News tagged with school shootings

Tragedy in Tucson: Could it have been stopped?

It's easy to point to signs of mental illness in the accused Arizona gunman. What's harder to pin down is whether health, legal or education systems should have prevented his bloody rampage.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 144

Alienated youths are more likely to lash out

When people are rejected by peers, they often lash out. In children, that aggression occasionally takes horrifying directions, leading to school shootings or other deadly acts. Researchers in the Netherlands found that some ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

From Columbine to Dawson: study on psychological impact of mass shootings

Less than two percent of the community were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress, and seven percent report post-traumatic stress symptoms, as a result of the shooting at Dawson College on September 13, 2006.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Rearranging the cell's skeleton: Small molecules at the cell's membrane enable cell movement

Cell biologists at Johns Hopkins have identified key steps in how certain molecules alter a cell's skeletal shape and drive the cell's movement.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots

To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Will Facebook deliver an IPO surprise?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns up at business conventions in a hoodie. "Cocky" is the word used to describe him most often, after "billionaire." He was Time's person of the year at 26.

Technology / Business

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Accidents don't just happen: New Book on trends and takeaways in injury research

Two esteemed researchers in the field of injury research have published the most comprehensive reference book to date on the methods and approaches underpinning the scientific discipline of injury control and prevention.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11

Is Kodak's moment past? The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century. Then came a stunning reversal of fortune: cutthroat competition from Japanese firms ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Secret sex life to help save world's endangered seagrasses

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sex plays a much more important role in the reproduction of vitally important seagrasses than previously thought, according to important new findings by researchers from The University of ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

YouTube spends $100 million to redefine TV

On a recent sun-kissed day, a trio of hot names made a pilgrimage to the ninth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pellet guns and children

Last week an eighth-grader in Brownsville was shot and killed when he refused to stand down and lower his weapon.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 13

Chinese video websites in court as industry grows

(AP) -- China's two biggest video websites are fighting in court over accusations they are misusing each other's programming as rivalry heats up in an industry that is luring viewers from bland state TV.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Costly diagnostic MRI tests unnecessary for many back pain patients

(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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