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The links below are a selection of media coverage regarding Dr. Christakis' work.

Culture Can Change Our Genes [Kultur verändert die Gene]
July 14, 2008
Der Spiegel

Social Networks' Sway May Be Underestimated
May 26, 2008
Washington Post

For Smokers, Quitting May Be Contagious
May 22, 2008
NPR (Morning Edition)

Study Finds Big Social Factor in Quitting Smoking
May 22, 2008
New York Times

Contagious Suicide [Selbsmord durch Ansteckung]
April 26, 2008
Der Spiegel

A Deep-Rooted Human Desire [Tiefes menschliches Bedürfnis]
April 11, 2008
Der Spiegel

Social Contagion
April 1, 2008
NPR (Fair Game)

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
March & April 2008
Hour One: In Sickness and in Wealth (First Broadcast March 27, 2008)
PBS Documentary

On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data
December 17, 2007 — Front Page
New York Times

Amid Groups of Friends He Looks for Keys to Health
November 12, 2007 (Meeting the Minds)
Boston Globe

Your Friends of Friends
August 5, 2007 — Week in Review
New York Times

Obesity “Contagion” — Ellen Goodman
August 3, 2007
Boston Globe

Obesity Spreads Through Friends, Family, Study Finds
July 26, 2007
Newshour

Are your friends making you fat?
July 26, 2007
NPR (Morning Edition)

Can Your Friends Make You Fat?
July 26, 2007
Wall Street Journal

Obesity Spreads In Social Circles As Trends Do, Study Indicates
July 26, 2007 — Front Page
Washington Post

Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends
July 26, 2007 — Front Page
New York Times

Is Obesity Contagious?
July 25, 2007
CBS News

Sympathy Pounds
July 25, 2007
Business Week

Obesity Is Contagious, Study Finds
July 25, 2007
Time

Supersize Me—and All My Friends
July 25, 2007
Scientific American

Researchers Find Obesity Can Spread in Social Circles
July 25, 2007
Boston Globe

Social Support Shields Spouse from Damage of Caregiving
March 20, 2006
Boston Globe

Spousal Risk of Death Linked to Partner’s Hospitalization
February 16, 2006
NPR (Morning Edition)

Study Details Risk of Death for Those Caring for Elderly Spouses
February 16, 2006
New York Times

Terminally Ill Study
June 19, 2001
NPR (Morning Edition)

A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis; A Doctor with a Cause
November 28, 2000 (profile in Science Times)
New York Times

The Truth Can Comfort the Dying, a Physician Argues
The Chronicle of Higher Education
January 28, 2000

 

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