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First lady Obama visits Haiti

First lady Michelle Obama, along with Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, "paid a surprise visit to Haiti Tuesday, witnessing the 'powerful' devastation left in the wake of a massive earthquake three months ago," Agence-France Presse reports.

15 Apr 2010

Second stage of pool laws will cost a precious buck to 70% pool owners

The Bligh Government yesterday released further changes in the pool safety laws and nearly 70% of all Gold Coast and Queensland homes with pools, including portable and inflatable ones will need to spend extra on upgrades.

14 Apr 2010

Dual evacuation following noxious gas leak

According to the Public Services Association there has been a constant leak of noxious fumes from a Newcastle office building for years and the source needs to be identified. The building has RTA call centre staff and Commonwealth Bank customer service representatives as its tenants.

14 Apr 2010

New additions to NewReality's extensive library of personal improvement

NewReality, the world's leading weight loss supplier of NXT™ format technology for recorded audio material, announced today the newest additions to its extensive library of personal improvement and advanced learning topics. The new programs include: stress reduction; weight loss; smoking cessation; and golf improvement.

13 Apr 2010

News outlets report on food crisis in Sahel region of Africa

A food crisis is developing across the Sahel region - from Mauritania and Guinea to Nigeria and Sudan - where "[m]illions" of people are facing hunger and malnutrition, aid groups say, afrol News reports.

13 Apr 2010

Health care experts brand plan for a “Big Australia” as disaster waiting to happen

Increased immigration rates are set to make Australia’s population hit 36 million by the year 2050 according to Federal Government estimates. This would be a huge leap from the present 22,300,000 people that the nation has today. The added population is being seen as a necessity to ensure economical survival for the country.

13 Apr 2010

Hunter Valley cancer cluster report to be made public

Cancer cases may have manifested as brain tumors in the local population in Upper Hunter Valley as a result of pollution from mines and power stations. With five residents in a single block in Singleton being diagnosed with brain tumors a public inquiry to establish just how harmful dust and toxins from the mines and power stations are had been constituted by the state government.

13 Apr 2010

Team of neurologists from the U.S. face Canadian neurologists in annual "Neurobowl"

In a competition modeled after TV quiz shows, a team of neurologists from the United States will face Canadian neurologists in the annual "Neurobowl®" on April 11.

12 Apr 2010

International Red Cross continues to provide much needed relief in Haiti

Three months after an earthquake devastated Haiti, the International Red Cross continues to provide much needed relief to those affected by this tragedy.

12 Apr 2010

After Haiti visit, Congresswoman says she saw no sign of Red Cross

After a visit to Haiti, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said Thursday that she did not see evidence of the organization during a trip to the country earlier this week with Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Kristin Gilibrand (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), The Hill's Washington Scene reports.

12 Apr 2010

Combating a frequently overlooked assassin: Water

When a hurricane, earthquake or wildfire strikes, a variety of supplies and equipment is needed to respond and aid victims. But, clean water is a common denominator; its demand is chronic and ubiquitous. In fact, dirty water is one of Mother Nature's overlooked assassins. More than one million people perish each year after imbibing it, and according to the World Health Organization, more than one billion people lack access to its clean counterpart.

12 Apr 2010

Labour’s cancer leaflet campaign questioned

Last month more than 250,000 personalized leaflets were sent out to women with a warning that a Conservative government would scrap a Labour guarantee that all suspected breast cancer patients would be seen by a specialist within two weeks of GP referral. They also claimed that the Conservative party will take away the right to be treated for cancer within 18 weeks. According to a Sunday Times report some of the recipients of this leaflet were cancer patients or cancer survivors.

12 Apr 2010

World Vision to construct transitional shelters for displaced Haitians

World Vision is supporting the first relocation of 7,500 displaced Haitians from camps in Port-au-Prince to a site on the outskirts of the city where transitional shelters will be built. In partnership with other agencies, World Vision will construct one-third of the 1,356 shelters planned for a 75 sq. kilometre plot of land recently allocated by the Government of Haiti for people most at risk from the upcoming rainy season.

9 Apr 2010

State Department to open new hunger, food security office

The Department of State on Wednesday announced it is opening a "new office on hunger and food security," Politico's Laura Rozen writes on her blog.

9 Apr 2010

Smokers prepared to "say no" to the raise of cigarette tax

As New York prepares to raise the cigarette tax to $3.75 per pack, smokers are prepared to "say no" as the price of a pack of smokes hits a record price of $8.79.

9 Apr 2010

US Navy submariners banned from smoking

Smoking has now been banned from submarines too says the US Navy. They plan to stock nicotine patches and gums on board to help the sailors quit the habit. This new policy will go into effect before December 31st this year, announced Vice Admiral. John J. Donnelly, commander of the Navy’s submarine forces on Thursday.

9 Apr 2010

World Bank commitments during economic crisis reach all-time high

The World Bank on Wednesday announced it "has committed a record $100 billion in financial support over the past 18 months to help developing countries recover from the global economic crisis," Reuters reports.

9 Apr 2010

USCA recognizes Union Dental Holdings with Best of Coral Springs Award

Union Dental Holdings, Inc. - http://www.uniondental.com/ir - a Company that operates and manages a network of dentists throughout the United States for union members announced today it has received the Best of Coral Springs Award in the Dentists category by the U.S. Commerce Association for the second year in a row.

8 Apr 2010

April issue of National Geographic examines global water security

"Though water covers our world, more than 97 percent is salty. Two percent is fresh water locked in snow and ice, leaving less than one percent for us," writes National Geographic editor Chris Jones in an introduction to the magazine's April issue that examines the effects of diminishing water supplies around the world.

8 Apr 2010

Dating and hooking up: Benefits and risks

As hooking up takes over from dating as a means of heterosexual interaction on university campuses, more women than men continue to prefer dating whereas more men than women rate hooking up above dating. Both genders however perceive similar benefits and risks to dating and hooking up. Carolyn Bradshaw from James Madison University in Virginia, US, and colleagues explored the reasons that motivate college men and women to hook up or to date, as well as the perceived relative benefits and costs of the two practices.

8 Apr 2010