Posts Tagged ‘ bureaucrats ’

Questions of care, health and our future

Aug 29th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

For the Scottish Government, Scotland’s changing demographics is far from being the taboo subject you suggest in your leader comment of August 27.
We have already committed to providing an additional £40m to further improve care services. In partnership with Cosla, we are working to improve the clarity and delivery of the free personal and nursing [...]



Banning Genetic Discrimination

May 8th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

Business groups support the purpose of the law but worry about the unintended consequences that may ensue from the restrictions on information about genetic information. The bill leaves open the possibility that employers can be sued for just receiving — not acting upon — a worker’s genetic information.
The bill President George W. Bush will sign [...]



Generation Z Rich and forgotten

Apr 16th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

Welcome to Generation Z, the forgotten generation. Generation Z encompasses children aged 17 and younger, one in five of whom will have some form of mental illness.
One in four will be bullied, most likely over the internet. Also known as the New Silent Generation, it will be the most educated, financially well-off and technologically literate [...]



Chefs warn about sideeffects of sushi boom

Apr 13th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Foods

Once a rare and exotic treat, seaweed rolls and bites of raw tuna on vinegared rice are now familiar to most food fans. So familiar, in fact, that many hobby cooks in Europe and the United States like to make them in their own kitchens.
But chefs and sushi experts at an international restaurant summit in [...]