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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits ... for eye problems have mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care. The national study, led by...

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13 Mar 2017

The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia

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8:00am to 6:00pm

... Asian communities. In recent months, we have borne witness to a growing number of hostile acts including vandalism, ... Art, Ford Foundation, John Brademas Center of New York University , New York Community...

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NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls

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02/28/2017

... found that by age six, girls are already less likely to see themselves and other girls and women to be as brilliant and capable as boys. While this applied to girls regardless of race and...

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United Hospital Fund, NYSHealth Foundation Give $400K to Integrate Mental Health Care into Primary Care Practices

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03/02/2017

United Hospital Fund, NYSHealth Foundation Give $400K to Integrate Mental Health Care into Primary Care Practices Montefiore Health System and the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine have...

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Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich

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03/31/2017

... Mr. Rockefeller gave away an estimated $2 billion to organizations, from Harvard and Rockefeller Universities to a “Living Pyramid” made of wild grass and flowers in Queens. “No individual has contributed more...

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Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia

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04/03/2017

... Trust has announced grants totaling $5.2 million to the Australasian Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation and the Chinese University of Hong Kong to study environmental factors that...

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United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation Support New Model to Advance Integration of Behavioral Health Services in New York Primary Care Practices

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05/05/2017

... and New York State Health Foundation Support New Model to Advance Integration of Behavioral Health Services in New ... York Primary Care Practices Montefiore Health System, the University Hospital for Albert...

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William T. Grant Publishes How Social Science Research Can Improve Youth Outcomes In The Real World

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05/17/2017

... Improve Youth Outcomes In The Real World" Bringing Rigor to Relevant Questions Social scientists too often view the ... of research methods, approaches, and purposes is reduced to monochrome binaries:...

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With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017

... Tool Governments around the world have increasingly turned to behavioral science to help address various policy problems – new research ... Katherine L. Milkman of The Wharton School at the University...

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Commonwealth Fund and GWU Release New Findings on House GOP Healthcare Bill Resulting in Loss of 1M Jobs in 10 Years

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06/19/2017

... new study from the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University presented some unflattering potential effects from ... the enacting of the American Health Care Act. According to the study from Leighton...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

... Family Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second ... affects male and female children differently, according to new analysis of a decades-old...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... general public's help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the ... that live in and on the human body –and are believed to affect health. The Microbiome...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Supports Exhibition of Contemporary Women Abstractionists

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08/25/2017

... for an exhibition at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University titled Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women ...

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Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’

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08/29/2017

Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’ A Northeastern University researcher who was asked to remove any reference to...

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Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?

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08/30/2017

... breathing or even die. It is critical for the dental staff to keep track of the patient’s vital signs and quickly ... of sedated children dying at dental offices have come to light, alarming lawmakers, parents...

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Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights

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08/31/2017

Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights Canada’s idea of a ... laid out its core objectives, and second on the list was to make the 23-year-old pact “more progressive.” By that, ... the...

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Opinion: Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

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09/05/2017

... itself. Oh, and if you trust the current administration to handle Harvey’s aftermath right, I’ve got a degree from Trump University you might want to buy. There are already signs of...

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Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll

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09/05/2017

... a Serious Toll A very slender friend recently admitted to me that she “can’t stand to be around fat people.” Her reaction is almost visceral, ... someone’s behavior. A new study by researchers at Duke ...

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Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge

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09/18/2017

... Makes Eating Right a Challenge Tony Turner knew he had to improve his eating habits to reverse a recent diagnosis of prediabetes, but, after ... says Turner, now a senior studying social work at Columbia...

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