Media
June 29, 2012
Health care jobs expected to grow after “Obamacare” ruling AOL: The Affordable Care Act’s implementation will mean more money will flow to "pharmaceutical companies, doctors, hospitals, the people they employ, and even insurers,” said Joseph White, Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and…
June 27, 2012
Why Facebook swapped your email address to YourName@facebook.com (and how to switch it back) The Plain Dealer: Over the weekend, Facebook changed the email address on everyone’s profiles to @facebook.com addresses. One side result of this is that if you’re used to getting email via Facebook at…
June 27, 2012
If ObamaCare survives, legal battle has just begun USA Today: In a column for the newspaper, School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler wrote that, related to the Affordable Care Act, the IRS will impose a tax of up to $3,000 per worker on employers whom Congress has not authorized a tax. If the IRS…
June 26, 2012
EEGs may someday be able to diagnose autism ABC News: A brain test could someday be used to diagnose autism in young children. But Max Wiznitzer, associate professor of pediatric neurology, said the EEG is more of a confirmatory tool because specialists usually make diagnoses. “I think the value…
June 26, 2012
Gas prices may dip below $3 Fox 8: Gas prices were expected to rise above $5 per gallon this summer, but instead they’re falling—potentially to below $3. The predictions were off because gas and oil prices depend on both current market fundamentals as well as what people think will happen in the…
June 26, 2012
Gait helps geckos stay on their sticky toes The New York Times: The mechanics of geckos’ stride help keep their adhesive toe pads clean, preserving their stickiness, according to research by Shihao Hu, a postdoctoral researcher in macromolecular science and engineering. “The scrolling motion…
June 25, 2012
10 visual signs you may have a health problem Men’s Health: Having a wide, round head may mean you have a higher risk of sleep apnea. "People with wide, short heads have shorter airways, which are easier to obstruct," said Mark Hans, chairman of the department of orthodontics at the School of…
June 25, 2012
Drug shortages reaching critical levels Georgia Public Broadcasting: Drug shortages are reaching critical levels across the country, and middlemen are stockpiling high-demand drugs to force up prices, said Sharona Hoffman, professor of law and bioethics and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center.…
June 25, 2012
Former Case Western professor named dean of Weatherhead School of Management Crain’s Cleveland Business: Robert E. Widing II, who served as a Weatherhead School faculty member from 1988 to 1993, will return to the management school this fall as its new dean. “Rob Widing possesses the depth of…
June 22, 2012
Beyond Higgs: on Supersymmetry (or lack thereof) Scientific American: Glenn Starkman, professor of physics and astronomy and director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, wrote a guest post on supersymmetry, a theory that posits that for every known particle…