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Study finds people residing in poor communities not benefiting from recent drop in colorectal cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study suggests that a drop in colorectal cancer incidence seen nationwide has not occurred among people living in poorer communities, and suggests that barriers to health care may be to blame. The study appears online ...


Job growth not the only factor in reducing poverty in large metro areas

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A new study suggests that it may be easier for people living in small metropolitan areas to get out of poverty than it is for those living in large metro areas. The study by researchers at Ohio State University and Oklahoma ...





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Washington state has fourth lowest child poverty rate in U.S.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 30, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Washington State now has the fourth lowest child poverty rate in the nation, tied with Hawaii. Last year, Washington ranked 21st in the U.S.


Maize research reduces poverty in west and central Africa

Biology / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An analysis of three and half decades of maize research in African farming communities finds big benefits. A multi-country study, in Agricultural Economics, reports the significant role international maize research plays ...


Ban: Science has role in Africa's future

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created Nov 22, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Science, technology and human resources are needed to aid Africa's efforts to ease poverty and attain sustainable development, U.N. officials said.


From detainee facility to health advocacy center: A new role for Guantanamo?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 27, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new article suggests that the United States government should convert the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility in Cuba into a biomedical research institute dedicated to combating diseases of poverty. In an Editorial in the ...


Poverty measurement in the US: Income transfers alone won't eradicate poverty

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Barack Obama promised to halve poverty within ten years. His Republican opponent, John McCain, vowed to "make the eradication of poverty a top priority of the McCain Administration." Even in the current economic situation, ...


Study finds recession associated with increases in minority victims of crime

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

The victimization of both female and male blacks and Latinos increases during or after periods of economic recession, according to a study by researchers Karen Heimer of the University of Iowa and Janet Lauritsen of the University ...


Efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in US by 2010 fall far short of benchmarks

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. is likely to fall far short of its benchmark goals toward eliminating tuberculosis as a public health problem, according to data from a nationwide survey.


Study shows that indigenous people are not genetically prone to diabetes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 16, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The high rate of diabetes among indigenous people is not due to their genetic heritage, according to a recently published study.


No change in the link between deprivation and death since 1900s

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The link between deprivation and premature death is as strong today as it was in the early 1900s according to research published on BMJ.com today.


Women who exit welfare just as likely to marry as women never on welfare

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

A new study from a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that women who exit welfare (under TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), are as likely to marry as women of similar socioeconomic backgr ...



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