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1 hr ago | Newswise

Extended Primary Care Office Hours Might Help Keep Kids Out of the Emergency Department

Ann Arbor, Mich. - Children had half as many emergency department visits if their primary care office had evening office hours on five or more days a week, according to new research from child health experts at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Johns Hopkins University.

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Related Topix: Ann Arbor, MI

5 hrs ago | The Times of Israel

Fifteen falsehoods

Rabbi Lipman has rabbinic ordination from Ner Israel Rabbinical College and a masters in education from Johns Hopkins University.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East

9 hrs ago | Gizmag

DARPA's advanced prosthetics give bomb disposal robot a delicate touch

The Bimanual Dexterous Robotics Platform equipped with Modular Prosthetic Limbs inspects a suspicious lock box A new bomb disposal robot developed at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is blurring the line between advanced prosthetics and robotics.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, Cameras, Gadgets

11 hrs ago | Salt Lake City Weekly

Mormon Feminism

At a human-trafficking forum at Johns Hopkins University in May, Elizabeth Smart said she didn't try to escape after being kidnapped at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City home, both because she feared reprisals from her captors and felt worthless after being raped, thanks in part to abstinence-focused "object lessons" about premarital sex.

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Related Topix: Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Elizabeth Smart, Sundance Film Festival, Opinion

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Seattle Times

Editorial: Reading is fundamental

Summer is a good time to help the very youngest kids hold onto basic literacy skills.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Education Etc., Opinion

TBD.com

Daybreak Daily: Ruling on tunnel tolls may cost Virginia considerably

'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the stories Women moving into military combat roles; VP Joe Bide to push for gun-control measures; June supermoon; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m M-F.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, United States Naval Academy, Pop/Rock, The National

The Baltimore Sun

Report criticizes colleges' teacher preparation programs

Teacher preparation programs in the nation and Maryland are part of "an industry of mediocrity" that is failing to give young teachers the skills to succeed in the classroom, according to a long-awaited report by a national research advocacy group.

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Related Topix: Maryland, Pop/Rock, The National, Towson University, McDaniel College, University of Maryland College Park

Noozhawk

Laguna Blanca Graduates Gain Real-World Experience with Senior Projects

Just before graduation, the seniors at Laguna Blanca School launched themselves off of campus in May and landed all over the globe, gaining valuable real-world experience as part of the school's long-standing Senior Project program.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley, United States Naval Academy

The Indian Express

Babies in the womb react to mother's voice: Study

It is quite fascinating how the foetus learns to recognise and react to the mother's voice before prior to birth.

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Mediaite.com

Why Did A Profile On The Incoming CIA Deputy Director Focus On Her...

Last week, President Obama made history by announcing the first-ever female deputy director of the CIA.

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The News-Press

How the Millenials are saving marriage

The marriage rate is at its lowest point in more than a century, and the number of marriages across the U.S. fell more than 5 percent during the recession.

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Related Topix: Wedding

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Post and Courier

The four corners of health: Exercise regularly. Eat a Mediterranean...

This week Fitbit debuted the Wi-Fi-enabled Aria Smart Scale -- a scale that lets users weigh themselves and then digitally send that information to a website where it can be made public for their friends and family and strangers to see.

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Related Topix: Heart Disease, Health, Heart Attack, Smoking

Stanford

Find your passion, Nobel laureate tells graduates

Members of the medical school's class of 2013 laugh as they listen to a speech by Long Nguyen, who spoke on behalf of the graduating MD students.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Little Falls, MN

PhysOrg Weblog

Chemical in antibacterial soap fed to nursing rats harms offspring

A mother's exposure to triclocarban, a common antibacterial chemical, while nursing her babies shortens the life of her female offspring, a new study in rats finds.

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Related Topix: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

The Town Talk

How parents can prevent summer brain drain

Each summer, parents look for ways to combat "summer brain drain," which occurs when children lose some of the knowledge they gained during the school year because they're not regularly exercising their brains.

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MediLexicon

Gustatory Sensors Determine Whether Salty Foods Taste Good Or Bad

As anyone who's ever mixed up the sugar and salt while baking knows, too much of a good thing can be inedible.

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Related Topix: UC Santa Barbara, Health

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Scoop

Research needed to help people with swallowing disorders

Swallowing impairment is the leading cause of aspiration pneumonia, which is the fourth leading cause of death in the elderly.

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Related Topix: Swallowing, Medicine, Health

Newkerala.com

How stellar-mass black holes produce higher-energy light

Washington, June 15 : A NASA-led study has confirmed long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Astronomy, Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Space, Greenbelt, MD

Boston.com

The Library Test Kitchen at Harvard University - BostonGlobe.com

As the director of both the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the metaLab Harvard , he typically spends his days grappling with the urgent questions of the wired world, but right now, his most pressing concern is more concrete.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Harvard University, University of Chicago

Pacific Daily News

On the fridge

The Guam Girl Scouts is offering three, one-week day-camp opportunities. Each week is geared toward particular grade levels.

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Related Topix: University of Guam