Romance scams make up more than 10 percent of all financial losses to online fraud ? and women 50 and older account for 61 percent of those losses.
By M. Alex Johnson, staff writer, NBC News
Fake Romeos are getting rich off women ages 50 and older, who are by far the biggest victims of online romance scams, federal authorities reported Tuesday in detailing an 8 percent rise in U.S. Internet crime last year.
Romance scams most often are operations in which the victim is sucked in by a fake profile on an online dating site and hands over cash or other gifts.
The most notorious recent incident involved Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, whose "girlfriend" and her heart-tugging death to leukemia turned out to be an online hoax. But it's much more common for older women to be victimized, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, a joint project of the FBI, the National White Collar Crime Center and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
More than 10 percent of all reported online financial losses last year ? about $56 million out of $525 million overall ? involved romance scams, the center reported in its 2012 crime roundup.
The IC3 report tabulated that 29 percent of those specifically targeted in such scams last year were women 50 and older:
Internet Crime Complaint Center
But they got taken for more than $34 million ? 61 percent of all losses to such cons:
Internet Crime Complaint Center
By comparison, everybody else ? younger women and all male victims ? reported only $22 million in losses, according to the report.
"Middle-aged or older women are what I see being susceptible to another man who manipulates them for either money or sex," Justin D'Arienzo, a psychologist and dating coach in Jacksonville, Fla., told NBC station WTLV after a 60-year-old Jacksonville woman was victimized earlier this year.
Overall, losses to Internet crime rose by 8.3 percent in 2012, breaking the half-billion-dollar mark for the first time ? further establishing that "criminals are increasingly migrating their fraudulent activities from the physical world to the Internet," said Richard McFeely, executive assistant director of the FBI's Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch.
In response, IC3 said in a statement that it has expanded its education programs to alert the Americans to online scams.
"As technology continues to advance, so will our efforts to stay one step ahead of cyber criminals," said Don Brackman, director of the National White Collar Crime Center.
The breadth of romance trolling is further illustrated by a startling statistic: Only one other type of online scam ? auto fraud ? made more money last year, accounting for $65 million in reported losses.
Men ? who made up a slight 52 percent-to-49 percent majority of all online victims ? were the target of choice for bad guys using cars as lures, accounting for 60 percent of such scams last year.
Historically, online auto fraud has involved scammers who try to sell cars they don't own. But the IC3 noted a new flimflam in 2012: criminals who "pose as dealers instead of individuals selling a single car."
"This allows them to advertise multiple vehicles for sale at one time on certain platforms, potentially exposing more victims to the scam," it said.
The figures in the report are likely to be significantly underreported; security experts have warned for years that computer crimes often aren't reported, either because the victim doesn't know whom to call or is too embarrassed to admit having been taken in. And the report almost exclusively tabulates complaints registered in the U.S., meaning it's not a good picture of the entire world of Internet fraud.
But it does provide an interesting snapshot of what the bad guys are doing and how.
Other schemes that accounted for statistically significant losses were:
Real estate fraud ? rental scams, fake time-share marketing, bogus loan modifications and the like ? cost a reported $15.4 million.
General intimidation or extortion ? $10.6 million.
Impersonation of an FBI agent to trick computers into revealing sensitive financial or personal data ? $2.3 million.
The tried and true "hit man" protection scheme, in which the victim is told that he or she has been targeted by a hit man, who'll call off the hit in return for a large sum of money ? $1.2 million.
How to stay safe online
Security specialists offer these tips if you suspect you might be dealing with a scam artist:
Be suspicious if your correspondent accepts only wire transfers or cash.
If you're buying merchandise, make sure it's from a reputable source. Be wary, for example, of businesses that operate from post office boxes or mail drops.
Never click on an unsolicited e-mail; instead, go directly to the organization's official website.
Never give out your credit card number unless you're certain the site is secure and reputable.
The FBI offers an extensive list of warning signs and tips here.
You can file an online fraud complaint here.
