PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Monday, August 6, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Monday, August 6, 2007

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Searches for Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Slow as Gas Prices Lower

As gas prices begin to fall, so does consumer interest in fuel-efficient vehicles, according the latest Cars.com Consumer Search Index. Cars.com is reporting a decline in searches for hybrids and other fuel-efficient cars, all of which saw dramatic increases over the last several months when gas prices were at all-time highs.

Hybrid vehicles including the Honda Civic Hybrid, the Honda Insight, the Toyota Prius and the Ford Escape Hybrid were all among the site's used cars with the greatest decline in search activity over the last month.

Patrick Olsen, managing editor of Cars.com, says this is fairly consistent with what they've seen in past years with the ebb and flow of gas prices. Olsen says as gas prices decline, they are starting to see people searching for crossover vehicles and some S-U-V's.

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Stevie Wonder Announces First Major Concert Tour in More Than a Decade

One of contemporary music's most iconic stars, the legendary Stevie Wonder, announced that he is hitting the road for the first time in more than a decade. "A Wonder Summer's Night" tour will feature an evening of music from Stevie, a performing and songwriting tour de force who has received an astounding 25 Grammy Awards as well the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

The tour kicks off on August 23rd at Humphries in San Diego, California and culminates on September 20th in Boston's Bank of America Pavilion. Tickets are available beginning on Saturday, August eleventh.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3528767

Many Heart Attack Patients Don't Get Best Emergency Treatment

A new study finds that far more of today's heart attack patients receive emergency angioplasty treatment or clot-busting drugs to re-open their clogged heart arteries than even a decade ago.

But the study shows that ten percent of patients who could benefit from this urgent treatment -- which is known to save lives and prevent lasting damage to the heart muscle -- don't get it at all.

And the chance of missing out on lifesaving emergency treatment was highest among those patients whose heart attack symptoms don't include typical symptoms like chest pain, those who didn't reach the hospital until six or more hours after the start of their attack, women, people over age 75, and non-white people.

The study was published in the American Journal of Medicine by a team led by cardiologists from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and the Yale University School of Medicine.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3529389

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