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Health

Health Insurance Unaffordable in the US for 1.6 M People in 2007/2008

When it comes to health insurance things don’t look very good for Americans. According to a...
» read full story April 07th, 2009 - 20:38
Risks for Strokes Caused by Fast Food Joints

Risks for Strokes Caused by Fast Food Joints

A new study found that the people who live in neighborhoods that are packed with fast-food...
» read full story February 21st, 2009 - 21:24
Risk of Stroke Linked to the Number of Fast Food Joints in Your Area

Risk of Stroke Linked to the Number of Fast Food Joints in Your Area

Having more fast food restaurant in your neighborhood increases your chances of having a stroke,...
» read full story February 20th, 2009 - 15:29
Insurers Group Backs Universal Health Care

Insurers Group Backs Universal Health Care

America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group representing companies that insure more than 200...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 15:52
Report: Half Of Young Adults Have A Mental Health Disorder

Report: Half Of Young Adults Have A Mental Health Disorder

Nearly half of US youths suffer from a psychiatric disorder, from alcohol dependency to...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 14:30
Rate of Uninsured Kids Declines, More Children Living in Poverty

Rate of Uninsured Kids Declines, More Children Living in Poverty

According to a report released Nov. 25 by Families USA, the number of American children without...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 14:20

Shaking a Crying Baby Might Cause Brain Damage

Cologne, Germany - A crying baby should never be shaken as this can cause severe brain damage or...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 09:58
Health Care Reform, a Difficult Mission for Barack Obama

Health Care Reform, a Difficult Mission for Barack Obama

Health care reform was one of the central issues in his campaign. Barack Obama has proposed major...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 14:10
Health Insurance Costs – A Burden for Most Americans

Health Insurance Costs – A Burden for Most Americans

Health insurance continues to be a big issue for Americans and a fiery subject of debate for both...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 14:11
3 Percent of American Children Are Unisured, with an Insured Parent

3 Percent of American Children Are Unisured, with an Insured Parent

More than 2 million American children have no health insurance because their parents can’t afford...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 16:00
Census: 1 in 6 People Living in the US Lacked Health Insurance in 2005

Census: 1 in 6 People Living in the US Lacked Health Insurance in 2005

Health insurance continues to be a major problem for Americans, according to a report released...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 15:35
Obama, McCain Have Different Visions of the Health Care System

Obama, McCain Have Different Visions of the Health Care System

Both presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are promising to expand healthcare...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:30
Pain Relievers Lower PSA Levels, May Affect Prostate Screening

Pain Relievers Lower PSA Levels, May Affect Prostate Screening

Pain relievers like aspirin and ibuprofen appear to lower a man’s PSA level, which is measured...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 15:00
Employers Pay More For Insurance, Plan To Make Employees Bear Costs

Employers Pay More For Insurance, Plan To Make Employees Bear Costs

Employers across the country are paying more for health insurance and are trying to transfer at...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 22:49
American Health Insurance, Census Report, Positive and Negative Aspects

American Health Insurance, Census Report, Positive and Negative Aspects

As the findings of a recent study conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed, the number of...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 13:30
Massachusetts Knows Good Health Insurance Policy

Massachusetts Knows Good Health Insurance Policy

Tuesday, United Stated Census Bureau officials announced that the number of Americans without...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 17:38

Controversial Census Report Says the Number of Uninsured Americans Declines

As it was reported earlier this week by the US Census Bureau, the number of Americans without...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 15:43
Number of U.S. Residents Who Lack Health Insurance Drops

Number of U.S. Residents Who Lack Health Insurance Drops

A recent study conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed the surprising fact that, for the first...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 23:39

The West Is The Best - Fitness Wise

A study published by the American College of Sports and Medicine, ACMS, found that the fittest...
» read full story May 31st, 2008 - 22:37
Mental Illness Translates in Billions in Lost Earnings for the US

Mental Illness Translates in Billions in Lost Earnings for the US

Mental illnesses became not only a national problem, but they also cost Americans at least $193...
» read full story May 10th, 2008 - 12:58
Studying More Adds Years to Your Life

Studying More Adds Years to Your Life

The more you study, the better your chances to live longer are, a new study by the Harvard School...
» read full story March 12th, 2008 - 12:08
Healthy Lifestyle Is the Secret to Longer Life, Researchers Say

Healthy Lifestyle Is the Secret to Longer Life, Researchers Say

Not smoking, regular exercise, maintaining normal weight, and avoiding diabetes and high blood...
» read full story February 12th, 2008 - 11:23
Mayor of Oklahoma City Takes Care of Residents' Girth