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Stanford ultraresponsive magnetic nanoscavengers for next generation water purificationPublic release date: 15-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Andrew Myers admyers@stanford.edu 650-736-2245 Stanford School of Engineering
New synthetic cored nanoparticle could decontaminate tainted water and then be cleared with a magnet
Among its many talents, silver is an antibiotic. Titanium dioxide is known to glom on to certain heavy metals and pollutants. Yet other materials do the same for salt. In recent years, environmental engineers have sought to disinfect, depollute, and desalinate contaminated water using nanoscale particles of these active materials. Engineers call them nanoscavengers. The hitch from a technical standpoint is that it is nearly impossible to reclaim the nanoscavengers once in the water.
In a paper published online May 14 in the journal Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team of engineers at Stanford University announced it has developed a new type of nanoscavenger with a synthetic core that is ultraresponsive to magnetism, allowing the easy and efficient recovery of virtually every one of the nanoscale purifiers.
"In contaminated water, nanoscavengers float around, randomly bumping into and killing bacteria or attaching themselves to the various molecular pollutants they are after," said Shan Wang, the study's senior author and a professor of material science and engineering and jointly of electrical engineering at Stanford. "Then, when the contaminants are either stuck to the nanoscavenger or dead, the magnet is turned on and the particles vanish."
Ultraresponsive to magnetism
The use of magnetism to recover nanoscavengers is not new. There are commercial technologies today that have fashioned nanoscavengers with a core of magnetic iron oxide surrounded by an active material, but these ingenious methods are less than perfect. Iron oxide is not absolutely responsive to magnetism and too many nanoscavengers remain in the water for it to be considered safe for human use.
The Stanford advance replaces the iron oxide with a synthetic material. The Stanford core is, in reality, not a single material, but a disk of several layers. Magnetic outer layers of the synthetic material are sandwiched on either side of a titanium center, but with a twist.
"The magnetic moments of the two outer layers are opposed. That is, the direction of the magnetic force in the top layer and the bottom layer point in opposite directions, effectively canceling the magnetic properties of the material," said Mingliang Zhang, a doctoral candidate in material science and engineering and co-first author of the study.
That is to say, in their natural state, the new nanoscavengers are not magnetic. They would not be attracted to another magnetic material, for instance. When the composite discs are exposed to a strong magnetic field, however, the magnetism of the two opposing fields turn into alignment, compounding the magnetic effect.
Side-by-side tests
In doing so, the nanoscavengers become ultraresponsive to magnetism, far more so than the base iron oxide used in today's technologies. The Stanford team has dubbed their advance with the oxymoronic name: "synthetic antiferromagnetic cores." The prefix anti- in this case means in opposite direction, not non-magnetic.
With a successful core created, the researchers then cap it all with silver or titanium dioxide or other reactive material depending upon the contaminant they are targeting. In live tests using silver-capped nanoscavengers immersed in water tainted with E. coli bacteriawith a silver dosage of just 17 parts per millionthe Stanford team was able to kill 99.9% of the bacteria in just 20 minutes. Better yet, they removed virtually all of the nanoscavengers in just five minutes of exposure to a permanent magnet.
Side-by-side tests of the effectiveness of the same magnet on iron-oxide-core nanoscavengers show a quick collection of about 20 percent of the nanoscavengers in the same five minutes, but then the effect plateaus. By minute 20, nearly eight-in-ten iron oxide core nanoscavengers still remain in the water.
The one-pot solution
Having demonstrated a working prototype, the team is now building various iterations of their nanoscavengers with different reactive exteriors to target specific pollutants, as well as a new class of slightly larger nanoscavengers that might bear discrete bands of several different reactants.
"Our hope is to one day create a 'one-pot solution' that tackles water afflicted by a diverse mixture of contaminants. That would be a key technology for developing and arid nations where water quality and quantity are of critical importance," added Xing Xie, a doctoral candidate in civil and environmental engineering and co-first author of the paper.
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Contributors to this study include Professor Craig Criddle of civil and environmental engineering, Associate Professor Yi Cui of materials science and engineering and Senior Research Engineer Mary Tang.
