Tag: Human Development

  • Nation & World

    Be skinny, be strong, be loved — be fooled

    Joshua Sharfstein, the Food and Drug Administration’s principal deputy commissioner, talked about tobacco control and the agency’s role in keeping Americans healthy.

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  • Nation & World

    Social ill

    A new study finds link between lack of close ties and heart disease risk, adding to evidence that a person’s social environment can play a big role in health.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Height and death

    Mothers shorter than 4 feet, 9 inches in low- to middle-income countries had about a 40 percent higher risk of their children dying within the first five years of life than mothers who…

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  • Nation & World

    Susan Carey awarded Rumelhart Prize

    Susan Carey, a Harvard psychologist whose work has explored fundamental issues surrounding the nature of the human mind, has been awarded the 2009 David E. Rumelhart Prize, given annually since 2001 for significant contributions to the theoretical foundation of human cognition.

    3 minutes