Health World Web 2.0 unveiled 

Health World Web is a social networking tool that allows users to meet other patients with similar problems, interests or goals in local neighborhoods and throughout the world by joining communities or ... forming direct connections. (I-Newswire) - JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- Health World Web relaunches today as a social networking site, a virtual meeting place for healthcare consumers. One of the most noticeable features is the Community Empowered Search Engine, where the website users can find Providers recommended by one or more communities. But there s so much more. Now Health World Web users can: Create an extensive and detailed profile that will enable them to find people just like them and to find the community that best suits their needs. Create their own communities to include anyone they want. They can reach out to people by gender, sexual orientation, ethnic background, geographic location whatever their preference. Write reviews about healthcare providers and share their opi   [More...] [Less...]

Particle Emission Characteristics of Office Printers 

[Journal Home Page] [Search the Journals] [Table of Contents] [PDF version of this article] [Download to Citation Manager] [Purchase Article] Environ. Sci. Technol., 41 ( 17 ), 6039 - 6045 , 2007 . 10.1021/es063049z ... S0013-936X(06)03049-5 Web Release Date: August 1, 2007 Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society Particle Emission Characteristics of Office Printers Congrong He, Lidia Morawska,* and Len Taplin International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia, and Queensland Department of Public Works, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia Received for review December 21, 2006 Revised manuscript received June 14, 2007 Accepted June 27, 2007 Abstract: In modern society, printers are widely used in the office environment. This study investigated particle number and PM 2.5 emissions from printers using the TSI SMPS, TSI CPC 3022, and 3025A TSI P-Trak and DustTrak. The monitoring of particle characteristics in a large open-plan o   [More...] [Less...]

2006 Investment in U.S. Health Research [pdf]

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: "Experts to Explore Environmental and Health Risks of Nanotechnology Products" 

Abstract: Symposium To Be Web cast In Real Time Experts to Explore Environmental and Health Risks of Nanotechnology Products SACRAMENTO, CA | Posted on October 2nd, 2007 The California Department of Toxic ... Substances Control (DTSC) will address minimizing the environmental and human health risks associated with the manufacture and use of nanotechnology products. Nanotechnology is the ability to measure, see, manipulate and manufacture things usually between 1 and 100 nanometers. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter; a human hair is roughly 100,000 nanometers wide. More than 500 consumer products made of nanoscale materials, including some electronics, cosmetics, automotive, and medical products have been identified by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. Last year, nanotechnology was incorporated into more than $50 billion in manufactured goods, according to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. By 2014, Lux Research estimates this figure will grow to $2.6 trillion. Explorin   [More...] [Less...]

DH home : Department of Health 

David Flory, Director General for NHS Finance, Performance and Operations presents The Quarter, the second in a series of quarterly updates that outline the NHS financial position alongside progress made ... in health and health services. 30 November 2007 - The Quarter   [More...] [Less...]

Association of British Healthcare Industries 

Welcome to ABHI The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) is the lead, and largest, industry association for the medical technology sector in the UK. We represent companies whose output makes ... up for around eighty percent of the industry’s total. Our membership includes some of the leading businesses in the sector in the UK right the way through to small independent companies. Our members produce essential products for the NHS - everything from life support machines through to latex gloves. The Times newspaper on 3rd December 07 contained a pullout supplement on medical technology, with contributions from the ABHI. Read it here... Join ABHI and reap the benefits ... If you are looking for an industry association to represent your interests both in the UK and European Medical Devices industry, you have already taken a wise step in discovering what ABHI can offer you. ABHI has been representing the medical devices and technology industry since its formation in 1989, providin   [More...] [Less...]

al.PDF [pdf]

TRANSPORT and HEALTH in LONDON a Report for the NHS EXECUTIVE, LONDON Stephen Glaister, Dan Graham and Ed Hoskins Department of Civil Engineering Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine London, ... SW7 2BU October 1999 This report is available in pdf format on: http://www.doh.gov.uk/london/hstrat1.htm This research was funded by NHS Executive, London The views contained in this report are those of the authors, and may not reflect the views of the NHS Executive. The report is one of a series of rapid reviews on topics related to the health of Londoners, commissioned by the London Regional Office. They were intended to stimulate debate rather than provide a definitive picture of the topic. 2 CONCLUSIONS and EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SECTION A A 1 ATTITUDES and CONTEXT A 2 PUBLIC OPINION A 3 LONDON TRAFFIC GROWTH A 4 NATIONAL MORTALITY A 5 The RELATIONSHIP between TRAFFIC and HEALTH SECTION B B 1 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS B 1.1 INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON B 1.2 NHS COSTS of TRAFFIC CASUALTIES in   [More...] [Less...]

Report on mobile phone health risks published [pdf]

Hint of cancer risk after 10 years mobile phone use, say researchers | Science | The Guardian 

Hint of cancer risk after 10 years mobile phone use, say researchers · Study finds no danger for adults over shorter period · Advice to ban mobiles for children under eight holds Alok Jha, science correspondent ... The Guardian Thursday September 13 2007 Mobile phones do not pose health problems to adults in the short term but there is a "slight hint" of a cancer risk for long-term users, according to the results of a study which could not rule out risks of brain or ear cancer for those who have used mobiles for more than 10 years. "We found no association between incidence and exposure for people who have used their phones for less than 10 years," said Lawrie Challis, chair of the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme. "But we cannot rule out the possibility [of] an association for exposures for more than 10 years. The numbers appeared to show some slight hint ... it's a faint suggestion that needs to be followed up." The researchers involved in the six-year study   [More...] [Less...]

NRDC: Nanotechnology: Small Science, Big Consequences (pdf) [pdf]

NRDC ISSUE PAPER May 2007 Nanotechnology’s Invisible Threat Small Science, Big Consequences Author Jennifer Sass, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council Natural Resources Defense Council ... About NRDC The Natural Resources Defense Council is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 1.2 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world’s natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org. Acknowledgments The author would like to thank the following contributing authors for helping to write and review sections of this report: Ramya Chari, Elizabeth J. Dederick, Sarah Faulkner, Michael Helbing, Kristin Kulinowski, Georgia Miller, Elliott Negin, Rye Senjen, and Patrice Simms. NRDC President: Frances Beinecke NRDC Director of Co   [More...] [Less...]