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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

Bill of Health

Harvard Law School 2008) is a professor of legal sociology at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and a Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies at PRIO. The extension of international protection to Ukrainian pets raises issues with respect to the legitimate expectations of future refugee populations. Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (LL.M

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Consumers Embrace Tech But Privacy Remains a Concern – The Morning Consult Poll of Consumers and Tech

Health Populi

This lightbulb moment finding happened in the 2008 Edelman Health Engagement Barometer study and it holds true today… This is particularly impactful in the current moment as Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, was found guilty by a jury of her peers. Morning Consult polled 2,200 U.S.

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How the Dobbs Ruling Will Affect People with Substance Use Disorder

Bill of Health

It was not until years later in 2008 that her wrongful conviction was overturned by the state’s Supreme Court. . In 2001, prosecutors charged McKnight with homicide allegedly caused by her use of cocaine while pregnant. The jury in the case returned a guilty verdict after deliberating for thirty minutes.

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Fertility Treatment, Equality, Neutrality, and the Workplace

Bill of Health

This may be what motivated the 2008 ruling of the European Court of Justice, which established that women who are going through fertility treatment are protected under sex discrimination laws.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

For more color, read Jane’s April 2008 report, “The Wisdom of Patients,” where she wrote about PLM in its start-up phase (see section on page 20 entitled “ An Ongoing, Live Outcomes Study ”).

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Everybody is Stressed in America, and It’s Not Good for Our Health: the 2023 Update from the American Psychological Association

Health Populi

American health citizens are experiencing a deja vu in 2023 akin to their financial stress experienced in the APA 2008 Stress in America survey: money stress is a key factor in peoples’ overall mental health in 2023. As in 2008, in 2023 even more women than men feel that financial stress — and more generally, parents.

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The Unsurprising Surprise of Social Determinants in COVID-19 Mortality

Health Populi

“There are places where you pay a price in the loss of life because of your address,” Dr. Anthony Iton wrote back in 2008 when he was health director of Alameda County, California. Dr. Iton may have been the first person to coin the phrase about our ZIP codes pre-determining our health outcomes.

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