January is National Birth Defect Prevention month. According to the Center for Disease Control, roughly one in every 33 children is born with a birth defect. There are more than 4,000 kinds of birth defects, with varying levels of severity and required medical care. While not all birth defects can be prevented, there are steps that can be taken to increase the chances of delivering a healthy baby
Each year the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) chooses a theme to promote birth…
Ah, coffee. The magical drink that greets us in the mornings when we’re bleary-eyed zombies and our fuel for when we’re weary. It’s often a reason to get together with old friends and reminisce
Is there anything coffee can’t do? Probably, but there has been plenty of research around lately that shows what it can do. If you’re wondering, there are some health benefits you might enjoy hearing about.
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If you've ever stepped foot in an intensive care unit, you'll know that they can be pretty grim environments. That's all changing, though, thanks to LED lighting systems that can actually be used to improve patient care.
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We're due for a big one, some say. Every year now since 2004 and 2005 -- the years of Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Katrina -- the Gulf Coast has been "due"
Wildfire experts predict that by 2041, there will be four large, high-intensity forest fires for every three that occur now, with the number of days when conditions are conducive to fires increasing.
2012 is off to the warmest start since at least 1895, when record-keeping began. While the latest heat wave finally broke across much of the U.S., it factored in dozens of deaths and forced many employers to shift workers' schedules. The intense heat also left many farmers and ranchers scrambling.
Patients who survive a stay in an intensive-care unit can find themselves mentally impaired long after release. A new study says the problem is far more common and lasting than previously believed.
Medical record analysis reveals that pain scores are higher among females for a wide range of diseases.
Your story is the locus around which all your marketing efforts spin -- and master storyteller (and marketer) Kindra Hall is just one of many experts poised to help you launch your real estate marketing to new heights at the Marketing Intensive Track, part of the programming at Inman Connect San Francisco, running August 7 through 11. Kindra Hall will speak on storytelling during the Marketing…
Older Americans who engage in strenuous exercise are more mentally nimble, have better memory function and process information more speedily than do their more sedentary peers, new research suggests.
While we know know yet whether or not typhoon Haiyan will become the most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall, we do know that more affluent societies are much less affected by even the strongest storms.
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The reviews for “Suicide Squad” are in, and they're a mixed bag, to put it politely. The film disappointed critics, but fans were more forgiving. What’s not in question, however, are military skills on display in the movie. That success is owed to Kevin Vance (of Vance & Brown Consulting), a former Navy SEAL and professional military advisor for the film industry. “We’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback there,” says Vance. “In terms of the gear we brought in, we had so…
Debate over how an elite North Shore high school should present a seminar on civil rights and racism.
Runny noses and itchy eyes started a little earlier this year, thanks to a warm winter, but the early start to allergy season might be good news for pollen-haters.
Women may feel more pain than men for a gamut of conditions, according to a la...
As the federal and state governments look for methods to support the creation and retention of well-paying science and tech (S&T) and manufacturing jobs, two recent reports have found that R&D tax credits play a vital role in helping keep domestic R&D-intensive firms resilient from economic downtowns and competition from emerging economics. These studies confirm the importance of R&D-intensive firms, which have taken advantage of R&D…
U.S. intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries employ at least 27.9 million workers and contributed more than $6.6 trillion dollars (38.2 percent) to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014, according to Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: 2016 Update . In this update to a 2012 report, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) identified 81 industries (from among 313…