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GE Healthcare, a business unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced today a commitment to reduce the average energy consumption of new ultrasound products by 25 percent by 2012*. With support from the European Union (EU) Commission, GE Healthcare and a group of ten other medical device manufacturers within the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT industry (COCIR), have proactively committed to a self-regulatory initiative for the energy efficient design of medical imaging equipment…

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Repsol YPF SA, Spain’s largest oil company, is seeking to raise about $4 billion from an initial public offering of its Brazilian business, valuing the unit at about $10 billion, two people familiar with the plan said.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-30/repsol-said-to-seek-4-billion-for-ipo-of-brazil-unit.html

Foreign Policy/The Washington Post: The State Department is attempting to change how it handles mental health services for employees with high-stress jobs, “but there’s still a great deal of stigma attached to seeking this kind of help,” an internal report says. The State Department’s Office of Inspector General is calling on the department to “remove the stigma by issuing a high-level statement encouraging returning diplomats to use the mental health tools at their disposal.” Several programs and many mental health professionals wait for employees to take advantage of the programs…

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Senator Jack Reed, a senior Democrat on the Banking Committee, said he is “optimistic” lawmakers will pass a measure overhauling U.S. financial regulations even as panel chairman Christopher Dodd said negotiations with Republicans were blocked.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-05/reed-says-he-s-optimistic-u-s-regulatory-overhaul-will-pass.html

Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan said he’s concerned a Senate bill to overhaul Wall Street regulation would make consumer protection a higher priority than the need to preserve banks’ financial stability.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-17/comptroller-dugan-says-he-s-concerned-about-dodd-bill-update1-.html

Xe Services LLC, the security company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, brought in BlackArch Partners as an adviser as founder Erik Prince seeks a buyer for the business.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-03/xe-hires-blackarch-as-blackwater-founder-seeks-sale.html

New research from the UK and Sweden suggests that men with prostate cancer have an increased risk of developing thromboembolisms or blood clots, particularly if they are undergoing hormone therapy; the researchers believe they are the first to find such a link and hope this results in increased monitoring of prostate cancer patients…

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What is the role of proteins called polycystins in patients with polycystic kidney disease? A team of researchers from CNRS and INSERM, led by Eric Honore from the Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IPMC, Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis/CNRS) has elucidated the molecular and cellular mechanisms linked to polycystin malfunctions that cause this common hereditary disease.

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Regardless of an individual’s dietary and lifestyle risk factors, living in a poorer or more socioeconomically deprived neighborhood may increase a person’s risk for death, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Dec. 6-9, 2009. Researchers conducted the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study and found that people living in poorer neighborhoods, as determined by U.S…

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Binge eating disorder typically includes periods of excessive overeating. However, a person with a binge eating disorder does not subsequently induce purging (vomiting), as is the case with bulimia. Binge eating can occur on its own, or alongside other disorders or conditions, such as Prader-Willi disorder, or a lesion of the hypothalamus gland. Binge eating can encourage the development of hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Treatment options depend on what is causing the binge eating…

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