Archive for July, 2012

Ugandans try to avoid touching amid ebola outbreak

Kampala residents have been urged to avoid contact after the deadly Ebola virus hit the city but security guard Joseph Karuba‘s job is to frisk people and he doesn’t have gloves. “The thing has come back — it came first time and we beat it, then it came again and we beat it and now […]

Look Who’s Tweeting: Guy Adams Back on Twitter After NBC Drops Complaint

Well, productivity, you had a good run. But unfortunately for everyone with actual stuff to do today, a fantastic time waster has appeared on the web, and it threatens to turn everyone into mindless page surfers for eternity. It’s called … Continue …

Revealing the Psychology of Playing Card Magic

Think of a playing card. Got one in mind? Although it may have felt like a free choice, think again: Most people choose one of only four cards, out of a deck of 52. For now, remember your card — we’ll return to it later. For thousands of years, magicians have amazed audiences by developing […]

Olympics awash in Twitter, for better or worse

LONDON (AP) — It’s amazing how much trouble can be stirred up in 140 characters or less. But also how much intimacy, excitement, global scope and, yes, general zaniness. For better and for worse, the 2012 Olympics are being shaped, shaken and indisputably changed by a social media revolution that four years ago in Beijing […]

Watch: Cancer Survivor Loses Hands, Feet to Bacterial Infection

Cancer Survivor Loses Hands, Feet to Bacterial Infection

Twitter restores journalist account after outcry

Twitter on Tuesday restored the account of a British journalist whose suspension following his criticism of US broadcaster NBC‘s Olympics coverage had sparked an outcry. Amid a flurry of comments suggesting Twitter had put its commercial concerns over those of media integrity, the account of Guy Adams, Los Angeles correspondent for The Independent newspaper, was […]

Watch: Eye Twitch Pesters Pediatrician for 10 Years

Cancer Survivor Loses Hands, Feet to Bacterial Infection

Conergy Selected to Install 3.4 Megawatts of Solar Energy for Grimmway Enterprises

World’s number one grower of carrots installing additional 3.4 megawatts of clean solar energy Bakersfield, CA (PRWEB) July 31, 2012 Grimmway Enterprises Inc., the largest carrot grower in the world, is making its carrots green once again with the Conergy Projects Group. The solar experts at Conergy will install approximately 3.4 megawatts of solar energy […]

Power provider loses appeal of EPA oversight

DALLAS (AP) — The largest power generator in Texas lost an appellate court challenge Monday over federal supervision of state clean-air regulations. Dallas-based Luminant Generation Co. filed a lawsuit challenging how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responded to state plans for implementing new clean-air standards. But in a 29-page ruling, a three-judge panel of the […]

Watch: Mayor Mike Bloomberg Promotes Breastfeeding

Cancer Survivor Loses Hands, Feet to Bacterial Infection

Total to hunt for oil in Iraq’s Kurdish north

BAGHDAD (AP) — French oil giant Total S.A. said Tuesday it has acquired an interest in two oil exploration areas in Iraq‘s Kurdish north from Marathon Oil Corp., joining U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. in the self-rule region. The deal threatens to worsen tensions between the Kurds and Iraqi authorities in […]

Fibroid embolization "fails" more in young women

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Young women who have a minimally invasive treatment for uterine fibroids are more likely to have a recurrence than older women are, a new study finds. Fibroids are non-cancerous growths that form from muscle cells and other tissue in the wall of the uterus. In the new study, Italian researchers […]

Groundbreaking planned for Kansas electric line

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new company begins work this week on a high-capacity transmission line it says will create an energy “superhighway” between eastern and western Kansas and bolster the state’s wind energy potential. Prairie Wind Transmission plans to break ground Wednesday in Colwich on a 108-mile line that will extend from Wichita to […]

Watch: Spinal Cord Therapy Approved by FDA

Cancer Survivor Loses Hands, Feet to Bacterial Infection

5 Reasons to Invest in Wind Power (And 5 Reasons to Turn Your Back)

A major wind tax subsidy is scheduled, without another renewal, to expire at year’s end and natural gas, one of wind’s biggest competitors, is dirt cheap. These are some tough conditions for the wind-energy sector and its investors. But if included as a narrow slice of a diversified portfolio, renewable energy–including wind–is one way to […]

