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Just 11 percent of adults, five percent of children participate in medical research
Medical research is vital to the advancement of health care, but many medical research studies have too few people who participate. A new study from the University of Michigan takes an in-depth look at public participation ...
Medical research
Jan 31, 2013 |
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Researcher examines challenges of raising school leaving age to 18 for young people who are NEET
Some young people already find it difficult to enjoy and achieve at school. With the raising of the school leaving age to 18 by 2015, a new challenge is looming - of engaging them in learning for a further ...
Health
Dec 11, 2012 |
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LA council votes to repeal pot dispensary ban
(AP)—The Los Angeles City Council reversed course Tuesday and repealed a ban on pot shops that it passed just two months ago to shutter hundreds of medical marijuana storefronts.
Health
Oct 03, 2012 |
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ILR survey finds HR pros value disability focus
(Medical Xpress) -- Disability-focused employee networks are key to retaining and advancing workers with disabilities, according to ILR School research released with the Society for Human Resource Management June 7. Such ...
Health
Jun 18, 2012 |
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HIV may afflict almost half Asia-Pacific transgenders: UN
Nearly half of transgender people in the Asia-Pacific region could have HIV as poor healthcare and high-risk lifestyles push infection rates to "critical levels", a UN report said Thursday.
HIV & AIDS
May 16, 2012 |
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South Tel Aviv school is a model for language intervention
Bialik-Rogozin, a school in South Tel Aviv with an underprivileged student body hailing from 48 different countries, is the subject of the 2011 Oscar-winning documentary short Strangers No More. But before the cameras rolled, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2011 |
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College freshmen face sleep problems but intervention can help
When Kathryn Orzech attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia, she participated in drama and choir. Rehearsals that would have ended at 10 p.m. in high school now went much later. Social opportunities around the ...
Health
Aug 30, 2011 |
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African-American men who feel 'in control' are less likely to experience depressive symptoms
A new University of Michigan study found that African American men between the ages of 35 and 54 who experience discrimination also suffer from significant levels of depressive symptoms.
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 25, 2011 |
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