Science Education & Policy

The "health halos" of healthy restaurants often prompt consumers to treat themselves to higher-calorie side dishes, drinks or desserts than when they eat at fast-food restaurants that make no health claims, according to a series of new Cornell st ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2007 - 1:47am

WaterSmart Innovations Conference And Exposition To Be World's Largest Focusing On Water-Efficiency Practices, Programs And Poli

LAS VEGAS, October 8 /PRNewswire/--- International conference and expo slated for Oct. 8-10, 2008, in Las Vegas In what is expected to be the largest urban water-efficiency and conservation conference of its kind in the world, the inaugural WaterSmart Inn ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 8 2007 - 4:22pm

Mind-Body Meditation Reduces Stress

A team of researchers from China and the University of Oregon have developed an approach for neuroscientists to study how meditation might provide improvements in a person's attention and response to stress. The study, done in China, randomly assigned ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2007 - 8:28pm

The JEDU-Treasures Database Embraces C.D.I. Systems Online Publishing Platform- NetIS(TM)

JERUSALEM, Israel, October 9 /PRNewswire/-- The JTS-Schocken Institute (http://www.schocken-jts.org.il) for Jewish Research and C.D.I. Systems (http://www.cdisys.com), the developer of NetIS(TM) online publishing platform, have released the unparalleled J ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 9 2007 - 6:18am

European Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition: Get A Closer Look At Offshore Wind 4- 6 December 2007- Berlin

BRUSSELS, October 9 /PRNewswire/-- On 4 December, over 1000 representatives of the offshore wind industry, policy makers and energy specialists will gather to explore and discuss the future of offshore wind energy during a three-day pan-European conferenc ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 9 2007 - 10:12am

New Survey Conveys Fundamental Shift In The Perceptions Of Treatment Outcomes In Schizophrenia

An estimated 6.6 million people in Europe suffer from schizophrenia:(1) a serious mental illness characterized by disturbances in the thoughts, perceptions, emotions and behavior of a person. A large majority of families who care for someone with schizophr ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2007 - 8:15pm

Post-Menopausal Women Reduce Risk Of Ovarian Cancer With Low-Fat Diet

A diet low in fat could reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in healthy postmenopausal women, according to new results from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Dietary Modification Trial. Researchers found that after four years, women who decreased the amount ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2007 - 9:19pm

Steroid Use Is For Appearance, Not Athletic Competition, Study Finds

The majority of non-medical anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) users are not cheating athletes or risk-taking teenagers, according to a recent survey published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. Instead, the typical male user i ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2007 - 9:48pm

WysDM CTO Jim McDonald To Discuss How To Minimize Recovery Risk With Data Protection Management At Storage Expo

NEW YORK, October 10 /PRNewswire/--- Leading DPM Provider Demonstrates Enhanced Data Protection Management Platform and Delivers Business Strategy Seminar at Storage Expo 2007 ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 10 2007 - 3:54am

Report Highlights Inadequate Pandemic Planning As A Threat To EU Security

LONDON, October 10 /PRNewswire/--- Inadequate Border Control and Poor on-the-Ground Administration and Delivery of Antivirals and Vaccines Could Threaten EU Security ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 10 2007 - 7:45am