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...official statistics agencies produce are conservative estimates of probably the lowest level of child maltreatment," says Dr. Cathy Spatz Widom, a psychology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who specializes in the long-term effects of child abuse and is a lead author on one of the Lancet studies...
...There was a lot of suspicion that electronic health records improved quality of care,” said Medical School professor Steven Simon, another author of the study, but there was a lack of literature regarding the connection between EHRs and malpractice suits. Because of the length of time required for malpractice suits to play out, Simon said, it’s “a hard question to study...
...lives lost, he said he was still surprised by the results. “When we did the study and the number totaled more than 300,000, it was very shocking,” he said. Despite the grim numbers, another one of the study’s authors said he had higher hopes for future South African governments, especially since Mbeki resigned in September 2008 due to pressure from his party, the African National Congress. “I have no doubt that they’ll do much better than they did under the last government...
...women also grew at a faster rate than the number awarded to men. But the most drastic difference between the genders was in the humanities: awards to women in these fields grew by 7 percent since 2003, while awards to men remained flat. Jaquelina C. Falkenheim, a co-author of the report, said in an interview yesterday that the “numbers for women have been going up—this is a new time trend that should be watched.” At Harvard, the picture is more mixed. Asian women outnumbered men at the Graduate School...
...fight may not be over. The law's author argues it would go into effect 30 days after being passed by the local parliament - with or without the governor's signature. (Indonesia's books are full of laws passed by local parliaments that local governments simply don't enforce.) "We have the power to make the laws and we need one to protect healthy people as much as we do the rights of those infected," says Manansang, who has only come across one case of "aggressive" behavior in HIV patients over the course of his 14 years working...