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Parents encouraged to avoid purchasing lottery tickets as gifts for minors
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the flurry of activity before the holidays, some well-meaning family members consider buying lottery tickets and scratch cards as affordable, colourful, and potentially promising gift options for the children ...
Involving family in medical rounds benefits both family and medical team
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Involving family members of pediatric cancer and hematology patients in medical rounds benefits both the family and the medical team, according to a new Indiana University School of Medicine study.
Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
Industry support of academic life science research may be dropping
Nov 03, 2009 |
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While more than half the academic life science researchers responding to a 2007 survey indicated having some relationship with industrial entities, the prevalence of such relationships - particularly direct funding for research ...
Illuminating 'The Fredo Effect'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Kimberly Eddleston wants to know how the “family” in family-run businesses either serves to constrict or promote a firm’s success.
Dell settlement has tougher accounting oversight
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Dell Inc. says it will beef up accounting and corporate governance rules as part of a settlement tied to an investigation into past financial practices.
Research Investigates Rebuilding Identity When Communication Is Impaired
Sep 08, 2009 |
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What happens to a person’s identity when a stroke or a disease profoundly impairs the ability to communicate? In Neurogenic Communication Disorders: Life Stories and the Narrative Self, University of Arkan ...
How schools, parents can work together for successful kids
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Aug 18, 2009 |
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It is widely understood that, ideally, schools and parents should work together to ensure that children can succeed as students and citizens. But what is the right balance? And how much do teachers want parents involved in ...
Women on company boards face stockmarket prejudice
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies with female board members fare worse on the stock market, despite performing as well on all other measures as those with all-male boards. This is the finding of a new study by the ...
Survey: Family time eroding as Internet use soars
Jun 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together.
Video can help patients make end-of-life decisions
May 29, 2009 |
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Viewing a video showing a patient with advanced dementia interacting with family and caregivers may help elderly patients plan for end-of-life care, according to a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers. ...
Prison punishes more people than just the inmates
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More people live behind bars in the United States than in any other country, but the American prison system punishes more than just its inmates--it also takes a toll on the health of friends ...
Congress joins Twitter craze
Apr 13, 2009 |
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This is what you get when politicians keep their comments to 140 characters or less: "We need to cut spending! Holy Cow! A novel idea in Washington."
Picky preschoolers: Young children prefer majority opinion
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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When we are faced with a decision, and we're not sure what to do, usually we'll just go with the majority opinion. When do we begin adopting this strategy of "following the crowd"? In a new report in Psychological Science, a jour ...
Digital Life: Want to change Facebook's terms of service? Get 50 million people to agree
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Comments on the Web are often immature or wildly misinformed. It was a pleasant surprise, then, to see Facebook members providing reasonable and articulate feedback in the social-networking's site new civic experiment.
