Archive for August, 2008

Study Questions Flu Shot’s Mortality Protection for Elderly (HealthDay)

Posted in August 29th, 2008

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) — Canadian researchers are
challenging the widely held belief that flu shots help protect older
people from potentially deadly diseases such as pneumonia.

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Summer Street Acquires Willcare, a Regional Leader in Home Health Care

Posted in August 29th, 2008

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Summer Street Acquires Willcare, a Regional Leader in Home Health Care Private equity firm and company executives to build on Willcare’s reputation for quality in new markets and with new service offerings BUFFALO, N.Y.,…

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Concerns Grow That Credit Crunch May Halt Firms’ Diversity Push

Posted in August 29th, 2008

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Concerns are growing that the credit crunch may force City firms to put their diversity initiatives on hold. Although Gay and Lesbian lobbying group Stonewall remains confident that investment banks will continue to take…

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Brain injury study adds to Alzheimer’s enigma (Reuters)

Posted in August 28th, 2008

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Reuters - Levels of a protein linked with
Alzheimer’s disease rise as people recover from brain injuries
– a surprising finding that may help explain why injuries
boost the risk of developing the disease, U.S. and Italian
researchers said on Thursday.

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13% of Seniors Report Being Mistreated (HealthDay)

Posted in August 28th, 2008

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) — A new study says that 13
percent of American seniors suffer mistreatment from various forms of
abuse.

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Tracking Alzheimer’s-linked protein in live brains (AP)

Posted in August 28th, 2008

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AP - Scientists for the first time have peered into people’s brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer’s disease.

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The Stocks You’ll Wish You’d Bought (at Motley Fool)

Posted in August 28th, 2008

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It’s either the best of times or the worst of times. Even though the market averages have been getting beaten up, a few sectors — like coal and oil & gas — have surged. For early investors in companies such as Alpha…

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Scientists Track Hourly Changes in Alzheimer’s Protein (HealthDay)

Posted in August 28th, 2008

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) — A group of researchers has
described hourly changes in a protein in the brain that is thought to play
a key role in Alzheimer’s disease.

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Tarique Ghaffur blames Sir Ian Blair in Scotland Yard racism claim

Posted in August 28th, 2008

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Britain’s most senior Asian police officer, Tarique Ghaffur, has made an unprecedented, individual attack on Sir Ian Blair as he launched a highly damaging legal action against the Scotland Yard chief. By Richard Edwards,…

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Assistant Professor, Global History

Posted in August 28th, 2008

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UNIVERESITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY POSITION: Probationary tenure track faculty position in the Department of History at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 24, 2009. QUALIFICATIONS:…

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