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Big jolt to state economy with new tax on cigarettes

A new UCSF analysis has found that a state ballot initiative to increase the cigarette tax would create about 12,000 jobs and nearly $2 billion in new economic activity in California.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study uncovers probable mechanism underlying resveratrol activity

National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Asthma rate and costs from traffic-related air pollution are much higher than once believed

A research team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst resource economist Sylvia Brandt, with colleagues in California and Switzerland, have revised the cost burden sharply upward for childhood asthma and for the first ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

More on legal remedies for ghostwriting

In an Essay that expands on a previous proposal to use the courts to prosecute those involved in ghostwriting on the basis of it being legal fraud, Xavier Bosch from the University of Barcelona, Spain and colleagues lay out ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests use of antimicrobial scrubs may reduce bacterial burden on health care worker apparel

(Medical Xpress) -- The use of antimicrobial impregnated scrubs combined with good hand hygiene is effective in reducing the burden of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) on health care workers’ apparel ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Job-related injuries and illnesses estimated to cost nation $250 billion per year

In the first comprehensive review of its kind since 1992, a UC Davis researcher has estimated the national annual price tag of occupational injuries and illnesses at $250 billion, much higher than generally assumed.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Iconic telescope renamed to honor founder of radio astronomy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most famous radio telescope will become the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array" to honor the founder of radio astronomy, the study of the Universe via radio waves naturally emitted ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Abiraterone: Indication of considerable added benefit in certain patients

Abiraterone (trade name: Zytiga) has been approved since September 2011 for men with metastatic prostate cancer that is no longer responsive to hormone therapy and progresses further during or after therapy with the cytostatic ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prospective surveillance model emerges as standard of care for breast cancer treatment

Early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema by a physical therapist can significantly reduce costs and the need for intensive rehabilitation, according to an article published in the January issue of ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New stats show America's heart health needs improvement

America's heart and blood vessel health is far from ideal, according to data in the American Heart Association's "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update 2012," published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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