Joint-custody arrangements good for children of divorce -- but only if there is no parental conflict
...on the most important factor in all of this -- the welfare of a child", she said....Study finds obesity not associated with efficacy of tamoxifen for early-stage breast cancer
...cancers and mortality, it may affect the long-term welfare of breast cancer survivors, the authors say....Welfare recipients will not seek help if it is too far away, study says
...asing body of evidence that significant numbers of welfare recipients experience barriers to employment. Ment...a range of support services that can help those on welfare overcome common barriers to employment," said Scott W. Allard, assistant professor of political scie...NYU Child Study Center raises nearly $3.2 million at annual child advocacy award dinner
... their commitment to the health, education and the welfare of children and young adults. "If you look at all the categories of cost at Harvard, mental health is one of the ones that has increased most rapidly over the last decade," said Honoree Larry Summers. "And there is no money the University sp...Universit de Montral receives US$11.7 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
... and services that are essential for improving the welfare of African populations." "The Gates Foundation is pleased to be part of this important effort to strengthen human and institutional leadership and research capacity in Francophone Africa," said Helene Gayle, director of the Gates Foundation's HIV, T...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2004 class of inventors
...e nominee's invention must have contributed to the welfare of society and have promoted the progress of science and the useful arts. All nominations are reviewed by the Selection Committee, comprised of representatives from national science and technology organizations....High association between welfare, poor health: Study
Canadians on welfare have significantly higher odds of reporting poor p...97 National Population Health Survey revealed that welfare recipients were more likely to report poor or fair health, depression and distress than people not o...UK industry is the loser from parallel trade in pharmaceuticals
...n investigated the impact of parallel trade on the welfare of consumers, purchasers and producers in UK. "Our...h care policies involve the enhancement of patient welfare while the industrial policy aims at strengthening the economic efficiency, competitiveness, and inno...Injuries to children show definite patterns
... attention. And children under 10 from families on welfare are 59 per cent more likely than their non-welfare counterparts to sustain four of more injuries that require medical attention. "There is abundant evidence that shows children from low socio-economic backgrounds suffer more health problems than chi...Environmental inequities cluster to harm poor children
...k factors can profoundly compromise the health and welfare of children in low-income families in the United States and could affect a child's life as an adult, says a noted Cornell University environmental and developmental psychologist. "Low-income children are disproportionately exposed to a daunting array...For foster children, unstable placements have higher healthcare costs
...a Department of Public Welfare. Medicaid and child welfare data were successfully linked for all children in the sample population. Multiple placements and episodic foster care both increased the predicted probability of high mental health service use. Higher physical health care costs also increased the pro...North Shore-LIJ attains accreditation of human research protections processes
...e have made a commitment to protect the safety and welfare of human subjects participating in research within the health system," said Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP, the health system's senior vice president of corporate relations and health affairs and the institutional official for BRANY. As BRANY's instituti...Cedars-Sinai receives full AAHRPP accreditation for all research involving human subjects
...ources related to the protection of the rights and welfare of research participants were examined. "Being a...) at Cedars-Sinai serves to protect the rights and welfare of patients participating in research at the Medical Center. The IRB has the authority to review, a...Incentive-based intervention with nutritional component improves health status of children in Mexico
...ct of the large-scale, incentive-based development welfare program in Mexico, Progresa (Program for Education, Health, and Nutrition, currently called Oportunidades). Progresa has been applied by the Mexican federal government since 1997. As part of the program, children and pregnant and lactating women in...Female & black legislators more likely than others to prioritize children's health
...tors are more likely to introduce bills related to welfare and education policy. But no study had looked at child health bills. Overall, Davis and Upston found that health bills of any kind comprised 6.2 percent of all bills introduced in three states, and that health bills were among the top five categories...Minorities worry public health system won't respond fairly in a bioterrorist event
... It may also be necessary to address provisions of welfare and immigration laws in order to design and implement an effective response to a bioterrorist attack, the study says. "Improving perceptions that public health agencies will respond fairly to bioterrorism events will additionally enhance their capaci...Vietnamese doctor to receive human rights award from NY Academy of Sciences
...esponsibility as a medical doctor committed to the welfare and health care of the Vietnamese people and for p... Vietnam and demanded the government invest in the welfare of the people and reductions in the military. Charged with "activities aimed at overthrowing the Pe...Generation gap widened in social spending for elders compared to children
Per capita social welfare spending for elders was four times greater than fo...Hospital of Philadelphia examined trends in social welfare spending for children and elders from 1980 to 2000 and the relationship of national economic trends ...Increased investment in radiotherapy will improve cure rates for European cancer patients
...asing the resources to match, results in patients' welfare being jeopardised", explained Prof. Baumann. "Increased waiting times can result in tumours growing beyond a 'curative size' or in tumours metastasising. For tumours to grow beyond a curable size takes weeks or even months", emphasised Prof. Baumann....... employment reduces the chronic drug use of female welfare recipients. "Our research yielded such signif...istant with Affiliated Systems, Montoya found that welfare reform primarily designed to transition women from welfare to work also may be a significant facto...