Recent research has yielded conflicting data regarding the relationship between dental disease, particularly periodontitis, and cardiovascular disease. A causative relationship would have major ramifications for health care. There is a plausible theoretical basis for such a link, as increased levels of inflammatory mediators may increase the risk of atherosclerotic plaque formation. Nevertheles...

A common concern about socially responsible investing (SRI) is that there is a premium to be paid for being socially responsible that necessarily diminishes investment returns. A comprehensive review of the empirical literature questions this premise. At RBC Global Asset Management, we monitor a broad range of financial trends and issues that may influence our clients’ decision-making. Periodic...

The World Health Organization (WHO, 2001:1) views domestic violence as the world’s most prevalent form of human rights violation with devastating effects on both the physical and mental well-being of these victims, mostly women. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the mental health effects of domestic violence as experienced by women utilising a mobile primary healthcare (PHC)...

“The candidates did not have as much time to campaign this year as they did last year,” Mullaney explained. ‘‘I don’t think the students were altoge­ ther aware of the elections.” In addition, Mullaney believed that a lack of controversy in this year’s elections could have hurt the turnout. “Neither ticket was really fighting this year,” Mullaney said. ‘‘They each kind of went their own ways. L...

Evidence from a diverse set of experiments now illustrates some of the conditions under which policy-induced increases in employment among low-income and mostly single parents can help or hurt young children’s achievement. This article summarizes the results of research conducted as part of the Next Generation Project, a collaborative effort involving researchers at MDRC and several universitie...

STAT3 mutations hence requires functional analyses in conjunction with the clinical diagnosis. Prabha Chandrasekaran, PhD* Ofer Zimmerman, MD* Michelle Paulson, MD Elizabeth P. Sampaio, MD, PhD Alexandra F. Freeman, MD Kathryn J. Sowerwine, MD Darell Hurt, PhD Julio C. Alc antara-Montiel, MD, PhD Amy P. Hsu, BA Steven M. Holland, MD From the Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical In...

There is renewed interest in understanding how fluctuations in mortality and in health are related to fluctuations in economic conditions. The traditional perspective that economic recessions lower health and raise mortality has been challenged by recent findings that reveal mortality is actually procyclical. The epidemiology of the phenomenon - traffic accidents, cardiovascular disease, and sm...