RALEIGH Motorcyclists who love the wind in their hair are pushing again for the freedom to ride without safety helmets in North Carolina, and they found support Tuesday from members of a state House committee. North Carolina is one of 19 states where safety helmets are mandatory for all motorcyclists. Studies credit helmets with reducing deaths and serious brain injury in crashes, and a recent survey by the Governors Highway Safety Program found that 78 percent of motorcycle riders support the state law Continue reading
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Tell your pediatrician about alternative medicine
Doctors and parents should talk about kids’ use of alternative therapies, a study says. Continue reading
Pediatricians Need to Be More Aware of Alternative Medicine Use Among Children
Imagezoo / Ellia Hill / Getty Images Your childs pediatrician isnt likely to ask whether you are giving your youngsters herbs or treating them to acupuncture. Continue reading
Weigh Obamacare's Pros, Cons for Medical Students
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the major portions of healthcare reform in a 5-4 decision in June 2012. Now that the U.S. Continue reading
Data Security Paramount To Channel Islands' Asia Push
03 December 2012 Channel Islands financial services providers must ensure that they have robust information security safeguards in place to attract more business from emerging markets, particularly in Asia, after a recent survey found that businesses globally are over-estimating the strength of their security frameworks. PwC’s 10th annual survey on the “Global State of Information Security” featured interviews with 9,300 top-ranking executives from 128 countries. Continue reading
U.S. Aerospace & Defense Execs Expect Significant M&A, Industry Consolidation Amid Sequestration Budget Cuts: KPMG …
NEW YORK, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Armed with significant cash on their balance sheets, and faced with hundreds of billions of dollars in federal defense budgets, U.S. Continue reading
Health Care is Going Mobile, Consumers Ready, Doctors Sill Leery
Got a cold, a weight problem or pain that wont go away? Theres an app for that. Continue reading
Seagate Reinvents Backup for Your Digital Life
CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Seagate Technology plc (STX) today introduced Backup Plus storage devices its reinvented consumer storage product family that delivers the easiest setup, one-click backup and the ability to save and share your content on Facebook and Flickr. Seagate Backup Plus hard drives are newly designed external storage that work interchangeably with both Windows and Apple computers and deliver new features to protect, share and save nearly every aspect of ones digital life. These products come loaded with the new hassle-free Seagate Dashboard software for one-click local backup making it easier than ever to eliminate excuses or apprehensions about backing up ones most valuable digital content Continue reading
Want Freedom from Vendor Lock-in? Survey Says: Choose Open Source
It’s no secret that open source software is playing an increasingly prominent role in businesses around the globe, but a recent survey has uncovered a few surprising findings about adopters’ motivations for choosing it. Specifically, freedom from vendor lock-in is now users’ top reason for choosing open source software, according to the 451 Group. While we had seen vendor lock-in fade as a factor and cost as paramount two or three years ago, today vendor lock-in has become much more of a factor for customers, explains 451 Group analyst Jay Lyman in a Tuesday blog post announcing the results. Continue reading