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Relaxed trade rules boost African development, study finds

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Often thought to be hobbled by corruption, poor infrastructure and a weak financial system, African exporters rose to the opportunities presented by a U.S. trade liberalization policy, a recent University ...





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Briefs: Telecom reform would open Canada market

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created Mar 23, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Proposals to reform Canada's telecom market would make it easier for multinational telcos to challenge domestic providers.


White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions

White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Surveys have shown that the public pays little attention to foreign policy, but politicians regularly cite the importance of public support for military actions overseas. Now, a new study has found that these ...


Drinks industry supplanting government role in alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A recent comparison of proposed national alcohol policies in Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, and Botswana shows that the drinks industry has assumed a significant and detrimental role in designing national alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan ...


10 years after: Promised reform in South African telecommunications fails

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 14, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994 brought the African National Congress to political power along with a mandate for reform of nearly all the nation’s institutions, including the telecommunications sector. But ...


India's telecom sees more liberalization

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created Nov 11, 2005 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In a fresh dose of liberalization, India yesterday announced a slew of relaxations in its telecom rules, which not only allows more players -- both local and foreign -- to enter the country's burgeoning telecom sector, but ...


Self-monitoring with blood glucose test strips inefficient use of health-care resources

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created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by people with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin is an ineffective use of health resources as the modest benefits are outweighed by the significant cost of test strips, ...


Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...


AMA votes to seek repeal of 'don't ask,don't tell'

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.


Strict blood sugar control in some diabetics does not lower heart attack, stroke risk

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Strictly controlling blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetics with coexisting health problems such as heart disease and hypertension does not lower their risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to a UC ...


Teens' mental health affects how long they stay in school, new study shows

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Queen's University researcher Steven Lehrer has won a prestigious international award in recognition of his contributions to health economics.



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