News tagged with school policies
Researchers apply lessons of animal herd behavior to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths
Maurizio Porfiri, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), is best known for his work on biologically inspired robots that mimic the movement of schooling ...
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May 16, 2013 |
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Study raises concerns that teen athletes continue to play with concussion symptoms
Despite knowing the risk of serious injury from playing football with a concussion, half of high school football players would continue to play if they had a headache stemming from an injury sustained on the field.
Pediatrics
May 06, 2013 |
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Online or off, bullying proves harmful
Children who are bullied online or by mobile phone are just as likely to skip school or consider suicide as kids who are physically bullied, according to a study led by a Michigan State University criminologist.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Medical school gift restriction policies linked to subsequent prescribing behavior
Doctors who graduate from medical schools with an active policy on restricting gifts from the pharmaceutical industry are less likely to prescribe new drugs over existing alternatives, suggests a study published in BMJ today. ...
Medications
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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Study finds lack of education widens gap in life expectancy
(Medical Xpress)—The MacArthur Research Network on Aging, chaired by Dr. John W. Rowe, has published its latest research showing a widening gap in life expectancy between Americans with higher education ...
Health
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Two-Thirds of kids with autism have been bullied: study
(HealthDay) -- Nearly two-thirds of American children with autism have been bullied at some point in their lives, and these kids are bullied three times more often than their siblings without autism, a new ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Schools getting choice on beef: Pink slime or no?
(AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil.
Health
Mar 15, 2012 |
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School closures slow spread of pH1N1: study
Closing elementary and secondary schools can help slow the spread of infectious disease and should be considered as a control measure during pandemic outbreaks, according to a McMaster University led study.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 06, 2012 |
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