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Use Of Psychiatric Drugs Soars In California Jails

Listen here to Anna Gorman discuss her story on KQED. https://kaiserhealthnews.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/gorman_2018-05-04.mp3Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. The number of jail inmates in California taking psychotropic drugs has jumped about 25 percent in five years, and they now account for about a fifth of the county jail population across the state, according to […]

Published on May 8, 2018

Study finds better measures than a person’s occupation to predict long-term earnings

Researchers found that a person’s cross-sectional annual earnings taken at one point in time have greater predictive power of his or her 20-year long-term earnings, ahead of occupation-based classifications. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he […]

Published on May 7, 2018

Social context matters in spread of disease

‘Patient zero’ isn’t entirely to blame when an infection takes root in a population. According to scientists, social context in the community has a lot to do with how a disease spreads. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human […]

Published on May 7, 2018