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November 12, 2012
Rachel Tolbert Kimbro (Cohort 3) Best Syndication News
Researcher from Rice University found that children living in poorer neighborhoods were at a higher risk for becoming obese than children who were living in high-class neighborhoods
November 12, 2012
Robert Wood Johnson & University of Pennsylvania Seed Grant Recipient
If you needed an automated external defibrillator to help a victim of sudden cardiac arrest, chances are you would have trouble finding one, even if a device were located nearby.
November 12, 2012
Lisa Berkman (Harvard Site Director) West Hartford News
Women's longevity took an unprecedented nosedive during the past decade
November 12, 2012
Rachel Kimbro (Cohort 3) Medical Express
November 12, 2012 - Children living in poorer neighborhoods are nearly 30 percent more likely to be obese than children in more affluent residences
November 12, 2012
Sarah Gollust (Cohort 6) Hutchinson Leader
November 12, 2012 - Is healthy too hard?
November 9, 2012
David Takeuchi (National Advisory Committee) 89.3 KPCC Southern California Radio
Many unknowns regarding health inequalities among immigrants
November 9, 2012
Candyce Kroenke (Cohort 3) Kaiser Permanente
The quality of a woman’s social networks—the personal relationships that surround an individual—appears to be just as important as the size of her networks in predicting breast cancer survival.
November 9, 2012
Candyce Kroenke (Cohort 3) The Telegraph - Health News
Having lots of friends and a supportive family when suffering from breast cancer significantly boosts the chances of survival.
November 8, 2012
Emily Walton (Cohort 8) Outcome Magazine
When Asian Americans live in neighborhoods that are not Asian ethnic neighborhoods, the education level of the neighborhood doesn’t affect their health.
November 8, 2012
Bruce Link (Columbia Site Director) Social Science and Medicine
Do socio-economic gradients in smoking emerge differently across time by gender?