Studies and Analyses

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Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty

The findings suggest that reconnecting the poor with feelings of self-worth reduces the powerful stigma and psychological barriers that make it harder for…

Income inequality is rising, but maybe not as fast as you think

“With the genuine rise in wealth inequality over the past several decades, and the popular media's intensive coverage of this issue, we wondered how income…

Heavy marijuana users have abnormal brain structure and poor memory

Teens who were heavy marijuana users — smoking it daily for about three years — had abnormal changes in their brain structures related to working memory and…

Lung lesions of TB variable, independent whether infection is active or latent

More than 30 percent of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB, yet only 5 to 10 percent of those…

Hong Kong study shows lower survival rates after second hip fractures

Research presented today at the 4th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting showed that second hip fractures are more deadly than first hip fractures. Based in Hong…

Wrist fracture significantly raises risk of hip fracture

A new study presented today at the IOF Regionals 4th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Hong Kong supports widespread evidence that individuals who have…

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