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Foster parents receive more support than kinship caregivers, study finds

Children who are placed with a relative because of mistreatment at home fare better in some areas than those placed in foster care, but they may have a higher risk of substance use and teenage pregnancy.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mistreatment in Chinese elders perceived as a pervasive problem

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mistreatment of older Chinese adults in the U.S. is perceived to be a pervasive, but underreported, problem, according to a study that used community focus groups composed of elders to explore the issue. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

African-American seniors at twice the risk for mental abuse, 5 times for financial exploitation

In the first population-based survey to indicate a racial disparity in the psychological abuse of senior citizens, University of Pittsburgh researchers found that African American seniors could be twice as likely to be mistreated ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3 Google execs convicted of privacy violations

(AP) -- Three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations Wednesday in Italy because bullies posted a video online of an autistic boy being abused - a case closely watched due to its implications for Internet ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Google trial in Italy: freedom v. responsibility

(AP) -- Testimony begins Tuesday in the Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Australia tries tough love to heal Aboriginal woes

(AP) -- Along the dusty red road that leads from the lonely airstrip into town, the signs flash by: "No alcohol," says one. "Petrol sniffing kills," admonishes another. "Don't bring gunja into our town," ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

People with parents who fight are more likely to have mental health problems in later life

People with parents who were violent to each other are more likely to have mental health problems when they grow up, reveals research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research finds America's elderly suffering abuse

A new study concludes that nearly 13 percent of America's aged citizens suffer some form of abuse. Specifically, nine percent of adults reported they have suffered from verbal mistreatment, 3.5 percent suffer financial mistreatment, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

More than 10 percent of older Americans suffer mistreatment

About 13 percent of elderly Americans are mistreated, most commonly by someone who verbally mistreats or financially takes advantage of them, according to a University of Chicago study that is the first comprehensive look ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Actions of individuals key to saving biodiversity-and ourselves

Even if you don't like the outdoors, you're probably pretty fond of air, clean water and food. That makes you a fan of biodiversity, because those essentials for life-human and otherwise-are maintained as a direct result ...

Biology /

created Aug 11, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0


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