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Work and Education
Article:
The Associated Press. 2002. “Study Examines Workplace Homicides.” The
New York Times. 2/26/02.
Summary: Locked doors and employees working in groups at night do
more to reduce
the chance of a workplace homicide than gadgets like video cameras and
bulletproof glass, a study says.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Workplace-Homicides.html
Study: Dana Loomis et al. 2002. Effectiveness of Safety
Measures Recommended for Prevention of Workplace Homicide.
Available from: The Journal of the American Medical
Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: workplace;
violence
Article:
Nurith C. Aizenman. 2002. “Many Kindergartners Unready, Report Says.”
The Washington Post, B01. 2/27/02.
Summary: This is kindergarten in the 21st century, where finger
painting and nap time have increasingly been replaced by rigorous
exercises designed to teach children skills their parents didn't learn
until first or second grade.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7611-2002Feb26.html
Study: Maryland State Department of Education. 2002. Children
Entering School Ready to Learn.
Available from: Maryland State Department of
Education, http://www.msde.state.md.us/
Price: Free
Keywords: education; child
development
Article: Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter.
2002. “For Many, Taking Work Home Is Often a Job Without Reward.” The
Wall Street Journal. 3/5/02.
Summary: New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 52%
of the 19.8 million Americans who say they work at home at least once a
week aren't being paid for it.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,4286,SB1015297555543879280-study,00.html?collection=wsjie/30day&vqlstring=%28study%29%3Cin%3E%28article%2Dbody%29
Study: United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2002. Work At
Home In 2001.
Available from: United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/home.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: workforce; job
security
Article: Diana Jean Schemo. 2002. “More
Graduates Mired in Debt, Survey Finds.” The New York Times. 3/8/02.
Summary: Two out of three students must now borrow money to attend
college, and four out of ten face unmanageable debts as they finish
college and enter the job market, according to a report released today.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/education/08DEBT.html
Study: State Public Interest Research Group Higher Education
Project. 2002. The Burden of Borrowing.
Available from: The State Public Interest Research Group
Higher Education Project, http://www.pirg.org/highered/
Price: Free
Keywords: debt; colleges
& universities
Article: Valerie Strauss. 2002. “Homework
Dreaded -- by Parents.” The Washington Post, A10. 3/12/02.
Summary: It is hard to find anything more contentious about the
school experience than homework. Although studies are inconclusive about
basic principles, such as whether and what kind of homework is effective,
teachers in recent years have laid it on with increasing vigor.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10914-2002Mar11.html
Study: Public Agenda. 1999. Playing Their Parts: Parents and
Teachers Talk about Parental Involvement in Public Schools.
Available from: Public Agenda, http://www.publicagenda.org/aboutpa/aboutpa7b.htm
Price: $10.00
Keywords: education; parenting
Article: Daniel Altman. 2002. “Ready to
Quit, but Deep in Debt.” The New York Times. 3/12/02.
Summary: Saving for retirement is hard enough without being in
debt. But more Americans than ever before are finding themselves on the
cusp of retirement and in the red.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/business/retirement/12ALTM.html
Study: Federal Reserve Board. 1998. Survey
of Consumer Finances.
Available from: Federal Reserve Board, http://www.federalreserve.gov/
Price: Free
Keywords: debt; retirement
Article:
Leslie Eaton. 2002. “New York Is Still Losing Jobs Despite an Increase
Nationally.” The New York Times. 3/22/02.
Summary: New York City lost roughly 14,000 private-sector jobs last
month even as the number of jobs rose at the national level.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/business/22ECON.html
Study: New York State Department of Labor. 2002. Employed,
Unemployed, and Rate of Unemployment By Place of Residence for New York
State and Major Labor Areas, February 2002.
Available from: New York State Department of Labor, http://www.labor.state.ny.us/agency/pressrel/pruistat.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: unemployment; demographic
trends
Article: Associated Press. 2002. "Employees Stealing More from
Workplace." USA Today. 3/22/02.
Summary: While the link between the economy and workplace theft is
difficult to prove, there's little question that on-the-job stealing is
widespread and rising, with a steady increase noted across surveys.
Location: http://careers.usatoday.com/service/usa/national/content/news/onthejob/2002-03-22-employee-theft
Study: Security Research Project. 2001. 2000 National Retail Security
Survey Final Report.
