Smoking may be banned on television and in many public places, but that does not mean Americans are not yet lit, be tried for it and the sex appeal of this deadly habit is not dying. In fact, when we asked in our recent survey of smoking, 47 percent admitted they had smoke cigarettes if [...]

Again, I’m looking for middle ground – the balance in a world increasingly polarized. Earlier this summer, I wrote a series of blog posts of TheDailyPage.com Isthmus on electronic cigarettes. Has generated the most heated and prolonged debate on what I’ve written, it took me by surprise. Why the hell did these cigarettes no substitute [...]

One project, which brought together senior executives from the creative industries and technology, has identified that privacy can be traded in the future of content, to generate new sources of revenue for the creative industries. Even when accessing content for free, we leave a digital trail of metadata behind us. By aggregating this information, organizations [...]

Forget iris and fingerprint – scanning nose could be a faster and easier to verify the identity of a person, according to scientists at the University of Bath. With concerns about illegal immigration and identity theft, authorities are increasingly using the physical characteristics of an individual, known as biometrics, to confirm his identity. Unlike other [...]

A voluntary effort by the service of the U.S. food industry to reduce salt in processed food could have serious consequences for the health of the U.S. population, prevention of strokes and heart attacks in nearly a million Americans and saving 32.1 billion U.S. dollars in medical costs, according to a new study by researchers [...]

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental organisms found in water and soil that can cause severe pulmonary (lung) disease in humans. Pulmonary NTM is increasing in the United States, according to a large study of people hospitalized with the disease. A research team led by epidemiologists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part [...]

At 84 years of age, John Guano seems a candidate for a kidney transplant. But consider this: The kidney he received was 69. Until recently, the kidneys would not have been eligible for use in a transplant due to age of the deceased donor. But this summer, surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital transplanted in Guano, [...]

A physiotherapist who runs counseling combined with exercise gym-based training exercise can improve muscle strength and exercise capacity in people with type 2 diabetes, with results similar to supervised exercise, according to a study published randomized clinical the September issue of Physical Therapy, the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Type 2 diabetes [...]

The largest study ever achieved in adults living with autism was published today by the National Center for Health Information. The report, titled ‘Autism Spectrum Disorders in adults living in households in England 2007′ was written by Professor Terry Brugha, a psychiatrist with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of [...]

Younger adults can do a better job saving for the future of what many experts believe, says a new study. While those under 30 years tend to save less than older adults in real dollars, it is important to take into account the stage of life and all they can afford to save and how [...]

IBM today announced a broader set of social software tools and enterprise collaboration capabilities that provides popular features such as micro-blogging of the house in the business environment. Realizing the benefits of Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0, IBM is providing a complete platform of social software for businesses with the launch of Lotus Connections 2.5. [...]

Scenes from rural areas of the Pacific Northwest, where Kansas State University geographer Lisa Harrington interviewed civic and business leaders about what sustainability means to them. Credit: Photos by Lisa Harrington, Department of Kansas State University geography. From the titles of books for real estate developments, it is easier to find things it claims to [...]

Under pressure from fellow Democrats, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee decided to commit an additional $ 50 million in a decade to make insurance more affordable for working class families, said Tuesday that the panel open debate on legislation sweeping health care. The change was one of several Sen. Max Baucus was expected [...]

After more than 50 experiments on mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins doctors have traced the basic measures taken by a particular set of white blood cells in determining the pace of recovery from severe lung injury. White blood cells called regulatory T cells or regulatory T cells for short, and his best-known function is to [...]