A new study finds that millions of workers will switch to a government-subsidized insurance exchange as consequence of poorly understood factors in the new Affordable Care Act. (July 26, 2011)
Toxicologist Rodney Dietert stresses the need to focus more attention on identifying environmental factors that can damage the immune system during prenatal, infant and juvenile development. (Jan. 20, 2009)
The more ongoing stress children are exposed to, the greater the odds they will become obese by adolescence, reports Cornell environmental psychologist Gary Evans in the journal Pediatrics. (Jan. 30, 2012)
Robin Davisson looks back on her time at Cornell, and forward to new opportunities, as she and husband Cornell President David Skorton prepare to move in 2015.
Cornell is working with the University of Hawai'i-Manoa to conduct a three-year NASA study on the diets and food issues of six volunteers who spend four months in a simulated Mars habitat. (Jan. 26, 2012)
Nancy Schlichting '79, president and CEO of the Henry Ford Health System, gave the Wagner Memorial Dinner lecture May 8, speaking to Sloan Program in Health Administration alumni and students. (May 24, 2010)
People who use credit cards to purchase food tend to buy more junk food than those who pay cash, finds a new Cornell study. The findings may help people cut down on impulsive shopping. (July 12, 2011)
For a decade, researchers followed more than 1,300 workers as they retire from work to identify how psychological, social and economic factors associated with retirement influence drinking behaviors. (May 11, 2010)