on health IT stimulus could lead to major boom... or bust

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The more than $19 billion dollars of funding provided for health care information technology (IT) in President Obama's economic stimulus package offers a unique opportunity to deliver on the promise of computerized health ...


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Barack Obama Announces Another $1.2 billion for Energy R&D

Technology / Energy

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting areas of technological development in the coming years is likely to be energy development -- specifically green energy development. With new advances in physics ...