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    9 facts about Americans and marijuana

    88% of Americans say marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use. Just 11% say the drug should not be legal in any form.

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    Chart of the Week: Who really drinks the most?

    The countries with the highest per-capita alcohol consumption don’t, as a rule, have the heaviest drinkers. Those tend to be in countries where alcohol is forbidden or strongly discouraged.

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    Public Agrees on Obesity’s Impact, Not Government’s Role

    Survey Report Most Americans (69%) see obesity as a very serious public health problem, substantially more than the percentages viewing alcohol abuse, cigarette smoking and AIDS in the same terms. In addition, a broad majority believes that obesity is not just a problem that affects individuals: 63% say obesity has consequences for society beyond the […]

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    What’s killing the less-educated white women of America?

    For nearly three decades researchers have known that better-educated adults are living increasingly longer than those with less education. (Kids: One more reason to stay in school.) Then in the mid-1980s a new trend emerged: The education-mortality gap began growing much faster among women than among men. By 2006, white women without a high school […]

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    Crowdsourcing a Survey: Health Topics

    One of our core health findings (8 in 10 internet users, or about two-thirds of U.S. adults, look online for health information) is based on a series of questions that is tweaked in each survey. We re-word or separate concepts, cut some topics, a…

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    Boot Camp for Internet Addicts?

    While South Korea has launched a boot camp for internet addicts, don’t expect any in the U.S. too soon.

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    Hispanic Health: Divergent and Changing

    Latinos are in good health relative to most other Americans. Their favorable health does not stem from better access to medical care. In fact, many lack health insurance and regular care.

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