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If global trends continue, by 2030 more than 8 million people will die each year from tobacco-related causes--80% in the developing world. Among other things, a new study finds that in India, where 120 million smoke and 5 buys 10 small cigarettes called bidis, 1 in 5 men...
WHAT THIS MEANS While the study did not explain the results, it did suggest answers. African Americans were less likely to quit if they were of normal weight or lived with other smokers, hinting that their smoking could be related to worries about weight gain or lack of support in...
Americans are “financially illiterate”—a condition linked to debt and unnecessary spending, according to a new study by Peter Tufano ’79, a professor of financial management at the Business School, and Annamaria Lusardi, an economics professor at Dartmouth College...
Meanwhile, costs related to in-patient treatment for an eating disorder can range from $25,000 to $30,000 a month. Many families are forced to take out second mortgages or deplete savings. Such situations are tragic, Holm-Denoma says. "Anorexia is one of the most serious psychiatric diseases our...
Chavez's harangues also have their effect. "Controls of these economic variables can work [to combat inflation]," says Orlando Ochoa, an economist and opposition sympathizer. "However, if you add an aggressive political speech [that threatens] private property... then things become worse, because the private sector becomes reluctant to invest and...