New book guides boomers through retirement maze
...ortant possessions and documents The retirement landscape is changing, Hegland said. Many boomers dont just want to retire and play golf. They want to be engaged in their community and to actively manage their legal and financial affairs. Alive and Kicking is a departure from most legal prose, which is rare...New study could bring relief to sweltering city slickers
...ngineers decide the best way of adapting the urban landscape to bring greater human comfort during hot and stic.... At the moment neither the effects on the urban landscape or the heat released by human activities within cities are considered in standard climate change res...Satellite images aid implementation of agricultural reforms
... satellites and are capable of identifying various landscape features and detecting potential erosion, tillage ...d in some countries, farmers cannot remove certain landscape features, including hedges, tree rows, water ponds, walls and single trees, without authorisation of...RAND study of Los Angeles County neighborhoods and their impact on children enters second phase
...pdate and expand past research about how the urban landscape affects children, according to Narayan Sastry, a RAND researcher and co-director of the study. That knowledge helps schools decide how to engage parents, guides cities as they build and staff parks, and influences many other government and private p...Research ethics committees in Africa report inadequate funding, staffing and training
...esearchers working in Africa better understand the landscape of ethics review there. And while it doesn't represent all African research ethics committees, the report can also help large funders better manage resources for capacity development on a continent where health research is critical." A recent rep...Math model predicts cancer behavior
...ude the oxygen and nutrient concentrations and the landscape of connective tissue that surrounds the cells. The... the middle of tumor growth, what if we change the landscape of connective tissue" "By doing this we discovered new things that we didn't know before. And that i...The Scripps Research Institute, McDonald's align to fight childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes
...represents advancement in the effort to change the landscape of these severe pediatric health issues, and to find solutions that will benefit future generations of healthy adults in America." "McDonald's overall goal is to make a difference in the lives of children," said Ralph Alvarez, president and chief ...Carefully mixed radiation cocktail reduces breast cancer treatment's collateral damage to skin
...ulate billions of trips of each beam to the unique landscape of each tumor. Gathering the statistics from these billions of trials, they determine the best beam properties and mixtures. The computer simulations helped oncologists send accurately targeted doses for 78 breast cancer patients receiving "hypof...Conference calls for global approach to risk management in medicines, food, environment
...ory bodies will share perspectives on the shifting landscape of risk management for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare networks, food production, environmental control, and transportation at "The Congress on Global Approaches to Risk Management: Current and Future Developments," May 18-19 at the Hilt...Benefit of chemotherapy in breast cancer depends on estrogen-receptor status
...erry says. "It is true that tamoxifen changed the landscape for ER+ tumors, but the playing field has now been leveled somewhat given the fact that ER- tumors respond well to modern improvements in chemotherapy regimens," he says....Scientists discover new genetic subtypes of common blood cancer
...ked the four distinguishing gene patterns out of a landscape of many DNA alterations in the myeloma genome, the researchers report in the April issue of Cancer Cell. These results "define new disease subgroups of multiple myeloma that can be correlated with different clinical outcomes," wrote the authors, led ...5 finalists compete for Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research
...und. In 2002, a changing business and competitive landscape forced online travel agency Travelocity to shift its current business model due to losses in both revenue and market share. In order to thrive in a new business environment and regain share, Travelocity needed to become an active retailer by negotiat...New handbook addresses lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health issues
...images of HIV and AIDS. However, the public health landscape for sexual minorities is much larger and significantly more complicated than just sexually transmitted diseases. That is why there is a great need for this handbook," he explained. Mr. Shankle said that the lack of in-depth knowledge about lesbian, g...Two new studies reveal benefits of laparoscopic surgery for uterine cancer
...e studies are really exciting and could change the landscape of how uterine cancer surgical staging is taught and performed," said Dr. Walker. "For a physician to see the patient the next morning and find that she is sitting up, ready to go home--this is quite different from the traditional open surgery." Ut...Largest study of in-hospital cardiac arrest suggests how to improve outcomes for children and adults
... said. "This national registry defines the current landscape of in-hospital cardiac arrests in North America, and supplies evidence that should help in designing and implementing more effective interventions in the future," he added....As Montreal Conference considers deforestation issues, ESA presents space solution
...ritory. There were some subtleties of the Spanish landscape which would still require work notably the 'dehesas', areas of open forest the satellite products sometimes misidentified as scrubland but the results were being used to supplement Spain's ten-yearly National Forest Inventory, and Pena suggested th...National study shows black immigrants' health erodes the longer they live in US
...hen their children, become part of the U.S. racial landscape and experience the consequences of being black in America." Emerson and Read reported that European-born blacks' health was more similar to American-born blacks' than to other black immigrants'. Previous studies have shown that immigrants are health...Soliciting organs over the Internet
...gDonors.com and ethicists to discuss the changing landscape of organ donation. The event will be held at HMS in the Tosteson Medical Education Center on Thursday, May 12. The great majority of organ transplantation occurs under the management of the government-sanctioned United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS...... and other advancements have radically changed the landscape of heart and lung transplant medicine and the outlook for patients living with heart or lung disease. "We urgently need to revisit the current criteria that organ centers are using and provide new, clear guidelines to help these centers update their ...