Covenant alumni reap benefits
– The Daily Tar Heel, 05/15/2008 |
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When the first class of Carolina Covenant scholars graduated Sunday, they became the first class to live out the promise of the program, which guarantees that low-income students can graduate from college debt-free. |
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More than 2 million U.S. youths depressed: study
– Reuters News, 05/13/2008 |
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More than 2 million U.S. teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13 percent of girls, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday. |
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Nation’s Cyber Security Subject of New Book by Economics Professor
– UNCG University News, 05/13/2008 |
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A new book from Dr. Albert N. Link, an international cyber security expert and professor of economics, explores the role businesses and governments can play to ensure that dangerous data security breaches are avoided.
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Don't Count on a Doctor on Board
– National Public Radio, 05/12/2008 |
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Have you ever been on a flight when they asked if there was a doctor onboard? I have and I've volunteered to help out several times |
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Stark And Health Subcommittee Grill CMS Over Bidding System Problems, USA
– Medical News Today, 05/08/2008 |
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The system is somewhere between flawed and lousy," said U.S. Representative Pete Stark (D-Calif.) in yesterday's House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on the Medicare competitive bidding program. The hearing was held because of concerns Stark and his colleagues have heard from constituents in the homecare community.
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Too much or too little weight gain puts pregnant mothers, babies at risk
– Daily India, 05/08/2008 |
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While pregnancy and weight gain go hand in hand, a report by an Indian-origin researcher has cautioned that too much or too less than the recommended amount of weight gain during pregnancy might prove risky not only for the mother but the baby as well.
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Weight gain could cause 'birth risks'
– Kiddicare News, 05/08/2008 |
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Mothers-to-be who do not gain the right amount of weight when pregnant could be putting their own lives as well as their baby's at risk, new research has suggested. |
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Yankee Doodling
– British Medical Journal, 05/03/2008 |
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Authorship issues are a common obsession of medical journal editors. We fuss about them a great deal, fretting about who contributed what to a paper, who was responsible for the work and its conclusions, and what should qualify a contributor to assume the august title of "author." The quantity and, to a lesser extent, the quality of authored publications have a lot to do with who gets promoted in academia, who gets tenured, and who gets jobs at prestigious universities. So naturally there is a great desire among academics to get their names on as many papers as possible, preferably at the head of the (often lengthy) list of authors. |
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Operation Overdose
– Reason Online, 05/02/2008 |
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When people who have overdosed on heroin or morphine arrive in emergency rooms, they’re given a drug called naloxone. Public health advocates say a new version of the drug, marketed as Narcan, can be administered outside a hospital setting, potentially saving thousands of lives.
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Educating Medical Providers Can Change Practices and Improve Care, Study Shows
– Carolina Newswire, 05/01/2008 |
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A study published in the May 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that behavioral interventions for local medical opinion leaders can yield significant and sustained improvements in medical care. |
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Commuting Challenges May Vary
– News & Observer, 04/29/2008 |
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This Road Worrier considers himself brave enough for enduring the commute each morning with a surly fourth-grader and her second-grade nemesis battling in the back of a cozy Honda Civic. The 4,831 Triangle residents who signed up for the SmartCommute Challenge as of Monday afternoon clearly have more ambitious goals.
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Doctor Visit Becoming A Group Event
– Capital Public Radio, 04/28/2008 |
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At a Kaiser Permanente clinic in Elk Grove a small group of patients with diabetes are meeting in a conference room. They’re taking part in a group patient visit. Today’s topic is diabetes myth or fact.
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Global Leaders in Business and Academia Call for New Focus on Service Innovation
– CNN.com, 04/28/2008 |
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The University of Cambridge and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released a report challenging governments, businesses and universities to drive increased support and funding for service innovation. Service innovation aims to improve the numerous service systems that we encounter every day, through changes in the way that technology, people, organization and information work.
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IBM, Cambridge Push For Increased Funding For Service Innovation
– Information Week, 04/28/2008 |
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Governments, businesses, and universities should push for more support and funding for service innovation, according to a recent report. |
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Malaria Resistance to Drugs Plagues Tanzania
– IPP Media, 04/25/2008 |
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African countries met there [Nigeria] on April 25, 2000 and signed the Abuja Declaration, committing their countries to decreasing malaria deaths in Africa by 50 percent by 2010. This event has been commemorated every year since the year 2000. So what has the United Republic of Tanzania achieved in the fight against this endemic disease and what setbacks are being faced in the fight against malaria?
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Financial Aid Program Expands Under Moeser
– The Daily Tar Heel, 04/24/2008 |
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When Caitlin Shaw was accepted to UNC in 2004, she had one reservation - the price tag. |
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Health Department: Don't Touch Dead Birds
– Charlotte Sun, 04/23/2008 |
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The deaths of two teenage boys within five days of each other last month from avian flu in Indonesia reminded U.S. health officials of the threat of a pandemic flu outbreak.
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Carbon cap would cost U.S. households 1 percent: report
– Reuters News, 04/21/2008 |
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Capping carbon emissions would cost U.S. households less than one cent on the dollar over the next two decades, an environmental group reported on Monday, disputing critics who say mandatory limits on greenhouse gases would cost jobs and damage the economy. |
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TeraGrid '08 to Hold Student Competitions
– HPC Wire, 04/17/2008 |
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Study: Gender, other factors guide preemies' survival
– Associated Press, 04/16/2008 |
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