Preparing for a changing population — what it means to age successfully
April 24, 2019 -- A paper by Columbia Mailman School's John Rowe, MD, Julius Richmond Professor of Health Policy and ...
Tag: Socioeconomics
Corruption contagion: How legal and finance firms are at greater risk of corruption
Credit: University of Sussex. Companies with fewer levels of management such as legal, accountancy and investment banking firms could be ...
Study shows female managers don’t mean higher pay for women
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Study finds natural variation in sex ratios at birth and sex ratio inflation in 12 countries
UMass Amherst biostatistician designed study that describes national sex ratio imbalancesCredit: UMass Amherst An international team of researchers, led by ...
Every third housing estate resident feels trapped
Involuntary staying, a type of housing trap, is a common experience among people living on housing estates, since around 1 ...
Uninformed, overwhelmed clients; unrealistic agency expectations
Child welfare study examines challenges among therapists in contracted private agenciesCredit: Florida Atlantic University More than 1.2 million children in ...
Pollen genes mutate naturally in only some strains of corn
Rutgers-led study may lead to improved breeding of corn and other cropsCredit: Hugo Dooner/Waksman Institute of Microbiology Pollen genes mutate ...
New study finds simple way to inoculate teens against junk food marketing
Chicago Booth researchers find diets improve when tapping adolescents' desire to rebel; teenage boys cut back junk food purchases by ...
Prove it: National telehealth research network greenlighted
First-of-its-kind research network seeks to inform standards, policy and reimbursement strategies as telehealth adoption increases throughout the U.S. AURORA, Colo. ...
China, India economic development key to achieving MDG for safe drinking water
Tokyo - The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) attempted from 2000 to 2015 produced mixed and debatable results. But ...
Population health: A rapidly evolving discipline in US academic medicine
AUSTIN, Texas - Leaders from department-level initiatives across the U.S. weigh in on how academic medicine is embracing population health ...
Opioid epidemic may have cost US governments $37.8 billion in tax revenue
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The opioid epidemic may have cost U.S. state and federal governments up to $37.8 billion in ...
University of Arkansas project makes a difference for low-income youth with disabilities
A new report finds that Arkansas PROMISE has succeeded at improving education and career outcomes for participants.Credit: Matt Reynolds A ...
Genetic breakthrough on tropical grass could help develop climate-friendly cattle farms
The discovery of genes responsible for asexual reproduction in a tropical grass may reduce negative impacts of cattle farming. The ...
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