Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas will speak at United Fresh's Washington Conference breakfast on September 9, previewing the congressional agenda before the 2014 midterms. Attendees then lobby members of Congress on produce priorities such as immigration reform and nutrition policy.
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Health News
Drugs, disease, healthcare, government and lifestyle: health news beyond the plate.
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Miscellaneous
Register Now: Women Leading Green, Oct 1 @ eTown Hall, Boulder
An invitation to the Epicenter's second annual Women Leading Green evening at eTown Hall in Boulder on October 1, where Maria Rodale, Marci Zaroff and Zhena Muzyka discuss building sustainable businesses. Tickets run $5 to $45, with a nationwide live stream.
Environment
Heavy use of cell phones linked to brain tumors - new study
A French case-control study found no significant difference in brain tumor risk between cell phone users and non-users overall. But among the heaviest users, those logging more than 896 lifetime hours, risk of glioma ran 189 percent higher and meningioma 157 percent higher than in non-users.
Miscellaneous
A message from APEC Secretariat Executive Director Alan Bollard
APEC Secretariat head Alan Bollard writes that small and medium enterprises make up more than 97 percent of businesses, employ over half the workforce and generate 60 percent of regional GDP. Ministers meeting in Nanjing aim to cut their barriers to cross-border trade.
Miscellaneous
APEC Human Resources Development Ministers to meet in Ha Noi
APEC human resources ministers meet in Hanoi on 6 September, chaired by Viet Nam planning minister Bui Quang Vinh, with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung opening. They will take up inclusive growth, workforce quality for supply chains, and labour mobility.
Drug
FDA approves Keytruda for advanced melanoma - drug news
The FDA granted accelerated approval to Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for advanced or unresectable melanoma that no longer responds to other drugs. It is the first approved drug to block the PD-1 pathway and the sixth melanoma treatment cleared since 2011.
Disease
Bacterial infections linked to Alzheimer's disease
A meta-analysis of 25 studies in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease linked Alzheimer's incidence to spirochetal and Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection, with spirochetal infection tied to as much as a 10-fold higher risk and Cpn to about five times the risk.
Miscellaneous
FDA Explores New Uses for MRI Scans
At FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research, Sergei Liachenko and his team scan live rats' brains to test whether a research-grade MRI can detect chemically caused brain damage at least as accurately as current research procedures.
Disease
CDC’S 2013 State Obesity Map
CDC's 2013 state data put adult obesity between 21.3 percent in Colorado and 35.1 percent in Mississippi and West Virginia. Twenty states were at 30 percent or higher, the South led the regions at 30.2 percent, and non-Hispanic blacks reported the highest prevalence, 37.6 percent.
Miscellaneous
ExamWorks To Present at Credit Suisse Small/Mid Cap Conference
ExamWorks executive chairman Richard Perlman and chief executive James Price will present at the Credit Suisse Small/Mid Cap Conference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on September 16 at 11:30 a.m.
Miscellaneous
Texas crop, weather for Sept. 3, 2014
A shortage of small grain rye seed may force East and Central Texas producers to rethink winter pasture plans, a Texas A&M AgriLife agronomist says. Drought and late freezes cut Oklahoma production of familiar varieties such as Elbon and Maton, and substitutes may not suit local conditions.
Disease
Invasive Cancer Incidence Rates for the 10 Primary Sites in Female Americans in 2011
A table of age-adjusted invasive cancer incidence rates for US women in 2011, listing the 10 most common sites by race and ethnicity. Female breast cancer ranks first in every group, at 122.0 per 100,000 overall, followed by lung and bronchus and colon and rectum.
Disease
Cancer Death Rates for the 10 Primary Sites in Female Americans in 2011
A table of age-adjusted cancer death rates per 100,000 U.S. women in 2011 for the 10 leading sites, broken out by race and ethnicity; lung and bronchus led every group except Hispanic women, where female breast ranked first.
Disease
Cancer Death Rates for the 10 Primary Sites in Male Americans in 2011
A CDC table of age-adjusted cancer death rates per 100,000 U.S. men in 2011, listing the ten deadliest sites within each race and ethnic group. Lung and bronchus cancer leads every group, ranging from 70.1 among black men to 29.0 among Hispanic men.
Disease
Invasive Cancer Incidence Rates for the 10 Primary Sites in Male Americans in 2011
A table of age-adjusted invasive cancer incidence rates for US men in 2011, listing the 10 most common sites by race and ethnicity. Prostate cancer ranks first in every group, at 128.3 per 100,000 overall and 194.7 among black men, followed by lung and colorectal cancer.
Miscellaneous
iDevices Recalls Temperature Probes - Recall
The CPSC announced that Orbea is recalling 715 Avant bicycles and carbon framesets whose front fork can crack, with free replacement offered, and that iDevices recalled temperature probes over an ingestion hazard.
Miscellaneous
Duty of care Protecting workers & students overseas
Quaynote Communications holds its third annual two-day conference on protecting workers and students abroad on 17-18 February 2015 at London's Millennium Gloucester Hotel, taking up duty of care as organisations send staff to unfamiliar destinations under inconsistent global standards.
Miscellaneous
Medtronic CFO Gary Ellis to Speak at Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference
Medtronic chief financial officer Gary Ellis will present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference in New York, with a live audio webcast available September 8 through the investors link on the company's home page.
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