Health and education

	Violence in US Costs $70 Billion
...s can compete even with federal education spendings, which are about $67.2 billion, as well as the spendings regarding damages caused by Katrina estimated at $80 billion. The lead author of study, health economist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Phaedra Corso, who is also an associate professor of health policy at the University of Georgia College of Public Health together with her colleagues at the ...
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	8.2% Social Workers Took Drugs Last Month, Study Says
...imilar studies from 1994 and 1997 showed 7.6% and 7.7% of social workers taking drugs, yet there were not as many people questioned. According to Joseph Gfroerer from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in most cases social workers confessed of smoking marijuana. In addition the research showed that 8.8% of American social workers (10.1 million) have problems with alcohol: during the last mo...
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	Tragic Human Error Lead to Transplantation of HIV-positive Organs
...es for those that are on a waiting list for a transplant. The earlier reports made by the media regarding "malasanita" - malpractice, poor hygiene as well as poor safety standards in the national health system of Italy, prompted an inspection made last month nationwide to inspect all hospitals in the country. Despite this fact at least once a week the media reports on another case of "malasanita". A month ago anoth...
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	First Antarctic Educational Center to be Opened Soon
...words will be the first in the world. The center will allow children to watch in real-time how life goes on the ice. It is to mention that Robert Swan was the first adventurer to walk to the North and South poles without any assistance. Now his aim is to build a center on a Russian base, which is situated on King George Island. The center is to teach children about several important things about Antarctica. They will l...
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	Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says
... in their life. Latest psychological studies have found that the feeling of happiness is not related to outside circumstances or turning points of one's life. This means that prosperity, marriage or health do not determine our subjective well being. This theory has proved to be basically true, but only for some changes concerning the character of the event. Though most people can adapt to variety of negative and distur...
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	Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming
... organizers of the Arctic Science Summit on global warming, pre-opened the summit with a speech that was to make everyone realize the problem of the environment. She asked everyone to join scientific and policy efforts around the globe. The summit represents a first step for the International Polar Year that is expected to end in March 2009. For this period the environmental experts are going to explore in detail all t...
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	Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men
...hemicals that require a careful study. It is worth mentioning that phthalates have been actively used for more than half a century. However, only now did scientist start thinking about the possible health problems to which the chemical might lead. Studies made on animals showed that phthalates consistently depress the levels of testosterone. Recently, while performing their studies on humans, scientists have found that ...
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	To live or die - computer will decide
... a computer? Researches say that a new computer program can make life-or-death decisions for disabled people better than their closest relatives. A new research conducted by National Institute of Health (NIH) introduced a software program that can calculate all the pros and contras for further treatment of the seriously ill patients based on the mathematical formula. The decisions made by computer calculations are cla...
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	A Trojan-horse strategy selected to fight bacteria
...gation will cover this joint project, which will be also supported by Matthew Thoendel, a medial student at the University of Iowa, by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and by the National Institutes of Health. ...
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	Alcohol kills faster than ecstasy
...A new drug list was revised by Britain's drug experts to reveal that alcohol and tobacco put your health at greater risk than such dangerous drugs as LSD, cannabis and ecstasy. Experts conducted a new all-compassing research with the government top advisory committee involved to make a shocking conclusion on the harm of regular tobacco and alcohol. A modern classification of drugs doesn't reflect the real situatio...
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	Football fans have bitten off the ears of a tavern keeper
...Dimitris Tsibibakis, a Greek tavern keeper, working at a health resort, lost both of his ears while trying to part football fans. The fight began in his tavern during a football match between Greece and Turkey. When he tried to part the fighting fans they have bitten off significant parts of his ears. According to an official source, a group of Bulgarian immigrants, who entered the tavern, starting screaming and suppor...
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	France Will not Put a Ban on Skinny Models
...French Health Ministry has reviewed the issue of skinny models on the French catwalks and suggested that such models need special attention, but they will not be banned from the podiums, as the French Health Ministry officials said on Friday. After two Latin American models died in 2006 of anorexia, designers, model agencies and the entire fashion industry have been massively attacked by the publicity for promoting such ...
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	New chocolate can save the planet
...concern to the consumers is the fact that many chocolate companies use excessive amount of vegetable fat and sugar, substituting natural milk by factory farmed milk. Now almost everyone knows the health benefits of cacao: it contains more than 300 chemicals among which are antioxidants, proteins, calcium, and many other vitamins. And now those who know what pure chocolate tastes like have an opportunity not only to en...
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	Can You Distinguish a Fake?
...litative fake watches, a package is not the guarantee of the watch's authentic nature. Certificate: While buying a Swiss watch, ask a shop-assistant to show you the certificate of conformance and health certificate. These documents are processed by the importer only in case of authentic timepieces. Catalog: Take your time to consult the watch catalog. Find and compare the model you like with its analog in the cata...
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	Now one blood group fits everyone
... conducted by experts from University of Copenhagen published their results in Nature Biotechnology journal, where it is stated that O blood group can be a source for all the other blood types (A, B and AB). If earlier the mistake of giving wrong blood group could lead to hazardous reactions from the immune system and in severe cases result in death, now all blood groups can be converted into one O group and used fur...
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