This article was written by Andrew Myers, associate director of communication for the Stanford University School of Engineering.
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Stanford ultraresponsive magnetic nanoscavengers for next generation water purificationPublic release date: 15-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Andrew Myers admyers@stanford.edu 650-736-2245 Stanford School of Engineering
New synthetic cored nanoparticle could decontaminate tainted water and then be cleared with a magnet
Among its many talents, silver is an antibiotic. Titanium dioxide is known to glom on to certain heavy metals and pollutants. Yet other materials do the same for salt. In recent years, environmental engineers have sought to disinfect, depollute, and desalinate contaminated water using nanoscale particles of these active materials. Engineers call them nanoscavengers. The hitch from a technical standpoint is that it is nearly impossible to reclaim the nanoscavengers once in the water.
In a paper published online May 14 in the journal Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team of engineers at Stanford University announced it has developed a new type of nanoscavenger with a synthetic core that is ultraresponsive to magnetism, allowing the easy and efficient recovery of virtually every one of the nanoscale purifiers.
"In contaminated water, nanoscavengers float around, randomly bumping into and killing bacteria or attaching themselves to the various molecular pollutants they are after," said Shan Wang, the study's senior author and a professor of material science and engineering and jointly of electrical engineering at Stanford. "Then, when the contaminants are either stuck to the nanoscavenger or dead, the magnet is turned on and the particles vanish."
Ultraresponsive to magnetism
The use of magnetism to recover nanoscavengers is not new. There are commercial technologies today that have fashioned nanoscavengers with a core of magnetic iron oxide surrounded by an active material, but these ingenious methods are less than perfect. Iron oxide is not absolutely responsive to magnetism and too many nanoscavengers remain in the water for it to be considered safe for human use.
The Stanford advance replaces the iron oxide with a synthetic material. The Stanford core is, in reality, not a single material, but a disk of several layers. Magnetic outer layers of the synthetic material are sandwiched on either side of a titanium center, but with a twist.
"The magnetic moments of the two outer layers are opposed. That is, the direction of the magnetic force in the top layer and the bottom layer point in opposite directions, effectively canceling the magnetic properties of the material," said Mingliang Zhang, a doctoral candidate in material science and engineering and co-first author of the study.
That is to say, in their natural state, the new nanoscavengers are not magnetic. They would not be attracted to another magnetic material, for instance. When the composite discs are exposed to a strong magnetic field, however, the magnetism of the two opposing fields turn into alignment, compounding the magnetic effect.
Side-by-side tests
In doing so, the nanoscavengers become ultraresponsive to magnetism, far more so than the base iron oxide used in today's technologies. The Stanford team has dubbed their advance with the oxymoronic name: "synthetic antiferromagnetic cores." The prefix anti- in this case means in opposite direction, not non-magnetic.
With a successful core created, the researchers then cap it all with silver or titanium dioxide or other reactive material depending upon the contaminant they are targeting. In live tests using silver-capped nanoscavengers immersed in water tainted with E. coli bacteriawith a silver dosage of just 17 parts per millionthe Stanford team was able to kill 99.9% of the bacteria in just 20 minutes. Better yet, they removed virtually all of the nanoscavengers in just five minutes of exposure to a permanent magnet.
Side-by-side tests of the effectiveness of the same magnet on iron-oxide-core nanoscavengers show a quick collection of about 20 percent of the nanoscavengers in the same five minutes, but then the effect plateaus. By minute 20, nearly eight-in-ten iron oxide core nanoscavengers still remain in the water.
The one-pot solution
Having demonstrated a working prototype, the team is now building various iterations of their nanoscavengers with different reactive exteriors to target specific pollutants, as well as a new class of slightly larger nanoscavengers that might bear discrete bands of several different reactants.
"Our hope is to one day create a 'one-pot solution' that tackles water afflicted by a diverse mixture of contaminants. That would be a key technology for developing and arid nations where water quality and quantity are of critical importance," added Xing Xie, a doctoral candidate in civil and environmental engineering and co-first author of the paper.
