Disparity Increases In Life Expectancies Of Higher-, Lower-Income U.S. Residents

26 Mar 2008
A “large and growing” disparity exists between the life expectancies of higher- and lower-income U.S. residents, according to a new federal study, the New York Times reports. For the study, Gopal Singh, a demographer from HHS, and Mohammad Siahpush, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, used census data for all [...]

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The birth of U.S. colleges can be traced to events spread between 1636 when the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill that would pave the way in 1639 for the chartering of Harvard College (later Harvard University). In the next one hundred and thirty years a number of colleges would be created, though none would [...]

Children Who Bully Also Have Problems With Other Relationships

26 Mar 2008
Students who bully others tend to have difficulties with other relationships, such as those with friends and parents. Targeting those relationships, as well as the problems children who bully have with aggression and morality, may offer ideas for intervention and prevention.
Those are the findings of a new study that was conducted by scientists [...]