Available from: Security Research Project, http://web.soc.ufl.edu/srp.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: workplace; crime
statistics
Article: Carrie Johnson. 2002. “After
College, a High Degree of Job Anxiety.” The Washington Post, E01.
3/25/02.
Summary: Students
looking for their first real job will confront a labor market that's
substantially cooler than back in 1998, when they entered school. And some
of them are reacting with the telltale signs of "avoidance behavior.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11854-2002Mar24.html
Study: Career Builders Inc. 2002. Job Search 2002 Survey.
Available from: Career Builders Inc., http://corp.careerbuilder.com/
Price: Free
Keywords: workforce; students
Article: New York Times staff reporter. 2002.
“Pricing the Poor Out of College.” The New York Times. 3/27/02.
Summary: Poor and working-class students have considerably more
access to college today than 30 years ago.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/opinion/_27WED2.html
Study: Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro. 2002.
The Student Aid Game: Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher
Education.
Available from: Princeton University Press, http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/6218.html
Price: $16.95
Keywords: colleges
& universities; funding
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Politics and Society
Article: Kelly Greene. 2002. “Finding
Long-Term-Care Insurance.” The Wall Street Journal. 2/23/02.
Summary: A.M. Best Co., an insurance-rating agency based in Oldwick,
N.J., recently issued a report warning that it's taking a "very
cautious view" of the long-term-care insurance business due to the
industry's turmoil in the past year or so.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,4287,SB1014321387982018320,00.html
Study: A.M. Best. 2001. Long-Term-Care Industry Faces More
Scrutiny.
Available from: A.M. Best, http://www.ambest.com/ratings/index.html
Price: Free
Keywords: insurance; elderly
Article: Eric Nagourney. 2002. “Safety:
Mapping Out Gun Hazards for Children.” The New York Times. 2/26/02.
Summary: Researchers
are reporting a correlation between regions of the country where gun
ownership is high and the number of children who die from gunshot wounds.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/26/health/26SAFE.html
Study: Mathew Miller et al. 2002. Firearm Availability and
Unintentional Firearm Deaths, Suicide, and Homicide among 5–14 Year
Olds.
Available from: The Journal of Trauma, http://www.jtrauma.com
Price: $38.99
Keywords: children; guns
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Minorities
May Have Trouble With Docs.” The New York Times. 3/6/02.
Summary: Hispanics, Asians and blacks are more likely than whites
to have difficulty communicating with doctors and accessing health care, a
study says.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Minority-Health-Care.html
Study: Karen Scott Collins, Dora L. Hughes, Michelle M. Doty,
Brett L. Ives, Jennifer N. Edwards, and Katie Tenney. 2002.
Diverse Communities, Common Concerns: Assessing Health Care Quality
for Minority Americans.
Available from: The Commonwealth Fund, http://www.cmwf.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: racial comparisons;
health
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “CDC
Reports on Infant Homicides.” The New York Times. 3/7/02.
Summary: The risk of getting killed by someone is greater during
the first year of life than at any other time before age 17, the
government reported Thursday.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Infant-Homicides.html
Study: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2002.
Variation in Homicide Risk During Infancy --- United States, 1989—1998.
Available from: The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Price: Free
Keywords: infants; death
rate
Article: Online Editor. 2002. “More Insulted
and Attacked After Sept. 11.” The New York Times. 3/11/02.
Summary: Attacks on
Asian-Americans, particularly Pakistani and Indian immigrants, increased
greatly in the United States in the weeks after Sept. 11, a report by an
advocacy group says.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/11/national/11BIAS.html
Study: National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium. 2002.
Audit of Violence Against Asian Pacific Americans.
Available from: National Asian Pacific American Legal
Consortium, http://www.napalc.org/programs/antiviolence/Terror_attacks/911.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: racial
discrimination; national
comparison
Article: Andrea Stone. 2002. “Military
Discharges of Gays Rising, Group Says.” USA Today, 10A. 3/14/02.
Summary: Discharges from the military for
homosexuality and harassment complaints from gay troops set records last
year, the result of ''callous indifference'' by the Bush administration to
the Pentagon's policy on gays, a report being released today by an
advocacy group says
Location: http://usatoday.com/usatonline/20020314/3939894s.htm
Study: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. 2002. Conduct
Unbecoming: The 8th Annual Report on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'.
