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Study finds living near fast food outlet not a weighty problem for kids
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Jun 16, 2009 |
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A new study by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) researchers contradicts the conventional wisdom that living near a fast food outlet increases weight in children and that living near ...
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Public expresses need for government intervention to reduce socio-economic disparities in health
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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As Congress debates the public health care option, a recent study reveals greater public support for reducing health care disparities among socio-economic groups (i.e. by income or education) than among racial groups. The ...
Quicken helps budget-minded iPhone owners
May 01, 2009 |
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Intuit is offering iPhone owners free Quicken software designed to help them live within their means during these tough economic times.
DNA tests could help predict, prevent harmful algal blooms
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Sep 30, 2008 |
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A paper published in the current issue of the International Journal of Environment and Pollution, explains how a DNA test can be used to detect harmful algal blooms across the globe. The approach outlined could help reduce ...
Brown economists measure GDP growth from outer space
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth, according to new research by three Brown University economists. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, J. Vernon Henderson, ...
Media tend to doomsay when addressing environmental issues
Jul 08, 2009 |
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This study, undertaken by researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UBC, Spain), analyses the role played by the media in creating and spreading a stance regarding the protection of the environment, ...
Time travel may be possible but won't be economical
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Marty McFly sped his souped up DeLoren into his parent’s past in Back to the Future, but whether we will ever make the journey to our ancestors time is as much an economic issue as one of science, according to a physics expert ...
Michael Dell urges global IT expansion
May 04, 2006 |
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Dell founder Michael Dell Thursday called for a worldwide emphasis on expanding information technology as a means of advancing human progress.
Death surge linked with mass privatisation
Jan 15, 2009 |
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As many as one million working-age men died due to the economic shock of mass privatisation policies followed by post-communist countries in the 1990s, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
Ma and Pa solutions to global warming
Apr 08, 2009 |
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The prairies offer opportunities for capitalizing on environmentally friendly farming practices and potentially useful agricultural waste to produce jobs, economic growth, commercial opportunities, and renewable energy sources, ...
The Virgin Mary strikes back
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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Bolivian pilgrims ask the Virgin Mary for money and revenge. Bolivian pilgrims come to her in huge numbers to complain about their poor financial position and the neoliberal system which they blame for this. Women also grab ...
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