Mayor of Oklahoma City Takes Care of Residents' Girth

Mick Cornett, mayor of Oklahoma City, proposed one very challenging and unusual New Year’s...
» read full story January 07th, 2008 - 10:41
Vermont at the Top of Healthy States

Vermont at the Top of Healthy States

Vermont sub-classed Minnesota this year regarding the general healthiest state according to a...
» read full story November 06th, 2007 - 13:45
47 Million Americans Living without Health Insurance

47 Million Americans Living without Health Insurance

The latest estimates from the US Census Bureau indicate that the number of uninsured Americans has...
» read full story September 03rd, 2007 - 13:03
US Painkillers Demand Higher Than Ever

US Painkillers Demand Higher Than Ever

The amount of painkillers sold at retail establishments is an alarm highlighting either that...
» read full story August 21st, 2007 - 14:47
Low Life Expectancy In The US

Low Life Expectancy In The US

Americans’ life span cannot equal life expectancy in 41 other countries, according to a new...
» read full story August 15th, 2007 - 12:36
American Adolescents Playing It Safe

American Adolescents Playing It Safe

An extensive government report on US youth shows high school students have a wiser approach to sex:...
» read full story July 13th, 2007 - 13:29
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U.S.

US jobless rate reaches 8.9 per cent, less than expected

Washington - The US unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 per cent in April, its highest level since...
» read full story May 08th, 2009 - 19:34
CMS Releases New Nursing Home Ratings

CMS Releases New Nursing Home Ratings

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released on Thursday quality ratings for each of...
» read full story December 19th, 2008 - 15:54
CDC Declares Vermont City the Healthiest in the U.S.

CDC Declares Vermont City the Healthiest in the U.S.

Recently, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released a...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 18:54
Veterans Day Celebrated on November 11

Veterans Day Celebrated on November 11

Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, Veterans Day, a day dedicated to the...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 16:30

US voters throng polling stations in historic election

Washington/Chicago - Tens of thousands of US voters waited patiently in serpentine queues Tuesday...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 20:34

Generational war in Florida over Obama and McCain

Miami - As if it were a generational war, Florida's Cuban- Americans are divided by age over...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 06:46
3 Percent Of American Children Are Unisured, With An Insured Parent

3 Percent Of American Children Are Unisured, With An Insured Parent

More than 2 million American children have no health insurance because their parents can’t afford...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 06:14
Study: Many U.S. Children Are Uninsured, Even Though Their Parents Have Health Insurance

Study: Many U.S. Children Are Uninsured, Even Though Their Parents Have Health Insurance

A study published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association has revealed that...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 21:58

New "Working Poor" in United States Cannot Make Ends Meet

Washington - The new "working poor" in the United States have all the things expected of...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 10:02
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People

Census: Hispanics Are the Fastest Growing Minority Population

Census: Hispanics Are the Fastest Growing Minority Population

New Census figures released Thursday indicate that Hispanics continue to be the...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 15:09
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Technology

CNNIC: Chinese Netizens Nearly Equal United States Population

CNNIC: Chinese Netizens Nearly Equal United States Population

If last year in June, it was announced that China had become global leader in number of Internet...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 16:36
Microsoft to Sponsor Open Source Initiative

Microsoft to Sponsor Open Source Initiative

Microsoft has signed a deal with Open Source Census, a project aimed at finding out what open...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 19:05
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Science

NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Will Be Launched on Friday

NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Will Be Launched on Friday

A U.S. orbiting telescope designed to help answer one of the oldest and deepest questions of...
» read full story March 05th, 2009 - 21:10
Study Finds Common Species For Both Polar Seas

Study Finds Common Species For Both Polar Seas

A marine census released on Monday has documented 7,500 species in the Antarctic and 5,500 in the...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 13:48
Study: 235 Species In Arctic and Antarctic Waters Possibly Identical

Study: 235 Species In Arctic and Antarctic Waters Possibly Identical

The Arctic and Antarctic regions don’t seem to offer the friendliest conditions for life...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 13:56
Same Species Found at Both Poles

Same Species Found at Both Poles

New findings about the marine life show that there are 7,500 species living in the Antarctic and...
» read full story February 15th, 2009 - 20:56
235 Species Found In Both The Arctic And The Antarctic Areas

235 Species Found In Both The Arctic And The Antarctic Areas

A large international project, called Census of Marine Life, pointed out a rather surprising fact,...
» read full story February 15th, 2009 - 20:45
Satellite Collision Debris to Orbit Earth for Thousands of Years

Satellite Collision Debris to Orbit Earth for Thousands of Years

The unprecedented collision between U.S. and Russian communications satellites could further damage...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 17:56
Underwater World Revelation: Octopus Common Ancestor Still Alive!

