Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts

Monday, January 21, 2013

OMB Takes on "Fiscal Fitness," Announces Pedometer Challenge | Redux

OMB Takes on "Fiscal Fitness," Announces Pedometer Challenge

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laptop and stethoscope by jfcherry
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Washington, DC — With the aim of improving employee health and well-being, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Peter Orszag is launching today the OMB Pedometer Challenge. Through this challenge, each OMB employee will have the chance to get a pedometer, track their steps, increase their physical activity, and improve their overall health – and potentially beat the always active Director Orszag in the process. "This challenge will make all of us more aware of our current activity levels and help inspire us to increase our physical activity," OMB Director Peter Orszag explained. "Evidence shows that pedometers are one of the most cost-effective ways to increase physical activity.

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Peter Orszag

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0.15781"This challenge will make all of us more aware of our current activity levels and help inspire us to increase our physical activity," OMB Director Peter Orszag explained. "Evidence shows that pedometers are one of the most cost-effective ways to increase physical activity. And in true OMB fashion, we like to walk down the path cleared by the best data."
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Saudi King Has Back Surgery | Redux

Saudi King Has Back Surgery

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Bakar_88
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Excerpt:

A hospital official says Saudi King Abdullah has undergone successful back surgery in the fourth such operation in nearly two years on the 87-year-old monarch. The official said Saturday's surgery at the King Abdel Aziz medical compound in Riyadh sought to secure a loose vertebra. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to brief the media. Although the operation was described as successful, it raises questions about the overall health of one Washington's most critical allies in the Middle East. The king had two back surgeries in New York — one in 2010 for a slipped disk and a blood clot pressing on nerves in his back and a second to stabilize vertebrae in 2011. The third back surgery was in Riyadh later in 2011.

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King Abdullah

Overall Sentiment: 0.345445

Relevance: 0.722702

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City: Riyadh

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City: New York

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City: Washington

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Region: Middle East

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Take A Listen To The Shots Podcast | Synopsis

Take A Listen To The Shots Podcast

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Transmitter Array by Modern Relics
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Excerpt:

This is an experiment, so I should ask for your informed consent. Are you prepared for some unorthodox audio from an ink-stained wretch still working on the transition to online journalism from print? If so, click away. The podcast starts with a segment about retail health clinics. I preview the results from the latest NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll on the subject with the help of some friendly people who stopped to chat in Washington's Columbia Heights neighborhood. After that, I check in with Steven Salzberg, a bioinformatics guru at Johns Hopkins, about a recent study that found a daily multivitamin appeared to slightly reduce the risk of cancer in men 50 and older. Salzberg, who writes the Fighting Pseudoscience blog at Forbes, is skeptical. Recently, I wrote about another study that found some unintended consequences from public ratings for doctors.

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Steven Salzberg

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Gov. Mitt Romney

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Julie Rovner

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Dr. Ashish Jha

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Eliza Barclay

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David Schultz

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Adam Cole

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Organization: Health Analytics Health

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Organization: Harvard

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Company: Forbes

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Facility: Johns Hopkins

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City: Washington

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