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They’re trendy, career-driven and childfree, yet working singles are the unhappiest lot, says a new Australian research.
The Australian population has been divided by “profilers” into five categories in a bid to understand their lives and issues that impact well-being. The new social categories are- connected retirees who are happy but possibly poor, financially secure working co...
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gory and bucolic all at once, cockfights have drawn crowds to small-time pits and full-blown arenas in towns around Louisiana for generations. By the end of this week, they'll be against the law. Everywhere.
On Friday, Louisiana will become the last state to outlaw the rooster fights, a move that cockfighting enthusiasts say marks the end of a rich rural tradition.
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Controlling body weight is a complicated process, as any frustrated dieter might attest. But as scientists continue to investigate the brain's intricate neurocircuitry and its role in maintaining energy balance, they are forming a clearer picture of the myriad events that lead to weight gain and weight loss.
In the August 10 on-line issue of Nature Neuroscience, a study led by scientists...
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LONDON (AFP) — The euro clawed back ground on Monday after hitting a five-month low point against the dollar on concern about fighting between Georgia and Russia, and signs of slowing eurozone growth, dealers said.
In morning deals, the European single currency stood at 1.5065 dollars after touching 1.4907 in Asian trade. That was the lowest point since February 26 and compared wit...
But Fulginiti — or "Fulg," as he's known informally in the halls of UHS — will remain on in the district in a position that will bring him closer to the student body.
In a phone interview last week, board member Ed Wandersee confirmed Fulginiti's new title as director of student life.
"It's an opportunity for him to be able to follow and be involved in an are...
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According to the Better Hearing Institute, more than 31 million Americans are hearing impaired including 10 million baby boomers, yet research indicates that only 20 percent of those affected seek treatment. A recent AARP member survey found that approximately six million AARP members reported hearing loss.
'Hearing l...
Health care costs are expected to rise more than 10 percent into next year, according to a survey of insurers by Aon Consulting Worldwide.
But that increase is the smallest Aon has seen in six years. Experts say it shows that efforts to tame costs, such as employee wellness or disease management programs, may be paying off.
"There's a variety of tactics that employers have been emp...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a few simple changes in their Senate offices, both presidential candidates could improve their health, relationships and maybe even get a few more votes, says Taylor Vance, a Feng Shui consultant.
John McCain's Senate office is eclectic and cluttered.
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese philosophy that examines how a person's environment affects his life....
CALGARY — An Egyptian state-owned firm has agreed to buy out most of the US$1.4-billion nitrogen plant it was jointly building with Agrium Inc. (TSX:AGU), meaning the Canadian fertilizer giant will not have to take a writedown on its investment in the troubled project.
Under a deal announced Monday, MISR Oil Processing (MOPCO) will acquire the EAgrium facility, which was nixed by t...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Responding to growing consumer anxiety, California lawmakers are considering enacting what could be the first statewide restrictions on a chemical found in plastic baby bottles and infant formula cans.
The bill would require that all products or food containers designed for children 3 years and younger contain only trace amounts of the chemical, bisphenol ...
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - (Marketwire - Aug. 11, 2008) - The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Federal Minister of Health,along with the Honourable Angus MacIsaac, Deputy Premier, Province of Nova Scotia,and Chief Lawrence Paul, Co-Chair of the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs (APC),will annou...
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More than a third of GPs are unable to read their patients' hepatitis C test results, according to a new poll.
Even when they do read them correctly, some fail to follow up with patients, despite nine out of 10 GPs routinely administering the tests, it found.
The poll of 200 UK GPs was carried out by ICM Healthcare on behalf of The Hepatitis C Trust.
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Bad behaviour by Britons abroad has seen a soaring number of arrests in Spain and France, Foreign Office (FO) figures have confirmed.
Britons on foreign trips have also particularly fallen foul of the authorities in Cyprus, the USA and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the FO statistics showed.
Based on figures covering the period April 2006 to March 2007, the FO statistics showed tha...
DETROIT — Gary Sheffield and Jim Leyland might just have to agree to disagree.
Sheffield said he wants to play every day and the nine-time all-star feels he's in a platoon for the Detroit Tigers. He also said he doesn't think he should be solely a designated hitter.
Leyland said he's "flabbergasted" by Sheffield's comments, which were published in a Boston Globe story and...
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