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Former President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized for sepsis, which can be serious. Just what is this disease that accounts for one-third of all hospital deaths? A speed read explains the dangers.
Testosteron yang rendah itu hal bagus untuk menjadi ayah yang pengayom. Begini alasannya.
Research on profound human suffering requires more than intellectual understanding of legal and political mechanics. It requires a human journey that goes deeply into victims’ experiences and needs.
A new report looks at the ways social entrepreneurs are transforming journalism by creating media organizations that gain trust by being transparent.
US privacy laws focus on informing consumers what’s happening with their data; other countries specifically restrict data collection and analysis.
Manufacturers always have to make trade-offs when they design new cars, balancing the need to protect public health and the environment with their urge to wow customers.
It’s worth looking at how local news stations have traditionally operated.
An academic suing the EPA over its decision to bar certain scientists from serving on advisory boards says the EPA needs to address legitimate criticisms to rebuild after Pruitt.
The Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals have been criticized roundly. Sometimes lost in the chorus of complaints is the depth of feeling that VA caregivers have for the veterans, a doctor writes.
Rob Porter’s ex-wife Jennifer Willoughby wrote movingly about staying in what she described as an abusive relationship. Her experiences are echoed in studies of abused women across the country.
When thinking about regulating them, it’s useful to know Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft have some similarities. But generally they’re not competing with each other – or anyone else.
Crime is way down in one Flint, Michigan, neighborhood, where locals have teamed up to revamp neglected public spaces. Here, why ‘busy streets’ can prevent violence and save cities money.
How Americans decide who can come into the country and who can stay reflects beliefs about what makes people worthy of opportunity.
The demographics, which include declining numbers of adult children free to step up and potentially fewer immigrants, suggest that this big problem society faces will get bigger.
Much like the printing press upset the social order centuries ago, the explosion of information online is challenging the role of scientists in society.
Were foreign diplomats and tourists attacked with a ‘sonic weapon’ – or was it something else? Ultrasound researchers demonstrate a rational, evidence-based explanation.
Sound, color and special effects transformed the moviegoing experience. These inventions decidedly did not.
The lightning-quick corporate response to demands for a boycott against the NRA shows that companies can’t escape politics in an age saturated with social media.
Domestic violence services have rightly focused most attention on meeting survivors’ needs. Increasingly, though, organizations are involving men and boys in domestic violence prevention.
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Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Business Law, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
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Clinical Professor of Law, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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MBA/MS candidate, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan
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Research Fellow, Center for Racial Justice, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Assistant Research Scientist in Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
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Doutorando no Departamento de Ciências Ambientais e da Terra (Earth and Environmental Sciences), University of Michigan
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Research Fellow in Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan
