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Heavier Drinking At an Earlier Age
Samedi 10 Mai 2008 - 18:34 - 8 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) VIENNA -- A 13-year-old schoolgirl in southern Austria celebrated the start of her spring break with a bottle of schnapps. |
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FTC Moves to Block Merger of Inova, Prince William Hospital
Vendredi 09 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 8 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) The Federal Trade Commission and Virginia Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell said yesterday they would attempt to block the planned merger between Northern Virginia's largest hospital chain and Prince William Hospital in Manassas. |
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Adult Concerns on Child Care Deal
Vendredi 09 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 8 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) There's a fight brewing around sandboxes nationwide. But the combatants don't wear Pull-Ups. Instead, they sport BlackBerrys and picket signs and talk of portfolios and payouts. |
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Shuffleboard and Bingo Are So Last Year
Vendredi 09 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 8 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Girard Quinlan, 78, used to bowl during his high school years. Yesterday, he watched some of his friends bowl on a Wii video game at the nonprofit IONA Senior Services in Northwest Washington, but he didn't get up to join in. |
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News Bytes of the Week--Could Coastal Trees Have Saved Lives in Myanmar? [News]
Vendredi 09 Mai 2008 - 13:00 - 8 mois depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American Felled mangrove trees may have doomed the coast of Myanmar [More] |
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Are Backyard Ethanol Brewers an Answer to High-Priced Gas? [News]
Vendredi 09 Mai 2008 - 13:00 - 8 mois depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American A company banking on drivers' weariness of skyrocketing gasoline prices unveiled a home refinery device on Thursday offering another option: ethanol. E-Fuel Corporation says its EFuel100 MicroFueler can produce up to 35 gallons (132 liters) of ethanol a week that consumers can pump directly into their cars and trucks. There is no combustion inside the device, which runs on a standard household 110- to 220-volt AC power supply (consuming about 150 watts*) and uses a membrane system to distill the sugar, yeast and water solution required to make ethanol rather than combustion heating elements, as commercial ethanol producers do. [More] |
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Pour votre santé, bougez !
Vendredi 09 Mai 2008 - 10:07 - 8 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - Nouvel Observateur Sciences Depuis six ans, au cours de la deuxième semaine de mai, l'OMS sensibilise le grand public à l'activité physique, gage de santé et de bien-être. |
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L’ESA fête l’Europe
Vendredi 09 Mai 2008 - 05:52 - 8 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - Nouvel Observateur Sciences Les 9 et 10 mai, l’Agence spatiale européenne (ESA) participe aux manifestations organisées à l’occasion de la Journée de l’Europe. |
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Passé vert pour le Sahara
Vendredi 09 Mai 2008 - 04:56 - 8 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - Nouvel Observateur Sciences Le Sahara n’a pas toujours été un désert, les paysages arides de dunes et de sable ne datent que d’il y a environ 2700 ans. La désertification de cet immense territoire a eu lieu de façon progressive, contrairement à ce que laissait penser certains modèles. |
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Respiratory Illness Rose in Children After Katrina Hit
Jeudi 08 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 8 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Hurricane Katrina provoked increased complaints to doctors of pneumonia, bronchitis and other lower respiratory illnesses among 144 children studied in Mississippi, according to a report released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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