Article: A child's right to education

Article: Patients in US 5 times more likely to spend last days in ICU than ...
NewsRx Health & Science;  November 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... did. Of those over 85, only 1.3 percent received ICU care in England vs. 11 percent in the U.S. But young adults and children received ICU services at similar rates in both countries. "These numbers need to be interpreted with caution," explains ...

Article: Fixing the flaw in emergency planning.
NewsRx Health & Science;  November 15, 2009 ;     583 words ... ... community residents to contribute their essential knowledge to emergency planning. "The challenge for our various levels of government now is to provide communities with incentives and supports to put such a process into place - before people suffer and die ...

Article: More students than ever before studying engineering and physical ...
NewsRx Health & Science;  November 15, 2009 ;     620 words ... ... at school according to a new poll of children aged 5 to 18. Engineering and Physical ... to create a support network for school children to encourage them to engage with science ... Scientist Centre has shown that more children are planning to opt for a science related ...

Article: Attending community college does make you richer, study says.
NewsRx Health & Science;  November 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Community Colleges, Economic Policy, Economics, Education, Government Agencies, National Center for Education Statistics, AT ... Community Colleges, Economic Policy, Economics, Education, Government Agencies, National Center for Education Statistics, Telecommunications ...

Article: Heart attacks become more common but less often fatal in women.
NewsRx Health & Science;  November 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (nationally representative surveys conducted by the government) during 1988 to 1994 (4,326 participants) and 1999 to 2004 (4,075 participants). The researchers assessed how often ...

Article: SAIC Announces Record Level of Small Business Utilization.
NewsRx Health & Science;  November 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... level of small business utilization for Government Fiscal Year 2009 (GFY 09), which ... performance significantly exceeded the government's statutory goals for women- and ... Punaro, SAIC executive vice president of Government Affairs, Communications and Support ...

Article: Quick and easy diagnosis for mitochondrial disorders.
NewsRx Science;  November 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... difficult to diagnose and treat. Researchers from the Seattle Children's Research Institute teamed up with researchers from the ... Hahn. "Mitochondrial diseases affect as many as 1 in 5000 children; however diagnosis is notoriously difficult due to the huge ...