Available from: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, http://www.sldn.org/templates/index.html
Price: Free
Keywords: homosexuality; military
Article: Tom Graham. 2002. "Report:
Minorities Less Understood and Less Insured." The Washington Post,
HE03. 3/19/02.
Summary: Racial and ethnic differences account for large variations
in access to and confidence about health care.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47447-2002Mar18.html
Study: Karen Scott Collins et al. 2002. Diverse Communities, Common
Concerns: Assessing Health Care Quality for Minority Americans.
Available from: The Commonwealth Fund, http://www.cmwf.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: racial comparisons;
health care
Article: Sheryl Gay Stolberg. 2002. "Minorities Get Inferior
Care, Even if Insured, Study Finds." The New York Times. 3/21/02.
Summary: Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States receive
lower quality health care than whites, even when their insurance and
income are the same.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/health/21RACE.html
Study: Brian D. Smedley. 2002. Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.
Available from: The Institute of Medicine, http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10260.html
Price: Free
Keywords: racial comparisons;
health care
Article: John M. Berry. 2002. “Consumer
Confidence Up Sharply in March.” The Washington Post, E01. 3/27/02.
Summary: Consumer confidence shot up this month in response to
improving job prospects and signs the economy is expanding again at a
brisk pace, the Conference Board reported yesterday.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22621-2002Mar26.html
Study: The Conference Board. 2002. The Conference Board's
Consumer Confidence Index.
Available from: The Conference Board, http://www.conference-board.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: economy; national
comparison
Article: Julie Appleby. 2002. “Drug Spending
Surged 17% Last year: More Prescriptions, Higher Costs Blamed.” USA
Today, 1A. 3/29/02.
Summary: Consumers spent 17% more last year on drugs -- especially
those to lower cholesterol, fight depression and ease arthritis -- as the
overall spending on prescription drugs rose to the highest level ever.
Location: http://usatoday.com/usatonline/20020329/3982926s.htm
Study: National Institute for Health Care
Management. 2002. Prescription Drug Expenditures in 2001: Another Year of
Escalating Costs.
Available from: National Institute for Health Care
Management, http://www.nihcm.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: prescription drugs;
health care costs
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Family Life
Article: Eric Nagourney. 2002. “Behavior:
When `R' Stands for Risky for Teenagers.” The New York Times. 2/26/02.
Summary: A new study by researchers at Dartmouth reports that
teenagers whose parents place no restrictions on their viewing R-rated
movies appear much more likely to use tobacco or alcohol.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/26/health/children/26BEHA.html
Study: Madeline A. Dalton, James D. Sargent, Leila A. Mott,
Michael L. Beach, M. Bridget Ahrens, Jennifer J. Tickle, and Todd F.
Heatherton. 2002. Relation between Parental Restrictions on Movies and
Adolescent Use of Tobacco and Alcohol.
Available from: Effective Clinical Practice, http://www.acponline.org/journals/ecp/
Price: Free
Keywords: teenagers; behavior
Article: Karen Thomas. 2002. “Girls are
Drinking Like Boys Teens' Alcohol Use Now Nearly Equal.” USA Today, 1A.
2/27/02.
Summary: Teenage girls are almost as likely to drink alcohol as
teen boys are, closing a generations-old gender gap, a study released
Tuesday says.
Location: http://usatoday.com/usatonline/20020227/3897066s.htm
Study: National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. 2002.
Teen Tipplers: America’s Underage Drinking Epidemic.
Available from: National Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse, http://www.casacolumbia.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: teenagers; alcohol
Article: Deborah Sharp. 2002. “Web Site
Offers Point-and-Click Splits: Unhappily Married can Now Prepare their
Divorce Online.” USA Today, 3A. 3/6/02.
Summary: Couples can find a mate, fill out a bridal registry and
plan a honeymoon on the computer. Now they can also divorce online.
Location: http://usatoday.com/usatonline/20020306/3916259s.htm
Study: The United States Census Bureau. 2002. Number, Timing,
and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 1996.
Available from: The United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p70-80.pdf
Price: Free
Keywords: divorce; internet
Article: Matthew L. Wald. 2002. “Small
Pickups Seen to Pose Greater Risk to Children.” The New York Times.
