By Nicholas Bakalar, Aug. 24, 2016, New York Times. A review of more than a thousand studies has found solid evidence that being overweight or obese increases the risk for at least 13 types of cancer. Click here to read the short review.
Growing Older, Getting Happier
By Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, Aug. 24, 2016.
Older people tend to be happier than younger people, and their happiness increases with age. Click here to read the short summary of research from The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
The Decline of Tube Feeding for Dementia Patients
By Paula Span, Aug. 29, 2016, New York Times.
Feeding tubes don’t keep advanced dementia patients alive longer, and may create problems. More patients and family members are beginning to reject the idea of using them. Click here to read the article.
The Guggenheim Is Going Global. Kind Of.
By Holland Cotter, New York Times, Aug. 25, 2016.
Review of "Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa" show at the Guggenheim Museum. Click here to read the review.
The Life-Changing Magic of Choosing the Right Hospital
by Austin Frakt, New York Times, August 22, 2016.
There’s an exceedingly simple way to get better health care: Choose a better hospital. A recent study shows that many patients have already done so, driving up the market shares of higher-quality hospitals. To read the article, click here.
A New Therapy for Insomnia: No More Negative Thoughts
By Roni Caryn Rabin, August 16, 2016, New York Times. A program seeks to replace the negative thought that's keeping you awake with a positive one. Click here to read the article.
The Underused HPV Vaccine
By Jane E. Brody, August 22, 2016, New York Times.
Most children are not receiving a vaccine that can protect them from a perilous infection later. Click here to read the article.
Is Teff the New Super Grain?
By Anahad O'Connor, August 19 2016, New York Times.
A grain from Ethiopia, high in minerals such as iron and protein, is finding its way into more American diets. Click here to read the article.
Hacks Can Ease the Trials of Aging
By Marie Tae McDermott, New York Times, Aug. 15. 2016
Older adults are coming up with their own low-tech inventions. Click here to read more.
Read Books, Live Longer?
By Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, Aug. 3, 2016
Reading books is tied to a longer life, according to a new report. Click here to read the article.
The Original Underclass: Poor white Americans’ current crisis shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country as off guard as it has.
By Alec MacGillis and Propublica, Sept. 2016, The Atlantic. Click here to read the article.
The Case for More Government and Higher Taxes
By Eduardo Porter, New York Times, Aug. 2, 2016.
It may be hard to remember, but American's once appreciated the government that serves them. That's long gone. Click here to read more.
Philanthropic Group Asks Rich Women for Work as Well as Money
By Paul Sullivan, New York Times, Aug. 5, 2016.
Donors bring their experience on human-centered design to the goals of nonprofit organizations. Click here to read the article.
This Is Your Life, Brought to You by Private Equity
By Jennifer Daniel, Josh Williams, Ben Protess and Danielle Ivory, New York Times, Aug. 1, 2016.
Click here to see the animated feature.
The Incalculable Value of Finding a Job You Love
By Robert Frank, New York Times, July 22, 2016.
Social scientists have been trying to identify the conditions most likely to promote satisfying human lives. Their findings give some important clues about choosing a career: Money matters, but as the economist Richard Easterlin and others have demonstrated, not always in the ways you may think.
Rediscovering the Kitchen, and Other Tips for Heart Health
By Jane E. Brody, New York Times, Aug. 1, 2016. Medicine may have done what it can, a C.D.C. report says. The rest is up to us. Click here to read the article.
Of Retirement Age, but Remaining in the Work Force
By Paula Span. New York Times, Aug. 1, 2016.
More are working past retirement age, whether for satisfaction or to catch up.
The Path to Prosperity Is Blue
By Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, New York Times, July 30, 2016.
HOW can America’s leaders foster broad prosperity? For most Republicans — including Donald J. Trump — the main answer is to “cut and extract”: Cut taxes and business regulations, including pesky restrictions on the extraction of natural resources, and the economy will boom.
Mr. Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan are united by the conviction that cutting taxes — especially on corporations and the wealthy — is what drives growth.
A look at the states, however, suggests that they’re wrong. Red states dominated by Republicans embrace cut and extract. Blue states dominated by Democrats do much more to maintain their investments in education, infrastructure, urban quality of life and human services — investments typically financed through more progressive state and local taxes. And despite what you may have heard, blue states are generally doing better. Click here to read more and see the graphic ranking of states on different social and economic indicators.
Study Finds Chinese Students Excel in Critical Thinking. Until College.
By Javier C. Hernandez, New York Times, July 30, 2016.
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