News tagged with financial drain

Delving into the murky metrics of financial risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way J. Michael Collins sees it, United States consumers aren’t necessarily less informed about financial risk than consumers from other industrialized nations. What Americans do have, ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0




Search results for financial drain


Tackling financial exploitation of elderly people

Professionals who are in close contact with elderly people could soon be in a better position to spot if they are being financially exploited, for example through a lottery scam or by a deceitful relative draining the bank ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bing hitches holiday hopes to Rudolph the reindeer

(AP) -- Like Santa Claus on that one foggy Christmas Eve, Microsoft has summoned Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to guide some precious cargo - a holiday marketing campaign for its Bing search engine.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers investigate link between autoimmune diseases and wounds that don't heal

Millions of Americans suffer from wounds that don't heal, and while most are typically associated with diabetes, new research has identified another possible underlying cause – autoimmune diseases. The finding represents ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Dementia patients face burdensome transitions in last 90 days

A new study in the Sept. 29, 2011, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine reports that nearly one in five nursing home residents with advanced dementia experiences burdensome transitions in the last 90 days of lif ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Future NASA rocket to be most powerful ever built (Update)

To soar far away from Earth and even beyond the moon, NASA has dreamed up the world's most powerful rocket, a behemoth that borrows from the workhorse liquid rockets that sent Apollo missions into space four ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 40

Perplexing puzzle: Can Yahoo's luster be restored?

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has gone through three different CEOs in five years. Whoever takes the helm now will face the same challenge: Solve one of the Internet's most perplexing puzzles.

Technology / Business

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Couples who receive government assistance report less marital satisfaction, commitment, study finds

For better or worse, marital quality influences the well-being of couples and those around them. In addition, economic and social hardships can reduce overall happiness within marriages. According to a new study from the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rise of for-profit hospice industry raises troubling questions, new study says

A new survey of hospice care in the United States says that the rapidly growing role of for-profit companies in providing end-of-life care for terminally ill patients raises serious concerns about whose interests are being ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thermophiles lurking in your basement

Ever wondered what exotic life forms may be lurking in the dark, hidden corners of your home? Scientists wonder too. Studies have shown that our modern plumbing systems provide sanctuary to a menagerie of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Publisher puts new limits on library e-books

The public library has long attracted avid readers with an unrivaled pitch: Check out a best-selling book for free and renew it multiple times.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


List of search results for financial drain