Effect of screening mammography on breast-cancer mortality
2010 Harvard School of Public Health study on the relative effectiveness of regular mammography screening on breast-cancer mortality.
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Effectiveness of educator merit pay on teacher performance
2010 report from the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University on the impact of educator merit pay on students’ performance in mathematics.
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U.S. religious knowledge survey
2010 survey by Pew Research Center on Americans’ understanding of religious tenets, practices, history and legal dynamics.
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Surgical checklist to reduce mortality, complications around globe
2009 study looking at the potential for reductions in surgical complications and patient deaths from adopting a surgical safety checklist.
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Mega-crises lessons: BP oil spill, financial meltdown
2010 Brooklyn College paper on the lessons that could inform future policy-making to avoid the repeat of similar crises.
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Disparities in obesity patterns among adolescents
2010 study by researchers from UCSF, the University of Oklahoma and UC Berkeley on the prevalence of obesity among California public school students.
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New York City pedestrian safety study and action plan
2009 study commissioned by the New York City Department of Transportation analyzing trends and causes of pedestrian-related car crashes.
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Change in prevalence of hearing loss in adolescents
Study by researchers from Harvard, Vanderbilt and Brigham and Women’s Hospital on the rate of hearing loss among U.S. adolescents.
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Music training for the development of auditory skills
2010 study by Northwestern University on the potential larger effects of early music training on the brain’s development, including linguistic abilities.
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Global phytoplankton decline over the past century
2010 study published in Nature magazine on the change in the level of oceanic phytoplankton activity over the last 100 years.
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