The report by a working group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director considered the future of the nation’s biomedical research workforce. The goal of the study was to ensure “future US competitiveness and innovation in biomedical research by creating pathways through undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral training” that attract and retain the best scientists and prepare...
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Want to get teens interested in math and science? Target their parents :: (Association for Psychological Science) Increasing the number of students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math - the STEM disciplines - is vital to national competitiveness in the global economy and to the development of a strong workforce. But the pipeline leading toward STEM careers begins leaking in high school, when students choose not to take advanced STEM courses. Now a new study goes beyond the classroom to examine the unique role that parents can play in promoting students' STEM motivation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Investing in our future: White House honors Dr. T. Berry Brazelton :: Investing in our future means investing in our children.
That's the message that Boston Children's renowned pediatrician T.Berry Brazelton wants everyone to hear, loud and clear.
Brazelton was one of 11 individuals from Head Start programs around the country who was honored by the White House on June 18th as a "Champion of Change." The Champions of Change program is part of President Obama's Winning the Future Initiative. If anyone has spent his life thinking about our future, it's Brazelton.
Along with guiding millions of parents in raising their children, Brazelton collaborated with Ed Zigler and Julius Richmond to create Head Start, a comprehensive early education program for low-income children that, as he says, gives "every child a chance to make the American dream come ...
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HSBC was used by 'drug kingpins' :: HSBC provided a conduit for "drug kingpins and rogue nations", according to a US Senate committee investigating money laundering claims at the bank.
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Chicago's Dabble creates a Craigslist for casual learning :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/tsP5tS02uCk/
Online push for benefit claims :: Claimants of a new universal benefit will be pushed to complete forms online when the new system starts next year.
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Fed says prepared to do more, but no details :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/gePqVjL2iQo/
Yahoo's Mayer: Eleven facts :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/FdiaLAGQYMY/index.html
YouTube sends video makers to summer school :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Yiy-ChcaluM/
The potential of plug-n-play solar :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/hBz6GWlzdcc/
Vital IMF loan talks underway in Hungary :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TXpwMoegE6U/
Sicily may default, says Italy PM :: Italian PM Mario Monti says the region of Sicily could default on its debts, and he is seeking confirmation that the governor will resign.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18874759#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Shell urged to pay Nigeria $5bn :: Nigeria's oil regulator asks Shell to pay $5bn (£ 3.2bn) over a spill off the country's southern coast last December.
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Ireland To Spend $2.76B To Cut Joblessness, Boost Services :: The Irish government will spend more than €2.25 billion ($2.76 billion) on new infrastructure projects and to restart existing road, school and health care construction projects to create as many as 13,000 jobs without hiking debt, government officials said on Tuesday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/364016/20120717/ireland-stimulus-package-2-76-billion-ecb.htm
Why Marissa Mayer may not be a good fit for Yahoo :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LVY6skOwzNI/
G4S boss regrets Olympic contract :: G4S chief executive Nick Buckles tells MPs he regrets taking on the Olympics security contract, agreeing it has been a "humiliating shambles".
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VIDEO: Taxis protest over Olympic lanes :: Hundreds of black cabs bring the centre of London to a standstill in a protest over Olympic traffic lanes.
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Hare Markets vs Tortoise Legislatures, No Matter What European Summits Decide :: It's all somewhat worrying when financial items in much of the world's media refer to "ESM bailout funds" as if the European Stability Mechanism were already well established and operating in Luxembourg.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/364001/20120717/eu-spain-debt-eurozone-germany-crisis-euro.htm
US Builder Confidence Rises To 5-Year High In July :: U.S. builder confidence rose in the new single-family home market as in July by the greatest level in nearly a decade, led by improving market conditions and buyer traffic, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/363999/20120717/building-confidence-rises-july.htm
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