Of the types of interest groups my professor identified, the only ones that seem applicable are business or trade association. Wikipedia just calls it a "nuclear industry lobbying group". I know this is a stupid question and the distinction may not really matter in the scheme of things, but I...
On Monday 24th October 2011, the British Medical Association (BMA) published the concluding results of their major survey of GP opinion. The results revealed that GPs opinions and concerns regarding the major issues the general practice face are outstandingly clear. The BMA survey, conducted in...
A paper from the National Institutes of Health in the United States has evaluated the separate and combined effects of the frequency of alcohol consumption and the average quantity of alcohol drunk per occasion and how that relates to mortality risk from individual cancers as well as all...
Researchers in South East Asia have identified two genetic variants associated with increased susceptibility to severe dengue. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore, offers clues to how the body responds to dengue infection...
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), will release its AACR Cancer Progress Report 2011, in which its calls on Congress to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The report urges Congress to provide the NIH and NCI...
In an effort to understand what happens in the brain when a person reads or considers such abstract ideas as love or justice, Princeton researchers have for the first time matched images of brain activity with categories of words related to the concepts a person is thinking about. The results...
Commenting on today's announcement from the Treasury on public sector pensions, and specific proposals for increased contributions for NHS staff in 2012-13, Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of Council at the BMA, said: "This isn't about making the NHS pension sustainable in the long term, it already...
Imaging studies have repeatedly found that people with depression have smaller hippocampal volumes than healthy individuals. The hippocampus is a brain region involved in learning and memory, spatial navigation, and the evaluation of complex life situations or "contexts". However, because in...
Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS) announced a partnership with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), to deliver a series of critical care nursing and nurse management online training courses delivered on HCCS Learning Management Systems. This training includes...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) announced that results from late breaking data presented by Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. evaluated the safety, tolerability and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) lowering activity for TAK-875, an investigational compound for the treatment...
On behalf of the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), Dr. Elaine Lyon gave public comments at the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) meeting on "Ultra High Throughput Sequencing for Clinical Diagnostic Applications - Approaches to Assess Analytical Validity." As they begin developing...
Is any one familiar with Eden housing association. I am in the process of moving to a brand new build house owned by Eden housing association. It has just finished being built. I want to get sky and put a sky. I have had sky at my old house. I need sky as I home educate my 2 sons and I use a...
When trying to open Office I get an error saying that the file does not have a program associated. Having tried to find .exe in the protocol list (big suprise!) it's not there. When trying to open a file, I get an error about side-by-side configuration. Any ideas? I have tried a command of "sfc...
bad idea? Me and my husband (both in our late 50's) are planning to travel to Vienna. The best deal on air we found on hotel.com at the hotel that is affiliated with International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association. We are not either gays or lesbians. Good or bad idea to stay in that hotel?
bad idea? Me and my husband (both in our late 50's) are planning to travel to Vienna. The best deal on air we found on hotel.com at the hotel that is affiliated with International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association. We are not either gays or lesbians. Good or bad idea to stay in that hotel?
The Alzheimer's Association joins the Shriver family and the nation in mourning the passing of Sargent Shriver. Few people have had the impact on our nation that Mr. Shriver did. His unwavering dedication to the excellence and the ideal of public service laid a groundwork that Americans...
As seasonal flu tightens its grip in communities across the country, public health officials are reminding everyone to routinely and properly wash their hands, which is one of the simplest, most important and effective defenses against the spread of germs and disease. According to the Food and...
The AVEENO® Brand has teamed up with the National Eczema Association to empower and educate sufferers of the common condition in preparation for the cold and dry winter months when dry skin is most common. Approximately 35 million people in the U.S. suffer from eczema, a chronic skin disorder...
Omron Healthcare announced support for the American Heart Association's broad-based healthcare awareness campaign that will educate providers on hypertension treatment recommendations, including home blood pressure monitoring and best practices for integrating this into their standard of care...
The American Heart Association presented its prestigious Research Achievement Award to Jan L. Breslow, M.D., of Rockefeller University, New York City, for "transcendent discoveries" of genes encoding for components of the body's lipid transport system and how their regulation and individual...