News tagged with single mother

Venezuelans line up to switch PIP breast implants

(AP) -- The office of plastic surgeon Ignacio Sousa is so packed that women are lined up outside the door. College students in their 20s, housewives in their 40s, middle-class office workers: nearly all are ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Octomom's fertility doc moves to keep license

(AP) -- The fertility doctor who helped "Octomom" Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments is asking that he be allowed to continue practicing medicine while he appeals his license ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Informal daycare may harm kids' cognitive development, study finds

Formal daycare is better for a child's cognitive development than informal care by a grandparent, sibling, or family friend, according to a study of single mothers and their childcare choices published in the July issue of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Federal welfare programs can have negative effects on children's cognitive scores

The United States federal government supports many welfare and entitlement programs that attempt to eliminate poverty by providing financial assistance to families in need. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Single moms entering midlife may lead to public health crisis

Unwed mothers face poorer health at midlife than do women who have children after marriage, according to a new nationwide study, which appears in the June 2011 issue of the American Sociological Review.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Effects of welfare reform are mixed for the poor

(PhysOrg.com) -- The economic status of children of single mothers who have gone off welfare and found jobs has improved slightly, but many poor families are worse off since the 1996 welfare reform, reports a study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers show early life nurturing impacts later life relationships

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated that prairie voles may be a useful model in understanding the neurochemistry of social behavior. By influencing early social ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Economist's research sheds light on consumption patterns of nation's poor

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research of University of Notre Dame economist James X. Sullivan sheds light on how best to measure the well-being of the nation’s poorest families so policies can be crafted to help them.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0