The Politics and Science behind the Law
Region: VA
By Leah Small Capital News Service [This story accompanies Law Would Improve Breast Cancer Detection.] Initially, the legislation required women to be told their breast density after having a mammogram and contained this language: If a woman had dense tissue, her radiologist had to send her a letter suggesting that “supplementary screening tests may be beneficial.” Doctors had some concerns about that wording. The Virginia Chapter of the American College of Radiology expr... more
Views: 182Law Would Improve Breast Cancer Detection
Region: VA
By Leah Small Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Cathryn Tatusko’s yearly mammograms missed her cancer, which soon developed into stage three. Tatusko’s dense breast tissue had masked the large tumor on the yearly mammogram she had just five months before being diagnosed. Even a mammogram she received the day of her diagnosis failed to show the advanced-stage cancer. “I still so vividly recall the numbing fear I felt as I left my home one morning during that d... more
Views: 361TCS service fooling Chitral people actiion sought against TCS
Region: NDTCS badly failed deleving service to Chitralis. CHITRAL: Couriours services working in Chitral charging heavy amount from the people of Chitral on the pretext that they provide quality serive and quick means of transportation but they badly failed.Especially TCS company who charge high rate and assure their customers that their postal mail would be delivered to their destination within 24 hours but unfortunately sometime TCS not shift their mail in 5 to 6 days. A local j... more
Views: 163TCS service fooling Chitral people actiion sought against TCS
Region: NDTCS badly failed deleving service to Chitralis. CHITRAL: Couriours services working in Chitral charging heavy amount from the people of Chitral on the pretext that they provide quality serive and quick means of transportation but they badly failed.Especially TCS company who charge high rate and assure their customers that their postal mail would be delivered to their destination within 24 hours but unfortunately sometime TCS not shift their mail in 5 to 6 days. A local j... more
Views: 47Air that shields the earth from certain harmful rays of the sun
Region: IndiaAir is very important for us. Without air the earth would be lifeless. We should all die of suffocation if we don’t have enough air to breathe. The mountaineers have to carry oxygen cylinders because the air at high altitudes is very thin and is not enough for several. The oxygen cylinder’s help them breathe properly. In fact, all living things, animals and plants need air to stay alive. People have lived for more than a month without food and more than a week without ... more
Views: 43Hubble photographed the brightest galaxy yet discovered
Region: ArgentinaHubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest 'magnified' galaxy yet discovered Hubble Space Telescope has managed to record some images the brightest galaxy ever discovered, thanks to a phenomenon known as "gravitational lensing". A gravitational lens occurs when the gravity of an object massive as the Sun, a black hole or an entire galaxy, causing a curvature in space-time, experts say. Light from distant objects is bent and magnified bright as it passes th... more
Views: 242Some snakes that are quite harmless
Region: IndiaSome snakes that are quite harmless Kinds of snakes a) Boas-that crush b) Poisonous snakes c) Harmless snakes There is no need to say what sakes are like. In India they are so common, that we know them only too well. But there are many different kinds, and something may be said about the most noted. One kind includes the Boas and Pythons. These are very large snakes, sometimes thirt... more
Views: 152A Response to New York Times Opinion Pages piece “Ritalin Gone Wrong”
Region: NJThe one fact I know that’s consistent among children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is that they are individuals and react differently to treatment and medication therapy. L. Alan Sroufe, Ph.D mentions in the Sunday, January 28, 2012 edition of the New York Times Opinion Pages editorial that there has been “a twentyfold increase in the consumption of drugs for attention-deficit disorder.” I’m sure this correlates with our impr... more
Views: 797Ecotech Institute to Sponsor Green Jobs Showcase at Green Schools National Conference in Denver Febr
Region: COEcotech Institute, the first and only college entirely focused on preparing America’s workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainability, today announced that it will be sponsoring the Green Jobs Showcase at the upcoming Green Schools National Conference. The second annual conference, to be held February 27-29 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, will bring together K-12 leaders and educators from around the country. Attendees will learn new ways to make schoo... more
Views: 519Cleanse your minds of all evil
Region: IndiaThere is a toothbrush to clean the teeth, ordinary soap or costly soap to clean the body, washing soap and detergents to clean clothes, cleaning powder clean utensils. But have ever given thought to cleansing your inner –self? Is not it desirable to cleanse our minds, our thoughts? Needless to say, we are surrounded by distractions and foul-doings and thick layers of ego, greed, ager and ignorance have settled down in our inner-selves. This is a case of polluting our minds. Our... more
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