First Line of Defense Is Lowering Risk, Even When Genetics Isn’t on Your Side: “Here’s the good news: Heart disease and its consequences are largely preventable. The bad news is that nearly one million Americans will suffer a heart attack this year. Deaths from coronary heart disease in the U.S. have been cut by 75% during the past 40 years. Hospital admissions for heart attack among the elderly fell by nearly 25% in a five-year period during the last decade, a remarkable feat when many experts had expected the aging population to cause an increase in the problem. Still, cardiovascular disease remains the leading killer of both men and women. Doctors worry that the steady progress from an intense public-health campaign beginning in the 1960s is in jeopardy thanks to the obesity epidemic and rising prevalence of diabetes. Only a relative handful of people are fully compliant with recommendations for diet, exercise and other personal habits well proven to help keep hearts healthy.”
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Daily Archives: April 16, 2012
EFF FAQ on CISPA Cybersecurity Bill
Follow up to posting on SOPAs Evil Twin Sister CISPA, via Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cybersecurity Bill FAQ: The Disturbing Privacy Dangers in CISPA and How To Stop It, by Trevor Timm This week, EFFalong with a host of other civil liberties groupsare protesting the dangerous new cybersecurity bill known as CISPA that will be… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: FBI Counterterrorism, Federal Antitrust Policy, FDA Management Practices
FBI Counterterrorism – Vacancies Have Declined, but FBI Has Not Assessed the Long-Term Sustainability of Its Strategy for Addressing Vacancies, GAO-12-533, Apr 16, 2012 Federal Antitrust Policy – Stakeholders’ Perspectives Differed on the Adequacy of Guidance for Collaboration among Health Care Providers, GAO-12-291R, Mar 16, 2012 Information Technology – FDA Needs to Fully Implement Key… Continue Reading
EPIC: FCC Fines Google $25,000 for Failure to Cooperate with Street View Investigation
EPIC: “The Federal Communications Commission announced that it will fine Google $25,000 for obstructing an investigation concerning Google Street View and federal wiretap law. The Commission found that Google impeded by “delaying its search for and production of responsive emails and other communications, by failing to identify employees, and by withholding verification of the completeness… Continue Reading
State Government Tax Collections Increase $62 Billion in 2011
Census: “Overall government tax collections for states increased $55.7 billion to $757.2 billion in fiscal year 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. Corporate net income tax revenue was at $40.2 billion, up 9.4 percent, while tax revenue on individual income was at $259.1 billion, up 9.8 percent. General sales tax revenue was at $234.5… Continue Reading
The Federal Reserve in the 21st Century Symposium
“The Federal Reserve in the 21st Century (Fed 21) symposium on monetary policy and financial stability recently brought together over 225 college professors from around the region and the world. The annual two day event gave professors who teach economics, finance or business the opportunity to hear presentations from top Federal Reserve Bank of New… Continue Reading
New G30 Report: Toward Effective Governance of Financial Institutions
News release: “Drawing lessons from the financial crisis, the G30 calls on boards of directors to do far more to strengthen governance in the newly released report, Toward Effective Governance of Financial Institutions. The report stresses that values influence the behavior of those with governance responsibilities and the key to reform is to promote changes… Continue Reading
CPSS and IOSCO Issue Final Report on Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures
CPSS and IOSCO Issue Final Report on Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures and Seek Comment on Two Consultative Documents “The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published the final report on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures. The report updates, harmonizes,… Continue Reading
National Academies: America's Climate Choices
“Climate change is occurring. It is very likely caused by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities, and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems. And these emissions continue to increase, which will result in further change and greater risks. America’s Climate Choices – makes the case that the environmental,… Continue Reading
