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UF Health Shands Hospital is ranked among the top hospitals in the nation in seven specialties. Your family's health is your priority. It's ours too. That's why families from all over Florida and more than 30 countries turn to UF Health for comprehensive care. UF Health Shands Hospital was ranked among the top hospitals in the nation in seven specialties, and UF Health Shands Children's Hospital was ranked among the top hospitals in the nation in four specialties in the most recent U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Every day, across our 11 hospitals, six distinguished medical universities…
U.S. News and World Report recognized the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for offering outstanding graduate programs in public policy and social work. U.S. News rankings are widely recognized as symbols of excellence in higher education awarded by an impartial, trusted institution. Featuring more than 15 measures of academic quality, the U.S. News Best Colleges report provides data-driven information and guidance to help prospective students and their families understand their higher education options. UA Little Rock is ranked 99th in public policy and 120th in social work in U.S. News and World Report's 2024 rankings of best graduate schools.…
In several parts of Asia where we surveyed, majorities say that harmony with others is more important than the right to express one's opinion. (Getty Images) A 2023 Pew Research Center survey found that majorities of adults in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan say people who disagree with the government's actions should be able to publicly criticize it. For example, 83% of people in South Korea and Taiwan say so in both countries. The Pew Research Center conducted the analysis to explore how adults across Asia view government criticism and freedom of speech. The data comes from two…
In this study, we introduced a new HLI that uses data-driven weighting to account for the magnitude of the relationship between individual lifestyle factors and specific disease outcomes. We extensively compared standard and outcome-specific versions of the HLI by estimating HR, C-index, and PAF under a range of scenarios including risk of cancer, T2D, CVD, and premature death. Two strategies for operationalizing the HLI were also explored, using binary indicators or categorical scores of the five factors in turn.In our study, models based on outcome-specific HLIs consistently had higher discriminatory power than models based on standard HLIs, and in some…
The European Union has a productivity problem: since 2000, it produces nearly 30 percent less output per hour worked than it would have if real output per hour worked had been growing at U.S. rates. The failure to nurture innovative start-ups into “superstar” companies is one of the reasons for the EU's sluggish productivity growth. At the root of the problem are Europe's fragmented economic and financial systems: without a more frictionless single market for goods, services, labour and capital, it becomes more expensive and difficult for successful start-ups to scale. On top of that, Europe's bank-based financial system is…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University Bloomington ranked highly in the recently released U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings for 2024-25. Of 2,250 universities ranked worldwide, Indiana University Bloomington ranked 135th overall for global impact, the highest ranking among Indiana's ranked universities. In subject-specific rankings, Indiana University Bloomington achieved the highest ranking of 38th for teaching and educational research. Indiana University Vice President for International Affairs Miguel Alon (center left) and Indiana University Bloomington College of Education Dean Anastasia Morrone (center right) meet with faculty from the University of Hamburg in Germany. Photo courtesy of Indiana University Bloomington…
Kathrin LaFaver, MDKathrin LaFaver, MD, a neurologist and lifestyle medicine specialist from Saratoga Springs, New York, interviewed Dean Ornish, MD, the founder and president of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California in San Francisco and San Diego, about his recent study on intensive lifestyle modification to slow progression of mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). What follows is an edited transcript of their discussion.Kathrin LaFaver, MD: I have the great pleasure today of talking to Dr Dean Ornish, a pioneer in the field of lifestyle…
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter: Explore the universe with fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. CNN — The oldest known plague victims in Europe date back about 5,000 years, but it was unclear whether two recent cases, one in Latvia and one in Sweden, were isolated sporadic cases or evidence of a more widespread epidemic. A new study based on ancient DNA recovered from 108 prehistoric people excavated from nine graves in Sweden and Denmark suggests that an ancient form of plague may have been widespread among early European farmers and may explain why this population mysteriously…
CNN — US military bases across Europe were placed on heightened alert last week for the first time in a decade after the US received intelligence that Russian-backed forces were considering sabotaging US personnel and facilities, multiple sources told CNN. Intelligence received by the United States suggests Russia has included U.S. military bases and personnel as options for proxy attacks, similar to plots carried out and thwarted across Europe in recent months, the people said. In April, two Russians of German descent were arrested on suspicion of planning bomb and arson attacks on US military facilities and other targets on…
The differences in average annual net income across Europe are striking and show large fluctuations even when adjustments are taken into account. advertisementAverage salaries in Europe vary widely, which has a major impact on employment and job decisions. These differences can arise due to country-specific regulations, labor laws, industry sectors and economic development. Northern and Western European countries have the highest average net incomes, while Eastern and Southern European countries have much lower average net incomes.How do average incomes across Europe compare?Average annual net income is calculated by subtracting income tax and social security contributions from annual gross income and…