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Contributors to this study include Professor Craig Criddle of civil and environmental engineering, Associate Professor Yi Cui of materials science and engineering and Senior Research Engineer Mary Tang.
This article was written by Andrew Myers, associate director of communication for the Stanford University School of Engineering.
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TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers have found two bodies and have evacuated three of more than 30 miners who have been trapped for a day after a tunnel caved in at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia, authorities said Wednesday.
The search was continuing for the other trapped miners, whose fate was unclear, Papua police spokesman Lt. Col. Gede Sumerta Jaya said. The cave-in occurred Tuesday at Grasberg mine in remote Mimika district in Papua, the easternmost province in the vast archipelago nation.
The mine is owned by Phoenix, Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. A statement from PT Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary that runs the mine, said a tunnel in the underground training area collapsed. The company believed 40 employees and contract workers were in a classroom in the tunnel when the accident happened, and three workers managed to escape unhurt from the scene.
"The rescue process is difficult and will take some time to complete," the statement said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with our fellow employees and their families as we proceed with rescue efforts."
Thousands of workers are employed at the mine, which has been plagued by violence since production began in the 1970s. In 2011, production was crippled when 8,000 unionized employees walked off the job after demanding higher pay. The four-month strike ended after the company agreed to a 37 percent wage hike and improved benefits.
The restive province holds some of the world's largest gold and copper reserves.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $500 million in fines and civil penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying about tests of the medications to federal regulators, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday.
Prosecutors said the guilty plea by Ranbaxy USA Inc. represents the largest financial penalty by a generic drug company for violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which prohibits the sale of impure drugs.
The subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited admitted that it made and sold impure drugs at two manufacturing sites in India. The batches of adulterated drugs, whose strength, purity or quality differed from the specifications, included generic versions of an antibiotic and other medications used to treat severe acne, epilepsy and nerve pain, prosecutors said.
The company said it fully cooperated with the investigation, which it said involved actions from several years ago, and expects "future growth in the U.S. and around the world."
"While we are disappointed by the conduct of the past that led to this investigation, we strongly believe that settling this matter now is in the best interest of all of Ranbaxy's stakeholders; the conclusion of the DOJ investigation does not materially impact our current financial situation or performance," Ranbaxy CEO Arun Sawhney said in a statement.
The company agreed to a fine and forfeiture of $150 million as well as an additional $350 million penalty to settle civil claims that it submitted false statements to Medicaid, Medicare and other government health care programs. About $49 million of that penalty will go to a former Ranbaxy executive who acted as a whistleblower, prosecutors said.
The company also admitted making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration about dates of stability testing, which detect impurities of a drug and determines appropriate storage conditions of it. In some cases, the tests were done months after the company had said they'd been performed, or were done on the same day ? or within days of each other ? instead of months apart.
Holland America Line will be the first cruise line to schedule regular calls at the mainland Honduras cruise port at Trujillo. The line?s 1,260-passenger Ryndam is slated to call at Banana Coast 11 times between 2014 and 2015 on its Western Caribbean itineraries. The ship?s Nov. 19, 2014, call is Banana Coast?s first scheduled visit by a cruise ship, to be followed by the Dec. 17, 2014, call from Silversea Cruises? Silver Cloud.
Themed ?Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea,? the $30-million Banana Coast project is the newest cruise destination in the western Caribbean. Construction on the passenger-reception and shopping center was completed in February and a full slate of shore excursions has been designed. Future plans call for construction of a two-berth, post-Panamax pier.
?Having a premium cruise line like Holland America Line recognize the exciting opportunities of regularly calling at Banana Coast is a testament to the work we?ve put into making the port the hottest new destination in the Caribbean,? said Randy Jorgensen, general manager of Grande Trujillo Authoridad, which owns the port. ?Banana Coast has so much to offer and we look forward to welcoming Holland America Line guests to our beautiful shores.?
In March 2012 Banana Coast developers unveiled a diverse shore excursion program with cultural, historical, soft-adventure and eco-tour offerings.
