News tagged with welfare recipients


Social anxiety disorder puts welfare recipients at risk for economic hardship

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women on welfare who suffer from social anxiety find it harder to work—and leave welfare—than women without the disorder, according to a new University of Michigan study.





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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 ...


Screening for domestic violence woefully weak in welfare offices

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created Feb 04, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Even though federal welfare-reform legislation calls for case workers to screen for domestic violence and most states have agreed to implement this requirement, just 9 percent of women applying for Temporary Assistance to ...


Two is not company -- as far as fish are concerned

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter has shown that fish kept alone or in small groups are more aggressive and exhibit fewer natural behaviors such as shoaling. Dr Katherine Sloman will discuss the findings ...


Happier, healthier, more productive hens on omega-3?

Biology / Other

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most of us are aware of the potential health benefits of omega-3 found in fish oil and flax seed. Now researchers are looking at how omega-3 may help laying hens avoid bone damage.


Some donor factors affect outcomes for HCV-positive liver transplant recipients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Two new studies address donor factors that could affect outcomes for liver transplant recipients, particularly those with chronic hepatitis C (HCV). One found that donor steatosis, or fat in the liver, does not affect liver ...


Study: Parenthood makes moms more liberal, dads more conservative

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according to new research from North Carolina State University.


Donor race may impact kidney transplant survival

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The race of kidney donors may affect the survival rates of transplant recipients according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital.


African Americans are more vulnerable to welfare penalties

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

African Americans are significantly more likely to be sanctioned by the United States welfare system than whites, according to research published in the June issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journa ...


NASA Announces Screening of Space Shuttle Artifacts

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to begin registering to screen potential space shuttle artifacts.


Mars and Venus: Short- and long-term success of male to female kidney transplants

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Female recipients of kidneys from deceased male donors demonstrate an increased risk of allograft failure in the first year after transplant, but show no increased risk after ten years, according to a study appearing in an ...



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