Journalists have long used the term "thumbsucker" to describe a piece that was usually fairly long and obvious yet still pulled together some story that was worth telling but didn't have to be told today. "Schedule that thumbsucker from ...
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The start of the school year is here again, but for some young people, it can mean serious worry about what may lay ahead. Social anxiety can be crippling for some children and adolescents, affecting their friendships, schoolwork and ...
TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- A downward trend in antibiotic use among children may have leveled off in certain areas of the United States, a new study shows. Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School reviewed ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $6,000 to TICKETS FOR KIDS(R) Charities (TFK), a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit organization that distributes tickets to arts, cultural, educational, family entertainment and sporting events through ...
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While legislators in at least seven states contemplate measures to stop implementation of the health law, Maryland's Senate advanced a bill to provide insurance to those who were unable to enroll in that state's troubled health exchange ...
Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web. NPR: 5 Simple Habits Can Help Doctors Connect With Patients I'd never [before] been encouraged to sit at a patient's bedside -; to stop hurrying for even a ...
Tags: Obesity Origins, Children with Chronic Disease, Health&Medicine
The tech giant will also change its policies, requiring consent from customers before charging from in-app purchases made by their children without permission. The technology giant and creators of the iPhone and iPad has also revealed ...
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Beginning March 15, Chinese consumers will have support from the courts in their efforts to sue manufacturers and retailers of unsafe food and pharmaceuticals, according to the South China Morning Post. The ruling, announced last week, ...
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The Valley Meat Co., fired the latest volley in the battle surrounding the opening of a horse processing plant in Roswell, N.M., this week when it sued New Mexico Attorney General Gary King for slander. Horse slaughter has not taken place ...
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has terminated its merger agreement with Apollo Tyres Ltd. And Apollo is not happy about it. "Apollo is disappointed that Cooper has prematurely attempted to terminate our merger agreement," says the company. ...
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More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of ...
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The largest medical device companies have had a good run on the stock markets this year, with many clocking in double-digit percentage growth in stock prices over the past 12 months. There are always exceptions to the rule, however. Here ...
Tags: Medical Device, Medical Device Firms, Worst Performing Firms
Pantone, an X-Rite company and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, and Valspar Paint, a leader in the paint industry, recently announced the addition of PANTONE Radiant Orchid, the 2014 Color of the Year, to ...
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Hoosier pride was felt deep and wide on the plant floor of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (TMMI) this morning as the company celebrated the start of production of the all-new 2014 Highlander. TMMI team members and area citizens have ...
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Freedom Communications Holdings Inc. and c Corp. on Thursday announced the completion of the sale of The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif. Freedom acquired substantially all of the assets, which comprise the newspaper operations of ...