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Category: Public Health, Medicine, and Science
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Little League celebrates its 70th anniversary, and Mark Hyman looks at the ways the organization has changed over the years.
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Lydia Denworth discusses the recent backlash over new government regulations designed to keep lead out of children’s products.
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Valentine’s Day is a day filled with dread for many who are struggling with the effects of loneliness. Dr. Jacqueline Olds discusses ways to fight loneliness on Valentine’s Day and every day.
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Midwife Patricia Harman compares the stories of two-women, one American and one Canadian, and their very different experiences with health care.
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A link roundup of World AIDS day articles and blog posts.
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With the economy in trouble and budgets tight, fewer people will be traveling this Thanksgiving, but the authors of The Lonely American remind us why going “home for the holidays” matters.
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Clare Dunsford discusses the implications of genetic testing and the promising start of the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act toward protecting against genetic discrimination.
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Penny Coleman looks at the problem of sexual assault in the military, where just 8 percent of sexual assaults are referred to court martial and the victims have to pay for their own rape kits unless they are treated in military or VA facilities.
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Zombie scientists are out in force in Texas. Glenn Branch, author of Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools, discusses the appointment of three creationists to a committee to set Texas state biology standards.
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