3/6/02.
Summary:
Children riding in the back seats of compact "extended cab"
pickup trucks like the Dodge Dakota, Chevrolet S-10 and Ford Ranger are
nearly three times as likely to be hurt in a crash than children in the
back seats of other vehicles, according to a review of 71,000 accidents by
researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/national/06TRUC.html
Study: Flaura K.
Winston et al. 2002. Risk of Injury to Child Passengers in Compact
Extended-Cab Pickup Trucks.
Available from: The Journal of the American Medical
Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Price: $9.00
Keywords: child safety; prevention
Article: Eric Nagourney. 2002. “Behavior:
Night Problems May Spill Over Into Day.” The New York Times. 3/13/02.
Summary: Some children who exhibit attention and hyperactivity
problems may really be suffering from a sleep disorder, researchers
suggest.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/health/children/12BEHA.html
Study: Ronald D. Chervin et al. 2002. Inattention,
Hyperactivity, and Symptoms of Sleep-Disordered Breathing.
Available from:
Pediatrics, http://www.pediatrics.org/
Price:
$5.00
Keywords: children; behavior
Article: Kim Painter. 2002. “The Sexual
Revolution Hits Junior High the Kids are Doing More than Baring Bellies:
They're Shocking Adults with their Anything-Goes Behavior.” USA Today,
1A. 3/15/02.
Summary:
Middle schools that used to do without dress codes now must send
home exhaustive inventories of forbidden garments, from tube tops to
too-low hip-huggers. Schools that used to handle crude language on a
case-by-case basis now must have ''no-profanity'' policies. And
sexual-harassment training is a normal part of middle-school curriculum.
Location: http://usatoday.com/usatonline/20020315/3944779s.htm
Study: Kristin A. Moore et al. 1995. Beginning Too Soon:
Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy and Parenthood.
Available from: Child Trends, www.childtrends.org
Price: Free
Keywords: adolescents; sexual
activity
Article:
Al Hunt. 2002. "Blocking Gay Adoptions Hurts Kids." The Wall
Street Journal. 3/21/02.
Summary: The American Academy of Pediatricians recently supported
gay adoptions or, more precisely, second-parent adoptions in same-sex
couples.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1016677328218690040.djm,00.html
Study: Ellen C Perrin et al. 2002. Technical Report: Coparent or
Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents.
Available from: The American Academy of Pediatrics, http://www.aap.org/policy/020008t.html
Price: Free
Keywords: adoption; homosexuality
Article: Associated Press. 2002 "Ailing Elderly Benefit From
Specialized Care." The Washington Post, A17.
3/21/02.
Summary: Frail, elderly patients do better and feel better with
specialized geriatric care than they do with regular treatment.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59331-2002Mar20.html
Study: HJ Cohen et al. 2002. A Controlled Trial of Inpatient and
Outpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management.
Available from: The New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/current.shtml
Price: $29.00
Keywords: elderly; health
Article: Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter.
2002. “Harvard Study on College Drinking
Shows Bingeing Remains a Problem.” The Wall Street Journal. 3/25/02.
Summary: A new study from Harvard University says binge drinking
continues on college campuses despite efforts to curb the problem.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,4287,SB1017021329271666680,00.html
Study: Harvard University. 2002. The College Alcohol Study.
Available from: Journal of American College Health, http://www.heldref.org/html/jach.html
Price: $66.00 for subscription
Keywords: students; alcohol
use
Article: Shankar Vedantam. 2002. “ Study
Ties Television Viewing to Aggression.” The Washington Post, A01.
3/29/02.
Summary: Teenagers and young adults who watch even as little as an
hour of television a day are more likely to get into fights, commit
assaults or engage in other types of violence later in life, according to
a provocative new study.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33672-2002Mar28.html
Study: Jeffrey G. Johnson, Patricia Cohen, Elizabeth M. Smailes,
Stephanie Kasen, and Judith S. Brook. 2002. Television
Viewing and Aggressive Behavior During Adolescence and Adulthood.
Available from:
Science magazine, http://www.scienceonline.org/
Price: $5.00
Keywords: behavior; television
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Health and Reproductive Issues
Article: Mark Schoofs and Michael Waldholz.
2002. “New Experimental HIV
Drugs Show Promise Fighting Virus.” The Wall Street Journal. 2/26/02.
