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August 14, 2017
Doctors Trained at Lowest-Ranked Medical Schools Prescribe More Opioids
Physicians trained at the United States’ lowest-ranked medical schools write more opioid prescriptions than physicians trained at the highest-ranked schools, according to a study by Princeton University. The study suggests that better training for physicians, and for general practitioners in particular, could help curb the…
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August 04, 2017
Study Links Unhealthy Segregated Neighborhoods to Childhood Asthma
Researchers have had trouble explaining why black children are much more likely than other children to suffer from asthma. A new study by Princeton University strongly suggests that much of the answer lies in persistent residential segregation, which traps minority children in unhealthy, polluted neighborhoods.In the United…
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June 28, 2017
Decrease in Lead Exposure in Early Childhood May Be Responsible for Drop in Crime Rate
Exposure to lead in the preschool years significantly increases the chance that children will be suspended or incarcerated during their school careers, according to research at Princeton University and Brown University. Conversely, a drop in exposure leads to less antisocial behavior and thus may well be a significant factor…
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June 15, 2017
Deaton Testifies Before U.S. Senate on America’s Deadly Opioid Epidemic
Testifying before a Joint Economic Committee hearing in the U.S. Senate on June 8, Sir Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus and senior scholar at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, warned of an opioid epidemic that is contributing to an…
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May 16, 2017
Medical Abortions Obtained Through Online Telemedicine Shown to be Effective, Safe
Women in Ireland and Northern Ireland acquiring medical abortion pills through online telemedicine report successful terminations with low rates of adverse effects, according to new research published in “The BMJ” by Princeton University, the University of Texas at Austin and Women on Web (WoW).The researchers examined self…
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May 11, 2017
Politics & Polls #43: Why Are ‘Deaths of Despair’ Plaguing Middle-Aged White Americans?
President Donald Trump pledged to bring jobs back to America during his campaign, appealing to a strong middle class base that’s been struggling with stagnant wages and few job opportunities.Since the 1990s, death rates among this demographic — specifically middle-aged white Americans without college degrees — have been on the…
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January 24, 2017
Age Limits on E-Cigarettes Cause Uptick in Cigarette Smoking Among Pregnant Teens
While laws placing age limits on the purchasing of e-cigarettes are intended to reduce the use of tobacco products, a recent study shows an unintended consequence: a rise in traditional cigarette smoking among pregnant teens. But the uptick in cigarette smoking did not produce negative birth outcomes, according to research by…
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January 24, 2017
WWS Reacts: New Partnership Aims to Prevent Global Health Epidemics
A number of donors and pharmaceutical companies have raised $500 million to support a partnership aimed at controlling future global epidemics. Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust and others, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations will focus on developing and stockpiling…
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November 16, 2016
WWS Reacts: What a Trump Presidency Really Means for the Affordable Care Act
During the campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a system that covers 20 million people who were previously uninsured. Now, Trump says he’ll hold on to certain ACA provisions, such as providing care for those with pre-existing conditions. Regardless of what’s being said…
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October 14, 2016
Why Private Health Insurers Are Losing Money on the Affordable Care Act
The choice of young people to forgo health insurance combined with the high cost of providing care for the sickest Americans are together generating big losses for insurers participating in the Affordable Care Act’s state insurance marketplaces.Aetna, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, announced in August…