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- WTP estimates of the societal costs of U.S. food-borne illness
- The U.S. federal government has a prominent role in regulating food safety. Estimates of the societal costs of food-borne illness are an important input for regulators setting risk-reduction priorities and designing programs. For example, the Economic Research Service's (ERS's) estimates of the cost of food-borne illness for selected pathogens were...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Ailing KRouge leader hospitalised in Cambodia
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Ailing Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan, whose imminent arrest by Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court is widely expected, was hospitalised Wednesday in Phnom Penh, authorities said. The Khmer Rouge's former head of state appeared frail as he walked on his own from a vehicle into a...
- Research articles 2007-11-13
- Harthen just bowled over at prospect of return
- Byline: By Bob Moreland Gosforth bowler John Harthen comes in from the cold on Saturday when he ends a three-year absence from the Northumberland team. Work commitments away from the North East have kept Harthen pictured on the sidelines. He lines up in the Muras Cup clash at...
- Research articles 2005-05-25
- East Asian neighbours readjusting acupuncture points
- TOKYO AFP — Japan, China and South Korea plan to standardise "acupuncture points" which have subtly shifted through their separate practices in the 2,000-year old Chinese-born therapy. In a project organised by the World Health Organisation WHO since last March, the three East Asian nations have found differences in...
- Research articles 2005-01-10
- Canada's "Barbarian Invasions" : a sad, bittersweet tribute to life
- HOLLYWOOD AFP ? Canada's "The Barbarian Invasions," crowned the best foreign language film with an Oscar, is a bittersweet tale of a family battling to connect with its dying but combative patriarch. In the final days of his life, Remy, a high-spirited Socialist history professor, and his family are...
- Research articles 2004-02-29
- Residents, legal experts watch Lockformer suit closely.(News)
- Byline: Marni Pyke Daily Herald Staff Writer Polluted wells, possible health problems and mystery memos that hint at a coverup. There's no shortage of drama in the class-action lawsuit accusing a Lisle manufacturer of polluting private wells. And the federal case,...
- Research articles 2002-05-08
- MetLife Launches New Critical Illness Insurance Products; Innovative Solution Designed to Provide Financial Support During Treatment & Recovery
- NEW YORK -- MetLife today announced the launch of its new Critical Illness Insurance products designed to meet the changing financial protection needs of consumers. Americans of all ages are surviving serious illnesses at increasing rates due to medical breakthroughs and earlier diagnoses. For example, according to the American Cancer...
- Research articles 2005-03-28
- Accounting for Renewable and Environmental Resources - Statistical Data Included
- LAST SUMMER, a blue ribbon panel of the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council completed a congressionally mandated review of the work that the Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA had published on integrated economic and environmental accounts. The panel's final report commended BEA for its initial work in producing...
- Research articles 2000-03-01
- THE WHITE HOUSE: Press briefing by M McCurry, S Talbott, L Summers, G Sperling, & Senator P Domenici.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-3 September 1998-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Larry Summers, National Economic Advisor Gene Sperling, and Senator Pete Domenici C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...
- Research articles 1998-09-03
- Senate Passes Mental Health Parity Measure.(Brief Article)
- The Senate has passed an amendment requiring group health insurance plans that cover mental illness to provide benefits on a par with what they provide for physical illness. The Senate has passed an amendment requiring group health insurance plans that cover mental illness to...
- Research articles 2001-11-05
- Employers Balk at Mental Health Provision of Senate Insurance Reform Bill.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Apr. 25--It sounds innocent enough: Let's require health insurers to treat mental illness the same way they treat physical illness. Apr. 25--It sounds innocent enough: Let's require health insurers to treat mental illness the same way they treat physical illness.
- Research articles 1996-04-25
- Attendance rates, political shirking, and the effect of post-elective office employment
- ATTENDANCE RATES, POLITICAL SHIRKING, AND THE EFFECT OF POST-ELECTIVE OFFICE EMPLOYMENT I. INTRODUCTION Political shirking--the degree to which a politican's actions deviate from the wishes of his constituents--can take many different dimensions. Economists (e.g., Amacher and Boyes [1978], Davis and Porter [1989], Dougan and...
- Research articles 1990-01-01
- Mother, All 6 Children Struggle With Same Life Threatening Illness; Family to Help Lupus Foundation Bring Message to Congress
- Moms know that it can be very difficult to care for a sick child. Imagine, however, having six children in the same family all suffering from the same illness several times every year; an illness that causes severe joint pain, fevers, and overwhelming faMoms know that it can be...
- Research articles 2002-04-10
- Congress aims to outlaw genetic discrimination
- Advances in the field of genetics have increased so dramatically that we are now able to clone animals. Such research and the recent completion of the mapping of the Human Genome have also provided new ways to check for the probability of certain illness Advances in the field of genetics...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- FDA Report Addresses Antibiotic Resistant Food Pathogens in Poultry
- Last year, an estimated 5,000 people in the United States might have suffered longer-lasting foodborne illness because the bacteria that caused their illnesses were resistant to a number of commonly used antibiotics. And, the source of their resistance, according to a new FDA report, was from imprudent routine use of...
- Research articles 1999-12-20
- FDA Issues Cantaloupe Warning.
- The FDA advised consumers of an outbreak of foodborne illness associated with cantaloupe from two Mexican companies, S.P.R. De R.I. Legumbrera San Luis and S.P.R. De R.I. Los Arroyos, and imported by Shipley Sales Service of Nogales, AZ. This outbrea The FDA advised consumers of an...
- Research articles 2001-06-04
- UnumProvident ups disability cover.(Life)(Brief Article)
- UnumProvident has enhanced its critical illness and individual short-term disability insurance products. The CI product's base coverage pays benefits for heart attack, stroke, permanent paralysis, kidney failure, organ transplant or ... UnumProvident has enhanced its critical illness and individual short-term disability insurance products. The CI...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- OSHA new rule now in effect. (ASA News).(Brief Article)
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's revised illness and injury recordkeeping standard is now in effect (as of January 1, 2002). According to information from OSHA's website, the change from the regulation (originally written in 1904) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's revised illness...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- 'Rational' suicide and people with terminal conditions or disabilities
- As a faculty member at a university teaching hospital and a psychologist who specializes in treating mood disorders and suicidal behavior, I believe that the themes and arguments of Derek Humphry and the Hemlock Society oversimplify the important social debate about euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. For example, Hemlock Society material...
- Research articles 1992-09-22
- OSHA reporting and recordkeeping amended
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its rule concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (29 CFR Parts 1904 and 1952), including the forms employers use to record those injuries and illnesses. OSHA says that the revisions to the final rule will produce more useful...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
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