News tagged with general public
Companies ask: Does advertising on Facebook pay?
(AP) -- Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesday that it would sell more stock in the company's initial public offering. But ahead of the IPO, a debate emerged between two of the nation's ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Facebook is 2nd largest US IPO ever
Facebook's launch on to the Nasdaq on Friday will raise $16.4 billion dollars, making it the second largest initial public offering on US markets ever.
May 18, 2012 |
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Americans move dramatically toward acceptance of homosexuality
Although sharply divided, public attitudes toward gays and lesbians are rapidly changing to reflect greater acceptance, with younger generations leading the way, research by NORC at the University of Chicago ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2011 |
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What are the most effective ways of promoting physical exercise in adults?
A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine has found that of six interventions promoting exercise in adults in Australia, encouraging the use of pedometers - simple step counting devices that can be ...
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Tolerance grows for a wide variety of groups, except for Muslim extremists
Although Americans are increasingly tolerant of the open expression of a variety of views, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 have made most Americans reluctant to extend those freedoms to Muslim extremists, research ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Look to overweight for source of U.S. health problems
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin came to Berkeley’s Alumni House Thursday to deliver her “vision of a healthy and fit nation.” But the day’s most burning health question, at least in the minds of the ...
Medicine & Health / Overweight and Obesity
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual individuals risk psychiatric disorders from discriminatory policies
A Mailman School of Public Health study examining the effects of institutional discrimination on the psychiatric health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals found an increase in psychiatric disorders among the LGB ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Ala. doctor could bring attention to moribund post
(AP) -- The U.S. Surgeon General has been described as "the nation's doctor," a "national nanny" and the person who puts warning labels on cigarette packs. But lately, the position has been mostly called ...
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Culture change to encourage whistleblowing needed, says expert
Greater statutory protection, support from regulatory bodies and, above all, a culture change to encourage whistleblowing are required to protect patients and clinicians, according to an editorial published on bmj.com today.
May 27, 2009 |
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