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Depression common among Rwandan youth who head households

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than half of orphaned youth age 12 to 24 who head households in rural Rwanda meet criteria for depression, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.





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Women's access to credit affects efficiency in rural households

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rural strategies designed to induce economic growth often emphasize the need to improve access to capital for poor households. However, this approach implicitly assumes that family members pool all their resources and allocate ...


Callers of all incomes ditching landlines for cell

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The number of households with cell phones but no landlines continues to grow, but the recession doesn't seem to be forcing poor cellular users to abandon their traditional wired phones any faster than higher-income ...


Survey: Elderly, poor narrow broadband service gap

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Some groups that have lagged in signing up for high-speed Internet service, like the elderly, the poor and rural residents, have started to gain on those who have had a head start, according to a new survey.


Sweden has come out on top of the International Telecommunications Union's index on computer development.

Europe, South Korea, dominate global IT development (Update)

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

North European countries and South Korea have the fastest and most widespread telecoms and computer growth in the world, the UN's telecomunications agency said on Monday.


Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Holidays and tables full of delicious food usually go hand in hand, but for nearly half of the children in the United States, this is not guaranteed.


Solar collectors stand on a field near Straubing, southern Germany

German solar panel makers in trouble: federation

Technology / Energy

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

German solar energy firms are in a bind, the head of a federation said in a report due out on Monday amid concern that the new German government will abandon the sector.


Getting a 'Head Start' on obesity prevention

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Almost 1 million preschool children from low-income families are enrolled in Head Start, a national program for young children that readies them for school. While the program provides them with educational and social skill ...


Launch of first operating system for smart grid home automation

Technology / Energy

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fraunhofer IWES (Germany) presents the OGEMA Alliance, which will offer an open software platform for energy management.


Tourette's most common in white kids, boys

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Tourette syndrome occurs in 3 out of every 1,000 school-aged children, and is more than twice as common in white kids as in blacks or Hispanics, according to the largest U.S. study to estimate how many have the disorder.


Missouri and Kansas are releasing alien insects to do battle with invasive plants

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An alien plant species has invaded Missouri and is threatening to overrun crops and livestock pastures. To combat the scourge weed, officials are deliberately releasing two alien insect species to destroy its roots and seeds. ...



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