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EEOC Settles Disability &Age Discrimination Suit against DXP Enterprises
DXP Enterprises, Inc. has agreed to settle a disability and age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). DXP had hired a woman and then fired her days later after learning she had had a prior back injury. The lawsuit claimed that DXP had fired the employee because of her disability and/or both disability and age. Disability discrimination violates Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Age Discrimination in Employment ...
Source: disability.gov

DOJ Settles Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Lawsuit with Michigan's Henry Ford Health System
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a settlement with the Henry Ford Health System to provide effective communication for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing when receiving medical services. The company did not provide sign language interpreters to a deaf patient and his family members. The ADAprohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities by hospitals. The ADA also requires doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to provide equal access ...
Source: disability.gov

DOL Proposed Rule on Hiring Goals for Contracting Staff - Comment Deadline Extended to February 21
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing a new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to have 7 percent of their workforces be people with disabilities, among other requirements. DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) invites public comment on this proposal. The proposed rule would strengthen the affirmative action requirements for hiring qualified workers with disabilities which are in Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of ...
Source: disability.gov

Obama Administration Announces New Steps to Fight Alzheimer's Disease
The Obama Administration is making an additional $50 million available for cutting-edge Alzheimer's research. The administration's Fiscal Year 2013 budget will increase funding for Alzheimer's research by $80 million, plus an additional $26 million for caregiver support, provider education and public awareness about the disease. This new funding will speed up the National Institutes of Health'seffort to develop new ways of helping people with Alzheimer's disease and those at ...
Source: disability.gov

Everyday Foods Add Up to Major Salt Problems: CDC
Ten food types, including bread, account for higher risk of heart disease, stroke, report says
Source: Nutrition.gov

Health Highlights: Feb. 7, 2012
U.S. Funding for Alzheimer's Research IncreasedFructose Boosts Visceral Fat: StudyDiabetes Increases Risk of Birth Defects/div
Source: Nutrition.gov

Northwestern University study finds soy isoflavone supplements did not provide breast cancer protections
Soy isoflavone supplements did not decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Source: NCI News

Researchers develop new technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers
Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease as it spreads in real time through the body, and solve the problem of predicting response and resistance to therapies.
Source: NCI News

Many U.S. Kids Still Buy Unhealthy Snacks at School
Regulation needed to reduce students' access to junk food, researchers say
Source: Nutrition.gov

Pancreas May 'Taste' Fructose, Hinting at Links to Diabetes
High-fructose corn syrup is ubiquitous in Western diet, and study suggests it could play unique role
Source: Nutrition.gov