Love Knows No Gender Difference

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Think married men and women show their love in vastly different ways? Not necessarily. Although popular culture reinforces the stereotype that there’s a gender gap when it comes to expressing affection, few studies have actually tested the notion. A small new study suggests, however, that men are just as […]

Inter Pipeline plans C$2.1 oil sands pipe expansions

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in July as Americans were more optimistic about the short-term outlook than they were about their current conditions, according to a private sector report released on Tuesday. The Conference Board, an industry group, said its index of consumer attitudes climbed …

Health Tip: Managing Workplace Stress

It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do.

China’s Oil Companies Look Abroad for Downstream Opportunities

News that PetroChina was in talks to purchase a stake in a proposed refinery in Ecuador hit the market in the last week in the company’s latest move towards expanding its global footprint. GlobalData’s latest insight looks at China‘s oil companies and their expansion into other countries. (PRWEB UK) 31 July 2012 Talks with the […]

New Seal Flu Could Pose Threat to Humans

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — A new influenza strain found in New England harbor seals could potentially threaten people as well as wildlife, new research suggests. Scientists cautioned that viruses like the newly discovered seal flu must be monitored in order to predict new strains and prevent a pandemic flu emerging from animals. The […]

Health Tip: Hiking or Running on a Trail

It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do.

Chevron Censored Shareholders Who Wanted to Challenge Management Over $19 Billion Ecuador Liability, says Amazon Defense Coalition

SAN RAMON, Ecuador, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Chevron’s top management — including Chief Financial Officer Patrician Yarrington — appeared to be censoring shareholders who wanted to pose some tough questions about the company’s $19 billion Ecuador environmental liability during its quarterly earnings call last Friday, according to several sources that have been in contact with Amazon Defense […]

Shots Should Be on College Kids’ Back-to-School List

It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do.

Former Global Warming Skeptic Makes a ‘Total Turnaround’

A prominent scientist who was skeptical of the evidence that climate change was real, let alone that it was caused by humans, now says he has made a “total turnaround.” Richard Muller, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, says he has become convinced that “the prior estimates of the rate of […]

Imaging Tests Up Among Advanced Cancer Patients

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — A new U.S. study finds that the use of diagnostic imaging tests in Medicare patients with advanced cancer has risen faster than among patients with early-stage cancer. The costs of diagnostic imaging have increased more than the overall costs of cancer care, making diagnostic imaging the fastest-growing part of […]

Olympics-Scientists sceptical as athletes get all taped up

* Kinesio tape worn in many colours by many Olympians * Tape developed by a Japanese doctor 30 years ago * Scientists have doubts, but placebo effect may be strong LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – German beach volleyball player Ilka Semmler wears it on her buttocks – in pink. Swedish handball player Johanna Wiberg prefers […]

More Americans Have at Least 2 Chronic Health Issues: CDC

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans aged 45 and older with two or more chronic conditions has grown over the past decade, new research estimates, with seniors especially vulnerable to a rising risk of both diabetes and high blood pressure. Between 1999-2000 and 2009-2010, the percentage of Americans in the 45- […]

Scientists skeptical as athletes get all taped up

LONDON (Reuters) – German beach volleyball player Ilka Semmler wears it on her buttocks – in pink. Swedish handball player Johanna Wiberg prefers it in blue from her knee to her groin. British sprinter Dwain Chambers has even worn it with a Union Jack design. Athletic tape made in every color under the sun seems […]

Health Highlights: July 31, 2012

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: U.S. Blood Supply Critically Low, Red Cross Warns The level of U.S. blood donations is at its lowest point in 15 years and the shortfall is such that some patients may have to have elective surgeries canceled, the […]

‘Star Trek’ Actors Star in New Mars Rover Landing Videos

How do you get people excited about a Mars rover that will attempt to land on the Red Planet in five days? You enlist the help of “Star Trek” icons Captain James T. Kirk and Wesley Crusher. Actors William Shatner and Wil Wheaton, two stars who made their mark in different installments of the hugely […]

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