Summary: The pipeline for HIV drugs is getting fatter, adding
several promising -- though still early-stage -- new compounds.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,4286,SB1014680094997967360-study,00.html?collection=wsjie/30day&vql-string=(study)<in>(article-body)
Study: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2002. HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Report.
Available from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov
Price: Free
Keywords: HIV; treatment
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Women Who
Stayed HIV - Free Studied.” The New York Times. 2/27/02.
Summary: For years, more than a dozen women have intrigued AIDS
scientists: They have remained HIV free despite having frequent,
unprotected sex with an infected partner.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-AIDS-Women.html
Study: Joan H. Skurnick et al. 2002. Correlates of
Nontransmission in US Women at High Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Type 1 Infection through Sexual Exposure.
Available from: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JID/home.html
Price: $8.95
Keywords: HIV; sexual
activity
Article: Reuters. 2002. “High Blood Pressure
Is Found Widespread Among Older People.” The New York Times. 2/27/02.
Summary: Nine out of 10 older Americans develop high blood
pressure, and although medications can lower it, better diets and more
exercise might arrest the problem before it develops, researchers said
today.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/27/health/27BLOO.html
Study: Ramachandran S. Vasan et al. 2002. Residual Lifetime
Risk for Developing Hypertension in Middle-aged Women and Men The
Framingham Heart Study.
Available from: The Journal of the American Medical
Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Price: $9.00
Keywords: elderly; health
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Diet May
Disrupt Menstrual Cycle.” The New York Times. 3/3/02.
Summary: Women whose menstrual cycle is disrupted during strenuous
athletic training simply might not be eating enough, a new study suggests.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-EXP-Athletes-Menstruation.html
Study: Nancy
I. Williams et
al. 2001. Evidence for a Causal
Role of Low Energy Availability in
the Induction of Menstrual Cycle Disturbances during Strenuous Exercise
Training.
Available from:
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, http://jcem.endojournals.org/
Price: Subscription
$311.00
Keywords: diet; menstruation
Article:
John J. Fialka.
2002. “Soot Particles in Urban Pollution Are Tied to
Cancer, Heart Disease.” The Wall Street Journal. 3/6/02.
Summary: A new study of the health effects of air pollution shows
that the levels of soot and other tiny particles found in large and
midsize U.S. cities increase the risk of premature death from lung cancer
and heart disease.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1015347849490620960,00.html?mod=politics%5Fprimary%5Fhs
Study: C. Arden Pope III, PhD; Richard T. Burnett, PhD; Michael
J. Thun, MD; Eugenia E. Calle, PhD; Daniel Krewski, PhD; Kazuhiko Ito,
PhD; George D. Thurston, ScD. 2002. Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary
mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution.
Available from: The Journal of the American Medical
Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Price: $9.00
Keywords: environment; health
risks
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Alcohol -
Women's Blood Pressure Studied.” The New York Times. 3/10/02.
Summary: Women who have a few alcoholic drinks a week have an
almost 15 percent lower chance of developing high blood pressure than
teetotalers, new research shows
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Alcohol-Women.html
Study: Ravi Thadhani et al. 2002. Prospective
Study of Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Hypertension in Young
Women.
Available from: Archives of Internal Medicine, http://archinte.ama-assn.org
Price: $9.00
Keywords: alcohol; health
Article: Rhonda L. Rundle. 2002.
“Health-Care Costs for Obesity Top Those Related to Smoking.” The Wall
Street Journal. 3/12/02.
Summary: Health-care costs linked to obesity -- and resulting
conditions such as diabetes and heart disease -- are greater than those
related to smoking and problem drinking, a new study finds.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,4287,SB1015890911727183600,00.html
Study: Roland Sturm. 2002. The Effects of Obesity, Smoking, and
Drinking on Medical Problems and Costs.
Available from: Health Affairs, http://www.healthaffairs.org/
Price: $9.95
Keywords: obesity; health
care costs
Article: Associated Press. 2002. "Study:
Calcium May Cut Cancer Risk." The New York Times. 3/19/02.
Summary: Among people with low-calcium diets, even a modest
increase in the nutrient appears to lower the risk of some types of colon
cancer by about half.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/health/AP-Calcium-Colon-Cancer.html
Study: Kana Wu et al. 2002. Calcium Intake and Risk of Colon Cancer in
Women and Men.