?Banana Coast is a fresh, exciting destination with limitless potential, tucked inside the calm, protected waters of the Bay of Trujillo,? said Simon Douwes, director of deployment and itinerary planning at Holland America Line. ?The innovative and diverse portfolio of shore excursions will surely appeal to all interests, and those seeking rest and relaxation will find it on one of Banana Coast?s beautiful beaches.?
Most Michigan parents, grandparents prefer research hospitals for pediatric carePublic release date: 13-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Mary Masson mfmasson@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System
New University of Michigan poll shows 4 out of 5 report they'd favor medical care for children where research for new prevention strategies, medical treatments occurs
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Four out of five parents and grandparents in Michigan say they'd rather take children to a hospital that does medical research for children than one that does not, according to a new poll from the University of Michigan.
A new study from the Michigan Child Health Research Priorities team at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital found that more than 80 percent of parents and grandparents prefer a hospital that does medical research about children -- if they can expect the same level of care, the hospital is equally accessible and with no difference in cost.
The study also found that one out of four parents and grandparents in Michigan would be interested in their children or grandchildren taking part in medical research, although only 2 percent say their children or grandchildren have done so before.
"This project is the first of its kind to ask parents and grandparents about medical research for children, how they want to be involved, and what that means for where they would take their children for medical care," says Matthew M. Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P., the director of the Michigan Child Health Research Priorities or M-CHRP team. "We found that the public recognizes the importance of pediatric research and the benefits of healthcare providers who are engaged in that research. They want their children to be cared for by people who are actively involved in developing new ways to prevent and treat illnesses for children.
"Based on this study, we think there is great potential for participation in child health research in Michigan," says Davis.
M-CHRP is a statewide research effort designed to inform and stimulate public engagement in Michigan around child health research. This poll's representative sample of 758 adults was made up of Michigan residents who were parents or grandparents of children aged 0 to 17.
In the poll, respondents were given the opportunity to also indicate what types of diseases they think should get the most attention from researchers. The top 10 areas rated as "very important":
1. Childhood cancers: 83 percent
2. (tie)Safety of medications: 79 percent
Safety of vaccines: 79 percent
3. Heart problems: 76 percent
4. Causes of infant deaths: 74 percent
5. Diabetes: 73 percent
6. Birth defects and other genetic problems: 73 percent
7. Transplants for cancer and other diseases: 71 percent
8. Prevention of infections: 69 percent
9. Asthma: 68 percent
"Through M-CHRP, the people of Michigan can express what kind of research they think is important for children. We hope this data can help U-M better reach families who want to contribute to child health research today and in the future," Davis says.
At C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, pediatric research is a top priority. The University of Michigan Medical School was ranked in 2013 as one of the top 10 research medical schools nationwide by U.S. News & World Report. About $320 million in National Institutes of Health funding was awarded to U-M faculty in fiscal year 2011.
"We need to make it a priority to get the word out about research opportunities for children," says Davis. "Medical research often needs healthy volunteers as well as those who may have the particular disease being studied. While many people may think of medical research as testing new medicines, children's medical research also includes other types of health studies related to topics such as behavior, nutrition, and mental health."
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To find out more about M-CHRP, go to http://mottnpch.org/sites/default/files/documents/MCHRP_InitialReport.pdf
To learn more about participating in research at the University of Michigan, visit http://www.umclinicalstudies.org/
Purpose/Funding: The M-CHRP study is based at the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit at the University of Michigan and funded by the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases.
Data Source: This report presents findings from a Michigan-only household survey conducted exclusively by GfK Custom Research, LLC (GfK), for C.S. Mott Children's Hospital via a method used in many published studies. The survey was administered in July 2012 to a randomly selected, stratified group of parents and grandparents with children or grandchildren age 0-17 (n=758).
These findings do not represent the opinions of the investigators or the opinions of the University of Michigan.
About C.S. Mott Children's Hospital: Since 1903, the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital has led the way in providing comprehensive, specialized health care for children. From leading-edge heart surgery that's performed in the womb to complete emergency care that's there when you need it, families from all over come to the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital for our pediatric expertise. In 2013, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital was ranked eighth in the nation in Parents Magazine's 10 Best Children's Hospitals ranking. To learn more, go to http://www.mottchildren.org.
