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The University at Buffalo has been chosen to be one of five upstate universities working to develop a new nationwide independent insurance database to help determine costs for out-of-network healthcare. The article appeared in news outlets that include The New York Times

An article on PsychCentral.com reports on findings by the Research Institute on Addictions that adolescent gambling is linked to conduct disorders.

An article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle about a 14-year-old convicted of shooting a police officer and whether a child that age has the mental capacity to understand actions and consequences quotes Charles Ewing, professor of law.

An article on Chicago Breaking News about inequities between nursing homes where the majority of residents are African American and homes where a majority of the residents are white quotes Ruqaiijah Yearby, associate professor of law, who said the Midwest has the highest degree of racial segregation among its nursing homes.

An article distributed by UPI reports that scientists from UB are among the researchers conducting a study of a 200,000-year-old sediment core from an arctic lake that indicates ongoing biological and chemical changes are likely caused by human activities.

An article in the National Review about political apathy among African Americans cites work by James E. Campbell, professor and chair of political science, which found that more than 60 percent of congressional districts in which minorities were in the majority ranked in the bottom quintile in levels of voter turnout.

An article in the British newspaper, The Independent, on the benefits and drawbacks of energy drinks reports that a study by Kathleen Miller, research scientist in the Research Institute on Addictions, suggested that high consumption of energy drinks is associated with "toxic jock" behavior: risky, aggressive actions including unprotected sex, substance abuse and violence.

Kathleen Miller, research scientist in the Research Institute on Addictions, is quoted in an article in The Commonwealth Times, the student newspaper out of Virginia Commonwealth University, about the dangers of combining energy drinks and alcohol, a combination that can lead to greater likelihood of engaging in risky behavior such as drinking and driving.

An op-ed in the West Virginia Gazette about current society being shameless quotes Ronda Dearing, research scientist in the Research Institute on Addictions, who said guilt is different from shame, which involves a negative evaluation of one's self.

An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles Esther Takeuchi, Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and looks at her work developing batteries for medical devices such implantable cardiac defibrillators, drug pumps and neurostimulators.