Posts Tagged ‘Health news’

"Sexting" again linked to risky sex among teens: study

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Obama’s lead over Romney narrows to 5 points: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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Romney derides Obama supporters in hidden-camera speech

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INTERVIEW-Tennis-Elmayan still going strong at age 95

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Elmayan still going strong at age 95

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Brain growth depends on shapely neurons

The human brain may be the most complex object in the universe, but its construction mostly depends on one thing: the shape of neurons. Different kinds of neuron are selective about which other neurons they connect to and where they attach. Specific signalling chemicals are thought to be vital in guiding this process. Henry Markram […]

CDC: US kids eat too much salt, as much as adults

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CDC: US kids eat too much salt, as much as adults

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Is medical science built on shaky foundations?

More than half of biomedical findings cannot be reproduced – we urgently need a way to ensure that discoveries are properly checked REPRODUCIBILITY is the cornerstone of science. What we hold as definitive scientific fact has been tested over and over again. Even when a fact has been tested in this way, it may still […]

Is medical science built on shaky foundations?

More than half of biomedical findings cannot be reproduced – we urgently need a way to ensure that discoveries are properly checked REPRODUCIBILITY is the cornerstone of science. What we hold as definitive scientific fact has been tested over and over again. Even when a fact has been tested in this way, it may still […]

Namibia: 40 babies, fetuses dumped monthly in city

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Namibia: 40 babies, fetuses dumped monthly in city

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Superbug kills 7th person at Md. NIH hospital

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Fear Grips Ugandan Capital Amid Ebola Outbreak

KAMPALA, Uganda — At the Ebola task force meeting at the Ministry of Health this morning, no one was shaking hands. Everyone greeted each other by bumping elbows out of fear of the Ebola outbreak that so far has claimed 16 lives.  And while the disease is most likely spread by contact with blood, the […]

New York tests social impact bond investing with Goldman Sachs

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs will invest nearly $10 million in a New York City jails program, using an innovative financial instrument in which private investments fund public social services, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday. Goldman will create one of the nation’s first “social service bonds” to help fund a New York City program that […]

New York tests social impact bond investing with Goldman Sachs

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs will invest nearly $10 million in a New York City jails program, using an innovative financial instrument in which private investments fund public social services, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday. Goldman will create one of the nation’s first “social service bonds” to help fund a New York City program that […]

Social impact investing catches on in the U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kim Hartke, who served 14 months in jail for stealing a car to pay for her addiction, turned her life around in part because of financing provided to an Oregon social services program from an innovative type of bond. Today, the 53-year-old Hartke is a professional painter, a skill she developed […]

Social impact investing catches on in the U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kim Hartke, who served 14 months in jail for stealing a car to pay for her addiction, turned her life around in part because of financing provided to an Oregon social services program from an innovative type of bond. Today, the 53-year-old Hartke is a professional painter, a skill she developed […]

U.S. backed study that exploited China prisoners: rights group

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A medical study published in the weekly journal Science and partially funded by the U.S. government was conducted at detention centers in China that engage in severe violations of human rights, according to a letter published by the journal Thursday. The study, in Science’s April 13 issue, tested an experimental treatment […]

U.S. backed study that exploited China prisoners: rights group

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A medical study published in the weekly journal Science and partially funded by the U.S. government was conducted at detention centers in China that engage in severe violations of human rights, according to a letter published by the journal Thursday. The study, in Science’s April 13 issue, tested an experimental treatment […]

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