Effects of alcohol tax and price policies on health
2010 meta-study in the American Journal of Public Health on the broader consequences of raising alcohol prices.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to health, health care and health equity
2010 meta-study in the American Journal of Public Health on the broader consequences of raising alcohol prices.
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2011 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the effects of cell phone exposure on brain activity.
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2008 study by researchers in the United States and Europe on antibiotics and the creation of drug-resistant strains of bacteria.
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2011 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives investigating the continued level of thyroid cancer risk among Chernobyl victims two decades later.
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2011 study in Pediatrics, the journal of American Academy of Pediatrics, on nonfatal injuries to infants from cribs and related products.
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2010 Mayo Clinic review of the contents and safety of energy beverages and sports drinks.
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2010 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the role of social networks in shaping the transmission of H1N1 influenza.
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2010 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the effect of early retirement on cognitive function of people in their early 60s.
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2010 study by the Harvard School of Public Health in the Diabetes Journal on the relationship between men’s alcohol consumption and rates of diabetes.
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2010 study by the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS published in The Lancet on the effects of innovative antiretroviral therapy on new diagnoses.
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