You’ve found your new dream car and find that it’s the time to provide it the right insurance coverage. Too often people make the mistake of overpaying for auto insurance when if they had simply taken a few minutes to shop around a little, they may have been paying much less in premiums for years [...]
Cleaning up the Gulf Coast beaches has proven hazardous for some workers involved in endeavor as more reports flow in about workers experiencing flu-like symptoms. Last month’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion currently has workers collecting oil began washing ashore on Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. While several studies have considered the long-term health [...]
Countless studies have proven that obesity increases the risk of Type 2 Diabetes heart disease as well as other illnesses, but a surprising new finding suggests that it may not affect a person’s health until after the age of 40. The recent study compared medications taken by normal weight, overweight as well as obese Americans [...]
AAA reports that travel is apparently up nationwide this Memorial Day weekend, for the first time in five years. Nationally, 32.1 million people will travel this holiday weekend, a 5 percent increase since 2009. Commenting on Colorado travel, AAA said one in 10 people in Colorado will travel by car. Some of the 135,000 estimated [...]
Two men involved in private contract efforts to clean the recent gulf oil spill remained hospitalized Thursday evening after reportedly becoming sick while working in the waters of Breton Sound, according to local hospital officials. The U.S. Coast Guard called a total of 125 boats involved in oil cleanup operations back to port after seven [...]
International Expeditions, the world leader in nature travel, is offering travelers on its Amazon River cruises an exclusive opportunity to listen to the river’s famed pink river dolphins using hydrophones. Travelers on the 10-day Amazon riverboat cruise use hydrophones to listen to the high-pitched calls of the pink river dolphins, while knowledgeable naturalists explain how [...]
Are you a traveler with a special need looking to add an excursion or tour to your cruise vacation plans? Perhaps you are simply a slow walker. Whatever your level of need, a tour or excursion specifically designed to accommodate travelers with special needs will be easier and more enjoyable. Today, there are more travel [...]
As part of its Morale, Welfare and Recreation program, the Armed Forces Foundation has partnered with US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in hosting an informational facility tour and barbecue this Friday, May 14 for local wounded service members at the CBP’s Tucson Aviation Branch in Arizona. The ranks of federal law enforcement agencies are [...]
Apnex Medical announced today that preliminary data from a first-in-man clinical study showed significant improvements in sleep for people suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The Apnex HGNS™ System, developed by the St. Paul-based company, is a device designed to treat OSA, which is a serious life-threatening illness characterized by fragmented sleep and excessive day-time [...]
Dartmouth College has received a $35 million commitment to establish The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, President Jim Yong Kim announced today. The anonymous gift will advance a new field of study, harnessing the knowledge and expertise of faculty across multiple disciplines from the arts and sciences as well as from the medical, [...]
