UPDATE 3-Sandy slows US nuclear plants, oldest declares alert
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:14 AM PDT
* Exelon declares alert at NJ Oyster Creek reactor * Oyster Creek may use fire system to cool spent fuel rods * Exelon says no threat to public health or safety NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy slowed or shuta half-dozen U.S. nuclear power plants, while the nation'soldest facility declared a rare "alert" after the record stormsurge pushed flood waters high enough to endanger a key ... |
East European doctors plan joint protest in November
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:13 AM PDT
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Doctors in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic will hold a symbolic work stoppage next month in protest against low pay and reforms they say are undermining health care by shifting too much power to insurers. Physicians in the four countries said they would stop working at noon on November 20 for a period that would not affect patients or the functioning of ... |
Breast-cancer checks save lives despite over diagnosis
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:33 AM PDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Breast-cancer screening saves lives even though it also picks up cases in some women that would never have caused them a problem, according to a review published in The Lancet medical journal. The independent review, commissioned by the charity Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and Britain's Department of Health, follows fierce international debate about the benefits of routine ... |
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