Mexican-American women navigate school and work more successfully than men
New studies focus on Latino education, language, health, and politics
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Bad dental health could affect military readiness
Public Health student uses military data to investigate oral health problems
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Physicians who are experts on managed care avoid enrolling in HMOs
Don't tend to choose managed care when selecting personal health insurance plans
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Your community may be harmful to your health
Report recommends policy approaches to cancer prevention
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School of Public Health tests new emergency management software
Computer system helps professionals manage information to deal with emergencies
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Psychology professor Mahzarin Banaji probes prejudices we won’t admit
In many cases, we don't know the prejudices are there
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American females at highest risk for murder
70 percent of all women killed in industrialized nations are American
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New earthquake mapping system could save lives
3-D modeling captures complexities of fault lines
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Scientists predict calmer weather ahead
Observations are leading to better long-term predictions of how the Sun will affect spacecraft and life on Earth
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Mustard shows backbone in its own defense
Plants, vertebrates appear to share elements of innate immune system
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Even stars use sunscreen!
Two researchers find that light-absorbing chemicals in a star's gaseous atmosphere are the same chemicals found in sunscreen
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Pollen production — and allergies — may rise significantly over next 50 years
Increase in carbon dioxide could force change in plant populations
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Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs grows rapidly
But remains a small share of promotional efforts
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State of U.S. public health drinking water reliable
But billions in repairs needed to maintain system through this century
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Physicians warn of nuclear terrorist threat
Hiroshima-scale nuclear explosion on a ship in port in New York City would result in more than 250,000 deaths, researchers estimate
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Genetic computation tells man from microbe
New mathematical tool uses process of elimination to unmask microbes lurking in human tissue
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SPH professor finds Taliban inmates dying, in need of care
Researcher calls for U.S. intervention, aid after investigative trip
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Chandra scores a double bonus with a distant quasar
An enormous X-ray jet and an X-ray shadow cast by an intervening galaxy are exciting discoveries for astronomers
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Powerful mutagen found in Massachusetts water
Disinfection by-products found to contaminate drinking water
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Study examines data withholding in academic genetics
Many genetic researchers denied access to resources related to published studies
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Human genome sequence yields new tool for microbe-hunting
Dana-Farber scientists searching for infectious causes of chronic diseases
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Tuning the system: Program buffers health care collisions
A four-step approach to problem-solving
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Minority patients face barriers to optimum end-of-life care
Researchers look at how to change situation
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