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How to escape the American jobs depression

The Reverend Al Sharpton and various labor unions have announced a March for Jobs. But I'm afraid we’ll need more than marches to get jobs back. Since the start of the Great Recession at the end of 2007, America's potenti [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

How to attack America’s jobs depression

Barack Obama will unveil his plan for US jobs on Thursday evening. Some of the president’s advisors have been urging what might be termed Plan A. Others insist on Plan B. We will soon know which prevails – but my betting, unfo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression Growing in American Colleges

Psychological counselors at colleges across America are getting busier as more students grapple with more serious mental health problems, according to an article published in the New York Times on December 19 and a study released by the [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

American woman gives birth to record eight babies

A Californian woman has made history after giving birth to six boys and two girls.It is believed to be only the second time in history that live octuplets have been born and survived more than a few hours.The mother, who was not identified, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Half of all Americans have poor eyesight: study

Half of all Americans have some sort of vision problem, most of them myopia or astigmatism, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. This is far higher than previous estimates, the team at the National Eye Institute reported in the Archives of [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

More Americans Delay Health Care

An increasing array of Americans, many with health insurance, are delaying or forgoing medical care because of concern about cost, according to a report from the Center for Studying Health System Change. About 20% of the respondents in a 2 [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Great American smoke what?

Michelle Lamar says she smoked for 14 years and never knew there was a national day to quit smoking. Nor did she care.“People aren’t going to stop smoking until they’re ready,” said Lamar, a 30-year-old ex-smoker who [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2007 | Comments : 0

smoking risk for african americans

New research has suggested that race may be an important factor in susceptibility to environmental tobacco smoke. The study was done in response to higher rates of asthma, sudden-infant death syndrome and low birth weight in African [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Chain Restaurants Encourage Americans To Over Eat Says Watch...

US watchdog has accused chain restaurants with encouraging Amerians to overeat. Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).are demanding nutritional information from all chain restaurants. $HOME$ "With appetizers, entr&e [...]