Recent Articles
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Advanced nursing education and practice: An individual choice
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareAdvanced practice nursing is growing, and nurses are reading the writing on the wall. APRNs can practice autonomously in a growing number of states in the U.S., and the potential for increased earning and job security is attractive. Deciding whether advanced practice is for you is an individual decision that only you can answer.
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Nature or nurture? Outdoor preschools combine the best of both
Cait Harrison EducationImagine a day filled with nature walks, playing in the mud, studying worms up close and reading stories in the forest. Doesn't really sound like school, does it? Welcome to the world of nature preschool — where young learners spend part or all of their school day outdoors. There are more than 150 nature preschools across the country, up from about two dozen in 2012.
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Movies to satisfy your racing fix in winter
Skip Kuhn Transportation Technology & AutomotiveSince I’m rarely in attendance at Rally Sport Region events, I really enjoy researching and collecting videos and books documenting racing and race cars as they were in the 1960s through 1980s, with occasional forays into the 1950s and other more eclectic topics. On a business to China while watching "2 Fast 2 Furious," I got to thinking about the necessity for developing an emergency entertainment plan for when I'm traveling, stranded on a desert isle with solar powered video equipment, or just plain procrastinating about working in the garage.
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The future is now: How social tech is evolving
Rebecca Ryan Science & TechnologyNow more than ever, we're able to connect with people through social media. We can learn, rant, inform, laugh, debate and share with the click of a mouse or a touch on a smartphone. This year, like every year since the term "social media" was coined, is projected to bring some of the most groundbreaking innovations in the digital world. Here are just a few shifts in that ever-changing realm to look forward to.
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More clues to understanding schizophrenia
Dorothy L. Tengler Mental HealthcareThe exact causes of schizophrenia, which affects about one in every 100 adults worldwide and more than two million Americans, have eluded physicians and scientists for centuries. Although available drugs to treat this disorder may blunt some of the symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, they do not treat the underlying causes. Two theories have for decades dominated research on the causes of schizophrenia: genetics and neurotransmitters. Over the past two years, a third theory has become the first major new addition to schizophrenia study in the last half-century.
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Cold collaboration in UK’s refrigeration industry
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingOne of the things the cooling industry in Europe often seems to find difficult is collaboration. It is hardly surprising, given that the companies involved are quite small in scale, for the most part. Therefore, they don't necessarily have the resources or the will to work on bigger projects — particularly when it requires working with potential competitors.
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Candida yeast: The top 3 dangers
Jeff White Medical & Allied HealthcareCandida is a bacteria that we all live with. It grows on various parts of our bodies and there’s nothing we can do about it. The majority of the time there are no problems, but if it turns into an infection it may require prompt medical attention.
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More research shows benefits of marijuana in treating Alzheimer’s
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareNew research out of Israel shows marijuana can help improve symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. A low dose of the cannabinoid found in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), was found to show significant improvements of several behavioral domains related to the neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease dementia.
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Is Facebook’s new sports feature the next nail in Twitter’s…
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologyThe Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos will play Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California — in the heart of Silicon Valley. One of the region's most ubiquitous companies, Facebook, hopes you'll supplement watching the game with following it on the social media service.
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Soda companies adjust focus to new healthy beverages in 2016
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageEveryone is talking about Coca-Cola's new "Taste the Feeling" campaign. Just launched, it has already made quite a few waves in the media — social and otherwise. The campaign focuses on a series of different emotionally charged moments for Coke drinkers showcasing their simple pleasure from the drink.