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Financial Incentives to Reduce Risky Health Behaviors?
November 21, 2011 Researchers looked at why financial incentives for patients could be a good thing to change risky health behaviors. They suggest that incentives are likely to be particularly effective at altering ... > full story -
European Consortium Contributes to Global Standards for 4G Technology
November 16, 2011 A European consortium has developed global standards for the next generation of mobile communication devices. Their breakthrough will help contribute to new products and business worldwide, while ... > full story -
Climate Policies Can Help Resolve Energy Security and Air Pollution Challenges
November 13, 2011 Policies to protect the global climate and limit global temperature rise offer the most effective entry point for achieving energy sustainability, reducing air pollution, and improving energy ... > full story -
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Cardiac Stress Imaging Procedures More Frequent Among Patients Seen by Physicians Who Provide and Bill for These Procedures
November 8, 2011 Patients treated by physicians who billed for both technical (practice/equipment) and professional (supervision/ interpretation) components of nuclear and echocardiographic stress imaging tests were ... > full story -
Access to Legal Aid Depends a Lot on Where You Live, Report Says
October 26, 2011 Half of Americans are confronting a civil legal problem at any one time, according to one estimate. Without access to legal assistance, they may lose a home, a job, maybe custody of a child. For ... > full story -
The Cost of Consumer Fibbing: Can It Hurt to Tell a Little White Lie?
October 21, 2011 Consumers who tell little white lies to avoid confrontation might find themselves rewarding the people who inconvenienced them, according to a new ... > full story -
U.S. Government Releases Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy for Nanotechnology
October 20, 2011 The U.S. government has just released a national strategy for ensuring that environmental, health, and safety research needs are fully identified and addressed in the fast-growing field of ... > full story -
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Visionary Software Combines Different Database Systems
October 13, 2011 Whoever orders books on the Internet, withdraws money from a cash machine or uses a navigation system to arrive at a destination is (usually without realizing it) using companies’ very large ... > full story -
Can't Buy Me Love: Study Shows Materialistic Couples Have More Money and More Problems
October 13, 2011 New research confirms The Beatles' lyrical hypothesis and finds that "the kind of thing that money just can't buy" is a happy and stable marriage. Scholars studied 1,734 married couples across the ... > full story -
New Research Finds That Homeowners and City Planners Should 'Hit the Trail'
October 11, 2011 Location, location, location -- it is often touted as affecting the value of residential property. Now, new research suggests that location near nature trails could hold a financial benefit for ... > full story
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