PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Friday, September 28, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Friday, September 28, 2007

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New Report Says a Pandemic is Overdue, But Companies and Nations are ill Prepared to Cope With the Impact

A new report issued by Marsh and The Albright Group, two of the world's foremost risk experts, warns that the catastrophic impacts of a long-lasting pandemic are not only likely to happen, but overdue. The study also states the impact of a pandemic is likely to exceed what most corporate and governmental leaders have imagined, or are prepared for. This comes on the heels of U-S government reports issued earlier this month that come to similar conclusions.

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Kaiser Permanente Study Shows One in Seven Women are Depressed Before, During, or After Pregnancy

A new Kaiser Permanente study, the first integrated survey of maternal depression, shows that more than one in seven women are depressed at some time during the nine months before becoming pregnant, during pregnancy, or in the nine months after childbirth. The study, which appears in the October 2007 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, also found that more than half of the women who experienced postpartum depression had also been depressed before becoming pregnant or during pregnancy.

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Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries #7 on The New York Times Best Seller List

Founding Motley Crue member Nikki Sixx's new book, The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, has debuted at number seven on The New York Times Book Review non-fiction best seller list. In one of the most extraordinary memoirs of addiction ever published, Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself. The book was released September 18th via M-T-V Pocketbooks/ Simon & Schuster.

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Employees Confident Paycheck Is Accurate

Everyone's favorite day of the week -- payday -- just received rave reviews from thousands of American employees. The recent "Getting Paid In America" survey by the American Payroll Association showed that 89 percent of employees are confident their paycheck is correct each payday. Paychecks are more than a simple calculation of hours worked multiplied by an hourly wage. Increasingly complex tax laws and benefit structures make paycheck calculation a challenging task. The high percentage of employees satisfied with their paycheck accuracy is a testament to the payroll professionals who calculate paychecks each pay period.

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