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2006-06-21
Modafinil Appears to Improve Fatigue, Mental Well-Being of
DG News - Jun 6, 2006 about treatment, but that there is a complex system involved, in brain cancer especially, and that fatigue may play a major role in a patient's well-being.
Statistically significant improvements were seen across the board -- on the cognitive trail-making tests, the standard Hamilton Depression Scale, and on fatigue tests. Cognitive abilities increased by 21%, mood improved by 35%, and fatigue decreased by 47%, Dr. Kaleita said. All changes from baseline were highly statistically significant.

2006-06-20
Don't Restrict Immigration, Tax It
TCS Daily, DC - 3 hours ago Whether this kind of policy is a good thing depends on the social welfare function, that is, on how much policymakers should value the well-being of different
Second, one interest that is typically ignored in US policy discussions is the source countries. The effect of emigration on poor countries is ambiguous. Emigration may alleviate unemployment. Emigrants send home remittances. Emigrants may boost the economy when they return with skills and savings. But poor countries can also suffer from "brain drain," losing their best and brightest, including skilled workers in crucial fields such as health care. To offset possible negative effects of brain drain, we can increase the incentive of guest workers to return home through a forced savings program. When a guest worker is issued a visa, a special savings account would be created for him. When he gets a job, a certain percentage of each paycheck would automatically be deposited in this account. Guest workers will not be allowed to withdraw money from the account, except in their home countries. Or they can stay, accumulate a certain amount -- a citizenship threshold

2006-06-19
Government Scheme To Improve Health And Well-being Of Deprived
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Jun 17, 2006 The researchers found that children from the relatively less well off families but not worst off - those of non-teenage mothers - showed some benefit from the
The authors warn that the results should be treated with caution at this early stage of Sure Start's implementation, and the scheme needs further evaluation. They point out that more families benefited than were negatively affected by the initiative. But since the programme resulted in some adverse effects for the most deprived - the socio-economic group involved in a disproportionately high level of society's problems - Sure Start's negative though limited effects could have considerable consequences.

2006-06-18
New pork certification program includes animal well-being
Agriculture Online - Jun 12, 2006 began meeting early last year to work on finding a way to boost consumer confidence that US pork is produced in a way that respects animal well-being.
Danita Rodibaugh, president of the National Pork Board and a pork producer from Indiana, said, "The initial discovery meeting made two things clear. First, demand for pork could suffer if customer concerns on animal well-being were not addressed in a credible manner. Second, producer support would only be achieved if the solution was practical and affordable.

2006-06-16
Physical well-being of mentally-ill 'ignored'
Yorkshire Post Today, UK - Jun 1, 2006 ongoing management plans so that people with severe mental illness can optimise their quality of life and achieve a sense of physical and mental well-being.".
Blood tests showed she had low sodium levels due to the drugs she was taking which left her at risk of fits and memory loss. But she also found her medication was causing her to gain weight which can be a significant problem for many people with mental illness – in Fiona's case she put on a couple of stones in a matter of months – while her treatment regime also left her with a tremor.

2006-06-15
Physical well-being of mentally-ill 'ignored'
Yorkshire Post Today, UK - Jun 1, 2006 ongoing management plans so that people with severe mental illness can optimise their quality of life and achieve a sense of physical and mental well-being.".
Blood tests showed she had low sodium levels due to the drugs she was taking which left her at risk of fits and memory loss. But she also found her medication was causing her to gain weight which can be a significant problem for many people with mental illness – in Fiona's case she put on a couple of stones in a matter of months – while her treatment regime also left her with a tremor.

2006-06-14
Health And Well Being
Soonews.ca, Canada - Jun 9, 2006 The McGuinty government is funding two new programs that will improve the health and well-being of students in the Sault and area with $218,384 to support the
�Our government is encouraging all parents to become more active in their child�s education by providing more support for parental participation and creating a more welcoming environment for parents in the education system,� said Orazietti. �Parental involvement is crucial to a child�s academic success because their role will help forge a stronger link between school and the home,� said Orazietti.

1. Diener, Ed, and Eunkook M. Suh, eds. Culture and Subjective Well-being
Diener, Ed, and Eunkook M. Suh, eds. Culture and Subjective Well-being. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2000 (paperback edition, 2003). viii + 355 pp. Cloth, ...

2. Eudaimonia and Well-Being
Eudaimonia And Well-Being Lawrence J. Jost and Roger A. Shiner Academic Printing & Publishing 9-3151 Lakeshore Road, Suite 403, Kelowna, BC, ...

3. Andrea Cornwall and Alice Welbourn , Realizing Rights: Transforming Approaches to Sexual & Reproductive Well-being
Andrea Cornwall and Alice Welbourn (Eds.), Realizing Rights: Transforming Approaches to Sexual & Reproductive Well-being. New York: Zed Books, 2003.

4. Bornstein, Marc H., Davidson, Lucy, Keyes, Corey L., Moore, Kristin, A., & The Center for Child Well-Being . Well-Being: Positive Development Across the
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003. 616pp. $65.00 (h). This volume derived from original presentations given at a conference in Atlanta, ...

5. ''If Beethoven had been subject to the EU working hours limit he wouldn''t have got further than the Fourth Symphony'': Britons see work as more central to
Work is getting a bad press. British workers, it seems, are stressed out, chained to their desks and made to work until they drop, just to scrape together ...