10/11/2008
Biological Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides (Medical News Today)
With increasing consumer pressure on both farmers and supermarkets to minimise the use of chemical pesticides in fruit and vegetables, a new study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), looks at why there is currently little use of biological alternatives in the UK.
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10/11/2008
A&M study aims to counter obesity (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health professor Marcia Ory knows she can't halt the childhood obesity epidemic. But she hopes to mak ...
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10/10/2008
Predicting Conventional Old Age For '60s Generation (Medical News Today)
Britain's post-war baby boomers, associated throughout their lives with social change, are failing to break new ground in their approach to growing old.
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10/10/2008
New Report Compares Obama And McCain's Health Care Plans (Medical News Today)
Researchers at the Drexel University School of Public Health led by Dr. Dennis Andrulis authored a comprehensive report comparing the two presidential nominees' health care reform plans in the context of eliminating the nation's longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. The report was released by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
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10/09/2008
New Report Compares Obama and McCain's Health Care Plans (Newswise)
Researchers at the Drexel University School of Public Health led by Dr. Dennis Andrulis authored a report comparing Barack Obama and John McCain's health care reform plans in the context of eliminating the nation's racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. The report was released by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
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10/08/2008
Biological alternatives to chemical pesticides (EurekAlert!)
( Economic & Social Research Council ) With increasing consumer pressure on both farmers and supermarkets to minimize the use of chemical pesticides in fruit and vegetables, a new study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, looks at why there is currently little use of biological alternatives in the UK.
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10/06/2008
Towns start reshaping the landscape for solar, wind (The Record)
If you want a glimpse into your community's green future, look to the past. It'll be the comeback of Main Street: A downtown with all your shopping needs. Commuters on bicycles riding to the nearby train station to get to work.
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10/06/2008
Joint Center Engages Tennessee Leaders on Presidential Health Care Plans and Health Equity (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Addressing racial disparities in health care coverage and access should be a key element of the next President's health care reform program, according to local political, community, academic and business leaders who met to discuss the issue on the eve of the second Presidential debate in Nashville.
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10/04/2008
U.S. scraps plans for office in Iran (CNN)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling, The Associated Press has learned.
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10/05/2008
Politics scuttle Bush's plan to put U.S. diplomats in Iran (Southeast Missourian)
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling.
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