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• Diet and Weight Loss
  Dieting and Weight Control
  Obesity
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  Funding Policy
  Public Health
   

  Money Talks When It Comes to Losing Weight

  March 7, 2013 — Weight loss study participants who received financial incentives were more likely to stick with a weight loss program and lost more weight than study participants who received no incentives, ... > full story
• Health Policy
  Mental Health Research
  Psychiatry
  Accident and Trauma
  Today's Healthcare
  Wounds and Healing
   

  Majority of Albertans Support Assisted Suicide, Canadian Study Shows

  March 7, 2013 — New research gauges public opinion about assisted suicide as part of an ongoing legal, moral and health policy discussion in ... > full story
• Funding Policy
  Consumer Behavior
  Ethics
  Economics
  Educational Policy
  Popular Culture
   

  When We Have a Low Opinion of Someone, We Tend to Reject Their Money, Study Finds

  March 7, 2013 — Research done in Spain, Germany and the UK has demonstrated that when we have a low opinion of somebody, we are more likely to reject their money, even though the offer is attractive, because the ... > full story
• Educational Policy
  Educational Psychology
  Intelligence
  Mental Health
  Memory
  Child Development
   

  Test-Taking May Improve Learning in People of All Ages

  March 7, 2013 — Older adults who haven’t been in school for a while are as capable of learning from tests as younger adults and college students, according to new ... > full story
• Children's Health
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Environmental Policies
  Health Policy
  Public Health
  Nutrition
   

  Stronger Support Needed for Healthy Beverage Practices in Child Care

  March 7, 2013 — Support is needed in child care centers to help meet existing water policies and new water requirements included in the 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, according to a new ... > full story
• Children's Health
  Educational Policy
  Nutrition
  Infant's Health
  Staying Healthy
  Food
   

  School-Based Kitchen Gardens Are Getting an A+: New Study Highlights Benefits of for Both Children and Parents

  March 7, 2013 — Grow it, try it, and you just might like it is a motto many schools are embracing to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables. Through community-based kitchen garden programs, ... > full story
• Funding Policy
  Blood Clots
  Anemia
  Workplace Health
  Healthy Aging
  Ethics
   

  'Prevent Death' Message More Effective Than 'Save Life' in Blood Donation Campaigns

  March 6, 2013 — Subtle changes in messaging can have a profound impact on the effectiveness of charitable messages such as calls for blood donations, according to new ... > full story
• Educational Policy
  Political Science
  Privacy Issues
  Funding Policy
  Conflict
  Transportation Issues
   
  

  Texans Not Eager to Change Gun Laws

  March 6, 2013 — Poll shows large majority of Texans support background checks for all gun purchases, but they are not eager to change existing gun ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Fungus
  Wild Animals
  New Species
  Resource Shortage
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Deadly Fungus Detected in Southeast Asia's Amphibian Trade

  March 6, 2013 — Scientists have revealed in a new study, for the first time, the presence of the pathogenic chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibians sampled in Singapore. And the American ... > full story
• Hacking
  Information Technology
  Educational Policy
  Encryption
  Privacy Issues
  Computer Graphics
   

  Bank Card Identifies Cardholder

  March 6, 2013 — From the gas station to the department store – paying for something without cash is commonplace. Now such payments become more secure: Scientists have engineered a solution for inspecting the ... > full story

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