| Reading this may just save your life, if cancer experts are right
BACON, smoked ham and processed sausages are a cancer threat and should be cut from people's diet altogether, according to the world's most comprehensive study of the disease. The World Cancer Research Fund says the evidence is now strong enough for it to recommend that people stop eating all processed meats, whether they have been smoked, cured, salted or preserved with chemicals. .
Questions And Answers - Thursday, November 2007
14;Reports 1. Hon MARIAN HOBBS (Labour—Wellington Central) to the Minister for Tertiary Education: Has he received any reports on the proportion of New Zealanders holding a tertiary qualification? Hon PETE HODGSON (Minister for Tertiary Education): Yes, I have. The Ministry of Education advises me that almost 40 percent of all New Zealanders—that is, all New Zealanders—now hold a tertiary education qualification, compared with 25 percent a decade ago. Similarly, about 14 percent have a bachelor’s degree or higher qualification, compared with just 8 percent around a decade ago. .
Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on ENHANCE Trial
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals today announced that an independent panel of clinical and biostatistics experts was convened on Friday, November 16, 2007 to offer advice about the prospective analysis of the ENHANCE trial. ENHANCE is a multinational, randomized, double-blind, trial that examines the effects of the highest approved dose of VYTORIN/INEGY (10 mg ezetimibe + 80 mg simvastatin) versus the highest approved dose of simvastatin 80 mg alone in patients with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH). Patients with this uncommon genetic condition usually have very high cholesterol levels. HeFH occurs in approximately 0.2 percent of the population. .
Workshop to focus on National Incident Management System
FRANKFORT - The village of Frankfort, in conjunction with the New York State Emergency Management Office, is sponsoring an executive workshop for elected and appointed officials.The workshop is meant to teach officials about the National Incident Management System, also known as NIMS.The workshop is being held Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Frankfort Junior-Senior High School auditorium, 605 Palmer St., Frankfort, and is a four-hour long training session that begins at 9 a.m. .
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