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Environment

Associations of television content type and obesity in children

by Rozanne Larsen | March 7, 2011

2009 study in the American Journal of Public Health on the effects of certain kinds of television content on child weight problems.

Expert Commentary

Health

How social networks shaped disease transmission during 2009 H1N1 pandemic

by John Wihbey | March 2, 2011

2010 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the role of social networks in shaping the transmission of H1N1 influenza.

Expert Commentary

Health

Mental retirement: Cognition, memory and outcomes

by Christopher Olver | March 2, 2011

2010 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the effect of early retirement on cognitive function of people in their early 60s.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Education, Race & Gender

Women empowerment in Egypt and investment in children

by Christopher Olver | March 1, 2011

2008 study in the Middle East Development Journal on the effect of Egyptian mothers’ education and financial position on their children’s education.

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Economics, Politics & Government

The troubled U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

by Katharine Lusk | February 28, 2011

2008 study published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the factors that have hurt the U.S. pension-insurance corporation.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Environment

Peak travel? Trends in passenger transport

by Christopher Olver | February 28, 2011

2011 Stanford and U.C. Berkeley study on global trends in transportation and how they may impact predictions about future carbon emissions levels.

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Health

Alcohol consumption and risk of male type 2 diabetes

by Rozanne Larsen | February 25, 2011

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.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Politics & Government

Equality and inequality in the Arab region

by John Wihbey | February 25, 2011

2010 study by the World Bank and Laval University for the Cairo-based Economic Research Forum on development and economic challenges in the Arab world

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Health

Antiretroviral therapy coverage and new HIV diagnoses

by John Wihbey | February 24, 2011

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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Economics, Health

Effects of beverage alcohol price and tax levels on drinking

by Christopher Olver | February 22, 2011

2009 metastudy by the University of Florida examining the reported effects of alcohol price/taxes on purchasing and consumption habits.

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