Available from: Journal of National Cancer Institute, http://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org/jnci/current.shtml
Price: $17.00
Keywords: calcium; cancer
Article: Andrew Pollack. 2002. "Study Said to Show Added
Benefit of Genentech Breast Cancer Drug." The New York Times.
3/21/02.
Summary: A new study shows that Herceptin, the breast cancer drug,
not only blocks a factor that promotes tumor growth but also slows the
flow of blood the tumors need to grow.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/business/21BIOT.html
Study: R.K. Jain et al. 2002. Tumour Biology: Herceptin Acts as an
Anti-Angiogenic Cocktail.
Available from: Nature, http://www.nature.com/DynaSearch/App/DynaSearch.taf?target=journals&_action=search&first_page=true&site_source=nature
Price: $15.00
Keywords: cancer, breast; treatment
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Aspirin
Doesn't Always Help With Heart.” The New York Times. 3/26/02.
Summary: A new study suggests that some people who take aspirin to
ward off heart attacks may not be getting all the benefits they thought
they were.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Aspirin-Hearts.html
Study: John W. Eikelboom,
Jack Hirsh, Jeffrey I. Weitz, Marilyn Johnston, Qilong Yi, and Salim Yusuf.
2002. Aspirin-Resistant Thromboxane Biosynthesis and the Risk of
Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, or Cardiovascular Death in Patients at High
Risk for Cardiovascular Events.
Available from:
Circulation, http://circ.ahajournals.org/
Price: $15.00
Keywords: heart disease; prevention
Article:
Associated Press.
2002. “Pill May Increase Cancer Risk in Women.” The
New York Times. 3/26/02.
Summary: Women infected with the common sexually transmitted human
papilloma virus have a higher risk of developing cervical cancer if they
have taken birth control pills for more than five years, new research
indicates.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Birth-Control-Pill.html
Study: Victor Moreno, F Xavier Bosch, Nubia Muñoz, Chris J L M
Meijer, Keerti V Shah, Jan M M Walboomers, Rolando Herrero,and Silvia
Franceschi. 2002. Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Risk of Cervical Cancer
in Women with Human Papillomavirus Infection: The IARC Multicentric
Casecontrol Study.
Available from: The Lancet, http://www.thelancet.com
Price: Free
Keywords: cancer; birth
control
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Poverty and Income
Article: Eric Nagourney. 2002. “Perceptions:
Image Is in the Eye of the Bank Account.” The New York Times. 2/26/02.
Summary: Canadian researchers say that when they surveyed women
about their body images, they found that women who lived in wealthier
areas were more likely to be dissatisfied.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/26/health/womenshealth/26PERC.html
Study: L McLaren and L Gauvin. 2002. Neighbourhood Level Versus
Individual Level Correlates of Women's Body Dissatisfaction: Toward a
Multilevel Understanding of the Role of Affluence.
Available from: The Journal of Epidemiology and Community
Health, http://jech.bmjjournals.com/current.shtml
Price: $8.00
Keywords: body image; demographic
trends
Article: Jonathan Weisman. 2002. “IRS Steps Up Number of Audits More Scrutiny for the Lower
Incomes.” USA Today, 1A. 3/1/02.
Summary:
The Internal Revenue Service put more low- and middle-income
workers under the microscope last year. But wealthier taxpayers continued
to face fewer audits.
Location: http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020301/3906314s.htm
Study: Internal Revenue Service. 2002. Progress Report.
Available from: The Internal Revenue Service, www.irs.gov
Price: Free
Keywords: taxation; low-income
families
Article: Cheryl
W. Thompson. 2002.
“Seeking a Welfare Rule's Repeal: Report Says Ban on Aid to Drug
Users 'Devastates' Children.” The Washington Post, A09. 3/1/02.
Summary: A lifetime ban on welfare benefits for women convicted of
drug crimes is having "devastating consequences" for poor women
and their children and should be repealed immediately, according to a
study released yesterday.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20850-2002Feb28.html
Study: Patricia Allard. 2002. Life
Sentences: Denying Welfare Benefits To Women Convicted Of Drug Offenses.
Available from: The Sentencing Project, http://www.sentencingproject.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: women; welfare
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Internet
Access Gap Closing.” The New York Times. 3/3/02.
