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Rand Pulls Pot-Crime Study After LA Complains
Oct 11, 2011 5:09 PM CDT
Rand Pulls Pot-Crime Study After LA Complains
It suggested that dispensaries reduced crime
(Newser)
- Backers of medical marijuana got a surprise victory a few weeks ago in the form of a study from the Rand Corp . Researchers concluded that after Los Angeles authorities shut down hundreds of dispensaries last year, crime actually
increased
around the closed facilities. The victory proved short-lived: Rand has pulled...
Obama's Digital Records Plan
No Panacea
OPINION
Mar 12, 2009 9:13 AM CDT
Obama's Digital Records Plan No Panacea
President's $80B savings claim based on data-free study
(Newser)
- When President Obama said last week switching the nation’s medical records to electronic data would save some $80 billion a year, Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband thought the same thing: How? It turns out the president’s claims are based on a 2005 RAND Corporation study, funded by interested...
Docs Skimp on Kids' Health Care: Study
Oct 11, 2007 3:26 AM CDT
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Pediatricians provide standard preventive care less than half time
(Newser)
- American children are not getting adequate preventive care during most visits to their pediatrician, a new study has found. Doctors skip basic screening tests, weight and measurement checks and some standard care for conditions such as asthma, according to the findings in the
New England Journal of Medicine
. Children in...
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