A recent study by San Diego State scientist Peter Torre and colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) found that adults who are HIV-positive tend to have significantly more hearing loss than those who are not. The risk for hearing loss was the same,…
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Are Nikki Reed’s Diamond Eternity Rings a Sign of Engagement to Beau Ian Somerhalder?
Actors Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder have been together for over a year, but only recently did celebrity news site Hollywood Life learn that the couple have been engaged. On Dec. 11, the couple walked the red carpet at Rihanna’s Diamond Ball, and photographs of Reed showed her wearing a diamond eternity band on her right ring…
Activists Disrupt Inaugural Proceedings in Vermont Over Healthcare Grievances
As the newly re-elected Gov. Peter Shumlin gave his inaugural address Jan. 8, more than 100 activists protesting a lack of progression on universal healthcare and measures to protect the working poor packed the Vermont Statehouse, and police removed 29 demonstrators from the House chamber Thursday evening. Shumlin decided in December to abandon Act 48,…
New Study Shows High Testosterone Can Treat Prostate Cancer
Researchers from the University of Washington and Johns Hopkin University have found evidence which suggests hormone replacement therapy can reduce cancer cell growth for patients with prostate cancer. Dr. Michael Schweizer of the University of Washington School of Medicine led a team of medical researchers in a trial which focused on hormone therapy for prostate…
New Technology for Old Machinery — How Forklifts Are Being Adapted for the 21st Century
For decades, the forklifts responsible for lifting and transporting materials in warehouses everywhere have run on technology that is both harmful to people and the environment — and anything but energy-efficient. That’s finally starting to change, thanks to the help of innovators like Lester Erlston, who has applied new technologies to the tried-and-true forklift in…
Severity of H3N2 Flu Strain Becomes Clear as the Flu Reaches Epidemic Levels in the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that anywhere between 5% and 20% of Americans get some strain of the flu each year, causing anywhere from 4,000 to 50,000 deaths; even in its best years, the flu is one of the most dangerous illnesses in the country. Health experts had predicted that the…
Italian HVAC Supplier Expands Into the U.S. in 2015, in $6.1 Million Investment
Thanks to the expansion of an Italian-based heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) company, Augusta County in Virginia will have 45 new jobs within the next year, nearly half of which will be available within the first quarter of 2015.Provides U.S. Inc. is making its first move across U.S. borders, and is a subsidiary of…
T-Mobile Announces ‘Data Stash’ Plan for Unused Mobile Internet
Remember how important rollover minutes were in the days before unlimited calling plans? T-Mobile announced Dec. 16 that it will launch a similar program for data. “It’s your data,” T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in a webcast. “What you don’t use, you don’t lose.” “Data Stash,” as the initiative is called, will allow users to…
BuildDirect’s New Funding Will Help Improve the Home Improvement Industry
Vancouver based technology company BuildDirect has big plans. It wants to create a simpler home improvement industry with its Home Marketplace, a community-based tech platform that creates a one-stop solution connecting homeowners and subcontractors with product manufacturers, designers, trades and shippers. Even more impressive is the fact that it may actually achieve that goal, now…
Latest and Largest Hack Aims to Game the Stock Market
The last few months have sparked a national awareness of cybersecurity — or rather, the lack of it. From the celebrity nude leaks in September of this year, to seemingly rampant credit card hacks targeted at major retailers, people are becoming more and more aware that the internet is not the safest place for information….