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to Assess Recommendations of Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production Five Years Later]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/lawrence_pew_commission.html</link><description><![CDATA[Center for a Livable Future to Assess Recommendations of Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production Five Years Later]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/lawrence_pew_commission.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:29:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over-Diagnosis and Over-Treatment of Depression Is Common in the U.S.]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/mojtabai-depression-over-diagnosis-and-over-treatment.html</link><description><![CDATA[Over-diagnosis and over-treatment of depression is common in the U.S.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/mojtabai-depression-over-diagnosis-and-over-treatment.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 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19:33:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins Hosts Symposium on Social Factors of Disease and Disparity]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/social-determinants-symposium.html</link><description><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins Hosts Symposium on Social Factors of Disease and Disparity]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/social-determinants-symposium.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:19:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regulating Density of Alcohol Outlets a Promising Strategy to Improve Public Health]]></title><link>http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/jernigan-alcohol-density.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/jernigan-alcohol-density.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:48:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg School Professor Appointed to FDA Tobacco 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