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Ban On Fast Food TV Advertising Would Reverse Childhood Obesity Trends, Study Shows
A ban on fast-food
advertisements in the United
States could reduce the
number of overweight
children by as much as 18
... > full story
14 Drugs Identified As Most Urgently Needing Study For Off-label Use
Physicians and policy-makers
know that drugs are
frequently prescribed to
treat certain diseases
despite a lack of FDA
... > full story
Time Single Working Moms Spend With Kids Surprises Researchers
"Time poor" single mothers
come surprisingly close in
the number of hours they
spend caring for their
children compared to married
mothers and the difference
... > full story
Elderly People Require Better Fire Prevention, Report Finds
If you are over seventy
years old, your chances of
dying in a fire at home are
four times as high as they
are for the rest of the
... > full story
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Test-tube Babies Profitable Business For The State, Swedish Study Shows
December 1, 2008 — Increased financial support for IVF fertilization would be downright profitable for the state according to Swedish research. Test-tube babies are an investment for the future, not an ... > full story -
Zimbabwe’s Land Reform Leaves Farmers Insecure
November 28, 2008 — Researchers have studied three areas of direct importance to the struggle against poverty in Africa and Zimbabwe. They show that farmers are experiencing uncertainty regarding their right to use the ... > full story -
Fewer Adults Receiving Social Security Benefits in U.K., But Some Remain on Benefits For Long Time
November 27, 2008 — The proportion of working age adults receiving safety net social security benefits has halved since the early 1990s. But the safety net increasingly focuses on a small minority of people who could ... > full story -
Politics And Technical Concerns Thwart Efforts To Use Carbon Markets To Halt Deforestation
November 25, 2008 — Carbon credit politics and misplaced technical concerns are impeding efforts to encourage sustainable land use practices in tropical regions -- such as better forest management and growing more trees ... > full story -
Money Motivates Doctors To Reduce Ethnic Differences In Heart Disease Treatments, UK Study Finds
November 24, 2008 — Financial incentives for doctors can improve the management of coronary heart disease and reduce ethnic differences in quality of and access to care, according to public health experts in the ... > full story -
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Is Private Health Care The Answer To The Health Problems Of The World's Poor?
November 24, 2008 — A provocative debate in this week's PLoS Medicine examines whether the private sector should step up its involvement in delivering health care in low-income ... > full story -
International Food Aid Alone Cannot Solve The Global Malnutrition Crisis, Experts Argue
November 24, 2008 — In an editorial in this week's PLoS Medicine, the journal's editors discuss some of the controversies surrounding international food aid, and conclude that "donor-supported food programs are not ... > full story -
New Economic Woes Hit Boomers, Seniors Hardest, Experts Say
November 24, 2008 — Millions of older Americans stand at the epicenter of the current financial crisis and the implications must be confronted, said experts during a symposium at the Gerontological Society of America's ... > full story -
Expert Says Layoffs Could Worsen Economic Woes
November 24, 2008 — Widespread layoffs that stem corporate financial losses but leave workers out in the cold would deepen the looming recession that sparked them, a labor expert ... > full story -
76 Percent Of American Middle-class Households Not Financially Secure
November 24, 2008 — As the economy continues to reel, a new report finds that 4 million American households lost economic security between 2000 and 2006 and that a majority of America's middle class households are ... > full story
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