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Negative emotions outweigh intent to exercise at health clubs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time and time again, it has been documented that regular exercise has many health benefits including lowering risks associated with the comorbidities of obesity. With only 30% of Americans trying to lose weight meeting the ...


Cisco to proceed with $3.4 billion Tandberg deal

Technology / Business

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. says it is waiving its condition that 90 percent of shareholders of Norwegian videoconferencing equipment firm Tandberg ASA back its $3.4 billion takeover offer and will close the deal as soon ...


Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery

Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 2

An international team of scientists that includes an astronomer from Princeton University has made the first direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting a star similar to the sun.


Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion (AP)

Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg ASA after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer.


Prevention experts urge modification to 2009 H1N1 guidance for health care workers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal ...


Measuring distances in microseconds

Measuring distances in microseconds

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Standard laser devices are fast enough for measuring the size of a room, but they need to be faster for outdoor mobile applications. Researchers have brought these scanners up to speed -- ...


Imaging cuts in Medicare fee schedule: An access catastrophe and danger to patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical imaging cuts contained in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will restrict life-saving imaging care to large hospitals, produce longer commutes and wait times to receive care, and cause life threatening delays ...


Weight Loss 'Maintainers' Have Fewer TVs at Home

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What's the secret of success of people who lose lots of weight and keep it off for many years? A new study suggests predictable factors like exercise and control over eating play a role, but so do factors ...


Ciena bids $521M for Nortel business units

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- Ciena Corp. is offering cash and stock worth $521 million to acquire some of Nortel's most-prized remaining business units as the fallen telecommunications company continues to liquidate.


US has no good system to track medical implants (AP)

US has no good system to track medical implants

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Three years ago, the maker of a surgical clip called the Hem-o-lok issued an urgent recall notice warning doctors to stop using the fasteners on living kidney donors. It said the clips could dislodge ...


Keeping children safe: Rethinking design

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Injury is the leading cause of death for children over the age of 1 in industrialized countries and improving the safety of the manmade (built) environment will benefit children's health, according to an article in CMAJ (Canad ...


Cisco uses cash hoard to buy Norwegian co. for $3B

Technology / Business

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. tapped its immense cash hoard and announced a deal Thursday to buy Norway's Tandberg ASA for $3 billion in a bid to dominate the global market for videoconferencing equipment.


Satellite equipment maker ViaSat buying WildBlue

Technology / Business

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- ViaSat Inc. is acquiring WildBlue Communications Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet access via satellite, for $568 million in cash and stock, the companies said Thursday.


US, Canadian judges approve Nortel bankruptcy sale

Technology / Business

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nortel Networks Inc. won approval Wednesday from judges in Delaware and Ontario for the $900 million sale of a Nortel unit that makes communications systems for businesses.


State govs saying 'No thanks' to mystery laptops

Technology / Other

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited.