Society

From Ascribe Newsfeed: Two out of three community-based Goodwill agencies are helping Hispanics find jobs, but a majority say a large percentage of the population is not getting what they need. A three-year Goodwill research project, funded by a grant…

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Gay and bisexual men may be at far higher risk for eating disorders than heterosexual men, according to a study conducted at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. In the first population-based study of…

From Ascribe Newsfeed: “The recent investigation by the New York Attorney General has revealed yet another deep flaw with our current system of federal financial aid. “With the revelations that financial aid offices promoted certain student loan issuers in exchange…

From washingtonpost.com : The chairman of the Senate education committee urged the Bush administration yesterday to block student loan companies from accessing a national database that holds confidential information on tens of millions of students. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), came…

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: We all know that eating fruits, vegetables and soy products provides essential nutrition for a healthy lifestyle, while obesity leads to the opposite. Now, in laboratory experiments, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles,…

From New York Times: AARP, the lobby for older Americans, announced Monday that it would become a major participant in the nation’s health insurance market, offering a health maintenance organization to Medicare recipients and several other products to people 50…

From New York Times: Through its Medicaid program, New York spends far more than other states on drug and alcohol treatment, including more than $300 million a year paid to hospitals for more than 30,000 detox patients. One reason for…

From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Utah prevention agencies are distributing preprinted sticky notes that parents can slap on liquor bottles at home as a warning to children against underage drinking. Read more from this post….

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A team of researchers, including an economist from Arizona State University, have studied the growth of cities in different parts of the world and have come up with general equations that can foretell their consumption…

From Ascribe Newsfeed: The tragic shooting at Virginia Tech, which today leaves families devastated and a university community in shock, is the latest example of rising gun violence in America. The Joyce Foundation has long supported research on causes and…