Research
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December 18, 2013
Teen smoking continues to decline in 2013, annual survey shows
Smoking among teens in grades eight, 10 and 12 continued to decline in 2013, the annual Monitoring the Future survey shows.
• 44 percent of adults worry e-cigarettes will encourage kids to start smoking tobacco, a new UMHS poll shows.
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December 13, 2013
Happiness results in fewer doctor visits
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but happiness may be the best prescription, says a University of Michigan researcher.
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December 13, 2013
Limited food may be significantly changing Great Lakes ecosystems
Declines of the food resources that feed lake organisms are likely causing dramatic changes in the Great Lakes, according to a new study.
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December 13, 2013
U-M researchers: Turn down the volume
As the nation continues to focus on health care prevention through reform, one cause of serious illness and even death gets ignored — environmental noise pollution.
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December 13, 2013
More evidence links lack of adult males to violent youth
In areas where adult men are scarce, young people are 36 percent more likely to commit assaults, a research team led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health has shown.
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December 13, 2013
A mother’s warmth is little comfort to spanked child
A mother’s affection after she spanks her child does little to diminish the negative impact of the act, a new University of Michigan study finds.
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December 13, 2013
Many older Americans rely on people, devices, other strategies to get by
Only about a third of Americans ages 65 and older are fully able to take care of themselves and go about their daily lives completely independently, according to a new study published online in the American Journal of Public Health.
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December 6, 2013
Herpes viruses associated with cognitive impairment
The herpes virus that in its active stage usually produces cold sores during times of stress now has been linked to cognitive impairment throughout life, with new University of Michigan research that for the first time shows an impact on children ages 12-16.
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December 6, 2013
Scholarship and Creative Work
Culling vampire bat colonies to stem the transmission of rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus and could even have the reverse effect, according to University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues.
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December 5, 2013
Energy drinks plus alcohol pose a public health threat
Mixing energy drinks with alcohol is riskier than just drinking alcohol alone, according to a new study that examines the impact of a growing trend among young adults.
