PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Thursday, September 6, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Thursday, September 6, 2007

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Amid Improving Life Expectancy Rates, Risk of Premature Death is Still Significant for Americans, New Study Shows

Findings from a new study show that while mortality rates in the United States have decreased since the 1970s, the risk of premature death for those in their typical working years, ages twenty-five to sixty-four, is still significant. In fact, there is a greater than one-in-six chance for males and a one-in-nine chance for females of not surviving from age twenty-five to normal retirement age. These odds are much higher than most Americans perceive. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than five hundred and fifty-thousand Americans between the ages of twenty-five and sixty-four die each year.

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'America's Ugliest Office' Contest Seeking the Country's Most Appalling Office

From the piles of paper and floor-to-ceiling file folders, to an endless sea of sticky-notes, many consumers today face office, cubicle, and home office chaos. ACCO Brands is inviting workers nationwide to nominate the office spaces they believe qualify as "America's Ugliest Office" for a chance to win a trip for two to Maui, Hawaii and a prize package of innovative products. America will vote and determine the Ugliest Office winner, and all voters will also have the chance to instantly win a forty-two-inch big screen H-D-T-V, just by voting.

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How Best to Treat Preschoolers With ADHD? The Harvard Mental Health Letter Discusses the Options

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, otherwise known as A-D-H-D, is no longer diagnosed just in schoolchildren. A-D-H-D has already become the most common mental health diagnosis for children ages three to five. Researchers have now begun to explore the use of drugs and other treatments for preschoolers, reports the September 2007 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter.

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Grateful Dead Join Super Group Line-up Coming to Rock Band

Harmonix, MTV Games, and Rhino Entertainment, have announced a deal that will bring the legendary band Grateful Dead to the highly anticipated music videogame Rock Band. The iconic group is making eighteen master recordings from its diverse catalog available as digitally distributed game levels following Rock Band's release this holiday season. Among the songs available will be the classic Dead tracks "Truckin'," "Uncle John's Band," "Touch of Grey," "Sugar Magnolia," and "Casey Jones."

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