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Approximately one out of every five American children will experiment with inhalants before they complete eighth grade, said Matthew Howard, author of two recently published studies on inhalant abuse among children.
Age might be the single most reliable indicator of corporate loyalty, according to a Washington University researcher and author of a book on corporate loyalty, "The Old Dispensation."
Successful strategies combine resources or businesses in unique or complex ways that other firms may fail to recognize. Yet the market tends to undervalue companies with complex or unique strategies. The reason: they receive less analyst coverage.
Employees get cynical when they endure multiple changes in company strategy and when they are overworked. As a result, they play it fast and loose with the rules. The drive to get things done is so strong that workers start thinking only of short-term gains and ignoring long-term consequences.
Two surgeons at the same hospital could perform the same operations on patients with similar medical histories but their costs to the hospital could be difference as high as 45 percent. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis say the findings could address rising health care costs.
Chinese manufacturers have moved up the quality-spectrum and are gaining global market share. Producers of lower quality products actually have better prospects for gaining market share and improving their bottom line. American must be ready for to compete against potent, Chinese manufacturers.
Scientists are closing in on the solution to a persistent medical puzzle: why do high doses of cortisone, widely prescribed for asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, weaken bones?
New research may finally settle a decades-old debate about how the kidney keeps valuable blood proteins from harmfully slipping into the urine, a serious health symptom that often precedes kidney failure. Scientists have shown that a structure known as the glomerular basement membrane plays a key role in blocking proteins.
In laboratory tests, one very low dose of a drug was enough to show an effect on notoriously tenacious artery-clogging plaques. What kind of drug is that potent? It's not so much the drug itself as how it was delivered.
Expectant mothers may someday get a personalized menu of foods to eat during pregnancy to complement their genetic makeup as a result of new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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