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...Contrary to the common assumption that the stress of dealing with a recession is bad for your health, studies of population trends in developed economies have revealed that during economic downturns, mortality rates decline rather than increase. This trend is partly the result of a drop in traffic fatalities - perhaps because rising unemployment means fewer people commute to work or because people are trying to save on gas - but also of less easily explained drops in factors such as cardiovascular and liver disease, influenza and pneumonia. In one groundbreaking study in 2000 on the impact of joblessness, for example, Christopher...
...school’s central student space—often closes at 4 p.m. for special events such as distinguished speakers. Argote also said administrators and students engaged in dialogue about the shift after it was announced, and student suggestions and preferences for the space were considered. As a result of those discussions, the space now has mobile tables to facilitate group studying and acoustical adjustments in the walls to prevent echoing in the room, among other student-oriented features...
...about 6% in 2000, Uganda saw a leveling off of AIDS cases and then a slight rise. No one has been able to explain the reversal. Some say it's related to failed distribution programs for the male condom in the past. Other experts suspect that it's a result of foreign NGOs and governments pushing Uganda away from effective domestic programs that were aimed at keeping people from having more than one sexual partner, a relatively common practice in the country...
...result, Curran believes the HAMP program is probably the most effective way to stop foreclosures, at least in the short term...
These developments ideally position Magna, which remains on solid financial ground despite reporting a loss for the first half of 2009, to grab a much bigger share of the $400 billion global auto-parts market. This is already happening as its biggest U.S. competitors struggle with bankruptcy as a result of the near death of GM and Chrysler earlier this year...