Newstream.com Digest: Survey: Young Women not Acting Smart in Bedroom, Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention, Free Music for Every Taste and More Free Multimedia Story Packages.News, Business, Lifestyle Editors/City Desks NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2000 There's new material available to journalists from Newstream.com! Journalists can visit http://www.newstream.com now to download FREE multimedia content (video, audio, photos, graphics, PowerPoint slide shows, spreadsheets, charts and text) for the following features: Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Help is Now Just a Click Away The American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. will announce a free, state-of-the-art, Web-based heart attack and stroke prevention program on Friday, Oct. 20. Get information on where reporters can attend a press conference in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. or participate via the Internet. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1364 Survey: Young Women not Acting Smart in Bedroom According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new Harris Interactive Harris Interactive (NASDAQ: HPOL) is an American market research company that specializes in public opinion research using both telephone and surveys on online panels. The company is the product of a 1996 merger between the Gordon S. Black Company and Louis Harris & Associates. survey, few of America's sexually active young women are taking steps to protect themselves from unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely (STDs). Roswell star Diane Farr Diane Farr (born September 7, 1969 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She started out as a model at the age of 12. Biography Farr studied drama at New York's Stony Brook University and Loughborough University in England and graduated with a joint B.A. is helping launch the Smart Sex campaign to educate young women about the need to take control of their reproductive health Within the framework of WHO's definition of health[1] as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene and be smart about sex. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1365 The Evolution of the Mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. -- Where Are We Headed? Ericsson predicts that by 2004, there will be as many as 600 million users of mobile Internet services. This means that more people will use mobile Internet than fixed Internet. According to the technology leader, there will be three waves of mobile surfing, culminating with personalized Internet services to help us live in a mobile world. Check here for information on Ericsson's Nine Month Report Webcast You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1352 Sprint and America Online Launch The AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. Service America Online, the world's leading interactive services company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ), and Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. (NYSE:PCS), the nation's fastest-growing wireless service provider, today announced the nationwide availability of the AOL Instant Messenger(SM) (AIM) service on Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phones(TM). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1368 Report: Combined eMail Marketing, Products, Services & Advertising Will Reach $4.6 Billion by 2003 A new report by eMarketer identifies e-mail as the current dominant Internet application and estimates that combined expenditures of e-mail marketing products, services and email advertising will increase from $1 billion at year-end 2000, to $4.6 billion by 2003, an increase of 360%. The report states that permission-based commercial e-mail message volume will reach 64 billion by year-end 2000, accounting for 12% of total U.S. e-mail. Get more information here. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1373 Baby Boomers Get into Hot Water An icon of the '60s & '70s is back. Americans are expected to buy a record 370,000 hot tubs or more in the year 2000, with most of those buyers being in the 45-64 age bracket. According to the National Spa & Pool Institute (NSPI NSPI National Spa and Pool Institute NSPI National Spa & Pool Institute NSPI Name Service Provider Interface (Microsoft) NSPI Nova Scotia Power Incorporated NSPI National Society of Performance and Instruction ), nearly half of all hot tub owners are Boomers. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1374 La Jolla Pharmaceutical Initiates Phase III Lupus lupus (l  `pəs), noninfectious chronic disease in which antibodies in an individual's immune system attack the body's own substances. 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