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Teaching boys to be ‘gentle men’ in a hyper-masculine world

Health experts argue that masculine stereotypes can be associated with violence, depression and suicide for men later in life. Faculty Associate Robert Blum is quoted.

What Is All That Confidence About?

According to the Global Adolescent Study and other surveys, gender stereotypes often interfere with confidence. Faculty Associate Robert Blum is quoted.

Owning Real Estate Has Not Panned Out for Many African-Americans

Newman

Politicians and advocates have long touted homeownership as the best way to build wealth, saying that over the long term, home values go in only one direction: up. But since the […]

The approach to predictive medicine that is taking genomics research by storm

Chatterjee

Polygenic risk scores represent a giant leap for gene-based diagnostic tests. Here’s why they’re still so controversial. Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Nilanjan Chatterjee is quoted.

Statistics can save lives [Opinion]

The evidenced-based approach to estimating the deaths from natural disasters illustrates how mortality may occur. These complete measurements of storm impacts are critically important for future disaster planning. Faculty Baltimore […]

Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch Competition

Contracts with insurers allow hospitals to hide prices from consumers, add fees and discourage use of less-expensive rivals. Faculty Associate Gerard Anderson is quoted.

Gender stereotypes begin at age 10

The Global Early Adolescent Study is the first partnership to assess the emerging notions of gender and sexuality in adolescents ages 10 to 14. To better understand the explicit and […]

Study examines genetic architecture relevant to future genome examination

Chatterjee

A new method aiming to provide a “big picture” of genetic influences that can be helpful in designing future genetic studies and understanding potential for genetic risk prediction is being […]

Hospitals present a major roadblock to Medicare for All Act

Robinson

About 178 million people currently have private coverage that they buy directly or get through a job. If everyone in this group were to have Medicare instead, then the amount […]

Calling Safe Consumption Sites by a Different Name Increases Public Support

Sherman

A study shows that public support rises when opioid “safe consumption sites” are instead called “overdose prevention sites.” They said the findings could encourage more jurisdictions to consider using them […]