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Blogging: New Criteria For College Admissions?
If only blogging was as cool as it is now when I was in college...but then again, who knows how much studying I would have done! A recent USA Today article suggests that more universities are joining a growing trend of posting "an interactive online diary and several other unfiltered student blogs directly on their homepages as a recruiting tool." What universities are hoping for, is that prospective students can get a true glimpse of campus life from other students blogging about it.
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OMG! 1 in 10 Teens Posts Nude Pics Online
A study has uncovered a shocking predictable reality: teenagers do stupid things! The new survey results out yesterday from Common Sense Media reveal that one in 10 teens has posted a nude or seminude photo of themselves or someone else online. And thanks to technology, these teens will be stuck with their mistakes well past their carefree youth.
Did Money Prevent You From Attending Your Dream College?
A new study by the National Association for College Admission Counseling reports that 71 percent of high schools are saying more of their students are forgoing their "dream schools" this year than in the past. One high school official wrote, "With the exception of one or two students, [money] was THE determining factor in their decision."
Did money prevent you from attending your dream college?
Getting in the Door One Tiny Foot at a Time
Does quality childcare set kids on the collegial path? It used to seem like Ivy League Universities looked to creme de la creme high schools for applicants. But, before that the students had to attend elite grade schools.
Briefing Book! Newspapers in Europe Make Money
- Newspapers in Europe aren't failing because they're making money off something other than news. — Gawker
- A lawyer trying to sell tape of Ashley Biden (Joe Biden's 27-year-old daughter) allegedly doing cocaine has been withdrawn the sale. — Huffington Post
- Facebook gets family-friendly with new private groups.
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Heart attack and acute coronary syndrome
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Osteoarthritis
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- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and COX-2 inhibitors work equally well for pain management, but both types of drugs increase the risk for heart attacks, according to an important report from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research.
- The prescription NSAID diclofenac (Voltaren, Cataflam) may present a higher risk for heart attack than other NSAIDs, suggests a 2006 Journal of the American Medical Association study.
- Standard osteoarthritis medications provide moderate pain relief for only 2 - 3 weeks, suggests a 2007 review in the European Journal of Pain.
- An Annals of Internal Medicine study of 1,007 people with chronic osteoarthritis knee pain indicated that patients who received acupuncture plus standard care had greater improvement than those who received only physical therapy and anti-inflammatory drugs.
- An Arthritis and Rheumatism study of 3,663 patients with chronic osteoarthritis knee or hip pain suggested that acupuncture plus routine care can provide significant improvements in pain relief and quality of life. In both studies, the benefits of acupuncture were sustained for up to 6 months after treatment completion.
Future Grads Will Be Able to Hide Poor SAT Scores
The College Board plans to debut a new score-reporting system in 2010 that allows students to decide which set of SAT scores to make public to schools.
Anxious high school students have had the luxury of taking the SAT multiple times in attempt to get the best score possible for decades. Colleges and universities have been able to see each attempt, but this new system will allow students to choose whether to show one, some, or all scores to their academic judges.
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