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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?

    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...

    Tags: U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Emergency Incidents, Concussion, Epidemics and Plagues

    2. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Airborne laboratory being used to measure California's snowpack

    Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months.
    Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months. But 18,000 feet above the...

    Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology, Water Supply, Cross Country Skiing, NASA

    3. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Poor women who delay breast cancer treatment less likely to survive

    It stands to reason that the longer a woman waits to start breast cancer treatment, the worse her prognosis. A <a href="http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1681805">new study</a> of California women puts some hard numbers on the cost of delaying treatment &ndash; and finds that Latinas, African Americans and poor women were most likely to put their recovery at risk by waiting six weeks or more to have surgery or begin chemotherapy.
    It stands to reason that the longer a woman waits to start breast cancer treatment, the worse her prognosis. A new study of California women puts some hard numbers on the cost of delaying treatment – and finds that Latinas, African Americans and...

    Tags: Health Treatments, Medical Research, Health Insurance, Breast Cancer, University of California, Irvine

    4. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Can a company patent your DNA? Supreme Court hears BRCA gene case

    Can a private company own rights to your DNA?
    Can a private company own rights to your DNA? The nine justices of the Supreme Court will consider that question Monday as lawyers for Myriad Genetics make their best case that the company should be able to keep its patent on two genes known to...

    Tags: Genetics, Judges, Breast Cancer, Science and Technology, American Civil Liberties Union

    5. Apr 4, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Propaganda as pedagogy

    WASHINGTON -- The real vocation of some people entrusted with delivering primary and secondary education is to validate this proposition: The three R's -- formerly reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic -- now are racism, reproduction and recycling. Especially racism. Consider Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction. It evidently considers "instruction" synonymous with "propaganda," which in the patois of progressivism is called "consciousness-raising."
    WASHINGTON -- The real vocation of some people entrusted with delivering primary and secondary education is to validate this proposition: The three R's -- formerly reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic -- now are racism, reproduction and recycling. Especially...

    Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups, Civil Rights

    6. Apr 1, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Get ready for Great Senior Sell-Off

    Something in salmon compels them to swim upstream. An invisible force calls swallows to return to Capistrano. And humans, primarily of the North American suburban variety, reach a certain age when they just gotta downsize.
    Something in salmon compels them to swim upstream. An invisible force calls swallows to return to Capistrano. And humans, primarily of the North American suburban variety, reach a certain age when they just gotta downsize. Among the millions of baby...

    Tags: Real Estate, Rentals, Demographics, Services and Shopping, Homes

    7. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. On eve of Super Bowl, football caught between a rock and hard tackle

    One afternoon in early January, I took a tour of the refurbished Memorial Stadium in Berkeley with a pair of architects from the firm HNTB. For me it was a visit brimming with nostalgia: I grew up about three miles north of the stadium, in the Berkeley hills, and spent dozens of Saturday afternoons in the late 1970s and '80s watching the Cal Bears play, and usually lose, to other teams in the Pacific 10 Conference.
    One afternoon in early January, I took a tour of the refurbished Memorial Stadium in Berkeley with a pair of architects from the firm HNTB. For me it was a visit brimming with nostalgia: I grew up about three miles north of the stadium, in the Berkeley...

    Tags: San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, National Football League, Chicago Bears, Barack Obama

    8. Dec 12, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  8. How to Nurture Creativity

    Health
    I don’t know about you but, for me, there comes a point in every single day when my brain won’t cooperate with my to-do list. There I am, sitting at my computer and seeing that I’m supposed to, for instance, write a health post for the...
    9. Dec 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Claremont McKenna names legal scholar as next president

    L.A. NOW
    Claremont McKenna College announced its new president Thursday: Hiram E. Chodosh, the dean of the University of Utah’s law school and an expert on legal affairs and anti-corruption measures in the Middle East and Asia. Chodosh will succeed Pamela B....
    10. Dec 17, 2012 |Story| Glendale News Press

  10. Doris Elaine Jensen Woodall Dec. 21, 1928-Dec. 12, 2012

    Doris Elaine Jensen Woodall passed away in her sleep Dec. 12, 2012, after a battle with carcinoid cancer.
    Doris Elaine Jensen Woodall passed away in her sleep Dec. 12, 2012, after a battle with carcinoid cancer. Although she spent most of her adult years in the greater Los Angeles area, Doris always claimed herself a Utahn. Born December 21, 1928, in...

    Tags: Nursing, PTA, Medical Specialization, Korean War (1950-1953)

    11. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Rick Majerus dies at 64; college basketball coach

    Rick Majerus, the college basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died Saturday. He was 64.
    Rick Majerus, the college basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died Saturday. He was 64. Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman Sr., the coach's longtime friend, confirmed in a...

    Tags: Heart Problems, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Basketball, Democratic Party

    12. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Communing with nature can recharge your creativity, study finds

    Go take a hike &ndash; it&rsquo;s good for your brain.
    Go take a hike – it’s good for your brain. So says a new study that supports something called Attention Restoration Theory, which holds that exposure to nature can replenish our cognitive reserves when they are worn out by overuse. And if...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychologists

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