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Jonathan Oberlander on health care and the economy
As the presidential election nears, and the democratic primary hits full speed, health care – it’s growing costs and looming problems – weighs on the minds of voters. Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D., associate professor of Social Medicine in UNC’s School of Medicine and associate professor of health policy and administration in the School of Public Health, breaks down the candidates’ health care plans and explains how health care effects our economy.
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By UNC, USA.
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Health Policy Resource.
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Tar Heel Bus Tour introduces new Carolina faculty members to the state
New members of the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will spend the week after Commencement on the road, getting to know the state and its people a little better. For five days, May 12-16, the 36 participants in the 11th Tar Heel Bus Tour will travel more than 1,100 miles, crossing the state from Morehead City in the east to Cherokee in the west. At numerous stops along the way, they will find out more about their students’ hometowns and meet people involved in programs and projects with a Carolina connection.
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By UNC, USA.
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Education Policy Resource.
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Los Angeles on the Leading Edge: Immigrant Integration Indicators and Their Policy Implications
As Los Angeles makes the transition from being a city of immigrants to one dominated by their US-born children, it can serve as a policy laboratory for other cities facing the need to better integrate immigrants into US classrooms, workplaces, and civic life. MPI’s report details the imperative for integration policies that will benefit immigrants and the broader US society alike.
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By MPI USA.
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Family and children Policy Resource.
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Which Food Additives Are Safe? Which Aren’t?
If a waiter offered you some BHT in a restaurant, you’d probably decline. Yet that chemical is one of scores of hard-to-pronounce additives that routinely show up in the fine print on packaged foods’ ingredients lists. Is BHT safe? For the record, food manufacturers use it to keep oils from going rancid, but animal studies differ on whether in promotes or prevents cancer. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, publisher of Nutrition Action Healthletter, says it warrants caution. Nutrition Action’s revised “Chemical Cuisine,” its classic guide to food additives, is the cover story in the May issue.
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By CSPI, USA.
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Health Policy Resource.
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