News tagged with medical sociology

Report recommends ways to improve K-12 STEM education, calls on policymakers

State, national, and local policymakers should elevate science education in grades K-12 to the same level of importance as reading and mathematics, says a new report from the National Research Council. The report recommends ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wealth buys health -- even in China

Studies in the United States have long shown that rich people tend to be healthier than poor people, and that this "health gap" between the haves and have-nots gets worse as people get older. But is that because the U.S. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Loneliness can be contagious

Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, research at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard shows.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4