Improvements in education and vascular health are likely partly responsible for a sharp decline in dementia over the past few decades. The trend may continue, if we also address obesity and diabetes.
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Trump is following in Ronald Reagan’s footsteps by pushing against regulations, but in the 1980s, it only awakened the public to environmental concerns.
Companies, which in the past tended to stay neutral on divisive social and political issues, are increasingly taking a stand. What’s behind the change?
La recherche prouve que dès l'âge de 4 ans, les enfants se sentent mieux après s'être excusés et considèrent que ceux qui s'excusent sont plus gentils que les autres.
President Duterte has picked fights with President Obama and with the EU. His behavior is shaking the U.S.-Philippine alliance and stability in Southeast Asia.
Rather than pursue self-interested policies that widen the gap between rich and poor, companies can invest in their workers, curb income inequality and make more money all at the same time.
It seems that vulnerability is a cost of privilege, and resilience comes as a result of adversity.
There is a way to improve safety across a rapidly evolving range of advanced mobility technologies and vehicles. The answer is connectivity.
We should heed concerns about how private genetic data banks are used and accessed before we enable a system where the future of public genetic research lies in private hands.
By tapping into diverse data sources in Flint, researchers can predict vulnerable homes and even have found that home water service lines may not be the biggest contributor to lead poisoning.
Nombreux sont les bienfaits de la solitude, qu’elle soit choisie ou subie. Mais à l’ère numérique, il devient de plus en plus compliqué d’en saisir les contours… et d’en profiter.
Academics are getting out of touch with the rest of society. This helps explains the sorry state of our public discourse on science.
Politics, not epidemiology or medicine, drives government responses to disease. Politicians are the ultimate decision-makers in public health, and they must respond to political forces.
The G20 leaders should throw their weight behind the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement to help prevent a revival of protectionism.
TV news stories often frame contraception as a political or social issue, rather than a medical issue, depriving the public of vital health information.
As health care providers seek ways to improve care and cut costs, providers and insurance companies have teamed up. A program in Michigan where providers share notes in real time appears to work.
La maison intelligente, où tout ou presque serait automatisé est un rêve. À condition que la sécurité des systèmes électroniques qui la gère soit au point. Ce n’est pas encore le cas. Démonstration.
Cognitive traps can steer doctors away from the right diagnosis.
Algorithms can discriminate, even when their designers don’t intend that to happen. But they also can make detecting bias easier.
Media reports have suggested that many young athletes who become injured abuse prescription painkillers and may move to heroin. One of the first studies to look at this suggests otherwise.
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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
