News tagged with home ownership

Falling home ownership, equity, affect college enrollment

Nov 18, 2008 | 4 / 5 (1) | 2

Sagging college enrollments may be the next symptom of the sub-prime mortgage mess, according to a University of Michigan economist.

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Guns in homes strongly associated with higher rates of suicide

Medicine & Health / Other

Apr 10, 2007 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

In the first nationally representative study to examine the relationship between survey measures of household firearm ownership and state level rates of suicide in the U.S., researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health ...

Study reveals link among childhood allergies, asthma symptoms, and early life exposure to cats

Medicine & Health / Diseases

May 20, 2008 | 5 / 5 (8) | 0

A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, shows that cat ownership may have a protective effect against the ...

LSU professor dissects patterns of violence in rural communities

Other Sciences / Other

Jun 19, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

[B]Findings suggest that civic participation is key to cutting rates of violent crime[/B] Matthew Lee, professor of sociology at LSU, has taken an intense look at the phenomenon of violence in rural areas. His article, "Ci ...

New study shows racial disparities in Twin Cities mortgage lending (Video)

Other Sciences / Other

Feb 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A new report, "Communities in Crisis," issued by the University of Minnesota Institute on Race and Poverty shows that the Twin Cities has some of the nation's worst racial disparities in mortgage lending. In the Twin Cities, ...

Eczema in infancy may be linked to cat ownership in those with a specific gene mutation

Medicine & Health / Genetics

Jun 24, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

A gene mutation and cat exposure at birth may increase a child's risk of developing eczema during their first year according to a study published in PLoS Medicine this week. Researchers led by Professor Hans Bisgaard (Unive ...

Owning alcohol-branded merchandise associated with teen drinking behaviors

Medicine & Health / Health

Mar 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A Dartmouth-led study of young U.S. teens showed that between 11 and 20 percent own T-shirts or other items featuring an alcohol brand, and those who do appear more likely to transition through the stages of drinking from ...

Mind the gap: Indigenous lives improving, but too slowly

Other Sciences / Other

Apr 17, 2008 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Ahead of this weekend’s 2020 Summit academics from The Australian National University are warning research shows significant changes need to be made to Indigenous affairs policy to ‘close the gaps’ but the “narrative of failure” ...

Private equity companies purchase nursing homes, but care does not suffer

Medicine & Health / Health

Sep 10, 2008 | not rated yet | 1

In recent years, private equity investors have increasingly targeted nursing homes as investment opportunities. Spurred by investigative reports and anecdotal evidence that these deals led to worsened quality of care, many ...

What's a little mold? Why consumers have different freshness standards at home

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Jan 26, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 4

Why is it acceptable for someone who would never purchase "expired" milk at the store to pour "expired" milk into a cup of coffee at breakfast? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores the reasons consumers are mo ...