Summary: While overall home access reached 44 percent of the U.S.
population in 2001, minorities and lower-income Americans were less likely
to have it, according to Commerce.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Internet-Inequities.html
Study: U.S. Department of Commerce. 2002. A Nation Online: How
Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet.
Available from: The U.S. Department of Commerce, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/index.html
Price: Free
Keywords: internet; racial
comparisons
Article: William M. Welch. 2002. “Nursing
Home Abuse Seldom Reported: Study Also Finds That Safeguards are
Insufficient.” USA Today, 3A. 3/4/02.
Summary: Physical and
sexual abuse of nursing home residents often goes unreported to law
enforcement agencies or is reported so late that convictions are unlikely,
congressional investigators have found.
Location: http://usatoday.com/usatonline/20020304/3909776s.htm
Study: United States General Accounting Office. 2002. Nursing
Homes: More Can Be Done to Protect Residents from Abuse.
Available from: United States General Accounting Office, http://www.gao.gov/
Price: Free
Keywords: elderly; violence
Article: Neil Irwin. 2002. “Region Lost 20,900 Jobs Last Year, Study Says: Local Economy Hurt
More Than Believed.” The Washington Post, E01. 3/14/02.
Summary: The
Washington area shed jobs in 2001, according to new government data that
suggest the collapse of technology companies and the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks damaged the region's economy more than many analysts thought.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23780-2002Mar13.html
Study: United States Department of Labor. 2002. Metropolitan
Area Employment and Unemployment.
Available from: United States Department of Labor, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.toc.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: unemployment; workforce
demographics
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Study:
Wage Laws Reduce Poverty.” The New York Times. 3/14/02.
Summary: A national study published Thursday by a private
nonprofit, nonpartisan research group found many others also benefited
from minimum wage boosts.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Living-Wage.html
Study: David Neumark. 2002. How Living Wage Laws Affect Low-Wage
Workers and Low-Income Families.
Available from: Public Policy Institute of California, http://www.ppic.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: income; poverty
Article: Reuters. 2002. "Welfare Rolls
Rising as Congress Debates Reform."
The New York Times. 3/22/02.
Summary: Hit by recession, welfare rolls are rising in many states
just as Congress starts work on modifying the 1996 welfare reform that has
been widely hailed as a success in slashing the number of people on
welfare and getting them to work.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-congress-welfare.html
Study: Center for Law and Social Policy. 2002. Impact of Recession
and September 11 Seen on Welfare Caseloads: Caseloads Up In Most States
Between September and December 2001. Caseloads Also Up Throughout 2001.
Available from: CLASP, http://www.clasp.org/pubs/TANF/Final_2001_Q4_Caseload_discussion.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: welfare; federal
government
Article: WSJ Online. 2002. "Consumer
Prices Rise 0.2%; Jobless Claims Decline Again." The Wall Street
Journal. 3/21/02.
Summary: The Labor Department said initial jobless claims dropped
last week in another sign of the improving labor market.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1016717273904550400.djm,00.html
Study: Department of Labor. 2002.
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report.
Available from: The Department of Labor, http://www.dol.gov
Price: Free
Keywords: unemployment; national
comparison
Article: Dennis Hevesi. 2002. “A Wider Loan
Pool Draws More Sharks.” The New York Times. 3/24/02.
Summary: The subprime
mortgage industry has burgeoned in the economic boom of the last 10 years,
allowing people previously deemed uncreditworthy to buy a home or to raise
funds by refinancing their mortgage. But as the industry has expanded, so
has its dark seam — predatory lending.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/realestate/24COV.html?pagewanted=1
Study: Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2000. The
Unequal Burden: Income and Racial Disparities in Subprime Lending.
Available from: Department of Housing and Urban Development,
http://www.huduser.org/publications/fairhsg/unequal.html
Price: Free
Keywords: finance; demographic
trends
Article: Abigail Trafford. 2002. “Second Opinion: A Poor Excuse For Marriage.” The Washington Post,
HE01. 3/26/07.
Summary: The
Bush administration is proposing a $300 million program to encourage women
on welfare to get married. Meanwhile it wants more of the moms to hold
jobs and work longer hours.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3958-2002Mar22.html
Study: Stephanie Coontz
and Nancy Folbre. 2002. Marriage, Poverty, and Public Policy.
