The current approach to dealing with domestic violence may be bad for victims’ health.
Facts & Statistics
Study Claims to Find First Two Deaths Caused by Marijuana
Cuts against many other studies that have showed pot doesn’t have fatal health implications
GM’s New Boss Is a Woman, but the CEO Gender Gap Is Still Gaping
Even as Mary Barra takes over America’s biggest car company, questions remain about whether progress has stalled for women at the top
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About The Gender Gap
Everybody pretty much agrees that women make less money on average than men. Whether that means that women should march into their office and demand a raise is a completely different and much more complicated question. Below are 10 things you should know about the difference in men and women’s earnings, with charts!
1. Women who work …
65%
— percent of indoor tanning salons in Missouri that allows children as young as 10 or 12 years old to use tanning devices.
20
— The percent by which death rates for cancer overall have dropped in the U.S. over the last two decades
80
— Percent of family physicians expected to be using electronic health records in 2013
30
— percent of teen girls who have face-to-face meetings with strangers they initially contact online
86
— Percent of men who wash their hands in rest rooms when reminded by signs.
25
— --Percent of Americans who think it is possible to be very overweight and remain healthy.
90
— --Percent of specimens from flu sufferers submitted by doctors to the CDC that show a good match to the influenza strains in this year's flu vaccine.
19.6
— Percent of Americans over 18 participating in a national survey of drug use and health who were diagnosed with a mental illness in 2011.
10 minutes
— The amount of time it takes for a smoker to increase harmful pollutants in a car by 30%.