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Curb the Pocket Money, Curb the Problem Drinking

Youths who receive more than 10 a week in spending money and who buy alcohol for themselves are more likely to become 'problem drinkers', a survey of over 10,000 teenagers reveals. Mark A Bellis from Liverpool John Moores University and colleagues studied the results of an alcohol questionnaire given an...

States' Spending may Help Keep Childless Seniors Independent

...e, prior to this study, to show that spending more money on these services helps seniors avoid or delay placement in a nursing home." Some states spend as little as $35 per person each year on home- and community-based services for seniors, while other states spend more than $1,300 per person annually, a...

Medical Marijuana Activist Drops Lawsuit

...juana use neither crosses state lines nor involves money changing hands. The U.S. Supreme Court heard the case in November 2004 and in June 2005 ruled 6-3 to uphold the federal ban, finding that even marijuana grown in back yards for personal medical use can affect or contribute to the illegal interstat...

Higher Gas Prices Leave Many Workers Running on Empty

...ice of gas has significantly reduced the amount of money they have to spend on other things, while 45 percent reported the need to pay off debts more slowly or not at all. Finally, 26 percent indicated that the cost of gas has necessitated going without basics such as heat or air conditioning, or even cutt...

Making Change: The Cost of Being Transgender

...es," she said of the men with whom she has sex for money . Anxiously, she brushes her long dark hair off her slight shoulders and out of her smoky eyes. Once you know that Kenyatta, 22, was born a male, her large hands and Adam's apple seem obvious. But at first -- and even second - glance, there is li...

Love Says Chanting Helps Decides About Cobain's Possessions

...o hours tonight and really thought about where the money should go." She is deciding between having a private sale or an auction and using the proceeds to establish a foundation, said people.com. She hopes to also "do good works with the proceeds, works that would create artists and promote them to stop ...

Taking The Bull By The Horns- Australia To Tackle Bullying In Schools

...r all talk and no action.'He's not prepared to put money in to support the important work that government schools are already doing on this issue,' she says. According to Andrew Blair, president of the Australian Secondary Principals Association, the issue is a chronic lack of funding for schools. 'Sch...

Rent-A Body Scam Busted

... to undergo unnecessary procedures in exchange for money or low-cost cosmetic surgeries. The arrests brin...y to receive unnecessary surgeries in exchange for money or low cost cosmetic surgery. The recruitment of patients, or "capping," is illegal in California. I...

Quality Improvement Effort Pays Off in Diabetes Care

Spending money to improve diabetes care at federally qualified co...ed community health centers (FQHCs) routinely lose money on health care improvement programs. The added costs are borne by the health centers and by state an...

US Hospital Group Offers Warranty on Surgeries

...rgeries generally suffer in silence, cough up more money to get things right. Some do move the courts , with mixed results. And here comes the news that a hospital group in central Pennsylvania is offering warranty on its workmanship, charging a flat fee that includes 90 days of follow-up treatment. Ev...

Moves To Improve War Veterans Health Taken

...eir concerns. VA officials announced in March that money for a new outpatient clinic was included in the 2007 federal budget. In addition, the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on Tuesday by voice vote approved six veterans' health care bills that would expand free care for war veterans, establish brain ...

University of Arkansas to Ban Tobacco from Its Campus

...mpus organizations will not be permitted to accept money or gifts from tobacco companies. Littering the campus with the remains of tobacco products also is prohibited. We have a comprehensive policy, and we have strong support across the campus community, said Serafini. The key to successfully implementi...

Aggressive Family Planning Sparks Riots in China

...many kids," another said. "If the farmers had no money they took things from them," the resident said. It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the riot, how long the fines had been imposed or how many families had been involved. Critics say China's family planning policy has led to forced abortions, s...

American State Lawmakers Make Moves To Tackle Autism

...te the task force on adult autism and provide more money for research and treatment. The proposals, pushed by Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts Jr., were approved in March by the Assembly. The approval by the Senate health committee on Monday means they can now be considered by the full Senate. Says bil...

Work Less to Sustain Planet Earth, Say Activists

...ls in its wake. "Earning more often means spending money in ways that are environmentally detrimental. We...ompensate for lack of time, you actually need more money to work those extra hours," says Monique Tilford, acting executive director of the Centre for a New ...

Cemetery Tourism, the New Catchword in US

Historic cemeteries in the US, desperate for money to pay for badly needed restorations, are reaching out to the public in ever more unusual ways, with dog parades, bird-watching lectures, Sunday jazz concerts, brunches with star chefs, Halloween parties in the crematory and even a nudie calendar. ...

Researchers Discover Starch Cocktail Fuel for green Car

...f hydrogen. "Most car companies are putting some money into developing hydrogen cars. A straightforward, cheap strategy like this will be important in allowing hydrogen energy technologies to come into common use, said Kylie Vincent of Oxford University in the UK. Zhang, who plans to make a prototype ...

Binge Drinking Leads to Neurocognitive Deficits Among College Students

...ose" money. The goal of the game is to win as much money as possible. Decks A and B have a total penalty of $1250 for every ten cards; C and D have a total penalty of $250 for every ten cards). Thus, A and B are "bad decks," and C and D are "good decks." "We found that stable high-binge drinking, startin...

Cyclists to Ride for a Cause: To Create Awareness on AIDS

...se a record $9 million. No other event raises more money in the fight against AIDS. AIDS/LifeCycle has been a major force in raising awareness about the continued effect of HIV and the growing need for services as the number of people living with the disease grows. Over the course of the weeklong event, ...

June is National Scleroderma Awareness Month

... Scleroderma Foundation. "Though these walks raise money through pledged donations, the primary purpose of the walks is to educate the public on the effects of scleroderma." State chapters and support groups affiliated with the Scleroderma Foundation will also work to raise awareness through media campai...

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