Deaths from cirrhosis rose in all but one state between 1999-2016, with increases seen most often among young adults, a
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‘No evidence’ grammar schools can promote social mobility
Expanding the number of grammar schools is unlikely to promote social mobility by providing more opportunities for disadvantaged pupils, a
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The rising price of Medicare Part D’s 10 most costly medications: Costs soar even as fewer patients are actually using the drugs
Perhaps surprising no one, researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego have
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Tipping point for large-scale social change
When organizations turn a blind eye to sexual harassment in the workplace, how many people need to take a stand
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One in every 5 deaths in young adults is opioid-related in the United States: Proportion of deaths that are opioid-related has increased by nearly 300 percent in 15 years
One out of every five deaths among young adults in the United States is related to opioids, suggests a study
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Study tracks Title IX use across US colleges and universities
Title IX — the U.S. civil rights law passed in 1972 that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs
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Sensory-based food education encourages children to eat vegetables, berries and fruit
Sensory-based food education given to 3-5 year-old children in the kindergarten increases their willingness to choose vegetables, berries and fruit,
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Older men with higher levels of sex hormones could be less religious, study suggests: Amount of testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in a man’s body may influence how religious he is
The level of sex hormones such as testosterone in a man’s body could influence his religiosity. A new study by
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People make different moral choices in imagined versus real-life situations
Researchers often use hypothetical scenarios to understand how people grapple with moral quandaries, but experimental results suggest that these scenarios
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Marketing to physicians by opioid pharma companies leads to more opioid prescriptions
A new study shows the significant impact that even a meal or two paid for by a pharmaceutical company can
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