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March 27, 2017
“One of the last important acts of the Obama administration was to reaffirm more stringent fuel-economy standards … but the recently announced review of those standards by the Trump administration is bad news for the prospects of reducing both transportation emissions and the country’s reliance on fossil fuels,” wrote research professor Michael Sivak and project manager Brandon Schoettle of the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
The New York Times -
March 27, 2017
“When we sleep well, we feel better — but there may also be more than that. If you’re irritable and having difficulty with interpersonal relationships, that could affect your well being. We also see changes in inflammatory markers with poor sleep, so people might actually physically feel worse when they’re not sleeping well,” said Cathy Goldstein, assistant professor of neurology.
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March 27, 2017
“‘The test of a first-rate intelligence,’ F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, ‘is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.’ Maybe so. But that doesn’t explain how so many Americans adore their Medicare but still express bitter hatred for government intervention in health care,” said Howard Markel, professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, psychiatry, history, English language and literature, and health management and policy, and director of the Center for the History of Medicine.
CNN -
March 26, 2017
Research by Michael Bastedo, professor of education, shows that when college admissions officers have more information about the high schools attended by low-income applicants, those applicants are more likely to be admitted.
Inside Higher Education -
March 26, 2017
“Birthing and postpartum is wonderful and it’s all worth it, but at the same time it’s a painful event with a lot of sleep deprivation and massive hormonal changes that are absolutely mood-altering. It’s a treatable condition, not a character flaw,” said Maria Muzik, assistant professor of psychiatry and director of the Women and Infants Mental Health Clinic.
The Huffington Post -
March 26, 2017
Paul Mohai, professor of natural resources and environment, says there is “a consistent pattern over a 30-year period of placing hazardous waste facilities in neighborhoods where poor people and people of color live.”
Quartz -
March 23, 2017
Dhivya Srinivasa, house officer in plastic surgery, was interviewed about the connection between breast implants and a rare blood cancer in some women.
National Public Radio -
March 23, 2017
Ethan Kross, professor of psychology, says to combat the compulsion to constantly check one’s smartphone, turn off sound notifications as well as vibrations and put the device somewhere out of sight: “If the cell phone is tempting you to check your email, take it out of your field of vision. I wouldn’t underestimate the visual power of it.”
Reuters -
March 22, 2017
“You could understand why Trump would want to be surrounded by family members, who he can trust. But the problem is: There’s very little oversight,” said David Mayer, associate professor of management and organizations, on reports that President Trump’s daughter Ivanka will be given an office at the White House and receive national security clearance.
The Washington Post -
March 22, 2017
Sean McCabe, research professor at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, says most American teenagers who abuse opioids first received the drugs from a doctor: “One consistent finding we observed over the past two decades is that the majority of nonmedical users of prescription opioids also have a history of medical use of prescription opioids.”
Live Science
