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WebHappy is healthy. Medical journalist Ian Smith uses past experience to inform his book on happiness. By Ruthie E. Kott, AM’07 Photography by Dan Dry

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WebIn Beijing retirees’ self-health routines, anthropologist Judith Farquhar finds traces of the Maoist collective and ancient Chinese traditions

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WebEconomic historian Robert Fogel sees a new species of human evolution in records detailing the chronic illnesses of Civil War veterans. When he was six years old, Robert …

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WebHealth economist David Meltzer does the math on cost-effective medicine, hospitalists, and more. David Meltzer was 30,000 feet in the air—en route, as a third-year medical …

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The University of Chicago Magazine: Features

WebUsing data from a longitudinal study in small-town Framingham, Massachusetts, they charted a social network of more than 12,000 ties among 5,124 people, determining that …

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WebOur breathing is controlled by muscles in the wall of our chest and by the diaphragm, the sheet of muscle that separates chest from abdomen. Contraction of the diaphragm …

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The University of Chicago Magazine: Investigations

WebWhen Yang analyzed survey responses from 1972 to 2004, she discovered that adults’ probability of being “very happy” increased roughly 5 percent with every ten years over …

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WebFor all her emphasis on leadership, Elizabeth Bradley, MBA’86, also knows when to follow. “One of my favorite things to do is follow rivers,” says Bradley, a professor of public …

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WebMonica Vela, MD’93, needs to leave soon for a talk she has delivered dozens of times. She knows the information as well as her own life story. If she forgets a detail, the thumb …

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WebFounder of the Midwest Latino Health Research, Training, and Policy Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Giachello, 60, has redefined health-disparities …

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The University of Chicago Magazine: Arts & Sciences

Web“Breast-feeding plays a critical role in nature’s plan for ensuring that human babies survive and grow,” writes La Leche League in the advocacy organization’s book The Womanly …

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The University of Chicago Magazine: October 2003

WebHealthy, Wealthy, & Wed WRITTEN BY AMY M. BRAVERMAN ILLUSTRATIONS BY CATHIE BLECK. Like exercising and eating right, getting married, says Chicago …

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Welcome to the University of Chicago College Report Online

WebHealthier home care. The case of Ward, et al. v. Trusted Health Resources, Inc., et al. had already been turned down by a number of lawyers and was about to expire under the …

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The University of Chicago Magazine: In Every Issue

WebMelvin Griem, professor emeritus in radiation and cellular oncology, died February 7 in Chicago. He was 85. A WW II veteran, Griem joined the University’s staff in 1957, …

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Welcome to the University of Chicago Magazine Online

WebHenrietta M. Herbolsheimer, SB’36, MD’38, associate professor emerita at the Pritzker School of Medicine, died March 22 in Chicago at age 86. Herbolsheimer worked at the …

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WebWith David Kritchevsky, SB’39, SM’42, a professor at Penn’s Wistar Institute and an expert in the biochemistry of nutrition and fat metabolism, Rozin is writing a book to help …

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Life Support," University of Chicago Magazine, February 1997

WebThe University of Chicago Magazine. February 1997 Continued. U of C pediatricians John Lantos and Nancy Fritz with their daughters (clockwise from top): Hannah, holding Misty; …

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University of Chicago Magazine, June 95, Class News

WebWe are always eager to receive your news at the Magazine, care of the Class News Editor, University of Chicago Magazine, 5757 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, or by E-mail: …

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Class News, Death, University of Chicago Magazine, December 95

WebDEATHS FACULTY. Fischer Black, a partner in Goldman, Sachs and a U of C professor of finance in the early 1970s, died August 30 of cancer.The New Canaan, CT, resident was …

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The University of Chicago Magazine: August 2000, Class Notes

WebBooks by Alumni: > > Medicine and Health Bryan A. Liang, PhD'89, Health Law and Policy (Butterworth-Heinemann).Liang offers a reference source for health providers, lawyers, …

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University of Chicago Magazine, Class Notes, February 96,

Web80 Norman Gevitz, PhD'80, osteopathic author and historian, received the Phillips Medal of Public Service in September at the 20th-annual convocation of the Ohio University …

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