Press Releases
Prison Can Negatively Affect Health of Family and Friends
The effects of incarceration do not stop at prison walls. A University of Michigan research study has shown that those with a friend or family member in prison will suffer more mental and physical health problems than those who do not know someone in prison.
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6/18/09
Study Looks at Ways to Help Mothers in India with HIV/AIDS
Women in India who contract HIV face a number of obstacles in obtaining treatment, but researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) hope education and stronger networks of support can improve the situation.
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6/8/09
York College Professor Wins Award for Henry James Essay
A York College of Pennsylvania professor has won the 10th Leon Edel Prize sponsored by The Henry James Review. Colbey Emmerson Reid’s essay “The Statistical Aesthetics of Henry James, or Jamesian Naturalism” earned the top prize aimed at young academics and graduate students.
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6/3/09
Historian Urges Colleagues to Take Control of the Internet
Marshall Poe has one message for fellow historians—get yourselves online. The University of Iowa professor outlines the importance of this in the April 2009 issue of Historically Speaking, the bulletin of The Historical Society.
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Health Care Reform Focus of New Journal Issue
As the federal government in the United States moves towards center stage on health care reform, the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved continues to track the health and health care needs of the medically underserved. An article by Esther Hing and Catherine Burt provides insight into the adoption of electronic health records by physicians serving this population.
Obama Appointee Calls for Tobacco Education for City Youth
Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D., the principal deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and former Commissioner for Health in Baltimore, has laid out the case for new research and ideas to address urban tobacco use in the latest issue of the journal Progress in Community Health Partnerships (PCHP).
