Children who are depressed, anxious or aggressive in first grade risk being victimized later on
May 15, 2009 |
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Children entering first grade with signs of depression and anxiety or excessive aggression are at risk of being chronically victimized by their classmates by third grade. That's the finding of a new longitudinal study that ...
Preschoolers' language development is partly tied to their classmates' language skills
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 15, 2009 |
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Young children learn how to speak and understand language from the words parents speak at home and teachers speak in preschool. A new longitudinal study has found that their preschool classmates also play a part.
Facebook users hooked in new 'phishing' scam
May 15, 2009 |
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Facebook on Friday was blocking links to bogus websites set up to look like the home page of the popular social network in a "phishing" attack by hackers.
3M's science project: Scientists can't simply be hired, they must be created
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After donning a navy lab coat, Huava Xiong moves through a 3M Co. lab like an old pro as he cuts strips of pressure-sensitive adhesives for testing.
NYC officials: Latest swine flu cases mostly mild
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(AP) -- A day after a swine flu outbreak shut down three public schools in New York City, officials said Friday the virus is spreading faster than seasonal flu does, but the symptoms have generally been mild.
April video game sales decline 17 percent
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(AP) -- Lacking the big hits that made the year-ago period a standout, U.S. video game sales dropped sharply in April for the second month in a row as customers continued to watch their wallets.
Researchers find gram-negative rods in two Philippine neonatal intensive care units
May 15, 2009 |
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a high frequency of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative rods (GNRs) in two of the largest neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the city of Manila, Philippines. ...
Determining success or failure in cholesterol-controlling drugs
May 15, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a complex network of interactions between drugs and the proteins with which they bind can explain adverse drug effects. Their findings suggest that ...
Program focused on body, mind and spirit helps women with breast cancer cope
May 15, 2009 |
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Pathfinders, a program designed to care for the whole person -- body, mind and spirit -- has been found to help women with terminal cancer cope and improved their quality of life, according to a study led by researchers in ...
GlaxoSmithKline taking pandemic vaccine orders
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said Friday it has received orders from several countries to stockpile pandemic vaccine as soon as it gets the vaccine's key ingredient from the World Health Organization.
Foodies flock to Twitter-savvy food trucks
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(AP) -- For some foodies, Tweets lead to great eats.
Report: Obama selects Frieden as CDC director
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday will name Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administration officials told The New York Times.
Microsoft, China's Hangzhou set 'model city' pact
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership aimed at helping make the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou a model for innovation and protection of intellectual property, in the company's latest attempt to ...
Bullet pulled from woman's head in China after 42 years: report
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Doctors in southwest China have successfully removed a bullet from a woman's head 42 years after she was shot, putting an end to decades of increasingly unbearable pain, state media said Friday.
Business booms at world's biggest sperm bank
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Business is booming for the world's biggest sperm bank, Denmark's Cryos, which is struggling to meet demand despite a soaring number of donors and new offices opening around the world.
