News tagged with health market
Researchers create dynamic view of city based on Foursquare check-in data
The millions of "check-ins" generated by foursquare, the location-based social networking site, can be used to create a dynamic view of a city's workings and character, Carnegie Mellon University researchers say. In contrast ...
May 01, 2012 |
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Industry says Africa fastest growing mobile market
(AP) -- Sure, 24-year-old Gertrude Kitongo cherishes a cell phone as a link to family and friends, from her grandmother in a Ugandan village to former schoolmates in Zimbabwe.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine
Some guy in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information designed to help speed diagnoses and treatments.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 22, 2011 |
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World leaders to discuss junk food ad ban at UN
(AP) -- The U.N. health agency says world leaders will discuss efforts to clamp down on junk food marketing to children when they meet in New York on Sept 19-20.
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Would convenient access to affordable fresh produce improve eating habits?
Drop that doughnut. In a study called "Good to Go," funded by a nearly $3.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, health researchers at Brown University will test whether setting up a low-priced, fresh produce ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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30 million women to benefit from health reform law
Thirty million women will benefit from the new health reform law over the next decade, either through new or strengthened insurance coverage, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. In the first analysis of ...
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Health of future generations determined by childhood conditions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A growing body of economic research, published in the latest issue of Research in Public Policy, finds compelling evidence that the conditions to which children are exposed in their early and even foetal ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2010 |
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Social marketing changes with times to promote social change
Fasten your seatbelt. Get that flu shot. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Turn off the light when you're not in the room. Save money for your retirement.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 25, 2010 |
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HIV-positive women are less likely to find work than men affected by the virus
Juan Oliva, a researcher at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) explores the relationship between the employment status of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-positive individuals and socioeconomic ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 03, 2010 |
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Couples are better able to cope with health shocks than singles: study
Marital status plays a significant role in how individuals cope economically with disability and health shocks, according to a working paper by University of British Columbia economists Giovanni Gallipoli and Laura Turner.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Marketing a 'spoonful of sugar'
Your kids won't wear their seatbelts, take their vitamins or brush their teeth? A new study by Tel Aviv University offers a simple formula that will get better compliance in the kid department -- and has implications for ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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When East meets West: Why consumers turn to alternative medicine
Alternative health remedies are increasingly important in the health care marketplace. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores how consumers choose among the many available remedies.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Medical imaging's growth leaves standards in the dust, critics say
Medical imaging is such a growth industry that even the owner of the Dallas Cowboys has gone into the business. At Blue Star Imaging in Irving, Texas, Cowboys jerseys hang in the lobby, and miniature NFL helmets line a shelf. ...
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Do labour market trends worsen mental health in the young?
Mental health in young people worsens in line with trends in the labour market. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health studied data from 1985 to 2002 and found that, across ten European countrie ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Better care, pay less: Some communities find a way
(AP) -- If you pay the mechanic $1,000 to fix your transmission and it breaks again next week, the garage should find and fix the problem for free. So if you get an infection following open-heart surgery ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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