Browse News Stories
301 to 310 of 544 stories
view headlines only
-
Progress Made in Addressing Food Marketing to Children, but Challenges Remain
July 13, 2010 The last six years have seen significant progress in efforts to curb the marketing of unhealthy food to children, with an increasing number of governments taking on the issue, but considerable ... > full story -
Women Live Longer but Experience a Lower Quality of Life During Old Age
July 2, 2010 Catalan researchers have studied the socioeconomic and health inequalities experienced by people over the age of 64. The results of the study show that women live longer, but experience more ... > full story -
Linguistics Professor Examines Manufacturers' Prescription Drug Websites
June 30, 2010 Researchers have examined the corporate websites dedicated to the 100 best-selling prescription drugs. They found a startling lack of consistency in an industry where advertising standards are ... > full story -
Electronic Health Records Could Give Rise to More Liability Risk, Experts Argue
June 21, 2010 Electronic health record systems likely will soon become a fixture in medical settings. Although benefits of bringing information technology to health records can be substantial, EHR systems also ... > full story -
Swiss Surgeons Report Negative Effects of Resident Work Hour Limits
June 21, 2010 Many Swiss surgical residents and consultants believe recently implemented 50-hour workweek limitations for residents have a negative effect on surgical training and the quality of patient care, ... > full story -
NOAA, FDA Continue Ramping Up Efforts to Ensure Safety of Gulf of Mexico Seafood
June 16, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are taking additional steps to enhance inspection measures designed to ensure that seafood from ... > full story -
Use of Unproven Mammography Tool Soars With Medicare Coverage
June 14, 2010 In a study illustrating the potentially powerful influence of political pressure on medical practice, a physician-researcher has found that use of a largely unproven mammography screening device has ... > full story -
Information Technology
Computers and Internet
Distributed Computing
Computer Science
Quantum Computers
Hacking
U.S. Government's Move to Cloud Computing
June 9, 2010 NIST has been chosen to accelerate the federal government's secure adoption of cloud computing by leading efforts to develop standards and guidelines in close consultation and collaboration with ... > full story -
Environmental Policies
Environmental Issues
Global Warming
Climate
Environmental Policy
Resource Shortage
Large Majority of Americans Still Believe in Global Warming, Stanford Poll Finds
June 9, 2010 Three out of four Americans believe that the Earth has been gradually warming as the result of human activity and want the government to institute regulations to stop it, according to a new ... > full story -
Global Warming
Climate
Environmental Policy
Environmental Policies
Environmental Issues
Energy and the Environment
American Opinion on Climate Change Warms Up
June 8, 2010 Public concern about global warming is once again on the rise, according to a national survey. The results come as the US Senate prepares to vote this week on a resolution to block the EPA from ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 138,553

