Science Education & Policy

ACCESS Connect Ecosystem Partner Program Continues To Garner Mobile Industry Support

SAN FRANCISCO, October 23 /PRNewswire/--- MontaVista Software Joins as Newest Ecosystem Partner Member ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 23 2007 - 4:05am

Ground-Breaking Conference Takes On Abortion

LONDON, October 23 /PRNewswire/--- Organisers Highlight the Global Pandemic of Unsafe Abortion and Call for Universal Access to Safe Abortion Care. Expanding access to safe abortion around the world is on the agenda at the groundbreaking Global Safe Abort ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 23 2007 - 6:42am

Waist Measurement Can Indicate Your Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease And Diabetes

PARIS, October 23 /PRNewswire/--- Results From the IDEA Study Highlight the Strong Links Between Abdominal Obesity and Both Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Measuring your waist circumference can indicate the risk of you developing heart disease and es ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 23 2007 - 6:42am

Next Generation Devices To Treat Clogged Neck Arteries Launched In U.S. And Europe

WASHINGTON, October 23 /PRNewswire/-- Cordis Corporation today announced the U.S. and European launch of Cordis's next generation carotid stent system, the PRECISE(R) PRO RX(TM) Nitinol Self-Expanding Stent, to treat clogged neck arteries. The worldw ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 23 2007 - 8:55am

Preliminary Study: Sexual Attitudes Of Sexual Offenders With Intellectual Disabilities

A preliminary, exploratory study based on a small sample called “Sexual knowledge and attitudes of men with intellectual disability who sexually offend,” published in Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability in June 2007 did not find that sex e ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2007 - 11:00am

Linkstorm Secures US$4.2 Million Funding;

NEW YORK, October 23 /PRNewswire/--- Expands Focus to Advertising Applications- Former Ziff-Davis Advertising Luminary Jeff Ballowe Joins as Board Advisor- Company Also Announces Move Into New NYC Headquarters Linkstorm, based in New York City, has comple ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 23 2007 - 11:05am

Study: Religion Can Assist In Health Care

In America, religion and politics or science and politics or politics and anything else don't mix well. According to a new University of Missouri-Columbia study, though, religion and health care work together just fine. Research shows that religion an ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2007 - 11:54am

Political Science: As China Grows, What Will It Want?

Before political science existed as a discipline it was assumed all countries wanted the same thing; land and security. The Industrial Revolution brought a new focus on strategic resources. In the late 1800s America was already producing more strategic res ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 25 2007 - 1:07am

Common World Culture: Ideal Weight Varies But Negative Body Image Is The Same

Different cultures have different standards and norms for appropriate body size and shape, which can effect how children perceive their body image. Some cultures celebrate a fuller body shape more than others, but researchers at the Center for Obesity Rese ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2007 - 1:09pm

Essilor's 2007 Third-Quarter Report

CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France, October 24 /PRNewswire/--- Financial Information for the First Nine Months of 2007- Continued Strong Organic Growth, With Revenue Up 8.5% Like-for-Like Essilor International, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, today announce ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 24 2007 - 1:10am