News tagged with welfare recipients

Social anxiety disorder puts welfare recipients at risk for economic hardship

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women on welfare who suffer from social anxiety find it harder to work—and leave welfare—than women without the disorder, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Social welfare cuts ultimately come with heavy price, researchers say

(Phys.org) -- Slashing government funding for Medicaid, food stamps and other programs that serve the poor – while politically popular with some lawmakers and many conservatives – may do more harm ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (27) | comments 220

Extreme poverty: 2.8 million children in the U.S. live on $2 per day

(PhysOrg.com) -- One in five households with children in poverty are surviving on the cash equivalent of a half gallon of milk per person per day in a given month.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 24

A new year fir the Euro: What could happen and why Americans should be concerned

Despite a slowly improving U.S. economy, Americans have watched the stock market continue on its roller coaster ride, in large part because of uncertainty about the economic future of European countries, such as Greece, Portugal, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find amplification of bias in advice to the unidentified and many

Professionals often give advice to many anonymous people. For example, financial analysts give public recommendations to buy, hold or sell stock, and medical experts formulate clinical guidelines that affect many patients.

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created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doing good with operations research

For Northwestern University's Karen Smilowitz, the term "industrial engineering" is a bit of a misnomer. It evokes the image of the engineer in a factory with a stopwatch in hand, making sure production is as efficient as ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intrafamilial medically assisted reproduction

The ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law acknowledges the benefits that IMAR may bring to those choosing this approach and concludes that certain forms of IMAR are morally acceptable under certain conditions. The group advises ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows unemployment programs lacking for people with disabilities

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Kansas study, published recently in the Career Development Quarterly, shows two major federal programs have inadequacies in aiding people with physical or mental health impairments.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Are shame and poverty closely linked?

(PhysOrg.com) -- A major international study is to examine whether shame is a key part of the experience of being poor. It will look at whether being poor necessarily results in low self esteem or feelings ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

It's the little things: Everyday gratitude as a booster shot for romantic relationships

Our busy lives sometimes feel like they are spinning out of control, and we lose track of the little things we can do to add meaning to our lives and make our loved ones feel appreciated. A new article in Personal Relationships points ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Obesity bias based on disgust: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Negative attitudes towards obese people are based on an emotional response of disgust, a new study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4


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