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Articles in October, 2004 issue of AScribe Business & Economics News Service

• At 145th Annual Session, ADA Releases White Paper on Dental Access, Passes Policy Against Tongue Splitting; Extent of Dental Disease Among Nation's Underserved Deemed 'Unacceptable'.
• Photo Software the Weak Link in Digital Imaging Value Chain, Says Syracuse University Convergence Center Report.
• American Dental Hygienists' Association Supports ADA's Referral of Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner Resolutions.
• Babson Awards Seed Funding to Student Businesses.
• HP Is Newest Partner to Join University of Virginia in Unique Educational Collaboration to Improve Student Learning; Tablet PCs Enable Next-Generation Learning Environment for Faculty, Students at UVa.
• Cancer Voter Guides to be Released; Cancer Activists Rally in Bakersfield, Calif., as Views of Congressional District 20 on Cancer Issues Revealed.
• Wisconsin, Mexican State to Develop Health, Education Exchanges; Goal Is Pilot Project for Other Exchanges.
• George Washington University's Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems Awarded Grant for First Study of Employer Leverage, Quality of Depression Care.
• 'New Directions for the UN': Head of UN Industrial Development Organization to Speak at UC Berkeley Nov. 1.
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Makes Quality the Focus of New Initiative for Hospice; Donors Make Important Financial Commitment to Launch National Effort.
• Child Health Improvement Through Computer Automation: CHICA System Combines Medical Guidelines With Information From Patient's Family.
• Immigrant Boom Can Benefit U.S. Economy, Society; Knight Foundation and Mayors of Knight Communities Announce Major New Initiative.
• Berkeley Lab and Partners Provide Advice on 'How to Buy Green Power'; New Guidebook Will Help Organizations, Facility Managers Buy Renewable Energy.
• Rotman Dean Receives Commerce Visionary Award at McLuhan Festival.
• Symposium on Information Technology Adoption by Nonprofits to Be Held in San Francisco, Oct. 23.
• Better Analyses of Wind, Damage Models Would Help Insurers Anticipate Hurricane Costs, UCF Professor, Georgia Colleague Say.
• Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Announces That Benefits of Macugen in Treating Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Are Sustained for Two Years.
• Maimonides Medical Center Appoints Jay S. Cooper, M.D., as Director of Its Cancer Center, Chair of the New Radiation Oncology Department; Maimonides Is Developing the Only Full-Service Clinical Cancer Program in Brooklyn, N.Y.
• GlaxoSmithKline's $250,000 Grant Targets Older Americans' Access to Dental Care; Partners With American Dental Association Foundation, American Dental Association.
• Consumer Reports Rates Goodyear Fortera HL Edition Best in Tests of All-Season, Light-Truck Tires for SUVs, Pickups; Pirelli Scorpion STR A, Hankook DynaPro AS RH03 Also Rated Highly in CR's Battery of Tests.
• Report Examines Lack of Attention Given to Transitional Care Nationwide.
• Mayo Clinic Research Shows Common Airborne Fungi Cause Chronic Stuffy Nose, Suggests New Treatment Strategy.
• GetActive Software Secures $7 Million in Additional Capital; El Dorado Ventures and Pacific Partners Invest in GetActive's Series C Round of Financing.
• Errors in Medicine: The Patient's Perspective.
• Cancer Voter Guides to be Released; Cancer Activists Rally in Fresno, Calif., as Views of Congressional District 20 on Cancer Issues Revealed.
• Percentage of Sex-Related Web Searches Down by About Half Since 1997, While Business Searches Up by 86 Percent; New Book by Pitt Professor 'Is About the Only Book That Says What People Are Really Doing' on Web.
• Indiana University Medical School Poised to Host Global HIV/AIDS Conference.
• Veteran Global Business Leader Suresh Kumar Appointed as Executive-in-Residence at Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management.
• Warning: 'NYPD Blue' May Affect Your Opinion of the President.
• 2005 U.S. Economic Forecast: Limited Growth (3.5 Percent).
• Research Shows Correlation Between Values, Salary Preferences of Business Executives.
• Open Letter to President Bush on U.S. Economic Policy.
• Cancer Voter Guides to Be Released; Cancer Activists to Rally in Bakersfield as Views of California Congressional District 20 on Cancer Issues Revealed.
• Education Conference: Transforming Our Schools for Effective Teaching and Learning at Stanford University, Nov. 4, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• 'Made in the USA? Probably Not: Outsourcing and the Global Economy': Panel Discussion on Outsourcing to Be Held at Stanford Law School, Oct. 22.
• Intelligence Reform and Civil Liberties: Inseparable -- by Lee S. Strickland.
• Bentley College Survey Finds U.S. Adults Are Concerned About Cyber-Security Issues, But Still Need Help Understanding Internet Threats.
• University of Illinois at Chicago Receives $8.1 Million for Public Health Research, Training.