Underwater World Revelation: Octopus Common Ancestor Still Alive!

The secrets of the underwater world have always been a challenge for scientists trying to connect...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 14:00
Enigmatic Antarctica - Amazing Giant Species Of Mollusks Found

Enigmatic Antarctica - Amazing Giant Species Of Mollusks Found

Eight weeks of voyage ended successfully for scientists aboard Tangaroa, after discovering...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 13:14
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Specials

Too Many Fast-Food Restaurants Lead to an Increased Number of Strokes

Too Many Fast-Food Restaurants Lead to an Increased Number of Strokes

Researchers present at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference...
» read full story February 21st, 2009 - 13:30
Study: Polar Oceans Populated by a Large Number of Species

Study: Polar Oceans Populated by a Large Number of Species

  Monday, a marine census revealed that there were 7,500 documented species in the Antarctic...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 17:51
Census of Marine Life: Amazing Marine Life Discoveries Announced

Census of Marine Life: Amazing Marine Life Discoveries Announced

According to a "Census of Marine Life," a complex project that is trying to map the...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 21:46

Maternity Tourist Boom Brings Midwife Crisis to Hong Kong

Hong Kong - Like most things from the cradle to the grave in Hong Kong, it used to be simply a...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 09:37
Health Insurance – A Major Problem in the US

Health Insurance – A Major Problem in the US

US Census Bureau released a report this week according to which only one in six people living in...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 13:55

Update2: Number Of Americans Without Health Insurance Drops

According to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday, the number of Americans...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 16:19
America’s Health Insurance Rates, Median Income Increase,Census Bureau Says

America’s Health Insurance Rates, Median Income Increase,Census Bureau Says

America’s poverty rate remained flat in 2007 as median household income edged upward, according to...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 13:00
Report: San Francisco - The Fittest City in the US

Report: San Francisco - The Fittest City in the US

A scientific analysis by the American College of Sports Medicine released at its annual meeting in...
» read full story June 01st, 2008 - 09:44
Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as obesity, high blood pressure, different...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 11:38
The 108th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count

The 108th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count

The annual Audubon Christmas bird count is already tradition. This year, the funny, though...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 20:07
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World

New Orleans Evacuated As Hurricane Gustav Closing In

New Orleans Evacuated As Hurricane Gustav Closing In

Last night, mayor Ray Nagin demanded a quick evacuation of New Orleans, meant to protect the...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 16:41

Hurricane Gustav hits Cuba, heads to Gulf Coast

Havana/Washington - Gustav strengthened to a dangerous category 4 hurricane late Saturday, as it...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 10:28
Democrats, Obama take convention to Hispanic territory

Democrats, Obama take convention to Hispanic territory

Washington (dpa) - The mile-high city of Denver in the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado and its...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 07:28

Tropical Storm Edouard slams Texas

Tropical Storm Edouard slammed into the Texas coast near the Louisiana border on Tuesday morning,...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 20:22
Women Who Savagely Tortured 5 Year Old Have Been Arrested

Women Who Savagely Tortured 5 Year Old Have Been Arrested

Two women who the Los Angeles police say tortured a 5-year-old boy have been finally aprehended....
» read full story June 15th, 2008 - 17:21

US Study Shows Modern-Day Immigrants Adapt Quickly

A study on immigrants’ integration conducted by a Duke University economist and sponsored by the...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 14:37
Mothers Celebrated For The 100th Time

Mothers Celebrated For The 100th Time

Sunday was the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day celebration, a holiday that pays tribute to...
» read full story May 11th, 2008 - 12:21
Hispanics are US’ Largest, Fastest-Growing Minority

Hispanics are US’ Largest, Fastest-Growing Minority

According to a survey carried out by Census Bureau, the nation's largest and fastest-growing...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 12:16

Old Fashioned Census in 2010

It seems that the much planned 2010 census will fail to be made using high technology as it was...
» read full story April 04th, 2008 - 15:24
Free Rides For Senior Citizens

Free Rides For Senior Citizens

The Regional Transportation Authority met on Monday to vote the implementation of the legislation...
» read full story January 29th, 2008 - 13:22
Thamilchelvan’s Death Not to Affect Peace

Thamilchelvan’s Death Not to Affect Peace

According to Sri Lanka’s government the death of S. P. Thamilchelvan, chief of the...
» read full story November 06th, 2007 - 15:07
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Business

U.S. New Home Sales Hit Seven Year Low

U.S. New Home Sales Hit Seven Year Low

The U.S. Census Bureau announced that sales of new homes fell by 8.3 percent last month, which is...
» read full story September 27th, 2007 - 19:41
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