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...Although other experts largely agree that governments - and ultimately taxpayers - will end up footing a hefty bill for all the stimulus money, some don't believe this will necessarily mean that Europe's modest growth rates are doomed to slip back into the red. Eric Heyer, an economist at the French Economic Observatory in Paris, says the official forecasts of continued modest growth are feasible - although that doesn't mean an immediate recovery for many nations. Even if European economies can nurture gradual expansion, he says, most will still see unemployment continue to rise through 2010 and into next year...
...end of the yearlong study, the women who weight-trained saw an improvement in their performance on cognitive tests of memory and learning as well as in executive functions such as decision-making and conflict resolution - women who trained once a week improved their scores in executive functioning by 12.6% - while those who did balance and toning exercises showed no such improvement. The muscle-strengthening exercise also helped the volunteers, ages 65 to 75, boost their walking speed, a commonly used indicator of overall health status in the elderly, as faster pace has been linked with lower mortality. (See pictures...
...teens terminated their pregnancies, according to the Guttmacher report. In 2006, 29.3% did. Among Hispanics, the rate dropped from 28.1% to 22.9% in the same period. But among black teens, the rate has not moved much in 15 years - holding steady at about 41%. (Read "How to Bring an End to the War Over...
...innovations of the Guttmacher report is a state-by-state breakdown of pregnancy figures over the 17 years between 1988 and 2005. California, Hawaii and New Hampshire have been most successful in driving down their teen pregnancy rates, by 54%, 49% and 47%, respectively. But even at the other end of the scale, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota and Wyoming have all managed to lower their teen pregnancy rates...
...part, the Guttmacher Institute is opposed to abstinence-only education. "A strong body of research shows that these programs do not work," says Heather Boonstra, a senior public policy associate at the New York City-based organization. "Fortunately, the heyday of this failed experiment has come to an end with the enactment of a new teen pregnancy prevention initiative that ensures that programs will be age-appropriate, medically accurate and, most importantly, based on research demonstrating their effectiveness." Among teens who were not heeding the abstinence advice and were sexually active, about 15% became pregnant, down from a peak...