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1 in 4 stroke victims experiences PTSD, study finds
Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, is not just a problem for military veterans, sexual assault survivors and other crime victims — it also plagues many stroke victims, according to new research. The study, published online Wednesday...Tags: Stroke, Heart Attack, Physical Conditions, Research, Internists
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Nowhere to hide from diarrhea-causing bacteria: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Otherwise healthy people with a diarrhea-causing infection may have picked up the bacteria in doctors' offices or other healthcare sites, according to a new government study that also hints heartburn medications might...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Internists, Disease Prevention, Dentistry and Dental Health, Health and Medical Professionals
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Video/Q&A: Winnetka native 'Bling Ring' star Katie Chang
Laughing, Katie Chang makes a disclaimer: She’s about to use a reference that reveals her youth. “I feel like I’m Hannah Montana,” says the 18-year-old Winnetka native and star of Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring,&...
Tags: Media Industry, Sofia Coppola, Nickelodeon (tv network), Paris Hilton, Twitter, Inc.
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RAY MANZAREK: Last Recordings Out Today
Less than a month after his death comes a new album from Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Twisted Tales is Manzarek's third album with slide guitar player Roy Rogers came...Tags: Joe Perry, Def Leppard (music group), William Shatner, Facebook, Yoko Ono
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Teacher training � especially in California � gets poor grades
The Hechinger ReportNEW YORK California has been trying to reform how it educates teachers for more than a decade, and some of its ideas have become a model for the rest of the country. But the vast majority of teacher preparation programs in the state are still failing...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, American Federation of Teachers, Stanford University
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Deployment to war doesn't figure in majority of military suicides
Nate Evans had three children depending on him and held down a good job running a hyperbaric chamber at a hospital. But what he really wanted was to go to war. In 2008, as the U.S. death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan approached 5,000, Evans became a...
Tags: Iraq, Mental Illness, University of Utah, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Student news - June 16
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Mary McGinley of Hagerstown was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Muhlenberg College. McGinley, a member of the class of 2014, is an English major and a religion studies minor. McGinley is a graduate of...Tags: West Virginia University, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Astoria
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Fatherhood programs teach men to be dads
Malik Carter, 17, shared a slice of pizza with his 20-month-old son Makai, who was perched on his dad's lap during the pre-Father's Day celebration this week at the Bon Secours Community Support Center in Southwest Baltimore. As part of the festivities,...
Tags: Family, Maryland Science Center, Barack Obama, Educational Development Corporation, National Aquarium Baltimore
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Welfare limits tied to more deaths over time: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pressuring welfare recipients to get a job or face losing their benefits may put them at a slightly increased risk of dying over the long term, according to new research. A study that tracked Floridians on welfare over...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, New York University
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University presses: a view from the academy
The front table in Hyde Park's Seminary Co-op Bookstore has been a must stop for book browsers for book lovers since the early 1970s. It is always brimming with more than 100 newly published scholarly works vying for readers' attention. Most of the titles...
Tags: Libraries, Computer Networking and Internet, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Authors
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Iran infighting turns election into real contest
Iran’s ruling theocracy was unable to overcome its notorious infighting and unite behind a single candidate in Friday’s presidential election, which has suddenly boosted the prospects of the lone moderate in the race and rekindled interest...
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Saeed Jalili, Zimbabwe, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran
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Tana Ebbole and Alina Alonso: Infant mortality data showing great progress in Palm Beach
When it comes to our babies, Palm Beach County has reason to celebrate. In the past five years, the county has made steady progress in three key indicators used to measure birth outcomes: The infant mortality rate (measured by the number of deaths in...Tags: Palm Beach County, Family, Hospitals and Clinics, Demographics, March of Dimes Foundation
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