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Carrot or bribe? Rewards for healthier lifestyle stir debate

Health authorities and corporations are increasingly offering money to people who quit smoking, lose weight or take medicine, despite uncertainty that such incentives work beyond a few months, doctors said on Friday.

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Policies for a healthier European diet: Are they effective?

(Medical Xpress) -- A Europe-wide project led by the University of Reading to assess the effect of policies encouraging healthier eating has found that much more work still needs to be done for these to be ...

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created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

LivingSocial launching exclusive food events

(AP) -- Online deals site LivingSocial is launching an invitation-only service aimed at food fans, offering experiences such as a visit to an environmentally sustainable farm or a meal served in a restaurant's kitchen.

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American Express to offer coupons via Facebook

(AP) -- American Express is jumping into the daily deals arena.

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Challenge to Groupon's model with trio of deals

(AP) -- Groupon's online coupons save people cash, but they're not always great deals for merchants. Some businesses complain that bargain hunters rarely return after scoring a cheap meal or massage.

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

Researcher challenges myth of elderly independence

(Medical Xpress) -- Forty percent of San Franciscans over the age of 75 live alone and nearly one third of them live in poverty. "Luke," age 76, is one of them, living in an single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotel ...

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created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook launches deals program, rivals Groupon

(AP) -- What happens when you cross the world's largest social network with one of the hottest business models in e-commerce? Facebook wants to find out.

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Push to spur more drugs for deadly rare diseases

(AP) -- Every other week, 7-year-old twins Addison and Cassidy Hempel have an experimental medicine injected into their spines in hopes of battling a rare, fatal disease.

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created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Charitable benefits help new daily-deal sites stand out

They're like Groupon for bargain-hunting do-gooders. Two daily-deal websites based in the Nashville area have a charitable twist to their local online coupons: Part of the money goes to a local nonprofit.

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Google developing Groupon competitor called Offers

Google Inc., which has expanded beyond its core search operations into mobile phones and other products, is developing a local coupon service similar to Groupon.

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created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UK pays people to slim down, stop smoking

(AP) -- Can people be bribed into better health? The British government is increasingly convinced they can.

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


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