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Most Michigan parents, grandparents prefer research hospitals for pediatric carePublic release date: 13-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Mary Masson mfmasson@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System
New University of Michigan poll shows 4 out of 5 report they'd favor medical care for children where research for new prevention strategies, medical treatments occurs
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Four out of five parents and grandparents in Michigan say they'd rather take children to a hospital that does medical research for children than one that does not, according to a new poll from the University of Michigan.
A new study from the Michigan Child Health Research Priorities team at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital found that more than 80 percent of parents and grandparents prefer a hospital that does medical research about children -- if they can expect the same level of care, the hospital is equally accessible and with no difference in cost.
The study also found that one out of four parents and grandparents in Michigan would be interested in their children or grandchildren taking part in medical research, although only 2 percent say their children or grandchildren have done so before.
"This project is the first of its kind to ask parents and grandparents about medical research for children, how they want to be involved, and what that means for where they would take their children for medical care," says Matthew M. Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P., the director of the Michigan Child Health Research Priorities or M-CHRP team. "We found that the public recognizes the importance of pediatric research and the benefits of healthcare providers who are engaged in that research. They want their children to be cared for by people who are actively involved in developing new ways to prevent and treat illnesses for children.
"Based on this study, we think there is great potential for participation in child health research in Michigan," says Davis.
M-CHRP is a statewide research effort designed to inform and stimulate public engagement in Michigan around child health research. This poll's representative sample of 758 adults was made up of Michigan residents who were parents or grandparents of children aged 0 to 17.
In the poll, respondents were given the opportunity to also indicate what types of diseases they think should get the most attention from researchers. The top 10 areas rated as "very important":
1. Childhood cancers: 83 percent
2. (tie)Safety of medications: 79 percent
Safety of vaccines: 79 percent
3. Heart problems: 76 percent
4. Causes of infant deaths: 74 percent
5. Diabetes: 73 percent
6. Birth defects and other genetic problems: 73 percent
7. Transplants for cancer and other diseases: 71 percent
8. Prevention of infections: 69 percent
9. Asthma: 68 percent
"Through M-CHRP, the people of Michigan can express what kind of research they think is important for children. We hope this data can help U-M better reach families who want to contribute to child health research today and in the future," Davis says.
At C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, pediatric research is a top priority. The University of Michigan Medical School was ranked in 2013 as one of the top 10 research medical schools nationwide by U.S. News & World Report. About $320 million in National Institutes of Health funding was awarded to U-M faculty in fiscal year 2011.
"We need to make it a priority to get the word out about research opportunities for children," says Davis. "Medical research often needs healthy volunteers as well as those who may have the particular disease being studied. While many people may think of medical research as testing new medicines, children's medical research also includes other types of health studies related to topics such as behavior, nutrition, and mental health."
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To find out more about M-CHRP, go to http://mottnpch.org/sites/default/files/documents/MCHRP_InitialReport.pdf
To learn more about participating in research at the University of Michigan, visit http://www.umclinicalstudies.org/
Purpose/Funding: The M-CHRP study is based at the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit at the University of Michigan and funded by the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases.
Data Source: This report presents findings from a Michigan-only household survey conducted exclusively by GfK Custom Research, LLC (GfK), for C.S. Mott Children's Hospital via a method used in many published studies. The survey was administered in July 2012 to a randomly selected, stratified group of parents and grandparents with children or grandchildren age 0-17 (n=758).
These findings do not represent the opinions of the investigators or the opinions of the University of Michigan.
About C.S. Mott Children's Hospital: Since 1903, the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital has led the way in providing comprehensive, specialized health care for children. From leading-edge heart surgery that's performed in the womb to complete emergency care that's there when you need it, families from all over come to the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital for our pediatric expertise. In 2013, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital was ranked eighth in the nation in Parents Magazine's 10 Best Children's Hospitals ranking. To learn more, go to http://www.mottchildren.org.
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