• Consumer Reports Rates Acura TSX Best Overall in Tests of Four Sporty Sedans; Audi A4, Subaru Legacy GT Finish Close Behind With 'Very Good' Ratings; Volvo S40 Finishes Distant Fourth With 'Good' Rating.
• For Some TV Apparel Shoppers, Program Hosts May Help Lead to Impulse Buys.
• Hospital for Special Surgery Doctors Available to Comment on Withdrawal of Vioxx.
• Europe Leads the Way in Cosmetic Product Safety.
• Identity Thieves' 'Phishing' Attacks Could Soon Get a Lot Nastier.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York Elects Three New Trustees; Joining Board Are a Former International Public Servant, a University President and a Media Executive.
• Cancer Voter Guide Released in Fresno, Calif.; Congressional Candidates' Views on Cancer Issues Published; Cancer Action Network Member Maureen Bianco Comments.
• Guidelines Target HIV/STD Prevention in Native American Communities.
• Research Helps Protect Airplane Engines From Drizzle; System to Be Tested at Denver International Airport This Winter.
• University of California Reaches $222.5 Million Settlement With Lehman Brothers in Enron Securities Case.
• Arizona Company Breaks Medical Laboratory Imaging Barrier; University of Arizona's Ron Weinstein, Peter Bartels Co-Inventors.
• Veteran's Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi Honored as NHPCO Person of the Year; Oklahoma Attorney General W.A. Drew Edmondson Receives Public Policy Award; Other Hospice Leaders Recognized.
• Association of Retail Travel Agents Joins Forces With MedicAlert Foundation to Protect Traveling Consumers; ARTA Encourages Suppliers to 'Spread the Good Word' About MedicAlert.
• University of Florida Study: Brown-Nosing Works Better Than Boasting in Job Interviews.
• Researchers Link Casinos With Bankruptcy, Crime.
• New Report Finds 41 States Have Obesity Levels Over 20 Percent; State, Federal Obesity Policies Failing; Alabama Is Worst, Colorado Is Best, But No State Is Making The Grade.
• Harvard School of Public Health Raises Alarm on Persistent Smoking Threat; Awards Highest Honor to State Attorneys General and Advocate Who Fought Tobacco.
• GetActive Software Named One of Fastest Growing Private Companies in San Francisco Bay Area.
• DePaul University Professors' Research Reveals Five Lessons for Business Strategy and Valuation.
• Attention to Detail Can Make Kids' Hospital Stays Shorter, Less Costly, Less Frequent, U-M Study Finds; Quality Improvement Based on Child-Specific Data Yields Benefits at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Could Be Used Nationwide.
• Don't Force Charities to Bear Cost of Corporate Tax Breaks: Goodwill Urges Rejection of JOBS Act's Vehicle Donation Provision.
• MIT: Recycling of Scrapped Electronics Studied.
• Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business' Finn Kydland Wins 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics; Prize Is Shared With Carnegie Mellon Alumnus and Former Professor Edward Prescott.
• AACSB Selects Director of Professional Development; Michael Wiemer to Oversee AACSB International's Global Education Program.
• 2004 Consumer Reports Nursing Home State-by-State Watch List Temporarily Withdrawn.
• Holiday Shopping Tips: Surviving Mall Madness.
• New Report Shows Nearly Half of Americans in Medicare at Risk of Losing Coverage; Millions of Seniors, People With Disabilities Will Experience Temporary or Long-Term Reductions in Care Under New Medicare Law.
• Tom Clausen to receive UC Berkeley's Haas School's Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Good Intentions and Bad Intentions -- by Kimberly Clausing.
• Consumer Reports Finds Recalled Products Continue to Be Sold to Consumers; Consumer Product Safety Commission Approves Exports of Recalled Goods.
• National Association of County and City Health Officials Statement on Flu Vaccine Shortage.
• Article in Stanford Social Innovation Review Says Socially Conscious Employees Can Effect Corporate Change.
• Can You Run a Presidential Campaign Better then the Pros? Free Internet Game Puts You in the Driver's Seat; Visit www.ciconline.org/eLECTIONS to Become the Candidate.
• Video Series Urges New Approaches to Find Cures for Millions of Americans Who Suffer From Alzheimer's, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases.
• Convio's New, Free, Downloadable Guide Helps Nonprofits Launch or Step Up Online Fundraising Programs.
• Study: 'Sales Below Cost' Laws Led to Lower Gas Prices in 13 States.
• UNC-Chapel Hill Ranked Number One of Top Entrepreneurial U.S. Campuses.
• Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Meets With College Sports Finance Experts and NCAA Board of Directors Chair in Indianapolis; October Marks Commission's 15th Anniversary of Efforts to Reform College Athletics.
• University of Florida Study: Only Holders of Brainy Jobs Get Paid for Emotional Toil.
• Health Benefit Costs Hammer American Charities; Rising Costs Impose 'Silent Tax' on Nation's Nonprofits.
• Forthcoming Book Charts Future of Executive Development.
• Goodwill Financial Literacy Programs Make Good Sen$e.

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