Students take academic hit when a slaying close to home bi13560685 Study says academic performance suffers whether they witness the nearby violence or not Neighborhood homicides can have a detrimental effect on Chicago schoolchildren's academic performance, whether they witness the violence or not, according to a study published Monday the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Stone Mountain School Announces New Academic Director and Additions to Ac bi13560685 Exciting changes are taking place the academic department at Stone Mountain School for boys, including a new academic director, expanded career technology and fine arts programs, and ongoing training the Orton-Gillingham approach

Health briefs bi13560685 Aurora Joint Expo Join Rush-Copley Medical Center for "Upwardly Mobile --A Joint Replacement Expo" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 26 at the Rush-Copley Heart Institute, 2088 Ogden Ave. This free special event showcase the latest surgical techniques and more. Representatives from joint replacement manufacturers along surgeons and other members of the care team be on hand to provide ..

Tapestry raises $74,000 for health scholarships bi13560685 The "Tapestry: A Day for Women" fundraiser held by IPFW and Parkview raised more than $74,000 for science scholarships, the university announced Tuesday

Public health dean take the curriculum the city bi13560685 For the incoming Dean of the School of Public and Services, the campus a classroom and an opportunity for students to gain real world experience

West Virginia Health Care Leader Shana Phares Named CEO of the Blanchette Roc bi13560685 Longtime State Advocate Joins the World's Only Nonprofit Institute Dedicated to the Study of Memory and Memory Disorders MORGANTOWN, W.Va., June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) announced the appointment of Shana Phares as Chief Executive Officer today

Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre Deploys Ekahau RTLS to Improve Patient and bi13560685 RESTON, Virginia, June 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Ekahau Inc., the performance leader Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that the Royal Ottawa Mental Centre (ROMHC), a provider of specialized mental services Eastern Ontario, Canada, utilizing Ekahau RTLS to improve patient and staff safety

New health standards to be set for Dubai licences bi13560685 Drivers have to disclose any conditions under new plans by the RTA

SCAN Health Plan Launches New Web-Based Initiative Aimed at Enhancing Care fo bi13560685 LONG BEACH, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- SCAN Plan announced today the launching of a new online educational initiative dedicated to improving education and patient care the field of geriatrics

FDA, NIH lay out roadmap for personalized medicine bi13560685 Top U.S. officials laid out a road map on Tuesday to speed drug development and ensure the safety of diagnostic and gene tests based on personalized medicine -- treatments tailored to a person's genetic makeup

Future Physicians Leadership and Education Program for Students Integrativ bi13560685 Integrative medicine the practice of treating the whole person, not just the disease. Physicians and patients are partners the process and often treat not only the body, but the mind and spirit as well. The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Foundation and Consortium of Academic Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) welcome 21 medical students week to the ..

Education Dept. Delays Rules on For-Profit Colleges bi13560685 The Education Department split off a decision on the treatment of for-profit college programs whose graduates do not earn enough to repay loans

University Hospitals Case Medical Center launches two institutes bi13560685 The new Urology Institute and the Digestive Institute 'represent a new model of academic medicine' by focusing on both patient care and the advancement of clinical research, UH says

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