Temple in the News
When it comes to preventing childhood obesity, perhaps the most important area to target is influencing what goes on in the home. Jennifer Orlet Fisher, director of Temple's Family Eating Laboratory...
August 4, 2011
Arthur Feldman, chair of the Department of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, will become executive dean of the Temple University School of Medicine and chief academic officer of Temple...
August 4, 2011
As Philadelphia police step up patrols to crack down on marauding mobs of teenagers who have assaulted pedestrians and damaged property in recent weeks, one question keeps popping up: Why? According...
August 4, 2011
Roxborough was one of more than 15,000 communities nationwide to participate in the 28th annual National Night Out. According to Temple criminologists Jerry Ratcliffe and Ralph Taylor, it is this...
August 3, 2011
Mom always said to eat your vegetables, and with good reason: researchers at Temple's Lung Center are studying whether or not broccoli sprouts, in capsule form, can help control COPD, which includes...
August 2, 2011
Colleges and universities send out a barrage of online recruitment materials, but because of the high stakes environment for both schools and potential students, overwhelmed families are checking the...
August 2, 2011
The Institute of Medicine recently identified eight preventive services that could improve women's lives and should be covered by health insurance plans at no cost to the consumer. Deborah Nelson,...
August 1, 2011
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture scrapped its long-standing food pyramid in favor of the new "Choose My Plate." Instead of adhering to calorie guidelines, "Choose My Plate"...
August 1, 2011
Past research in the area of consumer behavior has tended to focus on the unconscious influence of role models and celebrities on adolescents and the influence of children on family purchases. But a...
August 1, 2011
Hanna Segal, a British psychoanalyst who helped change child psychology in the United States by explaining and popularizing play therapy techniques taught by seminal psychoanalytic thinker Melanie...
August 1, 2011