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» Identifying Firefighters at Risk of Heart Attack While on the Job is Goal of UB Study
The most frequent cause of death among firefighters is not flames: It's their hearts. Forty-four percent of U.S. firefighters who died on duty in 2007 succumbed to a heart attack, based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration. That figure is twice the number of cardiovascular deaths among on-duty police officers.
» "Kelly Girl Strategy" Undermined Employment Standards for All, Helped Create the Economic Mess We're In Today
A University at Buffalo labor and employment sociologist says before we can resolve the economic crisis, we need to understand how we got into it, then get out and stay out.
» UB Driver Simulation Study Targets High-Risk Teenage Drivers
Using the bells and whistles of a state-of-the-art entertainment arcade, a University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education project aims to improve the driving habits of teenagers at the very top of the risk pool, and at the same time bring child and parent together for a happier, better functioning family.
» UB Planning Students to Present Report on Need for Hotel Development in Niagara Falls
Graduate students in the University at Buffalo's Department of Urban and Regional Planning will present a report on the need and opportunity for hotel development in Niagara Falls, N.Y., at a presentation to be held at 6:30 p.m. today (Dec. 10, 2008) in the first floor Council Chambers of Niagara Falls City Hall, 745 Main St.
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