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Vaccination Decisions: Selfish, Selfless, or Both? Marketing to Mixed Motives

Vaccination Decisions: Selfish, Selfless, or Both? Marketing to Mixed Motives

Jessica Hahne February 4, 2013 4

Most medical decisions appear to be autonomous events affecting only the health of individuals seeking treatment. However, in the context of public health, popular perception influences individual decisions, which in turn determine the health

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Public Policy Aids in Curtailing Dangerous Habits

Public Policy Aids in Curtailing Dangerous Habits

Samuel Nemiroff February 2, 2013 0

Dr. Sherry McKee investigates the link between smoking bans and alcohol abuse

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Alumnus Profile: Jennifer Staple-Clark, B.A. ’03

Alumnus Profile: Jennifer Staple-Clark, B.A. ’03

Payal Marathe November 2, 2012 0

As a Yale undergraduate, Jennifer Staple-Clark founded Unite for Sight, which has grown into an international organization that provides eye care and resources to hundreds of thousands

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What Am I Eating? The Infiltration of Genetically Modified Foods

What Am I Eating? The Infiltration of Genetically Modified Foods

Walter Hsiang May 9, 2012 0

Most consumer products currently contain some components from genetically-modified organisms, but the health and environmental risks of these products are still unknown

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Let Them Eat Cake: More To Obesity Than Just The Extra Calories

Let Them Eat Cake: More To Obesity Than Just The Extra Calories

Katie Leiby May 9, 2012 1

Obesity is turning out to be much more complex than overeating and lack of exercise, as new research finds genetic, hormonal, neurological, and even immunological factors that appear to relate to weight

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The Economics of Self Control

The Economics of Self Control

Shirlee Wohl March 14, 2012 0

Jody Sindelar has combined field studies and analysis of existing databases to study the relationship between self-control, tobacco use, and the implications of proposed tobacco taxation policies on individual behaviors

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Controlling Dengue Fever: An Environmental Approach

Controlling Dengue Fever: An Environmental Approach

Sunny Kumar November 18, 2011 0

Seeking to explain the recurrence of dengue fever in areas where its main mosquito vector has been controlled, Eliza Little has discovered that a second species that can carry the virus during inter-epidemic periods

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The Bad Side of Ozone – Pursuing Ozone Abatement

The Bad Side of Ozone – Pursuing Ozone Abatement

Nancy Huynh November 18, 2011 1

Ozone is a single molecule with the same chemical composition no matter where it is found. However, while stratospheric ozone protects against ultraviolet light, ozone at lower altitudes can cause significant health problems

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Possible Mechanism for Preterm Birth

Possible Mechanism for Preterm Birth

Achyut Patil May 12, 2011 0

A Yale Medical School lab tackles the problem of preterm birth and finds promising evidence that calcifying nanoparticles play an important role.

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Smoking Cessation: A Gain-Framed Counseling Approach

Smoking Cessation: A Gain-Framed Counseling Approach

Jonathan Setiabrata April 3, 2011 0

Assistant psychiatry professor Benjamin Toll explores the effects of gain-frame messaging in maximizing effectiveness of smoking cessation counseling

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