Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Cooking in the Classroom: A New Approach to Childhood Obesity

Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other reports that childhood obesity has tripled over the past 30 years, we recognize the importance of…

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Suboxone: Key to Overcoming Painkiller Addiction Success

Individuals addicted to prescription painkillers are more likely to succeed in treatment with the aid of the medication buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone),…

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Specific Criteria Enhance Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis Accuracy

Charles L. Bowden, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry with UT Medicine San Antonio, was the sole North American author of the study described in Archives…

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Climate Change Escape Routes for Wildlife: Study Insights

Results of a study published this week in the journal Science show how fast animal and plant populations would need to move to keep up with recent climate…

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Paper uncovers power of Foldit gamers' strategies

Gamers made headlines in September for unraveling the structure of a protein central to research on AIDS. Today, in a paper published online at the Proceedings…

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Delaware Fire Service Insights Enhance National Fire Prevention

A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds fire and life safety programs in Delaware offer a strategic,…

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The Economic Cost of Advanced Liver Disease

Although infection with the hepatitis C virus increases health care costs overall, the specific impact of the disease’s progressive severity on health care…

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Stroke Risk Profile May Indicate Memory Problem Risk

Researchers in the REGARDS study followed 23,752 people with an average age of 64 who were free of stroke and cognitive problems at the start of the study. …

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Fatherhood can help change a man’s bad habits

Researchers assessed more than 200 at-risk boys annually from the age of 12 to 31, and examined how men’s crime, tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use changed…

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Unraveling the 2009 H1N1 Flu Impact on Healthy Children

During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, many previously healthy children became critically ill, developing severe pneumonia and respiratory failure, sometimes…

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Lupus Nephritis: Most ESRD Patients Choose Hemodialysis

Newly published research shows that more patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) caused by lupus nephritis choose hemodialysis as their initial kidney…

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UA Scientists Discover Evidence of Roman Period Megadrought

Almost nine hundred years ago, in the mid-12th century, the southwestern U.S. was in the middle of a multi-decade megadrought. It was the most recent extended…

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Chesapeake Bay’s Healing: Decline in Dead Zones Reported

The study, published in the November 2011 issue of Estuaries and Coasts, was conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins University and the University of…

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Can Education Predict a Woman’s Risk of Divorce?

The data for the family profile, “First Divorce Rate, 2010” were gathered by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010. At that time, the rate of first divorce in the…

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Latex Gloves Linked to Poor Hand Hygiene in Hospitals

Glove use is appropriate for situations when contact with body fluids is anticipated or when patients are to be managed with contact precautions. However, use…

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Tree Species Shift Across the West Due to Climate Change

In an enormous display of survival of the fittest, the forests of the future are taking a new shape.In a new report, scientists outline the impact that a…

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