Available from: Council on Contemporary Families, http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/
Price: Free
Keywords: marriage; welfare
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Of Interest
Article: Sarah Lueck. 2002. “Proposal for
Drug-Discount Card Is Modified in Bid to Avert Fight.” The Wall Street
Journal. 3/1/02.
Summary: In an attempt to stave off a legal battle with the
pharmacy industry, the Bush administration released a modified
drug-discount card proposal that includes requirements on how card
sponsors would have to provide savings.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1014940495411087880,00.html?mod=politics%5Fprimary%5Fhs
Keywords: Medicare; prescription
drugs
Article: Dana
Milbank. 2002. “Bush Plays Defense on Social Security.” The
Washington Post, A04. 3/1/02.
Summary: President Bush yesterday defended his plan for partial
privatization of Social Security, as Democrats sought to force the
proposal to the House floor to hurt Republicans running for reelection
this year.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20499-2002Feb28.html
Keywords: Social Security;
politics
Article: Phuong Ly. 2002. “NOW Plans Complaint Against Trial Judge: Ruling Erased Jury's
Rape Conviction.” The Washington Post, B05. 3/6/02.
Summary: An official
of the Montgomery County chapter of the National Organization for Women
said yesterday the group will file a complaint with the state judicial
commission against a judge who set aside a jury conviction in a rape case
last week.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45824-2002Mar6.html
Keywords: judicial system; law
enforcement
Article:
Robert Pear. 2002. “ Medicare Proposal Promotes Generic Drugs.” The
New York Times, 3/6/02.
Summary: House Republicans drafting legislation to add
prescription drug benefits to Medicare said today that they would
encourage the use of low-cost generic drugs as an alternative to brand-
name medicines and would try to persuade drug makers to curtail
advertising, which has been blamed for rising costs.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/politics/06DRUG.html
Keywords: Medicare; prescription
drugs
Article: Barbara Crossette. 2002.
“Population Estimates Fall as Women Assert Control.” The New York
Times. 3/11/02.
Summary: The decline in birthrates in nations where poverty and
illiteracy are still widespread defies almost all conventional wisdom.
Planners once argued — and some still do — that falling birthrates can
only follow improved living standards and more educational opportunities,
not outrun them. It now seems that women are not waiting for that day.
Location: http://nytimes.com/2002/03/10/international/10POPU.html
Keywords: birth control; international
comparisons
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Drugstores
Threaten to End Medicaid Service.” The New York Times. 3/12/02.
Summary: Drugstores around the nation are threatening to stop
serving Medicaid patients and close or reduce hours if states follow
through on plans to cut the amounts paid to pharmacies for filling
Medicaid prescriptions.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/national/12MEDI.html
Keywords: health care costs;
Medicaid
Article:
Herman Schwartz. 2002. “Out of Jail and Out of Food.” The New York
Times. 3/22/02.
Summary: A floor amendment was added to the 1996 welfare law that
denies food stamps and welfare (Temporary Aid to Needy Families) for life
to anyone convicted of a drug felony.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/opinion/21SCHW.html
Keywords: welfare; prisons
Article: Elisabeth Bumiller. 2002. “Bush Proposes Insurance Plan
to Businesswomen.” The New York Times. 3/20/02.
Summary: President Bush spent nearly an hour today with hundreds of
female entrepreneurs, offering up proposals to help their businesses.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/20/politics/20BUSH.html
Keywords: insurance; professional
women
Article: Kelly Greene. 2002. “Changes to
Social Security Rules Mean You Can Keep More Money.” The Wall Street
Journal. 3/24/02.
Summary: If you work and collect Social Security at the same time,
you get to keep more of your paycheck this year.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,4287,SB1016833103908469000,00.html
Keywords: Social Security;
federal government
Article: Alex Kuczynski. 2002. “They
Conquered, They Left.” The New York Times. 3/24/02.
Summary: As long as women have been trudging into the workplace,
they've been trickling out. Ostensibly, the reasons are children,
lifestyle, exhaustion — or a combination of them all. Perhaps, also,
women are different; some say they have less of a psychic investment in a
career — both the power and the money — as a source of their identity
than men.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/fashion/24QUIT.html
Keywords: women; workplace
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