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Higher Eviction Rates Linked to More Gun Violence in Chicago Neighborhoods – WBEZ features JAMA Network Open study by Elizabeth Tung

Higher Eviction Rates Linked to More Gun Violence in Chicago Neighborhoods – WBEZ features JAMA Network Open study by Elizabeth Tung

On January 15, WBEZ featured a recent JAMA Network Open study, Eviction, Collective Efficacy, and Firearm Violence in Chicago, by Thomas Statchen, CDRP faculty affiliate Elizabeth Tung, et al, which used participant data from the Healthy Chicago Surveys from 2021 to 2023, and neighborhood-level data from the City of Chicago to show that a 1% increase in the census tract eviction rate was associated with 2.66 additional shootings within 1000 feet of the individual’s home.

New model shows how treating diabetes early makes a difference

New model shows how treating diabetes early makes a difference

The Multiethnic Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes Model for the U.S. (DOMUS), recently published in Diabetes Care, predicts a total of 14 different complications patients with diabetes can develop over about 15 years, and models how the disease progresses by predicting how weight, cholesterol, A1C levels, and other risk factors change over time. 

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