| 7-20-10 Jennie Brand (Cohort 2) StarTribune.com A deep recession does more than economic damage. When short-term unemployment turns into long-term unemployment, as it has in this recession to a level unseen since the 1930’s, rates of depression (the psychiatric kind) increase, anxiety rises and behavior changes.…Read More |
| 7-19-10 Jennifer Jennings (Cohort 7) The Huffington Post July 19, 2010 - At its representative Assembly meeting in New Orleans on July 3, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel was critical of the Obama administration's use of standardized test scores to evaluate the success of public schools.…Read More |
| 7-16-10 Katie McLaughlin (Cohort 6) Medscape Medical News Childhood abuse and neglect are significantly associated with increased rates of anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in young adulthood, according to a new cohort study of more than 2000 participants from New Zealand.…Read More |
| 7-14-10 David VanSickle (Cohort 4) 2010 2.0 Health Developer Challenge - The Asthmapolis Despite better medicine and loads of research on Asthma, we haven't made a dent in the disease.…Read More |
| 7-14-10 Jason Block (Cohort 5) Med Page Today - Diet & Nutrition Increasing the price of regular sodas may help reduce consumption of the sugary beverages…Read More |
| 6-25-10 Jennifer Jennings (Cohort 7) The Huffington Post NYC's Strategy for Shutting Schools Leaves Some Students Lost in Transition…Read More |
| 6-25-10 Jonathan Samet (National Advisory Committee) The New York Times Dear New Yorkers: Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em. And then go get more of ’em. Sincerely, Albany.…Read More |
| 6-23-10 Sarah Burgard (Cohort 1) The Wall Street Journal Rising unemployment has left Americans with more spare time on their hands. But those free hours are largely being frittered away, a new government survey finds.…Read More |
| 6-11-10 James Knickman (National Advisory Committee) Times Union - Albany, New York If it's any indication of the complexity of the health reform law passed by Congress, three expert panelists tapped to explain its implications in New York admitted there was much they didn't know and plenty that nobody knows.…Read More |
| 6-09-10 Belinda Needham (Cohort 4) UAB Media Relations A new study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) confirms the relationship between depression and abdominal obesity, which has been linked to an increased risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease.…Read More |
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