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...Today's study shows a continuing trend in drinking on college campuses that is more strongly polarized, with almost one-fourth of all students being frequent binge drinkers and almost one-fifth being abstainers," Wechsler wrote in summarizing the study's findings...
...psychobiologist at Belmont's McLean Hospital, Kety will receive the Lasker Award, known as the "American Nobel," on Oct. 1. According to the foundation, roughly one-fourth of winners have gone on to receive Nobel Prizes...
...evolving away from long-term care and toward rehabilitative facilities, for short-term stays following hospitalization. The most popular new options are assisted-living facilities. There are an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 such places in the U.S., according to industry figures. Assisted-living complexes are home to one-fourth of the 2.2 million Americans who live in housing for seniors, according to the American Seniors Housing Association. Some are free-standing facilities. Some are part of continuing-care retirement communities, which offer increasing levels of help and medical supervision as residents move through the years...
Sanders used faculty salary data provided by the American Association of University Professors and cost-of-living numbers from the American Chamber of Commerce Research Association (ACCRA). But for those cities for which ACCRA did not have cost-of-living estimates--about one-fourth of the list--Sanders extrapolated data from surrounding communities. For example, the cost-of-living figure for Providence, R.I. was determined using data from New Haven, Conn., Springfield, Mass. and Manchester...
...Family Medicine shows that simple household modifications such as installing ramps, lowering cabinets and removing throw rugs--along with the use of such support devices as canes and walkers--can let frail elders remain independent at home. And the cost of these changes can be as little as one-fourth the price of in-home assistance, or a move to a nursing home. --By Daniel S. Levy