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May 18, 2012 FDA Beats Canada, Europe in Drug Approvals The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) generally approves drug therapies faster and earlier than its counterparts in Canada and Europe, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. The study counters perceptions that the drug approval process in the United States is... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 The Guide to Safer Sunscreen Twenty-five percent of 800 tested sunscreens are effective at protecting your skin without the use of potentially harmful ingredients, according to the 2012 Sunscreen Guide released Wednesday by the Environmental Working Group. The results are slightly better than previous years, but it... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 How the New Web Makes Business Easier When Red Robin Gourmet Burgers introduced its new Tavern Double burger line last month, the company needed to get everything right. So it turned to social media. The 460-restaurant chain used an internal social network that resembles Facebook to teach its managers everything from the recipes to... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 Universities Learn Harsh Lesson About Waste In a wood-paneled office lined with books, sports memorabilia and framed postersincluding one of John Belushi in the movie Animal HouseE. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University, keeps a framed quotation that reads, If you dont like change, youre going to like irrelevance... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 Leaving Patients to Their Own Devices Merle Bushkin is one of the more unlikely people working today to reform the healthcare industry. He has no medical background. In fact, Bushkin has spent his 40-year career as an investment banker. And, at the age of 77, he probably should be putting his feet up and relaxing in his hilltop home... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 Reports Call Airport Body Scanners 'Ineffective' The body scanners widely used for security screenings at U.S. airports have raised concerns about privacy, health risks and long lines at security checkpoints. But now, a more fundamental issue is getting attention from U.S. lawmakers: whether the scanners effectively detect explosives. At a... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 Are Meds Doing More Harm Than Good? If youre a typical American, chances are about 50-50 that you take at least one prescription drug. If youre upwards of 60, the odds are nearly two in five that you take five drugs or more. Some may be lifesaving, especially for those with potentially deadly chronic conditions such as... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 Big Hurdles Slow School Evaluations Few argue that Ohio needs a more-demanding way of rating schools and districts on annual state report cards. But fierce debate has broken out among educators and political leaders over how new A-through-F grades are calculated and when new report cards will be issued. Gov. John Kasich wants a... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 Lean Practices Pay Off for Medical Center Youve had those days at work: Your boss doesnt listen to your suggestions about how to do things better. The same problems keep cropping up. Nobody does anything about them. New conundrums pile up. Your time, maybe even the companys money, is wasted. Rewind. Repeat. Pull hair. Your savior?... National Feed more
May 18, 2012 Consumers Less Happy With BlackBerrys A survey of customer satisfaction released Tuesday underscored the importance of a new line of BlackBerry phones for reversing the fortunes of the beleaguered Research In Motion. The American Customer Satisfaction Index, which is affiliated with the University of Michigans Ross School of... National Feed more
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