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Report concludes uninsured are costly for all

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.





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MetroPCS mimics landline with family 'groupline'

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Regional wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. has a new feature designed to lure families getting rid of their landlines. The new service gives families one number that rings all their cell phones at once.


Home health shortages seen for boomers

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 27, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The in-home caregiver shortage in the United States is expected to worsen and cities aren't ready for aging baby boomers' health needs, two reports show.


Genetic loci assigned for musical aptitude in Finnish families

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers from Finland and USA have identified one major and several potential loci associated with musical aptitude in the human genome. The results raise an interesting question about common evolutionary background of ...


USA Today tests online edition at colleges

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.


4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...


Discovery's manifest includes ponytail

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams, assigned to the International Space Station, sent a present home with the Discovery space shuttle crew -- a ponytail.


Discovery of the source of the most common meteorites

Discovery of the source of the most common meteorites

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (26) | comments 0

Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the first discovery by T. Mothé-Diniz (Brazil) and D. Nesvorný (USA) of asteroids with a spectrum similar to that of ordinary chondrites, the meteoritic material that m ...


Prayer on the hospital floor

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say ...


For low-income families with special needs kids, where you live matters (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family — particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income ...


Emergency response

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disasters are getting worse it seems but the federal government's preparedness has been limited to helping after a disaster has occurred. On the other hand, local organizations often do not have the resources or the training ...



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