Medical marijuana to be OK in some VA clinics (AP)
AP – Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it’s legal, according to new federal guidelines.
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Medicine News- Health department blood testing program to be held in RoselandROSELAND – The East Hanover Health Department will conduct at SMAC Blood Testing Program for East Hanover and Roseland residents 18 years of age and older from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2, at the East Hanover Town Hall, 411 Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover. […]
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Obama, Clinton pledge US support for AIDS fight (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have pledged the support of the United States in the global fight against AIDS.
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Duke scientist’s cancer research is questioned (AP)
AP – Concerns are being raised about the validity of research done by a Duke University cancer scientist who recently was placed on leave while the school investigates whether he falsely claimed to be a Rhodes scholar.
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Family Chats Can Help Students Learn
Taking the time to talk to your children about current events like the Gulf Oil spill – and using mathematical terms to do so – can help students develop better reasoning and math skills and perform better in school, according to a study by a University at Buffalo professor…
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Discovery Of Genetic Link To Children’s Emotional Problems Precipitated By Bullying
Bullying victimization is common among children of school age, although its consequences are often anything but benign. The recent death of a Massachusetts teen by suicide prompted state lawmakers to pass one of the most far-reaching anti-bullying laws within the U.S…
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Persisters Or Desisters? Marburg Child Delinquency Study
Children who come in conflict with the law early on in life do not necessarily become long-term criminals thereafter…
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Youth Lead The Adoption Of e-health, Australia
The ‘net’ generation, spanning 13 to 33 year olds, has embraced technology as the norm and is expected to adopt e-health as just par for the course in their highly connected lives according to several leading youth health experts. Jonathan Nicholas, Chief Executive Officer of the Inspire Foundation, the organisation behind the web-based mental [...]
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New Guidelines OK Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
In a bid to bring down the high rate of cesarean delivery in the US, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has eased the guidelines on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC, pronounced “veebac”) and declared it is a safe and appropriate choice for most women who have had a cesarean, and [...]
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WHO Updates Recommendations To Reduce Mother-To-Child HIV Infection
The World Health Organization issued updated guidelines for improving efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV by testing women earlier in their pregnancies and testing and treating infants sooner after their births, the Wall Street Journal reports. Eliminating mother-to-child HIV infections by 2015 is a major goal for WHO, UNAIDS and other public health organizations…
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New Female Justice Would Inevitably Change Supreme Court, Washington Post Columnist Says
If Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, her presence as the third current female justice “will change the high court in ways that no one foresees,” Washington Post columnist David Broder writes…
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