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Improved behavioral health needed to respond to rising number of suicides among US Armed Forces

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U.S. military officials should improve efforts to identify those at-risk and improve both the quality and access to behavioral health treatment in response to a sharp rise in suicide among members of nation’s armed forces, according to a new RAND Co…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

US Secret Service moves tiny town to virtual tiny town

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Chemical releases, suicide bombers, air and subsurface threats: the U.S. Secret Service needs to be prepared to handle these real-life incidents. Training to respond to such incidents, however, has been more theoretical than practical.
No…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

Death in the bat caves: UC Davis experts call for action against fast-moving disease

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A team of wildlife experts led by UC Davis called today for a national fight against a new fungus that has killed more than 1 million bats in the eastern United States and is spreading fast throughout North America.
“If we lose bats, we los…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans

As armor against criticism, corp. social responsibility no substitute for product quality

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Chestnut Hill, MA (2/1/2011) — More than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies commit themselves to corporate social responsibility initiatives in order to protect themselves against negative information. But these moves don’t serve as a strong insu…

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Death in the bat caves: UC Davis experts call for action against fast-moving disease

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A team of wildlife experts led by UC Davis called today for a national fight against a new fungus that has killed more than 1 million bats in the eastern United States and is spreading fast throughout North America.
“If we lose bats, we los…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans

Adolescents with severe mental disorders have never received treatment

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18 January 2011 – A recent study by Merikangas and colleagues published in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) shows that only half of adolescents that are affected with severely …

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Drought and rising temperatures weaken southwest forests

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ALBANY, Calif. — Forests in the southwestern United States are changing and will face reduced growth if temperatures continue to rise and precipitation declines during this century, according to a study conducted by a team of scientists from the U….

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Life & Non-humans

Tornado warnings are too often ignored

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — With big storms ripping across the Midwest, Bob Drost is hoping people are paying attention to the severe weather and tornado warnings.
Unfortunately, Drost, a doctoral student at Michigan State University, knows that many…

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Making school lunchrooms smarter

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Saratoga Springs, NY: Don’t ban it, move it. This is one conclusion of a new Cornell University study. In one set of schools, sales of fruit increased by 100% when it was moved to a colorful bowl. Salad bar sales tripled when the cart was …

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior

Poverty grows in suburbs, but social services don’t keep up

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Poverty has grown in America’s suburbs during the recent economic downturn, but poor people in many suburban communities are finding it hard to get the help they need, a report by University of Chicago researchers shows.
“Many suburbs have se…

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NOAA designates the eastern North Pacific basking shark a ‘species of concern’

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NOAA’s Fisheries Service has designated the eastern North Pacific basking shark, a “species of concern” because it has suffered a dramatic decline in population despite decreasing fishing pressure. The label “species of concern” may be given …

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The impact of new media and technology on customer relationships

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Chestnut Hill, Mass. (08/31/10) — A new media marketing world increasingly dominated by mobile technologies, “shopping bots,” recommendation systems and peer-to-peer networks has spawned a radical new online marketplace, challenging the old behavio…

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